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Expansion A third team in Queensland? AFL acknowledges QLD3 as a 20th licence option
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It's been amusing to see the W.A media go after them and the sooking from the r.l fraternity about it. Complete double standards to the way Australian football has been treated by the local Sydney media for over 100 years and even more so since the Giants inception.
A merger would make sense and keep the comp at 18. Especially if it’s two smaller clubs creating one big club. However I doubt it would happen.
AFL needs to seriously consider St Kilda, Melbourne and North's position in the league.
A Melbourne and St Kilda merger would make a lot of sense.
North relocating seems inevitable.
Team 20. Canberra.
Merge Saints and Demons. Back to 19.
Relocate North to Sunshine Coast.
Team 20 2.0 - choice between WA3 and SA3.
A Melbourne and St Kilda merger would make a lot of sense.
North relocating seems inevitable.
Team 20. Canberra.
Merge Saints and Demons. Back to 19.
Relocate North to Sunshine Coast.
Team 20 2.0 - choice between WA3 and SA3.
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I don’t want anymore teams, the more teams the less likely your team will win a premiership. Plus the talent dilution. The state of the game between 2011-2017 was not good.
Is it just a coincidence that Brisbane struggled during that period?
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Just announce Canberra as the 20th side now that the NRL has announced Perth.
A Canberra AFL side wouldn’t take long to take over as number 1 over the raiders imo.
The Giants actually focus and play all games in West Sydney.
Get closer to that pollie cash.
A Canberra AFL side wouldn’t take long to take over as number 1 over the raiders imo.
The Giants actually focus and play all games in West Sydney.
Get closer to that pollie cash.
Considering Albanese has given nearly $1 billion to his mates at the NRL in only 3 years, it's probably a good idea.
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Another option would be to rebrand the Giants to something like NSW Giants and have them share tenancy of the SCG with the Swans where they'll have a far better chance of growing their fanbase in the eastern suburbs. Then a Canberra expansion team can focus on growing the game in the ACT + Riverina.
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Still need to target West Sydney, it’s a big area that they should focus on.
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They can still focus on West Sydney at the grassroots level and play some home games at the SCG to tap into the eastern suburbs as well. Both are possible.
I'm not a big fan of the NSW giants, it kinda covers too bigger area and gives the impression of standing for nothing.
If they want a general name that is still more specific to the city and it's surrounds (which was the point of their introduction), just drop the western and be Greater Sydney. Remember they can't be called just Sydney and keeping in the Greater helps emphasise the G logo. So I think in the end either dropping the Greater or dropping the Western would be best.
Western Sydney just has so much potential though and it's own distinct culture, which means if it ever does grow, it has the potential to explode into a big club.
If they want a general name that is still more specific to the city and it's surrounds (which was the point of their introduction), just drop the western and be Greater Sydney. Remember they can't be called just Sydney and keeping in the Greater helps emphasise the G logo. So I think in the end either dropping the Greater or dropping the Western would be best.
Western Sydney just has so much potential though and it's own distinct culture, which means if it ever does grow, it has the potential to explode into a big club.
Western Sydney Giants playing 11 home games in Sydney, 3 of them at the Olympic Stadium against big clubs. If that doesn’t work for growing the game there, nothing will.
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Why?
How?
No it doesn't.
22 clubs is coming. 21 round home and away. Final 10.
A Fitzroy supporters view on the world is clouded by emotion, not what's best for the league.
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As a shareholder of Fitzroy in 1996, I was part of the merger discussions (via shareholder meetings). I now support a non-Victorian club in the AFL. The AFL landscape now is vastly different to that of the mid-90s. There is no need for Melbourne clubs to seek mergers, a fact which the AFL recognises. Even if clubs sought mergers, there are significant difficulties in effecting a merger one of which is getting the memberships of both clubs to agree to the new entity.
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Not to mention that there are serious questions about whether all of the 36 umpires now required to umpire 9 games each week are up to AFL standard. Would only get worse if we need 40 or more as the AFL expands.
Afl wants to expand the comp. Not reduce it. Therefore mergers make no sense. Especially when they will struggle to find other markets. Outside an extra perth team i cant imagine any other club would be more profitable than the worst clubs from melbourne.
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Iirc, during the Storm v Canberra 2 weekends ago when there was a bit of argey bargey going on they started playing the theme music from the original Rocky movie.
When Munster got binned last year they played, Hit the road Jack as he was walking off.
Can the AFL follow that and stop taking themselves so seriously?
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A bitter rivalry with Sydney is what will grow it.
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Brisbane is growing rapidly, especially as Melbourne/Vic goes further and further down the dumpster bin. I personally know more than a handful of people who have relocated to Brisbane since Covid, all of them love it. The growth will continue as more and more jobs are available in engineering and construction towards the Olympics.
a 3rd AFL team in a growth area like North Lakes makes a lot of sense, close enough to Sunshine Coast to draw from that market.
a 3rd AFL team in a growth area like North Lakes makes a lot of sense, close enough to Sunshine Coast to draw from that market.
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Its the expats kids who end up supporting the local team, the reason the GC failed early is because all the expats were retirees
All three of those sides have tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of fans which contribute income to the League. Position considered.
They’d need a smaller ground to play at to get them going. Can’t see them pulling big crowds consistently at the new Gabba from day dot, but they could play at least 3-4 home games at the Gabba against the Pies/Hawks/Tigers/Bombers/Blues/Cats/Lions and should be able to get 30k+ from those clubs.
