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campbell
12 Dec 2007, 10:29
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
Judging by his comment, we seriously wonder if Brayshaw has been to the Gold Coast in the past 10 years or so.
You hope he knows what he is talking about in other matters for the clubs sake.
Nice reporting in this by our very own Nick the Pieman.
Junior24
12 Dec 2007, 10:37
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
Judging by his comment, we seriously wonder if Brayshaw has been to the Gold Coast in the past 10 years or so.
You hope he knows what he is talking about in other matters for the clubs sake.
Nice reporting in this by our very own Nick the Pieman.
I think he was taken out of context. He meant that there is nothing for a north melbourne youngster to do because they dont have much money. Dreamworld is expensive these days
ApplecrossWC
12 Dec 2007, 10:51
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
He is right, the Gold Coast is a nice place for a holiday but a crap place to live. There are a lot more events on in Melbourne and I actually agree there isn't a whole lot to do up there but then again, I have been spoilt by growing up in the best city in Australia.
campbell
12 Dec 2007, 11:00
He is right, the Gold Coast is a nice place for a holiday but a crap place to live. There are a lot more events on in Melbourne and I actually agree there isn't a whole lot to do up there but then again, I have been spoilt by growing up in the best city in Australia.
Serious error in judgement by JB. You need every member you can get.You shouldn't be getting GC people offside, with nasty comments about where they love to live.
JB is entitled to his opinion like anyone else. There probably isn't much there he would want to do or see.
Gold Coast has a lot of things to see once then you are pretty much over it. Gold Coast is a tourist hub, has a lot of things catered for tourists and not locals, it is an artificial environment and I understand what he says given most of our players are married with kids or are in relationships. I've been there once and have no desire to go there again.
Clarke comes off like a yobbo and poorly represents the Gold Coast community in my opinion and he has taken our club's desire to retain our heritage as a personal insult which is laughable.
GC really need to get that tool out of office, pronto.
Junior24
12 Dec 2007, 11:29
JB is entitled to his opinion like anyone else. There probably isn't much there he would want to do or see.
Gold Coast has a lot of things to see once then you are pretty much over it. Gold Coast is a tourist hub, has a lot of things catered for tourists and not locals, it is an artificial environment and I understand what he says given most of our players are married with kids or are in relationships. I've been there once and have no desire to go there again.
Clarke comes off like a yobbo and poorly represents the Gold Coast community in my opinion and he has taken our club's desire to retain our heritage as a personal insult which is laughable.
GC really need to get that tool out of office, pronto.
And the north melbourne fans here (understandably) have taken an absolutely anti-goldcoast perspective in every way shape and form. Brayshaw's comments were stupid. There is clearly plenty to do there. Night spots, beautiful beaches which have nothing to do with it being a tourist spot. But one eyed north fans will jump on any pro-melbourne bandwagon and defend Brayshaw no matter what he says.
And the north melbourne fans here (understandably) have taken an absolutely anti-goldcoast perspective in every way shape and form. Brayshaw's comments were stupid. There is clearly plenty to do there. Night spots, beautiful beaches which have nothing to do with it being a tourist spot. But one eyed north fans will jump on any pro-melbourne bandwagon and defend Brayshaw no matter what he says.
I'm not anti-gold coast. If you want a few specific things then it is a great place to go. I just wouldn't want to live there.
It is not personal bias, Melbourne every year is rated as one of the best cities in the world to live in. It is why more than 60,000 came to live in Melbourne this year and why only 17,000 came to live on the Gold Coast.
I am sure for the small percentage of people where night clubs, places to gamble and beaches rate highly as your main or only interest then it would be a smashing place to live.
Real people have the kind of needs that real cities provide.
campbell
12 Dec 2007, 11:42
I'm not anti-gold coast. If you want a few specific things then it is a great place to go. I just wouldn't want to live there.
It is not personal bias, Melbourne every year is rated as one of the best cities in the world to live in. It is why more than 60,000 came to live in Melbourne this year and why only 17,000 came to live on the Gold Coast.
I am sure for the small percentage of people where night clubs, places to gamble and beaches rate highly as your main or only interest then it would be a smashing place to live.
Real people have the kind of needs that real cities provide.
Dear oh dear.....
it seems some on here are elitist.
roger explosion
12 Dec 2007, 11:56
He is right, the Gold Coast is a nice place for a holiday but a crap place to live. There are a lot more events on in Melbourne and I actually agree there isn't a whole lot to do up there but then again, I have been spoilt by growing up in the best city in Australia.
have you lived here?
Dear oh dear.....
it seems some on here are elitist.
Yes, I am an elitist. Things like the availability of work, accommodation, public transport, services I take for granted like pay-tv, broadband, hell even drinking water make me elite.
