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Lump in throat time

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yes i agree but it has alot over the a-league, all im saying is my opinion i think league is a way better game and it would be sad to see it pushed out jsut so another nation can have soccer as there preferred sport.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
You can't compare a world event to a domestic comp. Anyway good on Aussie if they manage to take football number 1 over there, i mean the rest of the world can't be wrong can they?

Three for me, and two for them.

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Can't see it overtaking AFL in Vic, SA, WA, NT and Tassie.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
what do u mean?
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
He means that AFL is the number one sport in those states, by a mile. Jag2008-01-30 21:53:39

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yea i also agree thats why i want it to do well casue if the managment of international/ Interstate league dont get there sh*t together league with stay in qld and nsw for ever. league is the national sport of png and if the managment were good enough they would have them playing in the nrl and internatioal rugby league would be alot better.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
meh, forget about it. Suffice it to say Soccer will only get more popular in Australia, but NZ it will be lucky to keep the momentum it has.aussienixfan2008-01-30 22:06:54
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
If your code is hanging its hat on PNG, it's in biiiig trouble, dude.
 
 
But to hell with it, you love it so I hope for your sake it can hang in there.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Well for 1 i can't stand cricket and im just saying it would be sad to see league go australia is the 1 of 2 countrys to have a serious league competion. Imagine if the roles were reversed and soccer was only based in aus and england. And soccer loses all it's support in australian. Well thats how i feel about it.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
but anyway i dont think it will happen but if it does it will be a sad day.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
jamesnz wrote:
That's gotta be one of the most ignorant and racist things I've read on this forum. You make Harbhajan Singh look like a saint.
 

Another person that jumps on the stupid "racist" call bandwagon.That pisses me off people calling everything under the sun racist...Buffon is a top man,a gooner

And also Singh got found not guilty.... 
She wore a yellow ribbon
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
pride_of_london wrote:
jamesnz wrote:
That's gotta be one of the most ignorant and racist things I've read on this forum. You make Harbhajan Singh look like a saint.
 

Another person that jumps on the stupid "racist" call bandwagon.That pisses me off people calling everything under the sun racist...Buffon is a top man,a gooner

And also Singh got found not guilty.... 
 
Not everything under the sun's racist...just racism.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
 There are some worthwhile Victory fans out there
She wore a yellow ribbon
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nah, only KP. And that's just because he's a sheep in tard clothing.

a.haak

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Warriors look forget the code arguement, its simple in OZ we have four football codes and this is how they rank
 
Crowd wise
 
AFL average about 36, 000 per match over 176 matches
S14 averages about 21, 000 per match over 23 matches
NRL averages about 16, 000 per match over 160 matches
A-League averages about 14, 700 per match over 84 matches
ARC averageabout 2, 700 per match over 28 matches
 
TV Rating wise
 
Free to air TV (only NRL & AFL)
 
NRL
AFL
ARC (no one watched) Australian Rugby Championship
Pay TV per match
 
NRL
AFL
A-League
S14
 
The big difference is the A-league is expanding and when its gets a few more dollars from the TV income it will grow more. AFL & NRL are in hoding patterns and Union is in steep decline.
 
So the A-League is ecpanding to 10 teams next year and 12 after that.
 
Another huge , nay massive difference is in OZ, matches between say the Melbourne Storm and Easts are simply two teams. Where as the A-League matches have developed a real state of orgin fell to them especially between the Flying Choppers , Tards (Melbourne) and the Roar (Brisbane). Also the derby matches or should I say match between the Scum (newcastle) and the mighty Mariners (saints one and all) are full on alomost everyone at the match is in team colours.
 
So Warriors clam down mate, NRL will be fine, in football I am confident enough that with the A-League, the Asian Champions league, the Pan Asian competition, with Australia playing in Asia, football with excellent management and played in 204 countries with 380 million players (cough sorry cough) yes 380 million players world wide including 80 million women players that I don't need to bag out other sports.
 
Just wonder why supporters of other codes seem so intent on bagging football out???????????

Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

cos football's the beautiful girl that other girls call a "b*tch"
I like tautologies because I like them.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Well if rugby league had decent managment it would be a pretty big sport in other countries. look in the usa 12000 turned out to the leeds vs rabbitohs game and the stadium campacity is only susposed to 10000. And thats thanks to Russel Crowe and Peter Holmes Acourt and it shows thats if the internatinal rugby magagment put as much effort as russel Crowe plus money behiond it League could maybe in 20-30 years be a world wide sport.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
League in OZ is at its peak capacity, rugby is a dog. Football has enormous potential to expand.
 
