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I would like to know how many of you (Carlton supporters and fans) would like to see North Melbourne stay in Melbourne? I for one would love them to be here in Melbourne and I will even buy a membership to help them. They have a proud history and after seeing the support and how hard they the fans are trying to keep them in Melbourne, I am very impressed. I wonder how many of you guys would support (help) them stay here in Melbourne? Discuss!!!
 
I like the Roos, but I think for the good of the game it would be good to see them have 7-8 home games up there and maybe play Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon etc. for their MCG home games thus increasing money for the club and getting good brand coverage at the GC.
 
Want them to stay in Melbourne. Perhaps Pratt can buy them, and keep them in Victoria. The problem is they have such a poor supporter base. They have always been living on a thread, even in their successful years. Good to keep them in the comp though. I like their on field attitude. :)
 

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Want them to stay in Melbourne. Perhaps Pratt can buy them, and keep them in Victoria. The problem is they have such a poor supporter base. They have always been living on a thread, even in their successful years. Good to keep them in the comp though. I like their on field attitude. :)
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Yeah I agree they have a great onfield attitude, it's pretty disgusting how the AFL are trying to shaft them.
 
No way! They're a horrible drain on AFL resources. Unquestionably, a new team in either Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, or South Australia would be better off in 6 - 10 years. Further more, they create more national interest in this great sport, and will lessen the comments I receive like "GayFL" or "Take that shit sport back to Victoria".

Also, I didn't see one club's supporter lend a hand when we were down and out 12 months ago, so why would I?

I'm all about expanding the game, and I don't care one bit about the sentiments of other Victorian clubs. There's only one club in Victoria that matters, and personally I don't want to have to share the market with 9 other clubs.

It would be in Carlton's best interest to throw salt on their wounds...

PS: You know what else? They took Wells from us. :mad:
 
Big time want you guys to stay in Melbourne. I admire the way you go about your football, and the way your players (while not necessarily always having the most talent) always put in hard. the hardness at the ball, and the us-against-them mentality you show on the field is something Victoria still needs. The kangaroos are a fighting club, So, fight this oput With Fonz and his cronies, I'm sure you'll win
 
Funkalicous said:
No way! They're a horrible drain on AFL resources. Unquestionably, a new team in either Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, or South Australia would be better off in 6 - 10 years. Further more, they create more national interest in this great sport, and will lessen the comments I receive like "GayFL" or "Take that shit sport back to Victoria".

Also, I didn't see one club's supporter lend a hand when we were down and out 12 months ago, so why would I?

I'm all about expanding the game, and I don't care one bit about the sentiments of other Victorian clubs. There's only one club in Victoria that matters, and personally I don't want to have to share the market with 9 other clubs.

It would be in Carlton's best interest to throw salt on their wounds...

PS: You know what else? They took Wells from us. :mad:
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While not as uncaring as you about the Roos fans (gotta feel for them), I agree with the rest.

The AFL is not a charity. The AFL shouldn't continuously bail out a club who are not self sufficient and refuse to make efforts to become so. North Melbourne is on a lifeline and will continue to be if they remain in Melbourne. The club has two choices:
a) Go the GC and make the AFL happy, propping up the club until they become self sufficient (however long that might take)
b) Stay in Melbourne and have the AFL cut the lifeline, watching the club drown into nothingness, with a new franchise being established on the GC.
 
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While not as uncaring as you about the Roos fans (gotta feel for them), I agree with the rest.

The AFL is not a charity. The AFL shouldn't continuously bail out a club who are not self sufficient and refuse to make efforts to become so. North Melbourne is on a lifeline and will continue to be if they remain in Melbourne. The club has two choices:
a) Go the GC and make the AFL happy, propping up the club until they become self sufficient (however long that might take)
b) Stay in Melbourne and have the AFL cut the lifeline, watching the club drown into nothingness, with a new franchise being established on the GC.
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eek. lets not judge to harshly lads. hypocrisy is a bitch
 
Am I alone in thinking the the competitive fund balance is bullshit.

I mean the AFL get a massive payout from the tv/radio rights and then keep most of it and when a club needs a little more they have to go begging cap in hand to those ****wits for a little bit of the money they help earn them
 

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I think it's obvious and inevitable that not all the current Victorian teams can survive. The money/fanbase is spread too thin.

So while I have nothing in particular against North Melbourne, someone is gonna have to go, and I'd rather them than us.

And, when I think about it, here's a stab at which teams are most important to me to be in Victoria, in their current form:

1. Carlton - duh. My team. I don't care if we have to play the Singapore Salamanders, I wanna support the Carlton Blues.
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2. Collingwood - we need our greatest rival.
3. Essendon - we need our second greatest rival.
4. Geelong - Geelong is a 1 million person city, down the road, deserves a team.
5. Richmond - their massive supporter-base and inability to succeed make compelling viewing.
6. Hawthorn - someone for the lah-dee-dah Eastern suburbanites to follow.
7. Melbourne - surely there has to be a team called "Melbourne"?
8. Western Bulldogs - somone for the bogan Western suburbians to follow.
9. St Kilda - one premiership, Jesus Christ...
10. North Melbourne - ummm... Glenn Archer?

So... I have no real problem with any of these teams existing... but I don't think Victoria can support them all in a national AFL. And if I was picking which teams were most ripe to move, it'd be those down the bottom.

Glad it's not us.
 
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I'd be surprised if their supporters didnt laugh at us in our 6 years of agony so they can kiss my arse and fold for all i care.
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I agree, everyone laughed there asses of in that 6 year period :mad:! The only thing i care about at the moment is winning more games!!!!!!
 

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Come on Blues lets help the Roos......... They have history and they are a part of Melbourne like all the clubs that are here. I was disappointed and upset when Fitzroy folded and merged. Lets keep the Roos in Melbourne
 
Nothing against the North Melbourne Football Club, actually kinda like them.

But a club is only as strong as it's supporter base, and they are really the only ones that can stand up and resurrect the club -by buying memberships and going to games.

Their financial woes are not news and is something their supporter base has been constantly reminded of over the past few years and at the end of the day it's their club and its fate is in their hands.

For all you Carlton (and other) supporters wanting to buy a membership, by all means, do so, but are you going to make the commitment and continue to buy one every year? Or does your sympathy and benevolence only last as long as long as the Kangaroos' plight is headline news?

Personally, I'd rather spend the money upgrading my Carlton membership.
 
Well I going to buy about $1500 in memberships for the Blues, I always have spent a lot of money on the Blues since I started supporting the Blues in 82, I guess you make a good point of North I wouldn't mind buying a low level membership for them every year.
 
I think it is time to ship them off to the gold coast. As much as I admire the likes of Carey and Archer for their footballing ability they play a shocking brand of football that bored me to death at the hawthorn vs kangaroos game. Additionally their battling for ladder positions and when I went to see them agains the West Coke Eagles late this year they battled hard, it was a relatively highish scoring match just it was boring, their team lacks flair and lacks the ability, as a club, to ever have flair.

There are serious issues about their supporter base, disregard the fact they dont have signed up supporters I actually think they just dont have the supporters.

I would prefer to see them move to the gold coast then the AFL introduce a 17th license... at the end of the day we revert back to the old bye system and the competition becomes more un fair with 17 teams but only 22 rounds!
 
I would definitely be sad to see them leave (I would with any team), but I can't see them staying for long. They can't stay here permanently living off the afl and having a 17 team competition would be annoying.
 

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