If you have kids there are large numbers of top quality private schools and a number of choices when it comes to higher education. Melbourne University, Monash, Latrobe, RMIT, etc. If your kids want to get involved in various industries, you can find work here. Other places offer you some choice but not the extent of choice you find here. Sydney is Melbourne's only real rival but the cost of living and the quality of the living conditions is so vastly different that it is not even a close contest.
There isn't a better place to live if you have real values. That doesn't make me elitist, it makes me a realist.
Warwick
12 Dec 2007, 12:08
Ever since the decision was made, the lack of knowledge about the football culture on the Gold Coast (and the region in general) from the Kangaroos and their supporters has been alarming.
Do they think they have turned down Surfers Paradise or the Gold Coast?
The Zebra
12 Dec 2007, 12:09
Good comment.
Funny.
The Gold Coast sucks.
Everyone should relax, it was just a throw-away line that was taken out of context.
Sherrinator
12 Dec 2007, 12:31
What is Brayshaw on about? When I was 18, I was on $250 a week and I still manage to go out and have fun on the weekend in a town of 12,000. These rookies are on 40k-50k. How is there nothing for them to do. This comment is mind boggling.
Also, I'm sick and tired of people crapping on about how plastic and temporary the GC is. FFS Surfers Paradise is one suburb of the Gold Coast. Gold Coast has universities, schools, hospitals, shopping precincts, multitudes of cafes, sport and recreation centers, an intl airport, good public transport, well thought out road infrastructure and plenty of glitz and glamour for young people to enjoy.
The Gold Coast is one of the most diverse cities in Australia, Commercial, Tourism, National Parks, Beach, Estuaries and Residential. The 600 thousand people that live in Gold Coast-Tweed are permanent residents, not just tourists.
Warwick
12 Dec 2007, 12:34
Also, I'm sick and tired of people crapping on about how plastic and temporary the GC is. FFS Surfers Paradise is one suburb of the Gold Coast. Gold Coast has universities, schools, hospitals, shopping precincts, multitudes of cafes, sport and recreation centers, an intl airport, good public transport, well thought out road infrastructure and plenty of glitz and glamour for young people to enjoy.
Of course it does.
They just weren't on the brochures.
The Zebra
12 Dec 2007, 12:48
He made a joke.
Where was the outcry when Ron Clarke suggested we were insulting the Gold Coast people by not selling 138 years of history down the river immediately for the good of SEQ?
He made a joke.
Where was the outcry when Ron Clarke suggested we were insulting the Gold Coast people by not selling 138 years of history down the river immediately for the good of SEQ?
They've all (conveniently) forgotten that part. :)
Which is why it's not worth arguing with them about.
ApplecrossWC
12 Dec 2007, 13:01
have you lived here?
Nope but I have spent a considerable amount of time up there seeing as my brother moved there from Melbourne about 5 years ago.
melbournemartin
12 Dec 2007, 13:03
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
Judging by his comment, we seriously wonder if Brayshaw has been to the Gold Coast in the past 10 years or so.
You hope he knows what he is talking about in other matters for the clubs sake.
Nice reporting in this by our very own Nick the Pieman.
After 2 trips to each of the theme parks each year you'd be sick of them.
FOOOOTY
12 Dec 2007, 13:19
These Gold Coasters are becoming as annoying as Power fans.
These Gold Coasters are becoming as annoying as Power fans.
It's called the provincial syndrome.
AngelEyes
12 Dec 2007, 15:57
Its a pretty sad day when I completely agree with the Kangaroos fans and James Brayshaw on this.
The Gold Coast may be a good place to holiday - I don't doubt that but I reckon the beaches in terms of sand, surf etc are average at best. The weather is nice and the beaches are busy but thats great if you are a tourist.
Even as a holiday destination - I went there last year - its starting to get very average at best. The theme parks are starting to drop off in quality and alot of the Coast despite the growth is starting to look very worn. That aside isn't Melbourne the number 1 domestic tourism place for last year (can't remember exact statistics)? So I defeat my own arguement there on that.
At the end of the day Melbourne is a world class city with world class things to do on a consistent basis where as the Gold Coast is a good place to go for a few days, get pissed on a beach and come home. To live there would be a hell. The place lacks in any real infrastructure, planning and has far limited diversity of employment, facilities and education.
Melbourne is a city with city like facilities - the Gold Coast is a tourist resort with tourist resort facilities. I know where I would want to spend my life and I know where I spend my holidays. Melbourne for everyday living (which is the context in which Brayshaw is refering to) is far the greater place - there is actually some infrastructure besides tourism infrastructure.
