NRL 2017 Melbourne Storm Discussion Thread

[imadodgyumpire]

Heard it was a sellout, was planning to go but left it too late to get a ticket.

Me too.

 

[peternorth]

i thoroughly enjoyed the game. plenty of spare seats. dunno why they say sell out.

the rain came in the last minute and presentation then finished when i was about to leave the stadium. good timing

 

[Aucklander]

It was reported GA ticket sales were exhausted and you couldn't buy one at the gate. I've read GA admission has also been reduced too which might explain the empty seats. Either way, it probably robbed (some) people of a ticket.

 

[balmainforever]

You want to see a full house, watch Leichhardt today. Won't see a spare spot.

 

[peternorth]

a few people outside asking for people selling tickets

 

[nobbyiscool]

I dunno what it is about AAMI Park, but I've seen it with Victory games too - there isn't a ground in Australia where a "sell out" involves so many empty seats. It particularly confuses me cos they're always in bunches, they're not just a seat or two smattered around (which would be a lot more understandable and explainable.)

Shame that people were kept out when you saw it on tv. I nearly went myself, but when I looked online late Friday night it was already looking like it'd sell out.

Lots of lessons for the Storm and NRL to learn about fixturing and pricing at least. Never was there a better example of it being better and more successful to attract 20k at $20 than 10k at $40. If Storm can get crowds like that regularly they can show tv viewers that they need to check out the Storm, and they can get a big regular audience like Victory does.

 

[tugga]

You want to see a full house, watch Leichhardt today. Won't see a spare spot.

Tigers were missing 13 players on the field for 80 minutes though.

 

[peternorth]

is it me or is it that melbourne always seem to play qld teams in the finals?

 

[Aucklander]

Well done.

Link

Melburnians have rallied behind their rugby league team like never before, breaking attendance records at AAMI Park in recent weeks.

Saturday night’s Qualifying final against the Cowboys marked the first time in history Storm had played three consecutive home games in front of more than 20,000 fans.

A crowd of 21,333 turned out to see the men in purple defeat the reigning premiers, setting up a home preliminary final at AAMI Park next Saturday night.

That attendance backed up the 24,135 against the Sharks in Round 26 and 20,263 in the previous week against Brisbane.

Another big crowd is expected on Saturday 24 September as Storm aim to book a place in the 2016 NRL Grand Final.

AAMI Park has been the place to be lately and the Preliminary final will be no exception.

 

[Aucklander]

is it me or is it that melbourne always seem to play qld teams in the finals?

Just the way it seems to work out. They won't play one next week.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Can't believe how slow things are in this thread at a time when the Storm are having such a great season and are on the verge of another finals campaign.

You might have to sticky the Sharks thread instead.

 

[royboy2]

You might have to sticky the Sharks thread instead.

I'm sure the Sharks thread will be sticky enough come Sunday

 

[Coldacre]

off to the big dance! brilliant!

 

[RooBoyz24]

Storm into another GF and its good to knock off Canberra.Ricky eat that.

 

[Firestarter]

Shame about Proctor but good on the club for accepting his request.

 

[robbieando]

Well time for 2017. Hopefully we can go one step further.

 

[Firestarter]

Jordan McLean leaving at the end of the year.

 

[Firestarter]

Finucane has re-signed for 4 years to take the sting off that.

 

[peternorth]

And cooper will leave at end of 2017 season, to add more sting

 

[The Lemon]

What a surprise. Out one goes, another comes in.

 

[Ben B 96]

And cooper will leave at end of 2017 season, to add more sting

The boys better make this year a big one then.

 

[Aucklander]

He's been a great servant to the club and an equally great ambassador for the code here who deserves to be able to leave and be applauded for everything he's done. I'm picking it will be a pretty emotional time at the club too.

He and guys like him fly in the face of idiots who claim the small white guy has no place in the game.

 

[nobbyiscool]

And cooper will leave at end of 2017 season, to add more sting

I can't blame him - he's got a pretty bloody good reason for wanting to move to Sydney.

 

[peternorth]

I can't blame him - he's got a pretty bloody good reason for wanting to move to Sydney.

id buy that for a dollar

 

[Frappe]

Anyone heard if we're close to signing a big name for next year? Reading on line all of the out of contract guns appear to be getting snapped up so I hope we don't miss out.