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[Saintly_]

North nearly relocated.

North need more revenue.

North engage Tasmania for AFL games.

North revenue massively boosted.

North on/off field improve.

North want womens team.

North get a license with Tasmanian branding.

North get a State in addition to home support.

North in front of other "big" Melb clubs for a license.

North "supporters" have a cry about it.

 

[DrZaius]

Was very excited at first, but if the rumours about the name are true I will be very disappointed.

I am honestly not sure how anybody can be happy for our own clubs women's team to be called the 'Tassie Kangaroos'... It's not as though we just have a temporary affiliation with another club, this is supposed to be as much our own personal team as the VFL one next season. This just means there won't be an AFLW team called North Melbourne, and none of the other clubs so far have had to make a sacrifice like that. Surely considering our recent history it is far more important for us than perhaps any other club to have our location in the name?

In 50 years time when the AFLW is a fully professional, profitable 18 team competition how will us being listed as 'Tasmania' benefit the NMFC in any way? How does it strengthen the North Melbourne brand when there are teams like Collingwood, Richmond, Geelong etc. running around? Little girls won't be dreaming of playing for North, they will be dreaming of playing for Tassie. They may play in the royal blue & white but at the end of the day just having the word 'Kangaroo' in the name is too tenuous a link, and means as little to me as the bloody Sunbury Kangaroos.

 

[Kimbo]

North "supporters" have a cry about it.

There's no need for that. Different views on an Internet forum.

 

[Boozeroo]

Is there one Tassie based NMFC fan that is unhappy that this Women's Team is supposedly going to be called the "Tassie Kangaroos"? :stern look

Nope. we'll take what we can get.

 

[The chorus]

I was surprised to read that 29% of the participants in the AFL academies are in the North Melbourne academies in Tasmania. That is an amazing statistic and a tribute to the great community work being done by our Club. As someone who has volunteered at The Huddle I am aware of the great work being done by people like Laura Kane and Bridget Barker and I know how devastated they were last year when we missed out on involvement in AFLW. I am delighted that this year their work has been rewarded. While other clubs are taking from the community through poker machines, we are putting into communities and being recognised for that.
As a long time North supporter I am well aware that we have only survived this long by being creative. We have a relatively small membership base; we get relatively small crowds to our matches; we don't have poker machines; yet we are surviving and thriving despite all that. A key to our strategy is partnerships: with Tasmania; with Wyndham; with the Scanlon Foundation and so on. These partnerships are successful because we give as well as take. For those who are so worried about a map of Tasmania on our AFLW jumper, it might be worth remembering that back in Bob Ansett's day North Melbourne was the first club to embrace commercial sponsorship and we were very happy to put Courage Breweries on our uniform.
Congratulations to all those at our Club who have been behind this successful initiative!!! You can count on my support.

 

[Ry009]

I think it’s even more disappointing that we are getting more info from a muckraking Tassie journalist than we have from the club, AFL and the Tas govt.

I certainly don’t blame anyone for being miffed, appears now neither the club or the AFL had the grapefruits to give complete details, and the Tas govt have undermined us a tad by jumping the gun. Lends itself to the theory that this is a Tasmanian AFLW Team first not NMFC.

Bungled announcement that’s kind of left me flat too now.

We have a men’s team competing under that NMFC name with blue and white stripes in Tasmania. Not sure why that can’t be replicated.

I accept that despite all our hardworking with MU that the Tasmania link has got us in for 2019. While a 50/50 split of games I can live with, the branding is where we have conceded more than is acceptable.

The whole North Melbourne Tassie Kangaroos Kangaroos just sends a mixed message to both sides. Amateur stuff by all.

 

[Dirty_11]

Needs to be North Melbourne- Tasmania Kangaroos at a minimum or the whole thing stinks. In the public eye we are now the future of football in Tasmania. After 2007 who would have thought.

 

[Zondor]

Nope. we'll take what we can get.

Yup. :smirk look

And there you have it. If you were a true NMFC person the name "Tassie Kangaroos" would sicken you to your stomach. We are North Melbourne, not Tasmania. We were formed in the glorious year of 1869. Our Guernsey has never had a Map of Tassie on it. This Women's Team may have links to the NMFC but if it's called "Tassie" it ain't the NMFC. The clowns at the club may as well hand back this license if the whispers are true regarding the Name and Guernsey. Our Image and Perception as a Melbourne based Club is important. This will compromise it even further if true. :stern look

 

[Pykie]

Yup. :smirk look

And there you have it. If you were a true NMFC person the name "Tassie Kangaroos" would sicken you to your stomach. We are North Melbourne, not Tasmania. We were formed in the glorious year of 1869. Our Guernsey has never had a Map of Tassie on it. This Women's Team may have links to the NMFC but if it's called "Tassie" it ain't the NMFC. The clowns at the club may as well hand back this license if the whispers are true regarding the Name and Guernsey. Our Image and Perception as a Melbourne based Club is important. This will compromise it even further if true. :stern look

Yep, all the club have done is pour a massive amount of accelerant on the relocation fire.

