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Listening to the cricket they mentioned there is a big news story for the WAFL, and it will be the biggest news story in a decade.

They didn't want to confirm anything yet, but mentioned in an hour or so it would all be revealed. Anyone heard anything?
 
Might be something to do with this I'd say

Financial crisis could kill off Peel Thunder
10th October 2008, 13:30 WST

WAFL club Peel has plunged into a financial crisis that threatens the Mandurah-based club's survival in the State football competition.

The Thunder are understood to have been caught up in the world stockmarket crash, losing several hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent weeks, and the WA Football Commission has been called in to save the club.

It is believed the WAFC may take over control of the Thunder's administration. Peel president Michael Wilson has stepped down from his post in the wake of the WAFC's investigation.

The Thunder have been a major problem for the WAFL since they joined the league in 1997. The club has yet to play in a finals series although 2008 was one of their most successful campaigns, winning eight of their 20 matches to finish sixth under coach Chris Waterman.

More to come ...
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Things not looking good for Peel.
 
chook2734 said:
Might be something to do with this I'd say



Things not looking good for Peel.
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Spot on the money, WAFC have given Peel an emergency $300,000 loan to keep them afloat.

President of Peel has resigned, the club is in turmoil and on the brink of folding
 
I hope Peel get through this stage.

Exactly how much of their money did they have on the sharemarket. Poor choice really.
 

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The only thing MM, is if it came to a vote of the Council of Presidents to save, I'm not sure Peel would get the vote. After all, the Presidents didn't want to extend their license a few years back and it was only because of the threat of legal action that it occurred, IIRC.

Interesting times ahead!
 
chrsco said:
The only thing MM, is if it came to a vote of the Council of Presidents to save, I'm not sure Peel would get the vote. After all, the Presidents didn't want to extend their license a few years back and it was only because of the threat of legal action that it occurred, IIRC.

Interesting times ahead!
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Maybe we could make Perth responsible for them? It was Perth that let them in wasn't it?
 
kane249 said:
Spot on the money, WAFC have given Peel an emergency $300,000 loan to keep them afloat.

President of Peel has resigned, the club is in turmoil and on the brink of folding
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More like West Coast and Freo have given Peel a $300 000 loan.

They should relocate Peel to Bunbury I have no idea a South West team would do well. The local comp is very good probably the best in country WA and its only a 2 hour trip. Also the ground is already there in Hands Oval and I am sure the Bunbury Counsel would give approval to this.
 
bigburger said:
More like West Coast and Freo have given Peel a $300 000 loan.

They should relocate Peel to Bunbury I have no idea a South West team would do well. The local comp is very good probably the best in country WA and its only a 2 hour trip. Also the ground is already there in Hands Oval and I am sure the Bunbury Counsel would give approval to this.
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Keep peel in peel!
dont move it we have our own talent pool in mandurah
 
bigburger said:
More like West Coast and Freo have given Peel a $300 000 loan.

They should relocate Peel to Bunbury I have no idea a South West team would do well. The local comp is very good probably the best in country WA and its only a 2 hour trip. Also the ground is already there in Hands Oval and I am sure the Bunbury Counsel would give approval to this.
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If they have a very good local comp, I'm not sure bringing in a WAFL team is going to be a good idea. The WAFL used to be strong before the two AFL teams came in. The whole WAFL system needs an overhaul, but no one seems to have the courage or foresight to do anything about it.
 
Masten_Magic said:
Keep peel in peel!
dont move it we have our own talent pool in mandurah
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That's not really a bona fide argument though MM, because that talent pool was there before, just it was in SF's zone and the other south west towns were in EPs zone.
 

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chrsco said:
That's not really a bona fide argument though MM, because that talent pool was there before, just it was in SF's zone and the other south west towns were in EPs zone.
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That's crap though, as it's just not reasonable to expect decent kids living in that area (and there are plenty) to commute to Fremantle, or even worse Leederville, 3 or 4 times a week. If you're at the AFL level then it's probably not going to make much of a difference but any lower than that you're probably just going to give the game away.

If you were a decent 15 year old that was good at football and another sport (eg. soccer) and had to make a choice, why would you play football if there was no state league team in the area? Pretty much every other sport that has a state league has at least 1 team in the area. Why wouldn't football?
 
chook2734 said:
Maybe we could make Perth responsible for them? It was Perth that let them in wasn't it?
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And why aren't you blaming the other clubs that voted Peel in?

At that time we were put under pressure by the WAFC and made a decision against the wishes of the majority of our supporters.

Peel should be finally kicked out of the WAFL. But no, the joke WAFC have decided to throw good money after bad.
 
Rob said:
That's crap though, as it's just not reasonable to expect decent kids living in that area (and there are plenty) to commute to Fremantle, or even worse Leederville, 3 or 4 times a week. If you're at the AFL level then it's probably not going to make much of a difference but any lower than that you're probably just going to give the game away.

If you were a decent 15 year old that was good at football and another sport (eg. soccer) and had to make a choice, why would you play football if there was no state league team in the area? Pretty much every other sport that has a state league has at least 1 team in the area. Why wouldn't football?
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How far do you reckon they travel to play for Peel though? I hadn't thought about this until I sat with a group of the colts parents at the last game, v Swans, 1 of them is a friend of mine. Now, one lady there is from Donnybrook and it's a 7 hour round trip to training, twice a week if they are chosen to train on the Thursday and thus play on the Saturday.

Swans had around 10 boys from Bunbury playing for us this year and they went back on the Sunday morning to play in the SWFL. What I am saying is that they are not all around the corner from Peel, like many of us think.

