Falchoon
Brownlow Medallist
- Feb 15, 2002
- 29,563
- 10,755
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Bluestar Airlines, Anacott Steel
it's the best way to find a key forward.....
-
LIVE: Adelaide v Port Adelaide - 7 / 7:30PM Thu
Squiggle tips Port at 62% chance -- What's your tip? -- Team line-ups »
St Kilda returning to Moorabbin
- Thread starter ManWithNoName
- Start date
- Tagged users None
it's the best way to find a key forward.....
Still flooding this place with rubbish Deflecto
Next time you wonder where your equalisation taxes are going, just head down to Morabbin.[/
Maybe Essendon should have tried to get the AFL & State Govt to pay their Legal fees...............would have thought the Dons have made lots more worse decisions than the Saints moving back to Moorabbin
Yeh, u guys could play Chelsea & Man United, the EPL "super league" concept works well...
- Mar 14, 2013
- 5,570
- 11,203
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Hampton Rovers FC
Interesting how no one seemed to care about all this "money being wasted" when we were going to be attached to the junction oval redevelopment that would see everyone benefit by freeing up the MCG earlier.
- Jun 6, 2010
- 4,030
- 12,851
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Dillon Panthers
Sick of people bashing the Saints on here, leave them alone!!
I'm on your side. I'm a fan of your board's decisions, without them Freo would still be s**t so I'm very very grateful to the St Kilda Football Club.
I'm on your side. I'm a fan of your board's decisions, without them Freo would still be s**t so I'm very very grateful to the St Kilda Football Club.
Well you clearly didn't read that thread. Name one thing i've made up?
I think you're out of your depth on this issue.
Thanks for the link though, was good to have a read of that.
Tas
Premium Platinum
Veteran
10k Posts
30k Posts
North Melbourne - 2022 Kaitlyn Ashmore and Aileen Gilroy Player Sponsor
North Melbourne - 2022 Aaron Hall and Flynn Perez Player Sponsor
North Melbourne AFLW - 2021 Aileen Gilroy and Kaitlyn Ashmore Player Sponsor
North Melbourne - 2021 Taylor Garner and Flynn Perez Player Sponsor
TheBrownDog
- Dec 23, 2002
- 62,056
- 60,151
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- There can be only one...
I noted it was a waste of money when the junction oval redevelopment was on the cards, the government has helped all the clubs redevelop or build top class facilities so I don't have a problem with the government supporting clubs. But, to fund the saints moving around I don't think is a great use of resources given the state government already helped to build good quality facilities for the Saints at Seaford. Regret moving? Throw the hat around the members if you dislike it that much.
At least it is not as bad as the bottomless hole at Geelong which needs another $20m every election.
New social club with more pokies (the reason the saints left was because the council wouldn't approve the application for more pokies, and called the saints bluff when they threatened to leave)
blktreacle
Club Legend
yeah thats correct, my understanding is that there were a few Councillors at the time who didn't want the saints at moorabbin
At the MCG or Etihad, like everyone else?
Why does Geelong need to have a stadium all to themselves?
We wouldn't do that s**t now either.
- Sep 19, 2007
- 19,087
- 17,650
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Anaheim Ducks, PSV Eindhoven
It was meant to be at Frankston Oval but then there were going to be cost blowouts with that location that were beyond what St Kilda could afford.
Again it's all about the money and the lack thereof to be able to make the best decisions.
Also doesn't help that Melbourne Footy Journo's are experts in laziness and would refuse to drive to Seaford because they wont make it back to the office in time for happy hour.
Last edited:
- Sep 19, 2007
- 19,087
- 17,650
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Anaheim Ducks, PSV Eindhoven
It wasn't more Pokies it was just moving the existing machines from Linton St to South Rd (about 200m), the council insisted on less Pokies but the club couldn't make the finances work without the existing amount of machines.
Like the issues with Frankston Oval it highlights the financial issues that can hamstrung club decisions.
If we'd had a little more in the bank we'd either never have moved from Moorabbin or would have been able to make Frankston Oval work.
Geelong isn't in Melbourne. Do you want the Gold Coast to play in Brisbane?
DapperDon
Custom title:
- Oct 4, 2006
- 32,861
- 52,981
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- PHX Suns, Leeds Utd, Celtics FC
Yep this is correct, their reasoning was the new location of the pokies would be too close to the Sandbelt pokies venue.
I remember seeing old plans of what Saints wanted to do with the original redevelopment and it would have been great, then a couple of suits at Kingston felt they needed to be important for a week and put a stop to it.
The Saints HQ being back in the Moorabbin/Bayside area is very important for the club and personally as a local it'll be good to have them back.
They'll also have to reopen Transformers or it won't be the same.
- Mar 14, 2013
- 5,570
- 11,203
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Hampton Rovers FC
Look at it this way, Moorabbin was always earmarked with redevelopment to support the local leagues and the Dragons. All this does is fast track the inevitable upgrades that Seaford was going to need. Do you stick the money in a facility that shouldnt have happened or bite the bullet and double down now and ensure a proper home for the club for decades to come. Plus AFL quality facilties and play surface for the Dragons and local league finals.
Periphery
Cancelled
- Jul 25, 2013
- 6,688
- 9,911
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
Na mate, this is just the Saints making more bad decisions and wasting more valuable taxpayers money that could be better spent on other things like more roads.
*ignores that it's a community facility that also has significant potential to make the Saints money*
- Jul 9, 2010
- 24,163
- 26,536
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
Meh. Seaford gets something decent and the Saints return to their home, while about ten other groups get a brand new facility.
In terms of your taxes, it's nothing. The government pisses away 'your' taxes all the time on all sorts of s**t. This is probably a good thing to money to go towards... better than $900 lunches or people who scheme Centrelink. Or, you know, the money that goes towards a brand new stadium in Sydney opening every nine months...
In terms of your taxes, it's nothing. The government pisses away 'your' taxes all the time on all sorts of s**t. This is probably a good thing to money to go towards... better than $900 lunches or people who scheme Centrelink. Or, you know, the money that goes towards a brand new stadium in Sydney opening every nine months...
Boxhead_31
The Greatest Team Of All
- Oct 12, 2007
- 36,824
- 51,301
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Other Teams
- South BHFL
Perhaps because Geelong isn't part of Melbourne? Should the Swans, Suns, Lions, Crows et all play their games at the MCG/Etihad?
cartel
Premiership Player
- Jan 26, 2007
- 4,167
- 5,227
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Melbourne United
Yep. I just thought a more central location would have assisted us more in attracting sponsors and players.
Very happy with moorabbin though. We would have played second fiddle to cricket at junction oval.
Sent from my D5833 using Tapatalk
- Moderator
- #374
Oh people cared. And the Saints moving to Junction Oval was never going to go ahead. Cricket were very firm on it from the start, so was the Vic Gov.
The new board identified this as a target early on. They've been making good decisions all the way along. Some seem to think this has come out of nowhere, but it's been in the pipeline for a couple of years.
And seriously people whinging about their taxes; build a bloody bridge.
And seriously people whinging about their taxes; build a bloody bridge.
Similar threads
- Poll
