Expansion Thread

[libelous]

That's why I'm very, very skeptical that the AU Championship will last long term.

Since the Championship hasn’t yet started so it’s a bit fanciful to write it off.
The A League, as it stands, has run its race.
‘The winds of change are blowing’.

 

[HappyGuus]

A second Adelaide team would be absurd. Way too small and it's taken them until the last few years to get anywhere near capacity at Coopers.

Besides a very tiny band of NSL bitters there's no demand for a second team.

As I said in my previous reply Brisbane definitely needs a second team (ie. Strikers) and Wollongong needs to come in.

Macarthur needs to either merge with the Rams NPL team or fold.

Yeah pretty much this. We need to understand the markets, and Adelaide is one that won't succeed with a second club. It really is United by name and by nature. It might work in Perth or Brisbane, but not Adelaide. Definitely need a club or two from Adelaide in the Championship though.

I haven't been a fan of a second Brisbane team, but it's really growing on me. Brisbane is too big for the sport to disappear when Roar are sucking year after year.

Wollongong haven't had the financial backing. They're probably in a worse category than Canberra. I think it all depends on a rich owner, that's about it.

Gold Coast would be the next best spot for a rich owner. Their crowds would be bigger than Macarthur are WU. And Christchurch, but their rich owner recently said that A-League isn't affordable!

Something really not working with these huge licence fees.

 

[libelous]

Yeah pretty much this. We need to understand the markets, and Adelaide is one that won't succeed with a second club. It really is United by name and by nature. It might work in Perth or Brisbane, but not Adelaide. Definitely need a club or two from Adelaide in the Championship though.

I haven't been a fan of a second Brisbane team, but it's really growing on me. Brisbane is too big for the sport to disappear when Roar are sucking year after year.

Wollongong haven't had the financial backing. They're probably in a worse category than Canberra. I think it all depends on a rich owner, that's about it.

Gold Coast would be the next best spot for a rich owner. Their crowds would be bigger than Macarthur are WU. And Christchurch, but their rich owner recently said that A-League isn't affordable!

Something really not working with these huge licence fees.

That’s the point, no one is prepared pay outrageous fees to participate. Just look at the situation with Newcastle and Perth.
Admittedly they did find a billionaire with more money than sense but they are few and far between.

 

[Lupi]

A second Adelaide team would be absurd. Way too small and it's taken them until the last few years to get anywhere near capacity at Coopers.

Besides a very tiny band of NSL bitters there's no demand for a second team.

As I said in my previous reply Brisbane definitely needs a second team (ie. Strikers) and Wollongong needs to come in.

Macarthur needs to either merge with the Rams NPL team or fold.

Adelaide's grown by the size of Wollongong since the Z-league began. What makes you think Wollongong needs to come in based on that?