EXPANSION THREAD.NRL V AFL

[Raiderdave]

Hey Xman ,I asked for ACTUL PROOF of bids ,
Not some pollie's wish list.
& according to cwappers fucked up logic ..it would fail..Apparently 1 team in a heartland area is enough..

Someone show me a consortium ,a bid ,something..
Some real interest.

Why would anyone be bidding for a new AFL team now when theyve only just expanded?

wouldn't matter anyway

theres no where to go realistically
not now

not in 10 years time

the VFL heartland is too small
WA's growth is being driven by NSW & Qlders moving there , & they want to watch the Pirates & the NRL sides they'll play
not fumble bumble teams

[adamj1300]

So where's the bid from South Australia? Tasmania? Northern Territory? Regional Victoria?

Expanding means covering everything - not just bits and pieces. Expand or die. AFL is expanding. NRL is not. It's over flooding established areas with too many clubs. A second Brisbane team will stiff worse than the Giants.

a second team in Brisbane will be awesome, it will only bring the Broncos crowds down, to the pitiful averages of the other teams :
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[adamj1300]

Can any AFL fan out there show me anywhere on EARTH ,besides TAS,that has any area or region Bidding for a team .

Anywhere ..


Crickets chirping

At the moment the NRL has people knocking down their door to get teams in.
PNG..BID...just admitted to Q cup..NRL long way off with the infrastructure & security problems ,but they have a team in an AU comp ..
Bris Bombers ..BID.
Western corridor ..BID.
Combined Brothers RL ...BID.
Central QLD ..BID..
Central Coast ..Bid.
Perth ..bid...with interest by a private consortium.
Wellinton NZ ..BID.

if only, & watch the small crowds that the NRL attracts fall even more.
a team out of perth would be interesting, as the only way a NRL clun can survice is buy having a gigantic leagues club filled to the rafters with pokes! as the rugby club never makes a cent!

seeing the fact no place outside the Casino can have pokies, the team has no chance of surviving
but please NRL attempt to expand, Australia will be laughing at you [-o<

[Xman]

Hey Xman ,I asked for ACTUL PROOF of bids ,
Not some pollie's wish list.
& according to cwappers fucked up logic ..it would fail..Apparently 1 team in a heartland area is enough..

Someone show me a consortium ,a bid ,something..
Some real interest.

Why would anyone be bidding for a new AFL team now when theyve only just expanded?

wouldn't matter anyway

theres no where to go realistically
not now

not in 10 years time

the VFL heartland is too small
WA's growth is being driven by NSW & Qlders moving there , & they want to watch the Pirates & the NRL sides they'll play
not fumble bumble teams

The AFL have expanded into the most populous areas of Australia. Theyre not going to expand into regional areas. This makes weak teams with poor following and would weaken the entire competition. The AFL will continue to expand into the regions where the populations are growing, the metropolitan areas. As cities like Adelaide and Perth grow they will increase teams. The NSW and Qld teams will consolidate, Tasmania will enter.

[Xman]

Can any AFL fan out there show me anywhere on EARTH ,besides TAS,that has any area or region Bidding for a team .

Anywhere ..


Crickets chirping

At the moment the NRL has people knocking down their door to get teams in.
PNG..BID...just admitted to Q cup..NRL long way off with the infrastructure & security problems ,but they have a team in an AU comp ..
Bris Bombers ..BID.
Western corridor ..BID.
Combined Brothers RL ...BID.
Central QLD ..BID..
Central Coast ..Bid.
Perth ..bid...with interest by a private consortium.
Wellinton NZ ..BID.

if only, & watch the small crowds that the NRL attracts fall even more.
a team out of perth would be interesting, as the only way a NRL clun can survice is buy having a gigantic leagues club filled to the rafters with pokes! as the rugby club never makes a cent!

seeing the fact no place outside the Casino can have pokies, the team has no chance of surviving
but please NRL attempt to expand, Australia will be laughing at you [-o<

Too true. Theyll end up with more teams the calibre of the panthers and raiders, struggling for following and finances. The NRL crowd average will plummet to A league proportions. Oh joy

[Fred]

I don't think the nrl crowd average can go any lower to be honest ... They're at rock bottom so the only way is up

[Raiderdave]

So where's the bid from South Australia? Tasmania? Northern Territory? Regional Victoria?

