NRL Rumour Mill Thread (Spoilers)

Brendan_B · May 20, 2014

footycardswaps said:
Come on Fella's let's pump up the Blues, even the Cane Toads have lost interest, in a smallish Stadium there are still 8K empty seats, I'm there for game 2 but not a Blatchy's Blue this time around.

Prices are ridiculous, even Mal is appealing for a drop in ticket prices

The Mad Hatter · May 20, 2014

Someone at NRLHQ has seen prices of tickets on Ebay (in the past) and said 'hey, we'll have a piece of that. Was $100, now $200'.

Meanwhile, NRL clubs are basically given club match tickets away now.

AyiosYiorgos · May 20, 2014

Brendan_B said:
Prices are ridiculous, even Mal is appealing for a drop in ticket prices

Wally as well

Matt26 · May 20, 2014

The Mad Hatter said:
Someone at NRLHQ has seen prices of tickets on Ebay (in the past) and said 'hey, we'll have a piece of that. Was $100, now $200'.

Meanwhile, NRL clubs are basically given club match tickets away now.

The Tickets I paid $150 for last year are $220 this year and we were on half way but in the nosebleeds.

Most people are saying stuff it..... ill order Pizzas, lots of drinks, sitting in the comfort of home with no lines for the toilets and spend a fraction of what it costs being there.

$200 max should be the highest priced tickets (diamond) down to $50 in the nosebleeds. You would sell it out then.

I pay $220 to sit 15 rows from the field on the halfway line for the whole season at Penrith 11 or so games.

The Mad Hatter · May 20, 2014

They've messed with the SoO formula. Hell, they did the same thing last year with Grand Final tickets, whacking up the prices so the people we always went with ended up not going (and in the end we didn't go either). SoO makes it's money from TV…the 50k or 80k who turn up to the games are trivial to the overall bottom line.

AyiosYiorgos · May 20, 2014

Greed is Good

The Mad Hatter · May 20, 2014

I grew up in the 1980's when SoO was a TV game. Sad to say, I've never been to a single SoO match as it's just traditional to go to family's houses, eat pies, peas and mash and sink tinnies (even got slabs of KB when it was out a few years back!). And now with kids…well…

Qld by 7 in Game 1.

hobo · May 20, 2014

Anything can happen on the night, not the exact Blues team I'd pick but I'm a fan so will stick true.

Blues by 1 with a Hodkinson field goal. i haven't been for a few years and like said its a tradition that my mates footy team mates come over with their dads BBQ beers and tears.

My son 15 and his mates can't remember the Blues winning a series....our time will come.

troy titans · May 21, 2014

Brendan_B said:
Yeah surprised Lillyman didn't get a run and shocked that Papalii did but QLD are generally very loyal.

Fensom will be another Tongue I think, can't understand how he can't get a rep jersey even at country level

Fensoms only chance may be the all stars game

Brendan_B · May 21, 2014

If Fensom were a QUeenslander he would have played by now

footycardswaps · May 21, 2014

Re: Origin Prices, its all about supply and demand, in the early days when The Footy Stadium was built prices were around $25.00 a ticket which most fans found to be too high, it didn't take too long for the fans to realise that the Footy Stadium was a good place to watch a game and from the early 90's on the games were almost sellouts.
Up in Queensland the ground didn't have the capacity of the SFS and thus sold out quickly,for the last 20 years both grounds have been almost at capacity in nearly every game even when the Olympic Stadium was taken on by the Blues, a bigger ground to fill but when they did they were able to adjust the prices to supply and demand.
For the last four seasons a group of us have been part of the Blatchies Blues!, but this year when the tickets were purchased the Blatchies Blues were sold out so we have to slum it with the more wealthier supporters this time around, no dramas here we have to pay a bit extra because the tickets have been sold out, up in Qld all the cheap seats have been sold and now the fans are having a whinge because 'if' they want to go to the game then they just have to pay a little extra, supply and demand, if it doesn't happen then our economy will downfall just like Spain & Greece, do you want that to occur here in Oz, I know that not every Aussie fan can make it to an Origin game but I had to wait my time to be able to do so as I had other committments but once you go and become part of the atmosphere you'll wonder why it took you so long to do so.

The Mad Hatter · May 21, 2014

Blake Ferguson officially a chook.

footycardswaps · May 21, 2014

The Mad Hatter said:
Blake Ferguson officially a chook.

In an unofficial way!, part of Junior development I believe! a great role model he will be!.

The Mad Hatter · May 21, 2014

footycardswaps said:
In an unofficial way!, part of Junior development I believe! a great role model he will be!.

Signed for 2015. It was rumoured he was being paid by chooks a while ago. Good luck to him, I hope he turns his life around.

Victor The Viking · May 21, 2014

The Mad Hatter said:
Signed for 2015. It was rumoured he was being paid by chooks a while ago.

Sydney Rorters indeed...

AyiosYiorgos · May 21, 2014

Was Ferguson convicted, if so what sentence was he given?

Victor The Viking · May 21, 2014

AyiosYiorgos said:
Was Ferguson convicted, if so what sentence was he given?

He was found guilty and given a two year good behaviour bond.

hobo · May 21, 2014

Convicted and given a 2 year good behaviour bond i believe.

The chooks have had this lined up for ages and have a strategy to get him back this is Step 1

AyiosYiorgos · May 21, 2014

Yeah I know, they have been paying him for a while now, they even said they're the best club for him to help him out haha

Victor The Viking · May 21, 2014

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