GWS / SUNS >> How much more dollars

[Fred]

they get paid to play in Canberra , 3 million or something for 3 comp games & a trial each year
they can't afford not to play there

big scrutiny & criticism from people in Canberra if the deal should have been renwed in 2022 for another 10 years purely because the ROI isn't there
the ACT chief minister is a twat tho & signed up anyway ,this will be the last deal, Barr won't be there in 2031 , he may not even be there at the end of this year .

So where should they play in that month they can't around easter if not in Canberra ?
Accor ?
those 5K crowds would look awesome there eh

Everything you say may be true - my concern is that playing in Canberra detracts from the brand it is meant to be - a side for West Sydney people. I don't know the answer but I do believe that playing in Canberra hurts GWS in building a brand in their supposed heartland area. and in connecting with the people from there. For the AFL to be spruiking long-term this and long-term that - playing in Canberra seems very short-sighted.

they've plaed enough games in western sydney to connect with people in western sydney ... they are the 2nd most succesfull team in the afl behind geelong since their inception
& still no one cares

pack em up , they're done

I don't think they are going anywhere - but agree that they need to focus on connecting with the community more - no point winning if no one cares you win. They just need to find a way to get, at least, a reasonable niche market.

[GlobalRugbyLeague]

Homebush was the correct decision, it's central to a large area of Western Sydney.
Looking at the map Blacktown is very far out in north west direction and not as easy for fans to commute. Blacktown Giants sounds terrible and would not win any fans.

Homebush ( and Canberra ) is the correct location for GWS..

How is Canberra Western Sydney though? It just shows AFL still needs GWS to play in another city because they have no fan base in one of the most populated areas in Australia.

Western Sydney have a bigger population to cover than every single other AFL clubs supporter zone. Yet they still have to play in another large city like Canberra to be financially viable.

That really says something about AFLs supporter base there.

[Fred]

As noted in other thread - playing games in Canberra is a mistake for GWS - does nothing to connect them to local community - something they desperately need to do. Seem very plastic

[azif]

As noted in other thread - playing games in Canberra is a mistake for GWS - does nothing to connect them to local community - something they desperately need to do. Seem very plastic

so where do they play for that month around easter ... ?
they refuse to play at accor & i understand why

their tiny crowds would look ridiculous there , absurd

[Fred]

As noted in other thread - playing games in Canberra is a mistake for GWS - does nothing to connect them to local community - something they desperately need to do. Seem very plastic

so where do they play for that month around easter ... ?
they refuse to play at accor & i understand why

their tiny crowds would look ridiculous there , absurd

Yeah - it’s a good question. Maybe they just have to wear the small crowds (he’ll NRL had been doing it for years)). If it is 4 weeks as you say that’s only 2 home game - so maybe they play one against the Swams at Accor so we’re only taking about 1 game - which they could play 2 consecutive weeks away maybe.

[Terry]

As noted in other thread - playing games in Canberra is a mistake for GWS - does nothing to connect them to local community - something they desperately need to do. Seem very plastic

so where do they play for that month around easter ... ?
they refuse to play at accor & i understand why

their tiny crowds would look ridiculous there , absurd

Yeah - it’s a good question. Maybe they just have to wear the small crowds (he’ll NRL had been doing it for years)). If it is 4 weeks as you say that’s only 2 home game - so maybe they play one against the Swams at Accor so we’re only taking about 1 game - which they could play 2 consecutive weeks away maybe.

The Ginats actually play 8 games away from No Name Stadium. They played Norf on 16 March and do not return until they play Footscry on 18 May. That's 8 games away from their nominal 'home'. During that time they play 2 games at Manuka. So they are invisible in their 'home' area for 2 whole months of the season. Tell me that's a good way to build your following??????????

Their actual contractual arrangements are that they vacate No Name stadium for the cattle parades for 2 weeks before the cows arrive, the two weeks of the parades and a further 2 weeks to clean up the .......ummmmmmm.........mess.......left behind lolololololololol!!!!!

The genius' at fumble house cooked up that deal. I'm not sure if it was Larry, Curly or Moe who signed off on that one lololololol!!!!!

[Fred]

Agree- I do believe the stadium has a sponsor nowadays though

[leeroy*NRL*]

Homebush was the correct decision, it's central to a large area of Western Sydney.
Looking at the map Blacktown is very far out in north west direction and not as easy for fans to commute. Blacktown Giants sounds terrible and would not win any fans.

Homebush ( and Canberra ) is the correct location for GWS..

