Blitzkrieg
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...I believe the idea of the new teams is to have a home game played in Sydney and in QLD every week as in Adelaide and WA, which in turn should help to get people into the sport. I was always under the impression the Kangaroos would become the second Sydney side, but alas. At least I don't feel stupid having to call them "The Kangaroos" rather than north now.
...I believe the idea of the new teams is to have a home game played in Sydney and in QLD every week as in Adelaide and WA, which in turn should help to get people into the sport. I was always under the impression the Kangaroos would become the second Sydney side, but alas. At least I don't feel stupid having to call them "The Kangaroos" rather than north now.
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The Gold Coast RL teams didn't work because the Broncos muscled them out of the competition, and they were less than competitive. Even when the Seagulls had Wally Lewis playing for them they couldn't get into gear. The Titans has a good side and the circumstances this time are a lot different. As far as a second Sydney AFL side goes, I really can't see how it will work. Both the Swans and the Lions were re-located Melbourne sides, so they already had a history. There's still a lot of old South Melbourne fans who barrack for the Swans and I think it's the same with Fitzroy fans. But look how long it took to establish those sides in their new cities. Starting a new side from scratch in a city where AFl is still called aerial ping-pong in precisely the area where they want to start it just isn't going to work. It would be like starting a South Melbourne NRL side and putting it in Moorabbin.
Blitzy, the club that trains at Arden St is called North Melbourne Football Club again, with the nickname of the Kangaroos, as of this year....
You still get lots of South Melbourne fans at Swans games down here. Same with poor old Fitzroy fans at Brisbane Loins games.
You still get lots of South Melbourne fans at Swans games down here. Same with poor old Fitzroy fans at Brisbane Loins games.
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That's exactly the reason. The difference is that WA and SA were already AFL towns when the VFL went national.
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but they wont be creating any new fans initially, thats just a way get getting twice as much money out of the fans they already have.
Would a fan of the swans pay to go and watch there rivals play? I dont think so, and as gore stated ealier it took 20 yrs for the swans to get established in sydney. I dont think the AFL can afford to persist that long waiting for the fruit of thier labour to be produced. The AFL is going to have to do some serious work to get even something like crowd figures they would need to make this whole thing viable
the only a-league club that is currently making a profit is the melbourne victory. Thats on the back of playing at the dome and having crowds over 45,000 each week. the other 7 clubs with crowds on 15000 are still running in the red 3 years later. I cant see the AFL allowing that to happen for too long.
Would a fan of the swans pay to go and watch there rivals play? I dont think so, and as gore stated ealier it took 20 yrs for the swans to get established in sydney. I dont think the AFL can afford to persist that long waiting for the fruit of thier labour to be produced. The AFL is going to have to do some serious work to get even something like crowd figures they would need to make this whole thing viable
the only a-league club that is currently making a profit is the melbourne victory. Thats on the back of playing at the dome and having crowds over 45,000 each week. the other 7 clubs with crowds on 15000 are still running in the red 3 years later. I cant see the AFL allowing that to happen for too long.
Blitzkrieg
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Many NRL clubs can make it work with lower attendance figures, so that isn't the only issue.
Tis all very interesting anyway. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Tis all very interesting anyway. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
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poor old Barry,what he did was wrong but Stakers mother did'nt have to go on about 4 different radio shows about it
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Haha I want to hear his mum on readio now.
Nice to see Chad Cornes out for a few weeks. Knob.
on both counts
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Is this Vic v. Dream Team game a joke or what? A bloke kicked a goal before and the crowd hardly made a sound. Not only do the AFl want to over reach into NRL heartland, now they want to play Mickey Mouse rep games too.