Warwick
12 Dec 2007, 16:10
At the end of the day Melbourne is a world class city with world class things to do on a consistent basis where as the Gold Coast is a good place to go for a few days, get pissed on a beach and come home. To live there would be a hell. The place lacks in any real infrastructure, planning and has far limited diversity of employment, facilities and education.
Melbourne is a city with city like facilities - the Gold Coast is a tourist resort with tourist resort facilities. I know where I would want to spend my life and I know where I spend my holidays. Melbourne for everyday living (which is the context in which Brayshaw is refering to) is far the greater place - there is actually some infrastructure besides tourism infrastructure.
:D
If you are going to comment about the GC please make sure you have been there. And I mean the Gold Coast - not just the beach.
I honestly think some people believe the Gold Coast is just a long string of beaches. That's right - all the jobs on the Gold Coast involve selling ice cream, being a Meter Maid, or a lifesaver.
I went to Frankston once. Is that what the entire city of Melbourne is like?
Guess what? Surfers Paradise is not the Gold Coast.
The only people commenting are the Melbourne tourists who stay up in an apartment for 2 weeks with their kids next to the beach and think that is the Gold Coast. Just clueless and making themselves look foolish.
roger explosion
12 Dec 2007, 16:31
Its a pretty sad day when I completely agree with the Kangaroos fans and James Brayshaw on this.
The Gold Coast may be a good place to holiday - I don't doubt that but I reckon the beaches in terms of sand, surf etc are average at best. The weather is nice and the beaches are busy but thats great if you are a tourist.
Even as a holiday destination - I went there last year - its starting to get very average at best. The theme parks are starting to drop off in quality and alot of the Coast despite the growth is starting to look very worn. That aside isn't Melbourne the number 1 domestic tourism place for last year (can't remember exact statistics)? So I defeat my own arguement there on that.
At the end of the day Melbourne is a world class city with world class things to do on a consistent basis where as the Gold Coast is a good place to go for a few days, get pissed on a beach and come home. To live there would be a hell. The place lacks in any real infrastructure, planning and has far limited diversity of employment, facilities and education.
Melbourne is a city with city like facilities - the Gold Coast is a tourist resort with tourist resort facilities. I know where I would want to spend my life and I know where I spend my holidays. Melbourne for everyday living (which is the context in which Brayshaw is refering to) is far the greater place - there is actually some infrastructure besides tourism infrastructure.
oh dear...
Yes, I am an elitist. Things like the availability of work, accommodation, public transport, services I take for granted like pay-tv, broadband, hell even drinking water make me elite.
If you have kids there are large numbers of top quality private schools and a number of choices when it comes to higher education. Melbourne University, Monash, Latrobe, RMIT, etc. If your kids want to get involved in various industries, you can find work here. Other places offer you some choice but not the extent of choice you find here. Sydney is Melbourne's only real rival but the cost of living and the quality of the living conditions is so vastly different that it is not even a close contest.
There isn't a better place to live if you have real values. That doesn't make me elitist, it makes me a realist.
full of sprog more like it
all those things you mentioned are available in every city (except adelaide!) and the unis in brisbane aren't far off the mark - and how many afl footballers go to uni anyway.
in terms of brayshaws comment as a reason not to have a team based in the gold coast its crap
and when the choice is between gold coast and the vfl - well i hope you survive
lethalselbow
12 Dec 2007, 17:07
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
Spot on. That's a major mistake. HUGE mistake.
Sour grapes.
full of sprog more like it
all those things you mentioned are available in every city (except adelaide!) and the unis in brisbane aren't far off the mark - and how many afl footballers go to uni anyway.
in terms of brayshaws comment as a reason not to have a team based in the gold coast its crap
and when the choice is between gold coast and the vfl - well i hope you survive
I am not saying the Gold Coast is a derelict ghost town with tumbleweed blowing down the streets. It is a vibrant community, but it is just, a community. I could pick out regions of Melbourne like the North or East or West which have similar communities, a similar population base, are a similar distance from the CBD as Gold Coast is to Brisbane.
The problem I see with Gold Coast is that to me it seems more a suburban region than a city. It probably will be absorbed by Brisbane in the distant future and then it would be more appropriately classified.
Census information highlights the vast majority of people moving to the region come from other part of Queensland so I am just sceptical about the whole prospect of pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and I don't want my club to be the one to roll the dice given the monumental disaster the last attempt was.
It just highlights how out of touch with reality most people from the region are. Our club didn't say no to Gold Coast, they offered co-location, which a damn site more than anyone has offered. GC and the AFL were just greedy, they wanted everything and got nothing.
AFL has been avoiding showing any numbers to justify the media hype, given how quick they are to show anything of substance you would have to question the availability of supporting facts.
