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Could some teams do with a bit of re-branding?
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No problem.
Just the usual mindless trolling that passes for discussion on the Main Board
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Thank Chist the yellow gold thing has been resolved.
I think Port "Power" could be my issue. You can sort of pat a tiger or a magpie. Not so much the sun, but at least it is a visible thing rather than a conceptual energy thing. Okay, I run into probs as well with demons and saints as well...
Forget it. I'm pretty much thinking aloud. Port can keep the Power bit, but Im not wild about the teal
I think Port "Power" could be my issue. You can sort of pat a tiger or a magpie. Not so much the sun, but at least it is a visible thing rather than a conceptual energy thing. Okay, I run into probs as well with demons and saints as well...
Forget it. I'm pretty much thinking aloud. Port can keep the Power bit, but Im not wild about the teal
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Banana. I have three in the fruit bowl now so I would know. Man they are seriously yellow
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And if WA ever get a third team it should be Perth Royal Falcons
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And if WA ever get a third team it should be Perth Royal Falcons
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We get complaints about there being no such thing as Greater Western Sydney yet you want us as West Sydney which is the same if not worse.....
Nobody says "I live in West Sydney" either so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
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Honestly it's not that big of a deal to me I just think west or western Sydney gives more of a precise location which then helps give the club a better identity, especially if Canberra get a team in the future.
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For the most part re-branding is lame. Most of these proposals in here are bordering batshit... I hate the most when it seems like some people are suggesting names that sound like NRL teams. Or bush league teams in the VFL etc. It is not professional at all.
Maybe I am overly sentimental but I love how things are. With the exception of fitzroy the AFL successfully kept its tradition through thick and thin. And if you count the merger fitzroy had success merely years after the action was taken, through brisbane.
Overall, nothing needs such changes.
Jumpers are the only thing worth changing. An instance of a pointless change was West Coast Eagles after their premiership window they changed to darker blue home games and put all kind of extra elements on the jumper. Fast forward to the now where its a horrendous jumper. The iconic wings and eagle logo are long gone. The #bringbackthewings (or w/e) campaign has done nothing at all.
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The best rebranding ever was the Fremantle 2011 rebrand of jumper/logo, and minor song change. And focus on "purple haze" for fans.
I think everyone can appreciate it was not only a legitimiser visually, but it came from the board on down as not just colors and jumper and graphics and changes -- but a strong re-branding of the image and attitude and character of the people in the club moving forward.
Maybe I am overly sentimental but I love how things are. With the exception of fitzroy the AFL successfully kept its tradition through thick and thin. And if you count the merger fitzroy had success merely years after the action was taken, through brisbane.
Overall, nothing needs such changes.
Jumpers are the only thing worth changing. An instance of a pointless change was West Coast Eagles after their premiership window they changed to darker blue home games and put all kind of extra elements on the jumper. Fast forward to the now where its a horrendous jumper. The iconic wings and eagle logo are long gone. The #bringbackthewings (or w/e) campaign has done nothing at all.
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The best rebranding ever was the Fremantle 2011 rebrand of jumper/logo, and minor song change. And focus on "purple haze" for fans.
I think everyone can appreciate it was not only a legitimiser visually, but it came from the board on down as not just colors and jumper and graphics and changes -- but a strong re-branding of the image and attitude and character of the people in the club moving forward.
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West Sydney doesn't include the Hills, campbelltown, and the other outlier areas
I think I lot of people don't get just how big an area it is
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How about the "Central Sydney" ......whatever's
Damn the price of Yellow is still on a downward arch
Whereas the purest of green is highly sought after. The Umpires are onto something I think.
I know there are only so many colours to choose from, but I'm not a fan of Gold Coast's. Without the harmony created by navy blue 
, gold and red look odd. Plus there's the fact that, by definition, there is no such thing as suns, plural. There are trillions of stars but only one sun. These are just my personal opinions - I admit 'Suns' is a catchy name, but perhaps 'Sharks' would have been better. That's a sea, coastal-related animal.
, gold and red look odd. Plus there's the fact that, by definition, there is no such thing as suns, plural. There are trillions of stars but only one sun. These are just my personal opinions - I admit 'Suns' is a catchy name, but perhaps 'Sharks' would have been better. That's a sea, coastal-related animal.
Don't bother trying to explain it to idiots using things like logic, common sense and reality.
In threads like this, when it comes to my club, people are willfully and agressively ignorant. They've been told time and time again and they don't care.
One bloke even posted a map once in order to conclusively prove we didn't play home games in Western Sydney. Trouble was, of course, it had Spotless (Skoda at the time) and the Learning Life Centre right there in the bit he'd coloured in to say what was western Sydney. After that it became "not western Sydney enough." There's always an excuse. There's always something else.
You can show them a map. You can explain it using small simple words. And you will never get through.
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Coca cola magpies
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Don't be mean...they seem a bit touchy...
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There's no such thing as West Sydney, but if there was it would be Pyrmont. This is consistent with North Sydney which is directly across the harbour (north of Sydney), East Sydney is a locality within Darlinghurst between Liverpool and Stanley Streets (east of Sydney), and South Sydney is the collective area of Redfern, Waterloo, Zetland, Alexandria, etc which was within the old South Sydney council area (which is......yep you guessed it, south of Sydney - heard of South Sydney Rabbitohs?)
The collective region from Auburn council to the Blue Mountains is captured under the regional term of Western Sydney which is a common term now. It's a metropolitan reference to the Greater Sydney area, not merely the suburb/city of Sydney. It also includes Bankstown council to beyond Camden in the South-west, and Hills (Hillsong) District to the Hawkesbury in the North West of the metropolitan. It's a vast area. The AFL was right to invest in the area.
What irks me about the name Greater Western Sydney is two-fold. It is a statistical/government term. I understand that the club have managed to use 'greater' in its branding but the entire name is a mouthful. Because of this, it is constantly abbreviated to GWS, not just in print but also in speech by everyone in Victoria and on all broadcasts. It ends up sounding impersonal and artificial.
wouldn't work if you said "Central Sydney" everyone would look at you funny and point you towards ultimo.
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Semantics.
The Macarthur region which consists of the government areas of Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly chose not to become a member of WSROC - Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils. This isn't because they're not Western Sydney but because they believed the co-operation with the other government areas was not in their best interests. A lot of their region is rural.
In order for state government to include the Macarthur in the holistic planning for Western Sydney, the statistical and planning term of Greater Western Sydney is used to include them and differentiate it from the local government use of Western Sydney for WSROC.
Recently, the Hills District have pulled out of WSROC. It is still very much referenced as Western Sydney by the lay man. It's eastern boundary borders north shore government areas. It's not an outlying area in these parts. Very much suburban.
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"Greater" Western Sydney was used so they can "get away" with claiming that Canberra games are still genuine home games.
As if Canberra is really part of Sydney's metro area. ::rolls eyes::
I thought the whole idea of a second Sydney side was to ensure a game in the Sydney metro area every week.
Either play all home games at Homebush or just move to Canberra full time and be done with it.
Selling home games to another market are for crowded Melbourne sides to stay afloat, not for expansion sides.
As if Canberra is really part of Sydney's metro area. ::rolls eyes::
I thought the whole idea of a second Sydney side was to ensure a game in the Sydney metro area every week.
Either play all home games at Homebush or just move to Canberra full time and be done with it.
Selling home games to another market are for crowded Melbourne sides to stay afloat, not for expansion sides.