The growth in interest in the A-League has been amazing in only its 3rd year. Fox TV report a 30 % increase in viewership, crowd number are up. There is huge interest in the Socceroos world cup campaign. The Australian Govt has just anounced it is pouring $31 million into football development over the next 3 years. A healthy expanding game in Australia must also be good for kiwi football.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yea it's at its high now but in 2-3 years it will be back down to adverage crowd numbers and rugby league is not at it's peak
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
The A-league is set to add up to two new teams this year, plus two more in a couple of years time. Thats four new franchises with more planned after that. How many more League teams will we see?         Answer= 0
 
Anyway I get sick of these comparisons between codes. Who cares... I hope they all thrive. Makes life for a sporting fan more interesting. A-League football is mainly a summer code anyway. We don't go head to head with Super14, League or AFL. There is room for everone!!!!!!
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yes i agree but everyone will strat to see a-league is nothing great and the support will die down.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Wrong. Football is contagious. It's the simplicity and flow of the game, with the balance of speed, strength, skill, and strategy that draws people to it. It has a combination of factors like no other sport. That's why now that it is finally on tv in  Australia, showing live games each week, people are starting to realise this sport has huge appeal. The rest of the world has known it for much longer, but that's ok.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
no way rugby league is a mcuh more appealing game soccer is so boring at time when they dont score one goal in a game.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I found the 0-0 draw against Newcastle in the preseason much more exciting than most NRL matches I've seen. It's all about emotional investment. If you find football boring, chances are you don't care about either team.

Scoring and excitement are NOT the same thing. Anyone who thinks otherwise should stick to watching highlights packages, because that is what appeals to them, not sport itself.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Well, to be honest, 0-0 draws can be quite dull if the game is not exciting.

The Newcastle pre-season game a) was the final game in the series so there was a lot on the line adding to excitement, and b) ended in a penalty shootout.

Compare that to the recent QLD v SYD 0-0 draw. Not nearly as interesting TBH.

A 0-0 halfway through a regular season CAN be quite boring.

No comment on the whole football code sh*t fight. Boring.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Agreed Rob. Going back to the 06 World Cup one of the most exciting games was between Trinidad & Tobago and Sweden and that finished 0-0, but it was great to watch because there was still lots of action and throughout it you were always willing T&T to hold out and they did, even more so when they went down to 10 men early in the 2nd half. So yes 0-0 draws can still be exciting.

Three for me, and two for them.

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
One of the best 0-0 draws I ever saw was Italy v England in Rome in a WC qualifier some years back. Just an enthralling game for the whole 90 minutes. 
 
Did you know that rugby began as a sport when the first official football match (held in England) ended in a 0-0 draw. A small number of interested parties said, "f**k this for a joke, not even a single goal" and went off and started a different version of the game, namely what rugby became. Bit of trivia for you.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Not necessarily incorrect Smithy. It may be that the Rugby Union was formed after the 0-0 game. Either way, it was something significant like that.  But as you say, off topic.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Actually  " Warrior" you are starting to annoy me!!!!
 
This is a football site. If you want to rant on about how good league is go and do it on a league site!!!!!!!!!!!!
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

is Warriors actually Graham Lowe?
Cosimo2008-01-31 20:52:52
I like tautologies because I like them.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
pao1908 wrote:
One of the best 0-0 draws I ever saw was Italy v England in Rome in a WC qualifier some years back. Just an enthralling game for the whole 90 minutes. 
 
Did you know that rugby began as a sport when the first official football match (held in England) ended in a 0-0 draw. A small number of interested parties said, "f**k this for a joke, not even a single goal" and went off and started a different version of the game, namely what rugby became. Bit of trivia for you.
 
Swindon Town Vs Nottingham Forrest, Boxing Day, can'tremember the year (around 98/99 I think).  What a 0-0 that was!
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Cosimo wrote:

is Warriors actually Graham Lowe?


Didn't he get fired?

a.haak

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
There are plenty of people on here and throughout NZ football that manage to support the Warriors and football.

Best to ignore one half-arsed troll who will never understand the passion of football... writing off a 0-0 draw is generally the last result of the ill-informed.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
In football, a goal could become, say, 6 points. Maybe a goal from open play 6 points, and a set piece goal 3 points. a 4-3 win for instance could end up actually being 24-18. That way it has the APPEARANCE of being more high-scoring. That may satisfy those who are that way conditioned.  
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