SweetLeftFoot
12 Dec 2007, 19:29
The Gold Coast is good if you are a reptile, in that there is loads of sun.
However, in Melbourne, we do not consider lying motionless developing skin cancer as 'doing something'.'
In melbourne, we have an actual culture.
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 19:30
Let me sum it up for you guys: Commercial infrastructure to the North. Industrial to the West. Tourist to the East. Lot's of canals and beaches everywhere.
It's a great place to live. I moved up 4 years ago, went to university, and am now working for a telecommunications company. I didn't have to eat sand and sell sunscreen to live as you'd have me stereotyped. :rolleyes:
IThe problem I see with Gold Coast is that to me it seems more a suburban region than a city.
Bingo. That is essentially all it is. What was only a short time ago a holiday park on steriods has rapidly flourished into countless clusters of residential estates joining the towns together. The rate of expansion will prove to be in the future its downfall as the Coast really does lack a "real" city infrustructre. In a decade or so it will be a nightmare to live in.
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 19:33
The Gold Coast is good if you are a reptile, in that there is loads of sun.
However, in Melbourne, we do not consider lying motionless developing skin cancer as 'doing something'.'
In melbourne, we have an actual culture.
You have about 40 from what I've seen. Up here we can just walk into a Italian / Chinese / whatever restaurant for our change in culture. No need to divide our city by race...
SweetLeftFoot
12 Dec 2007, 19:40
You have about 40 from what I've seen. Up here we can just walk into a Italian / Chinese / whatever restaurant for our change in culture. No need to divide our city by race...
How brilliant.
A nice white monchrome culture with a few ethnics allowed to set up shop for when the locals want a a break from sausages and chips.
I wonder how One Nation went on the GC back in their heyday?
FOOOOTY
12 Dec 2007, 19:43
You have about 40 from what I've seen. Up here we can just walk into a Italian / Chinese / whatever restaurant for our change in culture. No need to divide our city by race...
Im sure wondering into your food court compares to spending a day in Chinatown or Lygon st. :rolleyes:
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 19:45
How brilliant.
A nice white monchrome culture with a few ethnics allowed to set up shop for when the locals want a a break from sausages and chips.
I wonder how One Nation went on the GC back in their heyday?
Lol. It's not like that though. :p I'm just making a point that you don't need to be multicultural to have a culture.
Anthony_
12 Dec 2007, 19:47
He is right, the Gold Coast is a nice place for a holiday but a crap place to live. There are a lot more events on in Melbourne and I actually agree there isn't a whole lot to do up there but then again, I have been spoilt by growing up in the best city in Australia.
:rolleyes:
Nice and you have lived there? To the ignorant including JB there is alot more to the Gold Coast then Surfers Paradise fools.
peppy la pew
12 Dec 2007, 19:47
The Gold Coast is good if you are a reptile, in that there is loads of sun.
However, in Melbourne, we do not consider lying motionless developing skin cancer as 'doing something'.'
In melbourne, we have an actual culture.
Don't you reside in sunny Scotland ?
ApplecrossWC
12 Dec 2007, 19:53
:rolleyes:
Nice and you have lived there? To the ignorant including JB there is alot more to the Gold Coast then Surfers Paradise fools.
If you bothered to read the thread you would see my relationship with the Gold Coast.
PumpyChowdown
12 Dec 2007, 19:54
The ignorance of Victorians is mind-boggling.
SweetLeftFoot
12 Dec 2007, 19:57
Lol. It's not like that though. :p I'm just making a point that you don't need to be multicultural to have a culture.
This is true.
That nice Mr Hitler was a keen fan of Wagner for example.
peppy la pew
12 Dec 2007, 19:58
The ignorance of Victorians is mind-boggling.
Yes, you have to wonder sometimes :(
SweetLeftFoot
12 Dec 2007, 20:00
Don't you reside in sunny Scotland ?
I do, but I am a born and bred Melburnian and return every year for hols.
Anthony_
12 Dec 2007, 20:19
If you bothered to read the thread you would see my relationship with the Gold Coast.
Like I care that your brother/mother/sister whatever lives here. I love Melbourne and if it wasn't for work I would be there. To call Gold Coast a crap place to live is plain stupid. Yeah I don't like Surfer's that much but hey I don't live there.
I live up in the hinterland, have a great view of coast from up high and work down in Currumbin near the beach. Don't have to travel far to work, opposed to long round train trips I would have to take into Melbourne when I was there.
There is good and bad points about both places.