How is Canberra Western Sydney though? It just shows AFL still needs GWS to play in another city because they have no fan base in one of the most populated areas in Australia.

Western Sydney have a bigger population to cover than every single other AFL clubs supporter zone. Yet they still have to play in another large city like Canberra to be financially viable.

That really says something about AFLs supporter base there.

that's exactly right..

AFL Needed a back up plan that is why GWS play 3 of the 11 H&A games in canberra plus trial game.
and it helps fund the team with the multi million deal.

tell me any other reason they would do it..

[Fred]

Homebush was the correct decision, it's central to a large area of Western Sydney.
Looking at the map Blacktown is very far out in north west direction and not as easy for fans to commute. Blacktown Giants sounds terrible and would not win any fans.

Homebush ( and Canberra ) is the correct location for GWS..

How is Canberra Western Sydney though? It just shows AFL still needs GWS to play in another city because they have no fan base in one of the most populated areas in Australia.

Western Sydney have a bigger population to cover than every single other AFL clubs supporter zone. Yet they still have to play in another large city like Canberra to be financially viable.

That really says something about AFLs supporter base there.

that's exactly right..

AFL Needed a back up plan that is why GWS play 3 of the 11 H&A games in canberra plus trial game.
and it helps fund the team with the multi million deal.

tell me any other reason they would do it..

Stupidity - or trying to have too many eggs in one basket.

[Terry]

Homebush was the correct decision, it's central to a large area of Western Sydney.
Looking at the map Blacktown is very far out in north west direction and not as easy for fans to commute. Blacktown Giants sounds terrible and would not win any fans.

Homebush ( and Canberra ) is the correct location for GWS..

How is Canberra Western Sydney though? It just shows AFL still needs GWS to play in another city because they have no fan base in one of the most populated areas in Australia.

Western Sydney have a bigger population to cover than every single other AFL clubs supporter zone. Yet they still have to play in another large city like Canberra to be financially viable.

That really says something about AFLs supporter base there.

that's exactly right..

AFL Needed a back up plan that is why GWS play 3 of the 11 H&A games in canberra plus trial game.
and it helps fund the team with the multi million deal.

tell me any other reason they would do it..

Yep. They've never really dedicated themselves to the real greater western Sydney region. The folk that live out there know that. Hence the pathetic crowds.

But its actually worse than that. It sends a terrible message to their playing group. 99% of whom are interstaters. They have no clue who they're playing for or representing. The players mostly live in the inner west affluent suburbs. They travel to the 'west' at Homebush for training and games.

These areas have zero compatibility with the outer western suburbs this mess is supposed to represent. And then they send 'em off to play in their 'second' home area Canberra. I mean you can't make this shit up. Canberra is the only joint in the land more detached from the outer west than Breakfast Point. So they send 'em there lolololololololoololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total cluster F__k!!!!!!!! They should close 'em down. But I hope and pray they continue. It's been a belly laugh from day ONE llololololololol!!!!

The whole thing is a cluster F__K.

[Bbear]

Their needs to be a second team in Sydney.
And it's not GWS as we know it.
This second team needs to embrace potential fans from all over Sydney, North, South, and West and play at a renamed Giants stadium.

The whole GWS or Western Sydney angle don't work because nobody from the GWS area identifies as being from Western Sydney.
They identify from their particular suburb in GWS.
GWS is a manufactured identity that belongs on streetmaps.

Similar problem with West Tigers
Terrible departure from the Balmain Tigers name.

[azif]

Their needs to be a second team in Sydney.
And it's not GWS as we know it.
This second team needs to embrace potential fans from all over Sydney, North, South, and West and play at a renamed Giants stadium.

The whole GWS or Western Sydney angle don't work because nobody from the GWS area identifies as being from Western Sydney.
They identify from their particular suburb in GWS.
GWS is a manufactured identity that belongs on streetmaps.

Similar problem with West Tigers
Terrible departure from the Balmain Tigers name.

Wests ... Western Suburbs magpies ... founded 1908
Lidcombe , Ashfield , Strathfield , Burwood , Campsie
to name a few , later the Macarthur region / Campbelltown from 1987

Tigers
Balmain 1908 to 1999

Wests/Tigers
a merger of the 2
with 10 times the numb of actual supporters that , that plastic irelevant load of shit the GWS wankers have
waiting with bated breath for them to get their house in order again , & Benji looks like he might be the guy to do it ...

Sydney does not have enough ex pat tools from the sthn states to support a 2nd team from .... anywhere in Sydney
TV ratings prove it

pack it up
the fumbling game from vicdumboh is done in western sydney