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    How can a board that is almost out of a job, (is this still happening even, or have fifa focussed on the World Cup now?) make this decision that will have huge ramifications on the future of the league and respective clubs.
    Unless bid details are made public and assessed independently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung View Post
    How can a board that is almost out of a job, (is this still happening even, or have fifa focussed on the World Cup now?) make this decision that will have huge ramifications on the future of the league and respective clubs.
    Unless bid details are made public and assessed independently.
    Isn't that why they brought in Deloittes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeterpool View Post
    I'd love a road trip to Canberra for a game. To the 'gong for that matter too.
    can't get fireworks anymore. thought i'd make that clear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Couscous View Post
    I live in Canberra, I play football here, and no one seems to know anything about it.

    It's a massive contrast to the previous, excellent bid, led by a well-known executive, which had the support of everyone from the government down and even had 2000+ paid-up members ($200 each). The FFA were utter fools for turning their noses at them.
    i'm less connected to the local football world down here, so i'll take your word on that one.

    however, if the previous method didn't work, maybe this way will work. i don't think they are making enough noise about building from the w-league foundation though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeterpool View Post
    I'd love a road trip to Canberra for a game. To the 'gong for that matter too.

    Yes a trip to god's country would be nice. I would even go to to Canberra.

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    If they play at Manuka yeah I'll go, ain't trekking out to the AIS though.

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    These are the only publicly available datasets on boys and girls' participation rates by state and territory. They are from an Australian Bureau of Statistics survey in 2012. The Australian Sports Commission has more recent data but doesn't provide full public access to it.

    These data represent participation in organised football only.





    There are no data for indoor football for Victoria and the NT.

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    By the way, GVE left Canberra late last year

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    Do i get my gold star now Gary or do i get to run laps ?.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Couscous View Post
    These are the only publicly available datasets on boys and girls' participation rates by state and territory. They are from an Australian Bureau of Statistics survey in 2012. The Australian Sports Commission has more recent data but doesn't provide full public access to it.

    These data represent participation in organised football only.





    There are no data for indoor football for Victoria and the NT.
    where's the data for Northern NSW?

    also shows how Victoria shouldn't get any more teams, NNSW has more players than they do, we deserve a second team, preferably playing out of Maitland

    imagine the Hunter derby - the train ride to Maitland would be immense

    makes far more sense than Tasmania or NT

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    If they play at Manuka yeah I'll go, ain't trekking out to the AIS though.


    from king o'malleys you go to the civic hotel, then onto bentspoke brewery. after a couple there (craft beer, so bring your gold ingots) you move on to the RUC at turner, and then on to the duxton. you do have a bit of a hike from there to the stadium, but only about 600m further than doing the premier to the stadium. can go to stanley's near the stadium if you're running early.

    if you go to manuka, it's pretty much 5km without a single drinking establishment to be found (ya gotta go through the parliamentary triangle).

    or you just get on one of the free buses that they put on from the city centre to whichever stadium has a game on. if they both have a game, they even throw in a bus from manuka to GIO to get between the games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by belchardo View Post

    if you go to manuka, it's pretty much 5km without a single drinking establishment to be found (ya gotta go through the parliamentary triangle).
    huh?

    last time i was there i stayed in a dope hotel out one window was manuka the other window was the shadiest of shady pubs. so of course i went for a look.
    place was great. everyone was feral as. my kind of people. most had their own teeth.
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    Kingston hotel.

    if you havent been there for a coldie and a punch on Belchardo then you havent lived.

    perfect Jets pregame shannanigans.

    plus Trevillian quay is good for the posh lot like Hawk.

    ****ing magpies though. geez. now theres a royal commission that needs to be had.
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    And I don't argue with FR. The bloke is a legend and deserves great praise for his contributions to football in the Hunter.
    He is also the second best poster on the entire Foz behind you
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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Kingston hotel.

    if you havent been there for a coldie and a punch on Belchardo then you havent lived.

    perfect Jets pregame shannanigans.

    plus Trevillian quay is good for the posh lot like Hawk.

    ****ing magpies though. geez. now theres a royal commission that needs to be had.
    have been there many a time. have managed to avoid the fights though.

    was working on the assumption you'd be staying in the city.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Couscous View Post
    These are the only publicly available datasets on boys and girls' participation rates by state and territory. They are from an Australian Bureau of Statistics survey in 2012. The Australian Sports Commission has more recent data but doesn't provide full public access to it.

    These data represent participation in organised football only.





    There are no data for indoor football for Victoria and the NT.
    This data clearly shows that Victoria are kidding themselves if they think they deserve another team.
    Maybe they should focus more energy into getting the participation rates up since they seem to claim they have the largest NPL clubs in the Country.

    It also shows why ACT and Tasmania bids would be so successful if you apply the logic for clubs growing their own Junior elite schemes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MonkeyKplunk View Post
    This data clearly shows that Victoria are kidding themselves if they think they deserve another team.
    Maybe they should focus more energy into getting the participation rates up since they seem to claim they have the largest NPL clubs in the Country.

    It also shows why ACT and Tasmania bids would be so successful if you apply the logic for clubs growing their own Junior elite schemes.
    well, yes and no. i assume the %ages shown are the proportion of the state population that plays football. therefore, Victoria's 15% = just under 1,000,000 against Tasmania's total population of 520K or ACT's 410K. however, if you take into account the two Vic teams already, 1 team per 500K would justify the ACT/Tas inclusion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by belchardo View Post

    was working on the assumption you'd be staying in the city.
    Wait.

    So where in Canberra is considered 'in the city'?

    Is Manuka the burbs?

    For some reason this genuinely interests me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Wait.

    So where in Canberra is considered 'in the city'?

    Is Manuka the burbs?

    For some reason this genuinely interests me.
    Civic and Acton are (in my opinion anyway) the city. Kingston is in the inner south - it cannot be considered in the city as there's a dirty great big lake in between the two. also, it shouldn't take an hour to get from the city to anywhere after 10pm, and having done that walk many a time because the buses have stopped running, it bloody well does!

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    Quote Originally Posted by belchardo View Post
    Well that saves on starting a thread!

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