Forget the old boys network
Honestly, some people still cling to the old mud like it's a holy relic, and they get so passionate about the "Canterbury spirit" that they miss the obvious shift happening right now. The fact you're even having this debate shows how many of y'all are living in a rugby fossil. It's not about who you supported when they had less money; it's about which side can actually deliver wins and make the punter happy these days. 💸 We've got a machine on the pitch that’s performing at a level that makes those "good old days" look like amateur league filler. These stats and the way we're running things proves this is the era for Canterbury, full stop. Trying to romanticise the past just means you're hoping for a miracle that the current squad is statistically engineered to deny you.
Remind me of your ROI?
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✓Honestly, some people still cling to the old mud like it's a holy relic, and they get so passionate about the "Canterbury spirit" that they miss the obvious shift happening right now. The fact you're even having this deb…Calling us fossils because we remember the mud is a bit rich. Best era? Possibly, I'll grant the talent is real. But selling out a stadium in 80 minutes proves the product's hot, and one good season in the Bunnings NPC doesn't erase decades of Ranfurly Shield history. On condition this side actually collects the silverware, then maybe I'll say it out loud.Sample first, conclusions after.
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Nah Rob, the Shield's safe in the memory bank, nobody's erasing it. But you watched that sellout at One NZ Stadium and tell me your heart didn't go off 😂 80 minutes!! I've been going to grounds my whole life and never seen pies move like that tbh This squad plays with a bit of something the mud era just can't match, fast ball, young fellas running hard lines, whole city buzzing on NPC nights 🏉 Backing them all day, you just know it's special right now. Old boys can keep the nostalgia, I'll take this 🔥In the stands since I was a kid.
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I keep a table on this stuff every round and even I'll admit the sample's short, but an 80-minute sellout at One NZ Stadium is the loudest data point we've had in years. Addington never moved pies like that, Rob, and I was there for some of those Shield defenses. Memory's lovely, footfall's better. 📊Numbers > vibes.
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Back in my day we queued at Addington in the drizzle for lukewarm pies, so an 80-minute sellout makes this old boy grin. Both eras count, mates 😉Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
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Yeah nah, Rob, even my TAB multi on the weekend had Canterbury making finals and it cashed 😏 You can keep your drizzle and lukewarm pie memories mate, but an 80-minute sellout has every punter in the country backing red and black right now. Best era's under our feet, simple as that 🤡
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Fascinating thread to read with my tables open, I'll admit. The honest position is that both sides are arguing past each other a bit. One sellout at 80 minutes is one data point, a loud one, but my rule has always been to wait three rounds before calling a trend. What I will say is that the footfall argument BootToBallGuru makes is hard to argue with, because nostalgia never filled a stand on its own. And JackScrum's TAB multi cashing is about as democratic a verdict as this country produces. Where I'd push back on everyone is the framing. Why does best era have to be either mud or numbers? The Shield years built the base that's filling seats now. Ask me again in round ten and I might give you a proper answer, mate, once the sample's got some meat on it 📊Do the math before you argue.