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Expansion Thread

I tend to think increases are the Not right description whatsoever.
It’s not new incremental increase per se it’s purely recovering some Lost business.
Be it crowds or viewership.
No need for your helmet Middy.
It’s just pure facts when youve lost a motza its takes a long time from when it was boom and bust for that is AL’s history in the first place.
 
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LFC said:
I tend to think increases are the Not right description whatsoever.
It’s not new incremental increase per se it’s purely recovering some Lost business.
Be it crowds or viewership.
No need for your helmet Middy.
It’s just pure facts when youve lost a motza its takes a long time from when it was boom and bust for that is AL’s history in the first place.
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The helmet was because if you say positive things it normally draws negative reactions.

Having said all this we are still a long way from were we want to be.

The increases imo are real maybe it's some people returning and getting back to old figures.

Interestingly if you take out WU n Cows figures from the attendance table the crowds are above 10k.

However I digress, my point is arguably for the first time I can remember we have decent management.

A long way from perfect not great, but equally not F....ing hopeless ..

Still many unanswered questions my biggest is what's or how does Silverlake treat the 130 million i.e. a loan or as equity.

But with all that said and coming off a very low base things are improving
 
As much as I'd like to see a CBR team, the league needs to start looking at other areas in the interim. We were supposed to be at 16 after next season.
 
Vieri said:
As much as I'd like to see a CBR team, the league needs to start looking at other areas in the interim. We were supposed to be at 16 after next season.
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It was 16 teams NEXT season, not the one after 👍🏻
And yeah, if they had more business sense then 15 and 16 would be good to go by now. Maybe they are ready, who knows? They certainly tell the fans nothing.
 
HappyGuus said:
It was 16 teams NEXT season, not the one after 👍🏻
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Ah yep, correct, before the end of their next TV deal.

HappyGuus said:
It was 16 teams NEXT season, not the one after 👍🏻
And yeah, if they had more business sense then 15 and 16 would be good to go by now. Maybe they are ready, who knows? They certainly tell the fans nothing.
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I doubt it. Can't help but wonder if they've sat on their hands a little with 15 and 16 off the back of the Championship.
 
Get a Singaporean team in. Closer ties to Asia and the ability to have another long distance derby. They could be enticed to have Darwin as a local base.
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
Get a Singaporean team in. Closer ties to Asia and the ability to have another long distance derby. They could be enticed to have Darwin as a local base.
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Two Aussie teams entered the S-League back in 1994. It was a disaster financially.

We don't need to look beyond our shores when we are yet to tap into SE Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Tasmania, Canberra etc.

Not to mention proper attempts into the GC and NQ/FNQ regions of Queensland.
 
Vieri said:
Two Aussie teams entered the S-League back in 1994. It was a disaster financially.

We don't need to look beyond our shores when we are yet to tap into SE Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Tasmania, Canberra etc.

Not to mention proper attempts into the GC and NQ/FNQ regions of Queensland.
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Don't forget that NJ & PG were until recently under APL administration because their owners bailed out. If Canberra was such an option then why hasn't the club being announced? And proper attempts? I can't imagine that the Bulls & WU are not proper attempts - there is a lot of money involved.
Having a Singaporean club in Oz may be financially feasible, it just a question of exploring the options.
 
Vieri said:
Two Aussie teams entered the S-League back in 1994. It was a disaster financially.
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Yeah I think that league screwed over the Aussie clubs, they had them paying for all the flights and accommodation for the away teams!
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
Don't forget that NJ & PG were until recently under APL administration because their owners bailed out. If Canberra was such an option then why hasn't the club being announced? And proper attempts? I can't imagine that the Bulls & WU are not proper attempts - there is a lot of money involved.
Having a Singaporean club in Oz may be financially feasible, it just a question of exploring the options.
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Same with the talk about Tasmania. I mean, seriously, who is going to stump up 20+ million to put a team in Hobart to pull 3k per game in a state losing population (Decentric, I checked the most recent stats and population line is now negative) and zero capacity for financial growth? Is Canberra any different in the fundamentals? I suppose it does have the pop in one place as opposed to Tas where it is split in half.

Gold Coast is hands down the best expansion option in Australia or NZ right now. Having said that, absolutely no chatter about it.
 
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Same with the talk about Tasmania. I mean, seriously, who is going to stump up 20+ million to put a team in Hobart to pull 3k per game in a state losing population (Decentric, I checked the most recent stats and population line is now negative) and zero capacity for financial growth? Is Canberra any different in the fundamentals? I suppose it does have the pop in one place as opposed to Tas where it is split in half.

Gold Coast is hands down the best expansion option in Australia or NZ right now. Having said that, absolutely no chatter about it.
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you think they'd get more than 3k per game at Gold Coast?

delusional
 
Vieri said:
As much as I'd like to see a CBR team, the league needs to start looking at other areas in the interim. We were supposed to be at 16 after next season.
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I'm still of the belief Wollongong needs to come in, WIN Stadium needs a summer tenant while the Dargons are in off season.

A second Brisbane team (ie. Strikers) is an absolute must, the Roar needs a rival and Perry Park needs an upgrade pronto.

Might be time put Canberra to bed, unlikely to happen.

The binfire that is Macarthur needs to go unless they merge with NPL side Macarthur Rams.
 
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