Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
That is exactly Green Thumbs point Begbie. The Bronco's game against Manly is listed in the NRL draw as a Manly home match. Instead it will be played at the Broncos home ground. It's why he put 'away' in inverted comma's. The NRL has given the Bronco's an extra 'home' game this year. The scheduling should have been for a Bronco's home game for the magic round. Once again the NRL looks after the Bronco's.
Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
Bruh
Have you watch them play this year? They arent being given enough help! This club needs every advantage it can get.
Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
That is exactly Green Thumbs point Begbie. The Bronco's game against Manly is listed in the NRL draw as a Manly home match. Instead it will be played at the Broncos home ground. It's why he put 'away' in inverted comma's. The NRL has given the Bronco's an extra 'home' game this year. The scheduling should have been for a Bronco's home game for the magic round. Once again the NRL looks after the Bronco's.
They've been getting an extra one for some time with the Storm taking a home game there (off the top of my head, maybe other clubs).
Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
So what, Brisbane have to play their game during a round specifically scheduled in Brisbane... elsewhere?
Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
So what, Brisbane have to play their game during a round specifically scheduled in Brisbane... elsewhere?
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No it counts as an away game for them, so they have 13 home games while Manly get 11.
I very much doubt that Magic Round will last long, if it goes beyond this year. Rugby league fans are too tribal. To be honest, I don't have much interest in paying extra to see games between other clubs. I can already watch them on TV (and I'm paying for that already). I'm not even interested in staying for the Rabbitohs V Cowboys, on Sunday, to be honest. This sort of "festival" worked well for the Nines, but even that ran out of steam after a few years... and there, you were guaranteed of seeing your own club on each day.
I don't much like this option, but if the NRL is going to insist that clubs play at "bush" venues, then it'd be better to do that in one round instead of Magic Round and require every club to do it once every two years. We'd no doubt pretty quickly run out of decent quality venues in that case... but at least everyone would be a on a level playing field then. Instead of having a situation where the Broncos have 13 home games every year. And we'd only lose a home game every two years.
Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
That is exactly Green Thumbs point Begbie. The Bronco's game against Manly is listed in the NRL draw as a Manly home match. Instead it will be played at the Broncos home ground. It's why he put 'away' in inverted comma's. The NRL has given the Bronco's an extra 'home' game this year. The scheduling should have been for a Bronco's home game for the magic round. Once again the NRL looks after the Bronco's.
They've been getting an extra one for some time with the Storm taking a home game there (off the top of my head, maybe other clubs).
I take your point GE, but if the Storm make a decision to play away when they have the opportunity to play at home that is a decision for the Storm. In this case the NRL are taking the decision away from Manly and saying to them that they must play their scheduled home game in Brisbane. Again, I think if the 'magic round' was scheduled for a Bronco's home game it would not be such an issue.
greeneyed wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 9:46 pm
I very much doubt that Magic Round will last long, if it goes beyond this year. Rugby league fans are too tribal. To be honest, I don't have much interest in paying extra to see games between other clubs. I can already watch them on TV (and I'm paying for that already). I'm not even interested in staying for the Rabbitohs V Cowboys, on Sunday, to be honest. This sort of "festival" worked well for the Nines, but even that ran out of steam after a few years... and there, you were guaranteed of seeing your own club on each day.
I don't much like this option, but if the NRL is going to insist that clubs play at "bush" venues, then it'd be better to do that in one round instead of Magic Round and require every club to do it once every two years. We'd no doubt pretty quickly run out of decent quality venues in that case... but at least everyone would be a on a level playing field then. Instead of having a situation where the Broncos have 13 home games every year. And we'd only lose a home game every two years.
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Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
That is exactly Green Thumbs point Begbie. The Bronco's game against Manly is listed in the NRL draw as a Manly home match. Instead it will be played at the Broncos home ground. It's why he put 'away' in inverted comma's. The NRL has given the Bronco's an extra 'home' game this year. The scheduling should have been for a Bronco's home game for the magic round. Once again the NRL looks after the Bronco's.
They've been getting an extra one for some time with the Storm taking a home game there (off the top of my head, maybe other clubs).
Even if Manly or Storm (in years gone by) agree, doesn't seem fair to other teams who get fewer home games. Home ground advantage is huge and gives an unfair advantage.
There are plenty of fans in the Riverina. We've had a strong history of signing players from the region.
Why shouldn't these fans get access to their regional club from time to time?
As a Sydney-based Raiders supporter, it just smacks of "Canberra-based Raiders supporters are the real Raiders supporters and they should be the ones who are looked after".
