Giant Farce

[AFLcrap1]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslo ... 6831191496

Former Blacktown mayor Alan Pendleton claims the GWS Giants have betrayed Blacktown and rubbished their allegiance to western Sydney by relocating to Homebush.

When the Giants formed in 2009, they were welcomed with $27.5 million worth of purpose-built training and administration facilities at Blacktown International Sportspark.

The project was funded by Blacktown Council under then-mayor Pendleton, in partnership with the AFL and Cricket NSW, with the understanding that Blacktown would become the club’s long-term home.
However on Tuesday the club unveiled their new $11.5 million facility in Sydney Olympic Park, known as the Learning Life Centre.

Councillor Pendleton, who remains on Blacktown Council, attacked the decision to relocate the club 25km to the east.

“When they came to Blacktown they were going to be located here for the long-term, then they decided they got a better offer,” he said.
“It’s my belief that they betrayed Blacktown ... I don’t believe they have kept their end of the bargain.
“I don’t believe Homebush is western Sydney and the real western Sydney community isn’t going to buy it”

At the opening of the Learning Life Centre, Giants chairman Tony Shepherd paid specific tribute to Blacktown Council and the Blacktown region.
“We will be forever indebted to Blacktown and it will always be a part of the Giants, and the Giants a part of Blacktown,” he said.

Yet Cr Pendleton said the impact the Giants have had on the sporting landscape in Blacktown is negligible, reinforced by the fact that not one member of the team lives in the Blacktown region.

In 2009 the club’s foundation players were all settled in Breakfast Point, a picturesque suburb on the Parramatta River, only 14km from the CBD.

“I think they have some very small presence here (in Blacktown) but it’s no more than that,” Cr Pendleton said.
“You might get a clinic or two, or a few players walk through Westpoint, but that’s not what we signed up for.
“I was a foundation member but it’s fair to say I won’t be renewing my membership this year.”

[Xman]

Scanning.........you know the rest, just ask Dave

[Pete_09]

The Giants should just move to Canberra where there are some footy fans.

Western Sydney just seems like a lost cause in following footy. It does not want to be like the rest of Australia & follow Australia's game. Let them have there soccer & to a lessor extent Rugby League while the rest of the country follows the great game of Aussie Rules.

I have heard it is a hole anyway so why the AFL cares that no one likes it out there I cant understand.

[Drac]

Collingwood don't train in Collingwood. StKilda train at Seaford. Freo are moving out of Fremantle. This may be a difficult concept for nRL fans to understand, but AFL clubs are proffessional sporting organisations. Having the best facilities is more important than a postcode number.

[adamj1300]

Collingwood don't train in Collingwood. StKilda train at Seaford. Freo are moving out of Fremantle. This may be a difficult concept for nRL fans to understand, but AFL clubs are proffessional sporting organisations. Having the best facilities is more important than a postcode number.

the NRL teams couldn't afford to move away from their traditional venues as their poke filled leagues clubs are their life line, with they pitiful, crowds & low sponsorship each team can only manage. something has to pay the bills

[Drac]

plus a training regime of 'beer and pies' doesn't really require state of the art facilities.

[AFLcrap1]

plus a training regime of 'beer and pies' doesn't really require state of the art facilities.

How do these STATE OF THE ART players go when up against BILLY SLATER..
.
As has been proven time & time again ,when a fumbler Steps out of the insular bubble & has a go against other athletes .The result is dismal failure.

& I see the Hypocrite ADAM ,brings up Pokies ..
Wow POT MEET KETTLE.
Difference is RL fans know that clubs rely on pokies ..we don't deny it .
Yet fumble fans think their sport is clean & point at RL ..

Delusional tards.

More & more AFL clubs are reliant on POKIES..
But you just ignore that fact...Which is easy when you have your head up your arse.


With a poker machine addiction now embedded in the finances of AFL clubs, it is legitimate to question the league's self-proclaimed role as a champion of social responsibility.

Certainly, some people believe football's link with the pokies is damaging the community from which it draws its millions of supporters.

This week The Age reported that the 1317 poker machines in nine Victorian AFL clubs last year drained $85 million from the pockets of customers, a good proportion of whom are football fans. They would also make up a fair swag of the gambling addicts who, according to the voice of the anti-pokies movement and World Vision CEO, Tim Costello, contribute 40 per cent of this revenue.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/AFL/AFL-news/a ... z2tvV4TRj1

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AFL clubs have ignored an offer to help them get out of poker machines.

Victorian clubs instead are increasing their reliance on pokies cash.

It is now 19 months since AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said clubs had shown an interest in selling machines.

The league was "prepared to open the batting on being the intermediary for them", Demetriou said.

[AFLcrap1]

The Giants should just move to Canberra where there are some footy fans.

Western Sydney just seems like a lost cause in following footy. It does not want to be like the rest of Australia & follow Australia's game. Let them have there soccer & to a lessor extent Rugby League while the rest of the country follows the great game of Aussie Rules.

I have heard it is a hole anyway so why the AFL cares that no one likes it out there I cant understand.

Jesus H Christ .
Another delusional derpball fan .