Expanding means covering everything - not just bits and pieces. Expand or die. AFL is expanding. NRL is not. It's over flooding established areas with too many clubs. A second Brisbane team will stiff worse than the Giants.

a second team in Brisbane will be awesome, it will only bring the Broncos crowds down, to the pitiful averages of the other teams :
(/

35K watching the NRL & the Broncos these days per fortnight

30K watching the Broncos & 20K watching the new team each fortnight when they come in
are more Brisbanites watching NRL over the fortnight shit for brains ?

whats more
NRL on Brisbane TV every week , including going up against the Kitty Kats when ever they play including sat nights
as if things weren't bad enough for the broke fuckwits :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>

[Raiderdave]

Hey Xman ,I asked for ACTUL PROOF of bids ,
Not some pollie's wish list.
& according to cwappers fucked up logic ..it would fail..Apparently 1 team in a heartland area is enough..

Someone show me a consortium ,a bid ,something..
Some real interest.

Why would anyone be bidding for a new AFL team now when theyve only just expanded?

wouldn't matter anyway

theres no where to go realistically
not now

not in 10 years time

the VFL heartland is too small
WA's growth is being driven by NSW & Qlders moving there , & they want to watch the Pirates & the NRL sides they'll play
not fumble bumble teams

The AFL have expanded into the most populous areas of Australia. .

yep

so they're done then aren't they , with no where to go

meanwhile the NRL has teams to come in Brisbane & Perth
cities 3 & 4

& who cares about Adelaide
its a dying shithole that hasn't grown at all in the last 25 years & won't for the next 25

NZ will be next after these teams
creating a massive rivalry over there & , another 20 to 25 million a year to our TV rights

wow
just wow

[Raiderdave]

Can any AFL fan out there show me anywhere on EARTH ,besides TAS,that has any area or region Bidding for a team .

Anywhere ..


Crickets chirping

At the moment the NRL has people knocking down their door to get teams in.
PNG..BID...just admitted to Q cup..NRL long way off with the infrastructure & security problems ,but they have a team in an AU comp ..
Bris Bombers ..BID.
Western corridor ..BID.
Combined Brothers RL ...BID.
Central QLD ..BID..
Central Coast ..Bid.
Perth ..bid...with interest by a private consortium.
Wellinton NZ ..BID.

if only, & watch the small crowds that the NRL attracts fall even more.
a team out of perth would be interesting, as the only way a NRL clun can survice is buy having a gigantic leagues club filled to the rafters with pokes! as the rugby club never makes a cent!

seeing the fact no place outside the Casino can have pokies, the team has no chance of surviving
but please NRL attempt to expand, Australia will be laughing at you [-o<

Too true. Theyll end up with more teams the calibre of the panthers and raiders, struggling for following and finances. The NRL crowd average will plummet to A league proportions. Oh joy

20K average by 2017
meanwhile the VFL's will drop below 30K by 2017 , & the numbers in NSW & QLD will be the stuff of a horror story

the VFL is stale
so dreadfully stale it just has nothing going for it

[TLPG]

Brisbane Bombers won't get off the ground. "Bombers" is trademarked by the AFL.

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Renewal Due: 28-FEB-2017
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Needed to be said.

[TLPG]

As far as expansion goes for the AFL - Tasmania and Canberra for sure. And once the new stadium is built in Perth I think a third team will work there. But that's a few years down the track. Right now, the AFL will try to make West Sydney work. I think most members here know that I am against it but what's done is done. In fact I sort of hope the effort harms the AFL's bottom line in order for them to get the message that the local competition needs to be of a higher calibre than what it is. The NEAFL has helped a little, and I'll be following the efforts of the Hills Eagles and Sydney Uni closely this coming season. Those two have to start really competing with the stronger clubs from Queensland and NT Thunder, as well as the ACT.

I will say this though. The AFL is in a far stronger position to expand than the NRL is. And that's their own fault for not developing the game properly outside of New South Wales, Queensland and maybe the Northern Territory. The Sydney AFL competition was a lot bigger when the Swans arrived in the harbour city than what the thugby league comp in Melbourne is for a start. The only reason the Storm have been successful was because of their spending, which of course brought them into conflict with the salary cap as we all know. And even then they aren't pulling the sorts of crowds the Swans have done in Sydney.

