The Western United Thread

[Monoethnic Social Club]

I really genuinely hope that P & R happens, the football pyramid becomes connected, and that football in Australia grows at all levels. I followed the NSL, really enjoyed going to games back in the day. I respect SMH for their history, past successes and glory, Ange, previous playing legends, and passionate supporters. But let’s say SMH get promoted from the NST (after it hopefully becomes a full home and away league) into the plastic league, (puts on helmet and bites down on mouthguard), we all ridicule WU and MacArthur for their 3-5K crowds, SMH maybe got a 6000 crowd recently, but they also only got about 500 people at their next game. How can that be sustainable?

Thats such an odd take, it really is.... Im not ahve a go at you but the immediate answer is WHO CARES wghat the crowds are like?

South Melbourne may be currently getting crowds of 500 people at a state league match but we have been surviving for the past 20 years in no mans land playing neighberhood clubs with even less fans than that.... WU cant even pay their players and will be liquidated.. The difference has nothing to do with ethnicity or history or whatever its the franchise MODEL that doesn't work...

Do you not see the fact that NOT ONE SINGLE past NSL champion has folded into obscurity and still survives to this day as club (a few in very low leagues compared to their glory days btw) as a stark contrast to a franchise winning the Aleague and folding 2 years later?

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Apples to oranges, and im sure i dont need to point the differences out to you?

Perhaps that convo is better had when we measure an aleague club out of top flight for 20 years?
Compare a summer to a winter league?
Compare funding?
Can you for sure say that crowds wouldnt come back from aleague clubs?

Fact is you cant compare, but you can bank on one thing we have been pushed out for 20 years and it diidnt kill us... thats the real fear factor for some!

ONE LIFE, ONE LOVE, ONE CLUB .......

 

[Sutherlandbear]

Thats such an odd take, it really is.... Im not ahve a go at you but the immediate answer is WHO CARES wghat the crowds are like?

South Melbourne may be currently getting crowds of 500 people at a state league match but we have been surviving for the past 20 years in no mans land playing neighberhood clubs with even less fans than that.... WU cant even pay their players and will be liquidated.. The difference has nothing to do with ethnicity or history or whatever its the franchise MODEL that doesn't work...

Do you not see the fact that NOT ONE SINGLE past NSL champion has folded into obscurity and still survives to this day as club (a few in very low leagues compared to their glory days btw) as a stark contrast to a franchise winning the Aleague and folding 2 years later?

So why do you constantly slag off A league crowds?