Western Sydney

bomberboy0618 · April 05, 2012, 04:34:47 PM

Quote from: Jukes on April 05, 2012, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Fletch74 on April 05, 2012, 12:15:13 PM
The AFL has people following because we have the best players

YOU DON'T SAY

Tell us more of your wisdom Fletch.

Fletch74 · April 05, 2012, 05:46:30 PM

Quote from: bomberboy0618 on April 05, 2012, 04:34:47 PM
Quote from: Jukes on April 05, 2012, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: Fletch74 on April 05, 2012, 12:15:13 PM
The AFL has people following because we have the best players

YOU DON'T SAY
Tell us more of your wisdom Fletch.

lol I was just responding to JB's comments re EPL vs A league...

C'mon BB, give me some credit, I come from the Public school system... :P

Luigi197 · April 05, 2012, 09:34:14 PM

No more Worm and Terra for Heart :(

Master Q · April 05, 2012, 09:44:50 PM

Quote from: Luigi197 on April 05, 2012, 09:34:14 PM
No more Worm and Terra for Heart :(

Is that Official?

Luigi197 · April 06, 2012, 12:43:11 AM

Quote from: Master Q on April 05, 2012, 09:44:50 PM
Quote from: Luigi197 on April 05, 2012, 09:34:14 PM
No more Worm and Terra for Heart :(
Is that Official?

as a member of heart i recieved an email from the CEO of the club, telling me this.

seems official enough to me :(

Jukes · April 06, 2012, 12:50:03 AM

Wish Tony Sage emailed me every time one of our players flowers off to China.

Cicjose · April 06, 2012, 02:19:14 PM

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/2219200258/New-A-League-team-in-Western-Sydney

Luigi197 · April 10, 2012, 11:57:36 AM

Great. There goes Newcastle Jets.

According the facebook of Goal.com.au

"
Hunter Sports Group hand back Newcastle Jets A-League licence, will not field team in 2012-3 season.

"

Cicjose · April 10, 2012, 12:04:28 PM

i didn't expect that to happen

Luigi197 · April 10, 2012, 12:38:22 PM

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/nathan-tinkler-hands-newcastle-jets-licence-back-to-football-federation-australia/story-e6frf4gl-1226322661969

Cicjose · April 10, 2012, 07:51:28 PM

i think we need to look at a community model for all clubs

Luigi197 · April 10, 2012, 08:40:51 PM

I reckon the A-league should try hard to get Newcastle back.

Then spend a year or two ensuring the future of every club, money and management wise. Help them out.

Then go around Australia, and start planning the future of a lot of other possible clubs.
i.e. Start planning a Hobart/Darwin/Cairns/Christchurch team, even if they dont come for another 6 years, if at all. almost as backups.

Cicjose · April 10, 2012, 08:57:13 PM

we need to see if the community is willing to support a team

Sydney barely supports one team im sure that Western Sydney is going to struggle without community support

Melbourne can support 2 teams because Victory has a large fan base of which few defected to the Heart

Perth Adelaide and Brisbane can support their own team

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Gold Coast struggles to gain any momentum from the community regardless of sport

(GCU struggle, Titans struggle, Reds work because they are based in Brisbane)

The only team that has had sustained success in GC is the Blaze, in a competition that has next to no coverage in mainstream news media (One HD shows NBL games from time to time)

Jukes · April 10, 2012, 09:26:31 PM

I think another New Zealand team should be top priority. The Pheonix have had great results in both success and fan support, so I reckon a team in either Auckland or Christchurch should be also quite successful if they can draw enough fans, which can easily be done if the FFA give every club some more dough to bring in more star players.