But what I am really saying is those talent pools were already there, Peel has probably developed them more than if it was left to Souths or EP.
 
chrsco said:
How far do you reckon they travel to play for Peel though? I hadn't thought about this until I sat with a group of the colts parents at the last game, v Swans, 1 of them is a friend of mine. Now, one lady there is from Donnybrook and it's a 7 hour round trip to training, twice a week if they are chosen to train on the Thursday and thus play on the Saturday.
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It's hardly realistic to put a team in Donnybrook, and in any case most of Peel's kids come from their region. Have a look at where their colts team comes from - vast majority from Mandurah and Rockingham.

Swans had around 10 boys from Bunbury playing for us this year and they went back on the Sunday morning to play in the SWFL. What I am saying is that they are not all around the corner from Peel, like many of us think.
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No, but you've got about 200,000 people living in the Rockingham/Mandurah area. And growing at about 5% per year. They're the people that are around the corner from Peel.

But what I am really saying is those talent pools were already there, Peel has probably developed them more than if it was left to Souths or EP.
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Yes - which is why the comp needs a team in the region. You kill off Peel and not replace them, you're going to damage football in the entire region. Wouldn't hurt to help them lobby for a decent ground either - Rushton Park is by far the worst ground in the league. The only thing it's got going for it is it's location.
 
Rob said:
It's hardly realistic to put a team in Donnybrook, and in any case most of Peel's kids come from their region. Have a look at where their colts team comes from - vast majority from Mandurah and Rockingham.

Wasn't suggesting we put one in Donnybrook. You'd be surprised how many of their colts are from far flung areas.

No, but you've got about 200,000 people living in the Rockingham/Mandurah area. And growing at about 5% per year. They're the people that are around the corner from Peel.

But we could run that argument for Albany, Geraldton or Kalgoorlie, even though they are smaller cities they probably produce a lot more footballers, particularly Geraldton.

Yes - which is why the comp needs a team in the region. You kill off Peel and not replace them, you're going to damage football in the entire region. Wouldn't hurt to help them lobby for a decent ground either - Rushton Park is by far the worst ground in the league. The only thing it's got going for it is it's location.

They can apply to the WAFC for funding to do up the ground, that is up to the WAFL licensee to pursue that. I know Swans got around $100K to refurbish and spring clean the stands at Basso this year.
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I'm not advocating Peel get the boot Rob, I am simply saying if the final vote for them to stay or not comes down to the council of presidents I would think there is a big chance they would be gone.

The other point that is borne out here is that it is very important for those people in the Peel region that want this side to survive need to purchase memberships. It's the lifeblood of the WAFL clubs if they don't have huge sponsorship deals. Swans had a target of 2008 for 2008 and I'm pretty sure we achieved this, so all those keen for Peel to continue need to get on board.

Here's an article on the WAFL page outlining what is going on.

http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/8...ll-club-to-continue-despite-revenue-shortfall
 
chrsco said:
Wasn't suggesting we put one in Donnybrook. You'd be surprised how many of their colts are from far flung areas.
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I know there's a few. I can't be arsed digging out my old footy budgets now, but from memory, at least 80% of them were from the Peel region. Most of those kids wouldn't bother commuting to Perth to play and train, they'd probably end up either in the Peel league or playing some other sport. Either way, they'd be lost to the WAFL.

But we could run that argument for Albany, Geraldton or Kalgoorlie, even though they are smaller cities they probably produce a lot more footballers, particularly Geraldton.
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No you couldn't, as those areas have nowhere near the population. Albany 15k, Gero 20k, Kal 30k. Whereas Mandurah 80k and Rockingham 120k - hardly comparable.

They can apply to the WAFC for funding to do up the ground, that is up to the WAFL licensee to pursue that. I know Swans got around $100K to refurbish and spring clean the stands at Basso this year.
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Needs more than that - probably a complete overhaul. It's been proposed and plans have been made, but getting the funding has been difficult. Certainly didn't help in the early years when they were given a 1 year contract - no government is going to assist in funding it under those circumstances.


I'm not advocating Peel get the boot Rob, I am simply saying if the final vote for them to stay or not comes down to the council of presidents I would think there is a big chance they would be gone.
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That may be true, but that would be more out of self preservation rather than what's good for the game as a whole. You've got a club that's going to have more juniors than any other in about 5-10 years. If they're managed even half decently, they're going to be a permanent powerhouse. Especially under the new points cap.

The other point that is borne out here is that it is very important for those people in the Peel region that want this side to survive need to purchase memberships. It's the lifeblood of the WAFL clubs if they don't have huge sponsorship deals. Swans had a target of 2008 for 2008 and I'm pretty sure we achieved this, so all those keen for Peel to continue need to get on board.

Here's an article on the WAFL page outlining what is going on.

http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/8...ll-club-to-continue-despite-revenue-shortfall
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Can't disagree with that. Swans are a great example for other clubs - although in their favour, like every other WAFL club they have a large latent support base from the 80's that they can tap into. Peel don't have that, nor do they have any sort of success that can pull people to their matches.
 

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chrsco said:
I'm not advocating Peel get the boot Rob, I am simply saying if the final vote for them to stay or not comes down to the council of presidents I would think there is a big chance they would be gone.

The other point that is borne out here is that it is very important for those people in the Peel region that want this side to survive need to purchase memberships. It's the lifeblood of the WAFL clubs if they don't have huge sponsorship deals. Swans had a target of 2008 for 2008 and I'm pretty sure we achieved this, so all those keen for Peel to continue need to get on board.

Here's an article on the WAFL page outlining what is going on.

http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/8...ll-club-to-continue-despite-revenue-shortfall
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I do have a membership even if i can hardly use it because the game times
people who are agruing that peel has done nothing for this comp than really what has freo done for the AFL
 

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