Dogs don't regret switch

[pittbull]

By Steve Mascord

May 28, 2007 12:00

BULLDOGS chief executive Malcolm Noad insists the club did not lose money on Friday night's clash with North Queensland despite the small crowd at Suncorp Stadium.

The Dogs shifted the game to Brisbane in the hope of attracting fans in town for State of Origin but ended up attracting just 15,412.

"We have a lot of support up here but the crowd was a bit down on what we thought it would be," Noad said.

"But there was still plenty of blue and white there.

"Suncorp have been great to deal with but they just miscounted the pre-sales. On Thursday night it was 17,500 but that turned out not to be the case."

The match is set to return to the venue next season with an option on a third year. The big injury news out of the game was a recurrence of a neck problem for North Queensland centre Paul Bowman.

He had scans yesterday but the club says there will be no results until Wednesday. Brenton Bowen has an ankle injury while for the Bulldogs, winger Andrew Emelio suffered a new knee injury and will get MRI scans back today.

 

[BULLDOG GEORGE]

its the cash they dont regret.

 

[Casinodawg]

back to belmore

 

[WMD 637]

Has anyone stopped and thought that the Club moved it to Brisbane to reward/treat our Qld supporters?

Yes we are a Sydney based club but it's a great gesture to take one home game a year elsewhere. Sydney supporters have ample opportunities to watch their team so it's only fair to give our interstate supporters a taste.

Also, even if this was just about money. WHO CARES?! How dare our CEO try to make a profit for his club! He should be sacked.

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

why are we whinging when we can watch the bulldogs play at telstra on a regular basis?
let the dogs fans up there at QLD have a game to enjoy.

 

[Casinodawg]

Has anyone stopped and thought that the Club moved it to Brisbane to reward/treat our Qld supporters?

Yes we are a Sydney based club but it's a great gesture to take one home game a year elsewhere. Sydney supporters have ample opportunities to watch their team so it's only fair to give our interstate supporters a taste.

Also, even if this was just about money. WHO CARES?! How dare our CEO try to make a profit for his club! He should be sacked.

WTF didnt we play Canberra there or Melbourne. If that was to reward QLD dogs supporters .

They expected the dogs to be on top of the ladder when they booked it and thought they could fill the stadium.

Instead it backfired because we needed the points and the COWS were urged on by a strong fan presence and the Reconsilation trophy to get lots of Indegenous Australians there who DONT support the dogs TBH

 

[WMD 637]

WTF didnt we play Canberra there or Melbourne. If that was to reward QLD dogs supporters .

They expected the dogs to be on top of the ladder when they booked it and thought they could fill the stadium.

Instead it backfired because we needed the points and the COWS were urged on by a strong fan presence and the Reconsilation trophy to get lots of Indegenous Australians there who DONT support the dogs TBH

How many Canberra and Melbourne supporters are there period let alone in Qld? The move to Suncorp didnt backfire because we lost. We lost because they weren't there to play for the majority of the game. I heard we made a profit from the move anyway.

 

[Willie Talol'd]

god not emelio that means cutler will be back

 

[Casinodawg]

How many Canberra and Melbourne supporters are there period let alone in Qld? The move to Suncorp didnt backfire because we lost. We lost because they weren't there to play for the majority of the game. I heard we made a profit from the move anyway.

A loosing side for any team does not attract fans through the gates.

I do wonder whether our team would have turned up at Telstra and what crowd we would have got given the fact it was the live game on channel 9

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

god not emelio that means cutler will be back

he played well in PL from what i heard, although he is a fullback not a winger. Although still on the other hand if you consider yourself to be a fullback you need to have some type of experience under the high ball, which unfortunately on some occasions i didnt see with cutler.

 

[kennyy]

he played ****ing awesome in PL.

i reckon we throw him into the centres and alternate him with patten during the game.

 

[ByRd]

cutler is a fullback, always plays well at his proper position but is no winger or center loll

 

[Doggee71]

Has anyone stopped and thought that the Club moved it to Brisbane to reward/treat our Qld supporters?

Yes we are a Sydney based club but it's a great gesture to take one home game a year elsewhere. Sydney supporters have ample opportunities to watch their team so it's only fair to give our interstate supporters a taste.

Also, even if this was just about money. WHO CARES?! How dare our CEO try to make a profit for his club! He should be sacked.

,,,,from a major fan (30 + years) that lives in QLD..

THANK YOU..
that is the true spirit imo of a bulldog supporter

+ to all those who critised this...if the dogs had won...would you be saying the same things???