An NRL side in Perth will be as bad for the NRL as West Sydney would be if the AFL didn't prop them up. The market is not there to support an NRL team. That's why the NRL is looking towards New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Because they have nowhere else to go. Could the AFL work in PNG and NZ? Not in the short term for sure, but the ANZAC Day games in Wellington are a start. The trouble with both is that thugby is strong - union in NZ and league in PNG. Having said that, there have been some PNG players who have donned jumpers in AFL Cairns and support is strong in PNG even if it's not number one. Just like NSW and Queensland. But the great game of football is there in substantive numbers.

I know which game I'd be supporting for a great future in Australia if the grass roots is anything to go by.

Needed to be said.

[Raiderdave]

As far as expansion goes for the AFL - Tasmania and Canberra for sure. And once the new stadium is built in Perth I think a third team will work there. But that's a few years down the track. Right now, the AFL will try to make West Sydney work. I think most members here know that I am against it but what's done is done. In fact I sort of hope the effort harms the AFL's bottom line in order for them to get the message that the local competition needs to be of a higher calibre than what it is. The NEAFL has helped a little, and I'll be following the efforts of the Hills Eagles and Sydney Uni closely this coming season. Those two have to start really competing with the stronger clubs from Queensland and NT Thunder, as well as the ACT.

I will say this though. The AFL is in a far stronger position to expand than the NRL is. And that's their own fault for not developing the game properly outside of New South Wales, Queensland and maybe the Northern Territory. The Sydney AFL competition was a lot bigger when the Swans arrived in the harbour city than what the thugby league comp in Melbourne is for a start. The only reason the Storm have been successful was because of their spending, which of course brought them into conflict with the salary cap as we all know. And even then they aren't pulling the sorts of crowds the Swans have done in Sydney.

An NRL side in Perth will be as bad for the NRL as West Sydney would be if the AFL didn't prop them up. The market is not there to support an NRL team. That's why the NRL is looking towards New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Because they have nowhere else to go. Could the AFL work in PNG and NZ? Not in the short term for sure, but the ANZAC Day games in Wellington are a start. The trouble with both is that thugby is strong - union in NZ and league in PNG. Having said that, there have been some PNG players who have donned jumpers in AFL Cairns and support is strong in PNG even if it's not number one. Just like NSW and Queensland. But the great game of football is there in substantive numbers.

I know which game I'd be supporting for a great future in Australia if the grass roots is anything to go by.

Needed to be said.

dribble
from the first word to the last

hardly anything you'd expect from this obvious Rhodes scholar


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[Fred]

Pathetic ... You need to see a shrink Dave. This is school yard stuff. Better stick to online gaming ...

[Xman]

Can any AFL fan out there show me anywhere on EARTH ,besides TAS,that has any area or region Bidding for a team .

Anywhere ..


Crickets chirping

At the moment the NRL has people knocking down their door to get teams in.
PNG..BID...just admitted to Q cup..NRL long way off with the infrastructure & security problems ,but they have a team in an AU comp ..
Bris Bombers ..BID.
Western corridor ..BID.
Combined Brothers RL ...BID.
Central QLD ..BID..
Central Coast ..Bid.
Perth ..bid...with interest by a private consortium.
Wellinton NZ ..BID.

if only, & watch the small crowds that the NRL attracts fall even more.
a team out of perth would be interesting, as the only way a NRL clun can survice is buy having a gigantic leagues club filled to the rafters with pokes! as the rugby club never makes a cent!

seeing the fact no place outside the Casino can have pokies, the team has no chance of surviving
but please NRL attempt to expand, Australia will be laughing at you [-o<

Too true. Theyll end up with more teams the calibre of the panthers and raiders, struggling for following and finances. The NRL crowd average will plummet to A league proportions. Oh joy

20K average by 2017
meanwhile the VFL's will drop below 30K by 2017 , & the numbers in NSW & QLD will be the stuff of a horror story

the VFL is stale
so dreadfully stale it just has nothing going for it

AFL crowds rose last year, as we predicted. The NRL is the one who went backwards. In fact the NRL hasn't grown in 8 years. How are they going to grow in the next 4, especially if they expand?

[Raiderdave]

Pathetic ... You need to see a shrink Dave. This is school yard stuff. Better stick to online gaming ...

think the bloke in the picture needs to see a shrink
off ya go TLPG :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>


oh
anyone got a tissue for our resident cry baby phelspy