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David

Years ago

Final Ladder Predictions?

Top 4 already settled but if adelaide can win every game and Illawarra and Melbourne lose more Adelaide can just sneak in.We will see in a month.

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Jack Toft

Years ago

Townsville economy had been hit hard by the drop in commodity prices. There is a nickel refinery in Townsville (owned by Palmer) that is struggling. There is the army base there and the centre is a hub for the FIFO mines too.

With the mining boom over, not much money, so I am not surprised with the closed shops.

The number of mid-week and away games hurts Townsville too I believe. The schedule means that the team can't build momentum with the fans as there's not a consistent slot. e.g. Melbourne/Sydney seem to get the Sunday afternoon, NZB seem to get the Thursday slot. As a fan, if you know Saturday is the time they play, you can plan around it. Fans love consistency.

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Matthew

Years ago

What makes me sad is that with that Townsville really impressive win the other night, their Stadium still wasnt full.

What can they do to get the people in? Beg, steal people?

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Mystro

Years ago

NZ cut the nets down in Perth's new stadium before Perth did so while home court is an advantage I doubt NZ are sweating that they have no chance of winning it all without it

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