Maybe it was more along the lines, he wanted a team that wins,Pete_2211 wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:03 pmBuddy Franklin could have gone to Western Sydney but he chose to live in Bondi & play for the swans. Hmmmm I wonder why
It does make me laugh the go home factor with these AFL players.post_hoc wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:47 amHow soft are these AFL players, they can't be a 1 hour flight 1000 km from 'home' Jesus, Football players travel the globe, Aaron Mooy left home to play in England when he was 15. Cahill was 17 I think.AFLcrap1 wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:23 pmStrong go home factor . What a crock of shit ...Beaussie wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:13 pmI think the Giants and Suns have a point when you consider the strong go home factor and other clubs circling to take young developing talent. I’d like to see them drop the silly GWS name too and identify more as simply Western Sydney Giants. Sounds silly when you hear commentary refer to them as GWS.
Poor little mummy boys can't be away from home .
Can't they get on a 2 hr flight to go see mummy if they miss them .
A pathetic excuse
Doesn't seem to worry RL players signed by Melb .
Maybe we breed them a bit tougher .
Nathan Walker who just won the Stanley Cup with Washington left home to play in the Czech Republic when he was 14.
All of these guys are bigger stars than any AFL sook. Toughen up
167Milllllion bucks. Wow, I was right when I said the AFL could bring several small nations out of poverty with the cash they’ve drained into the team they called Greater Western Sydney.... who by the way aren’t based in and don’t play their home games in greater western Sydney.leeroy*NRL* wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:11 amGiants say $167m investment will pay off
THE AFL will pour another $23 million into Greater Western Sydney this season — taking the total investment in the expansion club beyond $167 million. But after seven seasons, Giants chairman Tony Shepherd insists they are on track “to become a fully viable club.
I mean for fukks sake, they couldn’t even get that right. 
xman wrote:KE, why is an even comp important?
they havent given them draft concessions for many years nowleeroy*NRL* wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:54 amIf they AFL stop giving them concessions and draft picks
once GWS start dropping out of the 8
than watch the AFL Club start to milk money even further...
is that right, I thought they were scaled back but not taken out..NlolRL wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:02 amthey havent given them draft concessions for many years nowleeroy*NRL* wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:54 amIf they AFL stop giving them concessions and draft picks
once GWS start dropping out of the 8
than watch the AFL Club start to milk money even further...
i believe they get a % increase on their salary cap to keep players from going back to home states. They dont get draft concessionsleeroy*NRL* wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:42 pmis that right, I thought they were scaled back but not taken out..NlolRL wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:02 amthey havent given them draft concessions for many years nowleeroy*NRL* wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:54 amIf they AFL stop giving them concessions and draft picks
once GWS start dropping out of the 8
than watch the AFL Club start to milk money even further...
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there's no doubting the 'go home' factor is killing the Suns. They continue to lose quality players back to their home statesleeroy*NRL* wrote: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:26 amDOES AFL NEED TO REVIVE COLA TO SAVE SUNS?
THE AFL has been urged to bring back the controversial cost of living allowance and give Gold Coast up to an extra $2 million a year in its salary cap to help save the embattled club.
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