I'm not sure why there's all the pats on the back in some parts on here tbh, the club have essentially mortgaged the name of the club to get to the front of the queue.

We are the only Melbourne club weak enough to do something like this, which we have a history of doing, very disappointing imo.

 

[Zondor]

North nearly relocated.

North need more revenue.

North engage Tasmania for AFL games.

North revenue massively boosted.

North on/off field improve.

North want womens team.

North get a license with Tasmanian branding.

North get a State in addition to home support.

North in front of other "big" Melb clubs for a license.

North "supporters" have a cry about it.

The last time I checked we are North Melbourne. Not some bastardised hybrid team called the Tassie Kangaroos. No amount of money or success is worth compromising our Image as a Melbourne based Football Club. If you were a true NMFC person the name "Tassie Kangaroos" should sicken you to your core yet it doesn't. True Colours Finally showing? :stern look

 

[Only Forwards]

The last time I checked we are North Melbourne. Not some bastardised hybrid team called the Tassie Kangaroos. No amount of money or success is worth compromising our Image as a Melbourne based Football Club. If you were a true NMFC person the name "Tassie Kangaroos" should sicken you to your core yet it doesn't. True Colours Finally showing? :stern look

Don't forget media already saying the 'Kangaroos' part is irrelevant.

I can tolerate this if the AFL help build stands at Arden st. 15k seats will do. Creating an exit strategy in the process.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I seem to recall those "two missing words" meant a lot to people in 2007/2008.

Bollocks. I was there too. They were killing our club. This is an initiative by a strong club to benefit itself. The Huddle isn't called the North Melbourne Huddle but it's as NMFC as anything could be.

The YET TO BE DECIDED name we choose to give out AFLW team has zero to do with the fight we had a decade ago.

 

[gokangas]

Bollocks. I was there too. They were killing our club. This is an initiative by a strong club to benefit itself. The Huddle isn't called the North Melbourne Huddle but it's as NMFC as anything could be.

The YET TO BE DECIDED name we choose to give out AFLW team has zero to do with the fight we had a decade ago.

Fair call. I must say I thought the name was determined - I am sure it is already declared in the bid. So if Tasmania is not part of the name then I stand corrected.

 

[Zondor]

Bollocks. I was there too. They were killing our club. This is an initiative by a strong club to benefit itself. The Huddle isn't called the North Melbourne Huddle but it's as NMFC as anything could be.

The YET TO BE DECIDED name we choose to give out AFLW team has zero to do with the fight we had a decade ago.

The Huddle isn't a Football Side. The Huddle is a ripping idea.

And yeah the YET TO BE DECIDED name for the Women's Football Side may have zero to do with the fight we had a decade ago but has everything to do with how we are perceived as a long term Melbourne Based Club moving forward. Now you can be dismissive of Clowns like Jabba The Hutch but mark my words if this Side is called the "Tassie Kangaroos" the media speculation will grow about us and our future as a Melbourne based Side and that ain't a good thing. :stern look

 

[Ry009]

Don't forget media already saying the 'Kangaroos' part is irrelevant.

I can tolerate this if the AFL help build stands at Arden st. 15k seats will do. Creating an exit strategy in the process.

That's from a borderline sensationalist article from a Tassie journo though, and im happy to be stood corrected by our Tassie based posters, but they are just as bad if not worse then the muckrakers here in Melbourne.

That being said, it's extremely disappointing that the Tas Governement and that particular journalist have released details that haven't been mentioned whatsover by the AFL nor the club.

Either the club and the AFL haven't announced squat regarding branding, or the Tasmanians have been so desperate to get the info out they couldn't spare the club and the AFL the right of announcing themselves.

Either way piss poor conduct by all three parties.

 

[Kimbo]

Bollocks. I was there too. They were killing our club. This is an initiative by a strong club to benefit itself. The Huddle isn't called the North Melbourne Huddle but it's as NMFC as anything could be.

The YET TO BE DECIDED name we choose to give out AFLW team has zero to do with the fight we had a decade ago.

As I said in a subsequent post, I wasn't linking it to relocation but to the inclusion of reinstating our name as part of JB's platform (2007?) and the strong meaning attached to this when it happened in 2008 (?), reflecting frustration that it had been removed.