Pedro59
12 Dec 2007, 20:30
Yeh lets all live in freezin cold smoggy melbourne ...what a rat race...lets all go hang out in boring old springvale. Lets go in to grassless downtown melbourne where the sun doesnt find you and just look at each other surrounded by scenic grey concretesville
..In the GC we have real nice beaches that is actually warm enough to swim in MOST OF THE YEAR with out standing on a bloody needle.Whats the name of the beaches in Melbourne that can compare? Carruum? with a dirty ol railway station nearly on the beach beside the ratty ol deserted buildings vacant for the last 5 years with broken windows.
but hey lets go do somthing like horseriding or hiking or whatever and we gotta sit on a jammed Nepean highway or travel thru bloody beautiful scenic areas like Brunswick or Footrotyscray for like 3hours minimum to just get outta town!
And outta town Melbourne is a whole lot of flat paddocks (Boring ) at best!
Up here we have everything nice and close .with out the endless boring concrete miles to get there. Beautiful Northern rivers and MT Warning , Nimbin hippy goddesses ,Byron Bay etc a nice ride just up the road as green as tazzy with out the cold climate. Fishing where we actually catch fish for heavens sake not like in the fished out gulf off of Melbourne
Even went out on a boat of Frangaston last time down there and not even a bite would you believe?
Then on a warm 11 degree day all the Australian poms flock to the beach wishing they were up North with us .
We live in California and they live in rust belt Smog town Concrete Chicago.
Hey I really hear of all these Gold Coast families moving back to Melbourne NOT
Culture? yeh the Sopranos with a hotted up 4 cyl hanging out at the 7eleven
and finally the amusement parks up here are just for the stupid tourists not the locals.
Once I had nightmare that I had moved back to Melbourne but then I came to and realised it was just a rotten kebab that I had eaten the night before that had given me food poisoning and hallucinations.....WHEW!
FOOOOTY
12 Dec 2007, 20:41
but then I came to and realised it was just a rotten kebab that I had eaten the night before that had given me food poisoning and hallucinations.....WHEW!
See! you can't even get clean food up there!, 3rd world stuff :p
roger explosion
12 Dec 2007, 20:46
Let me sum it up for you guys: Commercial infrastructure to the North. Industrial to the West. Tourist to the East. Lot's of canals and beaches everywhere.
It's a great place to live. I moved up 4 years ago, went to university, and am now working for a telecommunications company. I didn't have to eat sand and sell sunscreen to live as you'd have me stereotyped. :rolleyes:
did you go to Bond? that's where i'm going now, and it's fantastic.
SweetLeftFoot
12 Dec 2007, 20:54
I came to and realised it was just a rotten kebab that I had eaten the night before that had given me food poisoning and hallucinations.....WHEW!
As I said, the food is shit on the Gold Coast.
mediumsizered
12 Dec 2007, 21:01
We must be patient with the confused, Mr Brayshaw. His problem is he doesn't know where to call home. Son of a West Australian shield cricketer, he had to move to SA to get a game of first class cricket, then found his way to Melbourne tied to Eddie McGuire's apron strings.
You could almost guarantee if the Nine Network were to offer him the gig on Today, he would be off to Sydney in a heartbeat & would think Sydney was the finest place on Earth. I would encourage Mr Brayshaw to put his money where his mouth is & move to downtown North Melbourne, because obviously the Department of Housing flats that are an integral part of North Melbourne are far more preferable than anything the Gold Coast has to offer.
P.S. Mr Brayshaw, you weren't half the cricketer your old man was.
This message hasn't yet been deleted by Fred Reason: not needed
;)
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 23:05
did you go to Bond? that's where i'm going now, and it's fantastic.
Nope, Griffith University. I live in Surfers so it was closer. :thumbsu:
roger explosion
12 Dec 2007, 23:12
Nope, Griffith University. I live in Surfers so it was closer. :thumbsu:
indeed. well... in that case aren't we supposed to have a degree of rivalry? like, take out my trash or i'll get my dad to fire your dad?
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 23:16
Can't believe the attitude of some (not all) North supporters. Just because they read the half-truths and pure lies on Goldcosttruth.com, forged to support an agenda, they now have the authority on all things Gold Coast. Let me tell you, you've completely lost touch with Queensland. In fact, you're now the last club Gold Coast will want to see play at Carrara next year. That was the price of your refusal. You may as well go back to calling yourself North Melbourne, because no city will every host your club again. That window is now closed. The Kangaroos brand will only span the 4 corners of Arden Street.
campbell
12 Dec 2007, 23:21
Can't believe the attitude of some (not all) North supporters. Just because they read the half-truths and pure lies on Goldcosttruth.com, forged to support an agenda, they now have the authority on all things Gold Coast. Let me tell you, you've completely lost touch with Queensland. In fact, you're now the last club Gold Coast will want to see play at Carrara next year. That was the price of your refusal. You may as well go back to calling yourself North Melbourne, because no city will every host your club again. That window is now closed. The Kangaroos brand will only span the 4 corners of Arden Street.
