The A-League Expansion Thread

[plague]

Don't worry, Plague, the Canberra bid has a whale:

I heard hes best mates with 'undisclosed transfer fee' and Santa Claus.

The only thing bigger than billionaires bank accounts are their egos.
I'd be concerned there is no name attached.

[MFKS]

I heard hes best mates with 'undisclosed transfer fee' and Santa Claus.

The only thing bigger than billionaires bank accounts are their egos.
I'd be concerned there is no name attached.

How come though the entire concept of our National Football League top flight actually requires billionaires to be the owners and not only that owners who sit by and waste millions year in year with no ROI in sight is actually allowed to be just ignored by all??

Surely the ****wits at FFA can see the folly in this as the method has a limited lifespan in our country

We have run the rich blokes like Con out of the game as their wealth wasnt deemed enough to then have to go through the Palmers and Tinklers who have come and gone doing great damage

Now we are onto the foreign owners

Only so long before they lose intetest and give up

What then ??

Least with the EPL there be someone ready to come in and pick up the pueces at a reduced cost price

Who would want in on Oz Footbvalls shit show??

[belchardo]

announcement at midday today according to ray gatt

[belchardo]

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/spo...13-p50lxe.html

why do these cockbags even bother going through the charade.

so you've got a club that's ready to go now (canberra), and two clubs that aren't. one club is promising to build a private stadium in three years time - what could possibly change in three years! one of the successful clubs will get another year to get ready, leaving an 11 team comp. here's a ****ing genius idea - put canberra and melbourne in now, shaft the pheonix in 2020 like you are going to do anyway and bring in the third sydney team then!

[belchardo]

proves what an idiot i am. thinking canberra might stand a chance.

[Bon]

"Macarthur-South West Sydney and Western Melbourne Group will be announced today as the two new clubs to join the A-League, but only one will be joining next season, while the other will have to wait until the 2020-21 season"

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/winn...decided-report

[Jeterpool]

Everyone can now act surprised

[Jeterpool]

I really feel for Canberra. I think it would have been a good base for expansion and after being denied AGAIN I wonder how long the FFA can keep burning through parties interested in building a club there.

[belchardo]

I really feel for Canberra. I think it would have been a good base for expansion and after being denied AGAIN I wonder how long the FFA can keep burning through parties interested in building a club there.

we are what Tasmania is to the AFL.

ultimately though, they can't keep expanding in sydney and melbourne. if they want to go to 16 teams, then they will need at least 1 more in brisbaneSE Qld, 1 in canberra, 1 more in probably perth and 1 somewhere else.

but they'll put two more in sydney and two more in melbourne. cause they know best.

[evolution]

ultimately though, they can't keep expanding in sydney and melbourne. if they want to go to 16 teams, then they will need at least 1 more in brisbaneSE Qld, 1 in canberra, 1 more in probably perth and 1 somewhere else.

but they'll put two more in sydney and two more in melbourne. cause they know best.

Logically, you would think that this would be the last expansion for Sydney now that the East, West and South West are covered. Wollongong to come in eventually to cover the southern part of Sydney down (yes I know Wollongong is as much South Sydney as the Mariners are North Sydney lol). But it is the FFA we are talking about so Cronulla and Hornsby will probably get given teams first.

Canberra has to be next - they appear to tick all the boxes except what Foxtel wanted. If Wellington go belly up they appear to be the ideal replacement, but if not when we go to 14 teams surely they are the pick.

[boz-monaut]

boycott these new teams

rip 1000 flares at every home game until we get competent people in charge of the double effay

[Frodo]

I thought someone said the A League was expanding? This is just saturation. Who will give a shit about a 3rd Sydney team?
Wasn't the whole idea to increase fan numbers? All they did was move some WSW and FC fans around and make some Melbourne fans buy a 3rd season pass.

Useless fecking hacks at the FFA at least being consistently rubbish.

[Frodo]

Also, Canberra may as well give up on ever getting a team in this league. This FFA hates on them way too hard

[StannyCFCJET]

Dont forget we now have bye rounds FFS

[plague]

Canberra just needs to get smart and submit TWO teams.
Instant derby.
Call one 'Labor" and one "Liberal'.

Funding wont be an issue.

Must I do all the heavy lifting around here people?

[Jeterpool]

Dont forget we now have bye rounds FFS

UNtil the Nix are booted out at the end of the season

[Frodo]

Canberra just needs to get smart and submit TWO teams.
Instant derby.
Call one 'Labor" and one "Liberal'.

Funding wont be an issue.

Must I do all the heavy lifting around here people?

The worst part of this comment is that fact that it is legit the only way that it will happen.

If it isn't a Derby, people won't go to the game.

[StannyCFCJET]

UNtil the Nix are booted out at the end of the season

What?? Is that happening for reals? And is it because Sydney FC lost??

[Jeterpool]

What?? Is that happening for reals? And is it because Sydney FC lost??

I'm just hypothecising

[evolution]

What?? Is that happening for reals? And is it because Sydney FC lost??

Not the end of this current season, end of the next one when their 4 year licence is up. They were given a provisional 10 year licence but only if certain metrics were met by the 4 year mark, which they are failing big time.

From the Canberra Times:

It's understood Canberra's bid team has been told to sit tight and wait for the next round, with the potential demise of the Wellington Phoenix the likely avenue for a soccer revival in the capital.