Young people from the region will likely move to Canberra or Sydney when they get older, so why not embed the Raiders with them? Turning your back on new markets is not good business.
Indeed, we dont give Riverina much, honestly we dont. But they provide so much to our club... we at least have to drip feed them or they'll starve and die (i.e find other teams since they'll lose the connection to this club)
this is a necessary sacrifice. The crowd seemed VERY pro Raiders. It was good to see.
In the 90s the raiders were THE team in the Riverina. They were huge.
They came to my home town, my high school, and were revered for it.
Rugby league and the raiders reigned supreme.
To deny the Riverina people is giving the game away to the AFL.
However.
If Wagga Wagga wants to host NRL games, they need to upgrade their facilities. Immediately.
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The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
greeneyed wrote: ↑May 7, 2019, 7:34 pm
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so Toddy wants a successful and competitive magic round???
gangrenous wrote:Agreed. I think magic round is a truly **** idea
Yep. It gets the first negative score on the gangers system-100 out of 1 gangers
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The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
There are plenty of fans in the Riverina. We've had a strong history of signing players from the region.
Why shouldn't these fans get access to their regional club from time to time?
As a Sydney-based Raiders supporter, it just smacks of "Canberra-based Raiders supporters are the real Raiders supporters and they should be the ones who are looked after".
Young people from the region will likely move to Canberra or Sydney when they get older, so why not embed the Raiders with them? Turning your back on new markets is not good business.
Indeed, we dont give Riverina much, honestly we dont. But they provide so much to our club... we at least have to drip feed them or they'll starve and die (i.e find other teams since they'll lose the connection to this club)
this is a necessary sacrifice. The crowd seemed VERY pro Raiders. It was good to see.
In the 90s the raiders were THE team in the Riverina. They were huge.
They came to my home town, my high school, and were revered for it.
Rugby league and the raiders reigned supreme.
To deny the Riverina people is giving the game away to the AFL.
However.
If Wagga Wagga wants to host NRL games, they need to upgrade their facilities. Immediately.
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I spent a month in Narrandera in 2004 and AFL ruled supreme.
greeneyed wrote: ↑May 7, 2019, 7:34 pm
@TheGHRaiders on Twitter
GOBSMACKED! Penrith Panthers James Maloney found not guilty of a "chicken wing" on Canberra Raiders forward John Bateman. What do you think Raiders fans? @NRL
so Toddy wants a successful and competitive magic round???
greeneyed wrote: ↑May 7, 2019, 7:34 pm
@TheGHRaiders on Twitter
GOBSMACKED! Penrith Panthers James Maloney found not guilty of a "chicken wing" on Canberra Raiders forward John Bateman. What do you think Raiders fans? @NRL
That's genuinely surprising. It was a shocker. The judiciary continues to be a total lottery
gangrenous wrote:Agreed. I think magic round is a truly **** idea
Yep. It gets the first negative score on the gangers system-100 out of 1 gangers
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That’s spot on score-wise, but not the first negative score. Other recent negative scores have been:
Phil Gould: -47 out of 62 gangers
Game of Thrones episode 3: -8 out of 12 gangers
Being bitten by an ant: -5 out of 0.32 gangers
I haven't seen third episode of GoT, so you get -56 out of 12 gangers
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The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
greeneyed wrote: ↑May 7, 2019, 7:34 pm
@TheGHRaiders on Twitter
GOBSMACKED! Penrith Panthers James Maloney found not guilty of a "chicken wing" on Canberra Raiders forward John Bateman. What do you think Raiders fans? @NRL
HOW? He practically ripped his arm out!
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Green thumbs wrote: ↑May 6, 2019, 1:55 pm
I think the Wagga game will do more for the club than the Magic round, which I think is a total waste of time. I’m annoyed it’s an ‘away’ game for the Broncos - seriously, how much help is that team given?
How is an away game? They're playing a Sydney team in their home ground.
That is exactly Green Thumbs point Begbie. The Bronco's game against Manly is listed in the NRL draw as a Manly home match. Instead it will be played at the Broncos home ground. It's why he put 'away' in inverted comma's. The NRL has given the Bronco's an extra 'home' game this year. The scheduling should have been for a Bronco's home game for the magic round. Once again the NRL looks after the Bronco's.
They've been getting an extra one for some time with the Storm taking a home game there (off the top of my head, maybe other clubs).
Even if Manly or Storm (in years gone by) agree, doesn't seem fair to other teams who get fewer home games. Home ground advantage is huge and gives an unfair advantage.
Correct. It just shouldn't be happening that ANY team gets more than 12 home games.