Exactly.
jacko57
12 Dec 2007, 23:23
Everyone should relax, it was just a throw-away line that was taken out of context.
Storm, meet teacup.
campbell
12 Dec 2007, 23:24
Nope, Griffith University. I live in Surfers so it was closer. :thumbsu:
Bond and Griffith are excellent Universitys.
They have some great GPS Schools on the coast.
DarwinRoo
12 Dec 2007, 23:25
Exactly.
And do you really think we give a shit.
You didnt turn up when we had the games. It was up to Victorians and South Aussies to make up the numbers for the crowds on the Gold Coast.
campbell
12 Dec 2007, 23:28
And do you really think we give a shit.
You didnt turn up when we had the games. It was up to Victorians and South Aussies to make up the numbers for the crowds on the Gold Coast.
Maybe they can play in darwin in the preseason, a few games, or sell half their games to darwin.
They should never play on the coast again.Which suits your supporters fine.....
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 23:32
And do you really think we give a shit.
You didnt turn up when we had the games. It was up to Victorians and South Aussies to make up the numbers for the crowds on the Gold Coast.
I can tell you first hand that there was no one at those games conducting a survey on supporter heritage. Once again, you've bought more Kanga-driven BS hook, line, and sinker.
Funkalicous
12 Dec 2007, 23:35
Maybe they can play in darwin in the preseason, a few games, or sell half their games to darwin.
They should never play on the coast again.Which suits your supporters fine.....
They'd be stupid to stick their noses anywhere North of the Murray. Sydney, Canberra, and now Gold Coast. The Kangaroos quest to gain national supporters has won them nothing but hate.
DarwinRoo
12 Dec 2007, 23:37
Maybe they can play in darwin in the preseason, a few games, or sell half their games to darwin.
They should never play on the coast again.Which suits your supporters fine.....
We are playing in Darwin. Against the Dogs because the AFL is acting like a little sook.
You do realise that the Roos might have relocated if the AFL werent a bunch of incompetent knobs.
How about you QLDers start laying the blame at the people who deserve it and not at the football club.
DarwinRoo
12 Dec 2007, 23:39
I can tell you first hand that there was no one at those games conducting a survey on supporter heritage. Once again, you've bought more Kanga-driven BS hook, line, and sinker.
I watched the games on TV. It was plain to see that the Adelaide Crows supporters made more noise and probably outnumbered the Gold Coast residents at the match. Same with the Carlton and Lions games.
roger explosion
12 Dec 2007, 23:45
I watched the games on TV. It was plain to see that the Adelaide Crows supporters made more noise and probably outnumbered the Gold Coast residents at the match. Same with the Carlton and Lions games.
i was at the games. that wasn't the case.
RussellEbertHandball
13 Dec 2007, 00:11
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/12/5892_gold-coast-sport.html
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
Judging by his comment, we seriously wonder if Brayshaw has been to the Gold Coast in the past 10 years or so.
You hope he knows what he is talking about in other matters for the clubs sake.
Nice reporting in this by our very own Nick the Pieman.
JB said he has spent a lot of time talking to Eddie about being President, changing the club, attracting businesses to sponsors the club etc That is a back handed comment straight out of the Eddie McGuire get on the front foot play book. JB is learning quick. :)
FOOOOTY
13 Dec 2007, 00:20
.You may as well go back to calling yourself North Melbourne.
Don't get much news up there in 'AFL mad' SEQLD do you? They've already started calling themselves North Melbourne :thumbsu:
Serious error in judgement by JB. You need every member you can get.You shouldn't be getting GC people offside, with nasty comments about where they love to live.
You do realise that we don't make a cent out of Gold Coast memberships anyway don't you?
lethalselbow
13 Dec 2007, 05:23
You do realise that we don't make a cent out of Gold Coast memberships anyway don't you?
Another winning business plan by the side once known as North Melbourne.
jacko57
13 Dec 2007, 09:30
Another winning business plan by the side once known as North Melbourne.
Actually, that was one of the many dodgy aspects of the 'deal' organised by the AFL. But don't let the facts interfere with your obsession with trying to troll NMFC.
Keep trying, one day you might get something right. :p
lethalselbow
13 Dec 2007, 09:35
Actually, that was one of the many dodgy aspects of the 'deal' organised by the AFL. But don't let the facts interfere with your obsession with trying to troll NMFC.
Keep trying, one day you might get something right. :p
Just to correct you, i was having a crack at the Kangaroos. I use to like North Melbourne.
You lot have turned on the Gold Coast. Have a look through your Kangaroos forum prior to this AFL stuff and all roads were leading there. Now that you've been offered what you were after... you've turned chicken.