I say this based on what got posted here on BF at the time, which I would have thought reflected the broader NM community (Wayne Carey excluded).

 

[Saintly_]

Call it North Melbourne. And play the half the games down in Hobart. Thats fine. I dont mind that.
But to call it Tasmania on the ladder then no, that is not my team.

We are North Melbourne. That is our name. Sorry but will not support. Map of Tasmania on the jumper means this team can be affiliated with Carlton, Geelong or whatever. Its Blue and white but not the stripes I know and love.

My understanding is their will be a jumper for Melb games and a different one for Tas games.

Why would the "map" of Tas be affiliated with Carlton or Geelong? Strange comment Taz.

BTW North Melbourne is our name sure but it's not the reason we got our license.

 

[tazaa]

My understanding is their will be a jumper for Melb games and a different one for Tas games.

Why would the "map" of Tas be affiliated with Carlton or Geelong? Strange comment Taz.

BTW North Melbourne is our name sure but it's not the reason we got our license.

What is wrong with the Blue and White stripes? Hence if its a blue and white jumper with the map of Tassie on it I dont see how it link back to North.
Im all for the Hobart partnership but the North Melbourne name and the stripes clearly dont cut the mustard here and thats what Im not a fan.

 

[Saintly_]

What is wrong with the Blue and White stripes? Hence if its a blue and white jumper with the map of Tassie on it I dont see how it link back to North.
Im all for the Hobart partnership but the North Melbourne name and the stripes clearly dont cut the mustard here and thats what Im not a fan.

Who said anything was wrong with the blue and white stripes? We haven't even seen the jumpers yet so I'm not sure why you're upset about it.

But if it were to be blue and white with "map" just for Tas games, considering the partnership I don't see what the issue is. For Melb games I'm sure it will be different and rightfully so.

 

[wolvesRoos]

http://m.nmfc.com.au/news/2017-07-28/norths-tasmania-aflw-plan

Ok this article sets out it will be The north melbourne "tassie kangaroos". Im happy enough with that. Just like the north Melbourne nzi kangaroos or the north melbourne hypertec kangaroos. The tassie government is our sponsor

 

[Quivorir]

she's already pulled the jumper on for North Melbourne (Arden St women's game earlier in the year), she knows what the jumper means to her dad, her mum, her grand father, to me and to herself, her family are 3rd generation North Melbourne members.

Too bad she won't be pulling that jumper on again in the real comp then isn't it?

 

[Istanbul Roo]

North nearly relocated.

North need more revenue.

North engage Tasmania for AFL games.

North revenue massively boosted.

North on/off field improve.

North want womens team.

North get a license with Tasmanian branding.

North get a State in addition to home support.

North in front of other "big" Melb clubs for a license.

North "supporters" have a cry about it.

I don't usually agree with Saintly but I do here. Great to have a women's team and great to have the partnership with Tassie.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

As I said in a subsequent post, I wasn't linking it to relocation but to the inclusion of reinstating our name as part of JB's platform (2007?) and the strong meaning attached to this when it happened in 2008 (?), reflecting frustration that it had been removed.

I say this based on what got posted here on BF at the time, which I would have thought reflected the broader NM community (Wayne Carey excluded).

I saw the clarification and get chills seeing the name NORTH MELBOURNE back on our banner and everywhere else. I never take it for granted.

I also don't get why a club that is entrenched with that name and location, and a VFL team starting next year, would be led anywhere near relocation by running a third, much smaller venture under whatever it name it chooses.

I didn't get the Aylett/Greg Miller cold sweats when Kangatech didn't have the club name in its brand either. The NMFC is a strong enough entity to make some choices outside its major business of senior men's football. It's announcement showed it is sensitive to the potential issues so let's wait and see how it is handled before flying off ours.

 

[King Corey]

I saw the clarification and get chills seeing the name NORTH MELBOURNE back on our banner and everywhere else. I never take it for granted.

I also don't get why a club that is entrenched with that name and location, and a VFL team starting next year, would be led anywhere near relocation by running a third, much smaller venture under whatever it name it chooses.

I didn't get the Aylett/Greg Miller cold sweats when Kangatech didn't have the club name in its brand either. The NMFC is a strong enough entity to make some choices outside its major business of senior men's football. It's announcement showed it is sensitive to the potential issues so let's wait and see how it is handled before flying off ours.

Wouldn't that logic resign the women's team to 2nd class citizen status before they even start though?

If the AFLW NMFC team is considered an equal partner to the male incumbent team then there shouldn't be any badging of their team name that wouldn't be acceptable for the male equivalent.

 

[giantroo]