AFL is a long long LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way behind RL in QLD .
QLD is a RL state .
NSW Is a RL state .

No amount of wishful thinking or outright lies will change that.

In Fact AFL is probably battling RU for 3rd spot in QLD.

But don't let the truth get in the way of a good delusion.

[adamj1300]

plus a training regime of 'beer and pies' doesn't really require state of the art facilities.

How do these STATE OF THE ART players go when up against BILLY SLATER..
.
As has been proven time & time again ,when a fumbler Steps out of the insular bubble & has a go against other athletes .The result is dismal failure.

& I see the Hypocrite ADAM ,brings up Pokies ..
Wow POT MEET KETTLE.
Difference is RL fans know that clubs rely on pokies ..we don't deny it .
Yet fumble fans think their sport is clean & point at RL ..

Delusional tards.

More & more AFL clubs are reliant on POKIES..
But you just ignore that fact...Which is easy when you have your head up your arse.


With a poker machine addiction now embedded in the finances of AFL clubs, it is legitimate to question the league's self-proclaimed role as a champion of social responsibility.

Certainly, some people believe football's link with the pokies is damaging the community from which it draws its millions of supporters.

This week The Age reported that the 1317 poker machines in nine Victorian AFL clubs last year drained $85 million from the pockets of customers, a good proportion of whom are football fans. They would also make up a fair swag of the gambling addicts who, according to the voice of the anti-pokies movement and World Vision CEO, Tim Costello, contribute 40 per cent of this revenue.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/AFL/AFL-news/a ... z2tvV4TRj1

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AFL clubs have ignored an offer to help them get out of poker machines.

Victorian clubs instead are increasing their reliance on pokies cash.

It is now 19 months since AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said clubs had shown an interest in selling machines.

The league was "prepared to open the batting on being the intermediary for them", Demetriou said.

my point is it not their only source of income, like the NRL clubs. & im not denying that they arn't in the AFL
AFL clubs at least generate, millions through sponsorship & revenue people turning up to the games & membership. most AFL clubs football department expenditure is twice the size of any nrl club
& at least the League has offered help. go and read over some clubs financials to look at the figures.

[AFLcrap1]

So in your delusional world no NRL clubs have any sponsorship,members or people turning up to games ...

& you dumb southern hick Pokies are NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME...

[adamj1300]

So in your delusional world no NRL clubs have any sponsorship,members or people turning up to games ...

& you dumb southern hick Pokies are NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME...

no i never said that, they make minor amounts, the crunulla sharks struggle to find a major sponsor.
empty stadiums
low membership numbers
selling pies and beer at games, well to low crowd numbers

that isn't going to make much, it will make enough for a local football team to survive.
pokes will make up the majority of the NRL clubs revenue

[AFLcrap1]

Got proof of that ,or is that just another lie

[NRLCrap1]

Pokies have been the main revenue stream for NRL clubs for a lot longer than they have been for AFL clubs.

[King-Eliagh]

tidy work aflcrap. you're giving the lads a nice pasting here.

I personally like the line.

"...not one member of GWS lives in the Blacktown region" !!! Fuck eh I knew it was bad but didn't think it was THAT bad!

Expansion program fail! As ive said before the millions and millions the AFL has spent could have been much better spent bringing a third world country prosperity.

And listen to the douchebags in this thread saying 'we don't care blacktown is a hole anyway'. Ummm > the plan was to tap into the western Sydney market which has in excess of 2million people.

This expansion has to be the biggest fail in Australian professional sporting history. And unfortunately I can only see it getting worse as the AFL continues to pour millions upon millions into a complete and utter stuff up.

Yes it would be much better to cut the losses and move the team to Canberra or even better, spend big on Darwin and give the NT a team it so deserves.

KE bringing you valid, correct, well researched and intelligent comments at TF since '04

[AFLcrap1]

tidy work aflcrap. you're giving the lads a nice pasting here.

I personally like the line.

"...not one member of GWS lives in the Blacktown region" !!! Fuck eh I knew it was bad but didn't think it was THAT bad!

Expansion program fail! As ive said before the millions and millions the AFL has spent could have been much better spent bringing a third world country prosperity.

And listen to the douchebags in this thread saying 'we don't care blacktown is a hole anyway'. Ummm > the plan was to tap into the western Sydney market which has in excess of 2million people.

This expansion has to be the biggest fail in Australian professional sporting history. And unfortunately I can only see it getting worse as the AFL continues to pour millions upon millions into a complete and utter stuff up.

Yes it would be much better to cut the losses and move the team to Canberra or even better, spend big on Darwin and give the NT a team it so deserves.

KE bringing you valid, correct, well researched and intelligent comments at TF since '04

Mate how they could possibly send some geriatric senile old fuck to WS & let him Alienate the very people they are trying to win over Is mind boggling.
He was the worst choice they could have possibly made when he alienates any cross over RL fans by trying to be smart about Hindmarsh.
Then to top it off he makes racist remarks about WSW ethnic fans..
Then they get caught lying about numbers.Then they lock other sport out of ovals ..
Way to win people over..


& can anyone in Fumbleland tell me where Greater west Sydney ends...
Canberra..?