How many members you got so far during all this hype? 5000?
The Zebra
13 Dec 2007, 09:43
How many members you got so far during all this hype? 5000?
Approaching 10,000. We have jumped 4,000 in 6 days since saying no.
You really are not very good at this trolling thing are you? Going to every possible thread you can, people rarely responding to you and getting all your facts wrong so that when people do respond you look like an idiot.
You are the Zac Dawson of trolls.
emperor
13 Dec 2007, 09:48
He made a joke.
Where was the outcry when Ron Clarke suggested we were insulting the Gold Coast people by not selling 138 years of history down the river immediately for the good of SEQ?
Pretty lame joke from Brayshaw, but shouldn't be taken out of context.
Ron Clarke is definately a clown and his comments were ridiculous...but some of the diatribe coming from some Roos supporters about the quality of life on the Gold Coast is nothing short of embarrassing. (and I don't live on the Gold Coast either)
lethalselbow
13 Dec 2007, 11:54
Approaching 10,000. We have jumped 4,000 in 6 days since saying no.
You really are not very good at this trolling thing are you? Going to every possible thread you can, people rarely responding to you and getting all your facts wrong so that when people do respond you look like an idiot.
You are the Zac Dawson of trolls.
10,000? That's great. Probably puts you last out of all clubs... and just when you really need members... :(
Wonder whether your CEO bought a membership? Oh... that's right... he's quit. Like rats from a sinking ship....
And as for people responding to me... only d*ckwads would bother. ;)
Richo83
13 Dec 2007, 13:31
Gold Coast = Las Vegas, all style, no substance. People are fake as plastic. No culture. Warm all the time, that's about it. Tourist shopping precinct with some gambling thrown in (Gold coast just got a casino, called Conrad Jupiters), one of the main draw cards of the hole making it even more like Las Vegas if it were possible. Infact there's a casino in Las Vegas called Gold Coast casino, how fitting.
Melbourne = Boston, culture, tradition, a city that is respected and has something to do with this nation. Arts, universities, sporting tradition.
Who invented football? Where did the Kangaroos come from? Where did they decide to stay? All of these questions are answered with Melbourne.
People go to Las Vegas to gamble, and get a shotgun marriage. People go to Boston to see why it is such a great city, why the Red Sox are so famous and possibly see the history and the culture of the place. Replace gamble with sunbake and shotgun marriage with a tan and clothing, and replace Red Sox with any Melbourne club and Boston culture and history with Melbourne culture and history and you have CG and Melbourne.
As for bleak city, I look out the window, 30 degrees and sunny as hell, bleak city? I don't think so.
Lance Uppercut
13 Dec 2007, 13:34
isn't it awesome when "the media" jump all over a harmless, throw-away comment. FFS what a joke
Another winning business plan by the side once known as North Melbourne.
Financially it was much better pocket the $400k per game than it was to rely on member and gate income, I would have thought that was fairly obvious.
The Teflon Dean
13 Dec 2007, 20:03
JB.
You've done it again.:D
Warwick
13 Dec 2007, 20:05
Gold Coast = Las Vegas, all style, no substance. People are fake as plastic. No culture. Warm all the time, that's about it. Tourist shopping precinct with some gambling thrown in (Gold coast just got a casino, called Conrad Jupiters), one of the main draw cards of the hole making it even more like Las Vegas if it were possible. Infact there's a casino in Las Vegas called Gold Coast casino, how fitting.
Melbourne = Boston, culture, tradition, a city that is respected and has something to do with this nation. Arts, universities, sporting tradition.
Who invented football? Where did the Kangaroos come from? Where did they decide to stay? All of these questions are answered with Melbourne.
People go to Las Vegas to gamble, and get a shotgun marriage. People go to Boston to see why it is such a great city, why the Red Sox are so famous and possibly see the history and the culture of the place. Replace gamble with sunbake and shotgun marriage with a tan and clothing, and replace Red Sox with any Melbourne club and Boston culture and history with Melbourne culture and history and you have CG and Melbourne.
As for bleak city, I look out the window, 30 degrees and sunny as hell, bleak city? I don't think so.
:o You don't really know much do you? Another once every 5 years for a visit kind of tourist I suspect?
The Gold Coast just got a casino. What year is this?
Salad dodger
14 Dec 2007, 16:46
You do realise that we don't make a cent out of Gold Coast memberships anyway don't you?
WRONG, 40% of the purchase price went directly to the NMFC and everyone that joined as a GC member and selected North as their club was on the clubs members list.
Moomba, not having a go just putting forward the facts as sooooo many people have said this and are totally wrong, its insulting to the North members that put our hands in our pockets up here.
