Football viability is unquestioned... we will always play it in one form or another... insistence on corporate facilities and "match day you tube experience" and Instagram friendly moments is another conversation entirely.
Exactly ..... I caught WU v Victory on the TV the other day.... brand new, perfectly sized stadium and it looked empty for the 5-10 mins I watched.... can;'t complain about facilities... especially NOT in the Aleague.
hoping to have an investor in place sounds less advanced than hoping to finalize the details with an investor....
is this take 5 or take 6 now????
I've lost count even here.
Its really the last available "market" left for expansion in the APL model of doing things.... unless they really do go overseas with expansion licenses to Indonesia and Pacific Islands like they threatened...
Maybe Canberra is becoming wise and not uniting for a franchise, and looking to connect through NST....?
Makes far more common sense financially!
It's interesting (and equally concerning) that this Canberra bid has really struggled with getting enough money just to get going. Are they going to be able to take those losses for the foreseeable future? It's funny that it really wasn't that long ago that the 11th and 12th licence were up for grabs and we had a good number of clubs (including yours) with cash in hand ready to sign up. Now, we have aleague clubs struggling to find buyers and a new licince struggling to be sold.
Yeah from the outside it really does look like a zombie league at the moment... just lurching along from one round to the next... I really wonder how some of these clubs are really doing financially if a tent pole club like Victory is losing money hand over fist?
I still think they will get to 16. If Canberra can' t make it this year I can see a Tasmanian team pushed by Pignata, a Gold Coast or ipswich team, if Canberra can't make it a South Island NZ team out of the new Christchurch Stadium
Don't know about Gold Coast going at it again.... IF Canberra can't make it how is Tassie even considered?
Gold Coast is a goer. Makes almost a home derby with Brisbane. Should have been done already, but that's down to APL not really knowing what they're doing.
Tassie is being pushed by Tony Pignata and did seem to be getting Govt - state and federal support. The problem seems to be deciding on the right site for a NTC (National Training Centre) program with a 10,000 rectangular show pitch. This was probably earlier this year but they were positioning themselves to jump in if Canberra fails - otherwise being the 15th or 16th team.
State gov and fed support was ALSO behind Team 11 ... just saying
It can't be, they've already got a stadium... thats soo NOT APL... hahahahahahaha
