i hear crickets warming up...
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i hear crickets warming up...
still nothing, but here's something else
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/spo...21-p4zmsx.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/spo...28-p4zoci.html
D-day all over again.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/spo...29-p4zoik.html
Canberra and Wollongong shortlisted. official announcement this afternoon.
Couscous, would you consider buying in? i'm certainly interested.
Ray Gatt is saying Tasmania have missed out along with Adelaide 11, Fremantle and Gold Coast.
Yet 3 bids (4 if you count Wollongong) from "South" Sydney and 3 from Melbourne made the cut. Very disappointing for the Tasmanians as I thought that was one of the strongest cases.
10 bids that made the cut:
- United for Macarthur (Campbelltown)
- South-Western Sydney FC
- Southern Expansion (Sutherland, St George and Wollongong)
- Wollongong Wolves
- Team 11 (Dandenong)
- Western Melbourne (Geelong)
- South Melbourne
- Western Pride (Ipswich)
- Canberra & Capital Region
- Brisbane City
I paid the $200 to join the first A-League bid (and then donated it to Capital Football's junior development when it dissolved).
I'll probably buy in even though I'm a Jets fan. But I won't switch teams. Supporting a team takes time; loyalties grow slowly. I know this because I watched my internal struggle over years as Zadkovich lures my love away from Matthew Kemp.
That’s where my money is too.
Southern expansion makes sense to FFA cause it covers Wollongong, st George and Sutherland and they’ll see it as a 3 for 1.
And yeh, Melbourne is the safe bet. Where’s Melbourne Victory’s net spread? East??
I’d like to see Canberra given a shot.
Don’t know if anybody else would cope.
Will be interesting to see if they offer any justification?
Problem lies with the costs to be involved in the comp
If the FFA lowers the salary cap minimum spend so clubs can spend 1.5 million if they want
It brings many more if these options into the equation
If people want pro rel system we can have it
First thing we need to do is cut players wages accordingly
No way in the world should the Gypos be required to spend 3.25 million or there abouts on their incomes
Let the Smurfs and Victree spend the max
But drop the minimum down to an appropriate level and we can have 20 clubs over night
Southern Expansion is the biggest toss of a proposal on every front with the exception of 1 and i put a caveat on that single point also and that is finances if the so called Chinese money is real and not just a load of BS.
You will not and never will see people from the Wollongong region support nothing other than a stand alone Wolves outfit, particularly after being overlooked for some hillbilly hybrid. Anybody who has worked or lived in the Shire or Kogarah region will tell you from a competitive sports perspective there is no love lost there.
This Southern rubbish is just another example of why Gallop's legacy in our game will be one of cock up after cock up.
And another team in Melbourne will do nothing other than shift sand.
Wolves and Canberra for me.
I don't want the FFA running the league but I sure as **** don't want the clubs running it. Remember the NSL when the clubs ran it? Self interest at its best. Youd never ever see promotion relegation if the clubs ran it. Need a professional independent board running the league