Salad dodger
14 Dec 2007, 16:53
Gold Coast = Las Vegas, all style, no substance. People are fake as plastic. No culture. Warm all the time, that's about it. Tourist shopping precinct with some gambling thrown in (Gold coast just got a casino, called Conrad Jupiters), one of the main draw cards of the hole making it even more like Las Vegas if it were possible. Infact there's a casino in Las Vegas called Gold Coast casino, how fitting.
Melbourne = Boston, culture, tradition, a city that is respected and has something to do with this nation. Arts, universities, sporting tradition.
Who invented football? Where did the Kangaroos come from? Where did they decide to stay? All of these questions are answered with Melbourne.
People go to Las Vegas to gamble, and get a shotgun marriage. People go to Boston to see why it is such a great city, why the Red Sox are so famous and possibly see the history and the culture of the place. Replace gamble with sunbake and shotgun marriage with a tan and clothing, and replace Red Sox with any Melbourne club and Boston culture and history with Melbourne culture and history and you have CG and Melbourne.
As for bleak city, I look out the window, 30 degrees and sunny as hell, bleak city? I don't think so.
No doubt about it Melbourne is a great city but SEQ has a lot to offer too your view is a touch too black and white there is a lot to like in both areas and neither is perfect.
Anthony_
14 Dec 2007, 17:05
No doubt about it Melbourne is a great city but SEQ has a lot to offer too your view is a touch too black and white there is a lot to like in both areas and neither is perfect.
Exactly I have lived in both places and they both have positives and negatives. I spent 6mths in Rockhampton...now that place is a complete shit hole if ever I saw one.
Roo-Boy
14 Dec 2007, 19:17
"And as far as our younger players go, there is nothing to do on the Gold Coast for a 20-year-old outside of Schoolies Week anyway."
Say again?
There is nothing else to do on the Gold Coast for a youngster besides Schoolies Week?
Judging by his comment, we seriously wonder if Kennet has been to the Gold Coast in the past 10 years or so.
You hope he knows what he is talking about in other matters for Hawthorns sake.
Edited for accuracy:thumbsu:
WRONG, 40% of the purchase price went directly to the NMFC and everyone that joined as a GC member and selected North as their club was on the clubs members list.
Moomba, not having a go just putting forward the facts as sooooo many people have said this and are totally wrong, its insulting to the North members that put our hands in our pockets up here.
I'll stand corrected if thats the case, but everything I've heard froma number of different people says otherwise.
shintemaster
16 Dec 2007, 08:45
WRONG, 40% of the purchase price went directly to the NMFC and everyone that joined as a GC member and selected North as their club was on the clubs members list.
Moomba, not having a go just putting forward the facts as sooooo many people have said this and are totally wrong, its insulting to the North members that put our hands in our pockets up here.
That sounds about right. Although in all honesty, 40% of $60 x 1500 odd members... this is not going to be the difference.
Salad dodger
17 Dec 2007, 09:07
I'll stand corrected if thats the case, but everything I've heard froma number of different people says otherwise.
I can understand you believeing it if you heard it from a few sources but I checked it out with the AFL membership line and then checked it with the club just to be sure and I assure you it is correct. :thumbsu:
Salad dodger
17 Dec 2007, 09:11
That sounds about right. Although in all honesty, 40% of $60 x 1500 odd members... this is not going to be the difference.
Agreed, I just wanted people to know that the members up here were not silly enough to buy a membership without ensuring that the NMFC recieved some benefit.
Hearts to hearts
17 Dec 2007, 10:14
Agreed, I just wanted people to know that the members up here were not silly enough to buy a membership without ensuring that the NMFC recieved some benefit.
JB - and a number of our supporters - need to find a way to be clear about the direction we are heading without disrespecting a perfectly nice part of the country and especially the old and new fans we've got there.
Mostly he's done it just fine, seems to have got a bit over-excited on this one occasion. Mind you, with Ron Clarke around we've had far more disrespect heaped on us than we've handed out.
Salad dodger
17 Dec 2007, 10:28
JB - and a number of our supporters - need to find a way to be clear about the direction we are heading without disrespecting a perfectly nice part of the country and especially the old and new fans we've got there.
Mostly he's done it just fine, seems to have got a bit over-excited on this one occasion. Mind you, with Ron Clarke around we've had far more disrespect heaped on us than we've handed out.
Ron Clarkes comments were childish and laughable, but there has been comment directed at the entire GC and its peope that are just plain rude and I dont think it is doing the NMFC any favours
BK Eaglesfan
17 Dec 2007, 20:02
So for all the outrage, has anyone got audio of the comment? How was it said? Is it at all possible it was said in jest and because it was radio and no one could see his facial experience was taken too seriously?
Talk about looking for any opportunity to express outrage and create a storm out of nothing.