NRL West Coast Pirates

[Castres Treize]

http://westcoastpirates.com.au/

Another WA bid for inclusion into the NRL.

Don't like the name personally, WA Reds, Western Reds, Perth Reds are all better imo.

 

[Stewies Power]

WA Pirates or Perth Pirates sounds best I reckon.

 

[Northern_Union]

How many bids do WA have?

 

[Oneiros]

GFdfgdfgdfgdfgdfgfj

....

WHAT?

How many bids do WA have?

It's the official WARL bid - basically the Reds have become the Pirates.

 

[Northern_Union]

I thought there was a billionaire putting a bid together?

 

[Oneiros]

Tony Sage, owner of Perth Glory has been informally tossing around a rival bid for Perth.

 

[Northern_Union]

Gotta ya! Cheers for clearing that up.

 

[Aucklander]

Sure is different. Will grow on people I think.

 

[Oneiros]

Sure is different. Will grow on people I think.

I dunno what they're thinking, especially with the West Coast part ... it's a shot across the bow for the big boys in town, no pun intended. Reds was a fairly well-known name, to drop both the Reds, go with a rather unfamiliar nickname in Pirates and then to further compound it by muddying the waters by conflating the place name with WCE?

Not sure how I feel about this one.

 

[Stewies Power]

I dunno what they're thinking, especially with the West Coast part ... it's a shot across the bow for the big boys in town, no pun intended. Reds was a fairly well-known name, to drop both the Reds, go with a rather unfamiliar nickname in Pirates and then to further compound it by muddying the waters by conflating the place name with WCE?

Not sure how I feel about this one.

That's what I first thought. How will Fremantle fans take to supporting a "West Coast"?

 

[pantskyle]

Love it.

 

[Underarm]

That's what I first thought. How will Fremantle fans take to supporting a "West Coast"?

The would be the pissyest excuse ever. If they truly wanted to get involved with the club then the name and colors shouldnt matter, Only the location.
They live on the West coast, does that connundrum make them hate themselves every day?
Surely Stewie you support an Adelaide team, and survive???

 

[Fire Storm]

They could have pirate ship rides for the kids.

 

[____]

Should've been called Perth IMO.

Pirates, crap name but will probably grow on me like Suns did.

 

[Stewies Power]

Surely Stewie you support an Adelaide team, and survive???

By an Adelaide team are you talking a team named after Adelaide exclusively? Because it's just Port Adelaide, the SA Redbacks and Australian Cricket Team for me

 

[tugga]

Love the name and the logo. Brilliant stuff.

 

[Underarm]

By an Adelaide team are you talking a team named after Adelaide exclusively? Because it's just Port Adelaide, the SA Redbacks and Australian Cricket Team for me

I was meaning Adelaide strikers? adelaide soccer?

 

[Cleavy]

I like it!

 

[Stewies Power]

I was meaning Adelaide strikers? adelaide soccer?

Na not a fan of either. T20 cricket has lost its gloss IMO. These days it's pretty boring and taken too seriously.

 

[____]

T20 cricket has lost its gloss IMO. These days it's pretty boring and taken too seriously.

I'm over T20 cricket as well.

I follow Brisbane Lions, Roar, Broncos and went for the Bullets before they folded but couldn't give a rats toss about the Heat or that plastic competition. Nothing wrong with the old state comp.

 

[cos789]

They could have pirate ship rides for the kids.

In an interview with a WA rl rep he mentioned the marketing opportunities (of the name).

 

[Castres Treize]

Tony Sage hits back in Perth NRL bid war

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...erth-nrl-bid-war/story-e6frexnr-1226410370907

 

[cos789]

I dunno what they're thinking, especially with the West Coast part ... it's a shot across the bow for the big boys in town, no pun intended. Reds was a fairly well-known name, to drop both the Reds, go with a rather unfamiliar nickname in Pirates and then to further compound it by muddying the waters by conflating the place name with WCE?

Not sure how I feel about this one.

I agree but then I like what they've done with the SUNS and even think the Giants are right for WS
considering I don't like the American style names.

 

[Fire Storm]

In an interview with a WA rl rep he mentioned the marketing opportunities (of the name).

Yes! Maybe even a moat around the ground where a small pirate ship sails around with fake pirates and the crowd can use small toy cannons shooting stuff and hit the pirates. It's a marketers dream.

 

[cos789]

Yes! Maybe even a moat around the ground where a small pirate ship sails around with fake pirates and the crowd can use small toy cannons shooting stuff and hit the pirates. It's a marketers dream.

Actually you quoted some of him.