(12-13-2018, 03:00 AM)LP link Wrote:It's interesting Thry, I reckon the Western District bid was the outlier, but it's the one bid that brings new money.
The other bids seem to be about moving money around that is really money already in the system, no or less new money.

You also want to be suspicious of government involvement, it's no different to other clubs kiboshing Princes Park developments before launching their own. This link to Kardinia Park should be a bit of a tell, they've got an expensive AFL boutique venue paid for by the State that is empty 85% of the available time! Yet apparently Kardinia and the Dawks Dingling Folly(Located above the new train loop! ) are better value than Carlton developing it's AFL, AFLW and VWFL and VFL headquarters.

Where will this new boutique stadium go, is it a coincidence some massive Asian investors are buying up land in the Western District? If some of those areas get re-zoned to build a stadium, I wouldn't want to be living out that way and driving to work 20 years from now. I'm pegging a location falls above the proposed rail loop!

The punters in the SE must be spitting chips, it's growing 200% faster than the West, but the West isn't where Lindsay Fox built his airport, or where Andrews favors the new port. The opposition argument is that the locations are not justified due to a lack of demand, so make some seem to be the answer, an artificial island port for an artificial demand!

I don't know enough about the Sydney FFA bids to comment, but I bet there are links with other NRL venues as unused or owned!

(12-13-2018, 02:02 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Hi Guys

This is me having a rant about the FFA and it's new expansion.

The decision to overlook the Oceania team of the century, and still most successful Australian Football club at the highest level in order to "set up shop" in Wyndham is akin to the AFL's glorious decision to setup the Gold Coast Suns.

At least the AFL didnt disregard a big club in that process.

Its all very anti Ethnic, even though Melbourne Victory have used the Scottish national anthem as their theme song, which says a little bit about the state of play of things in this nation. 

Instead of picking a club that was established, has junior and senior setup for both boys and girls of all ages, and has its own training facilities, and home ground ready to go, they have gone with a bid that aims to build its own stadium and establish a green field club.

I want my sport back.  Rant over. >

(01-21-2019, 10:22 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:Really they should have went with Dandenong, look at the map of Melbourne and where the population is.

(01-21-2019, 10:38 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:South Melbourne should have been brought in instead of Heart/City who have no identity. I only go for them because I can't stand the Victory and their supporters chanting with pommy accents.

(01-21-2019, 11:08 PM)cookie2 link Wrote:Any particular one - there are many?

(01-21-2019, 11:28 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:The Kylie minogue one.