Western United

[StringerBellend]

20 minutes ago, wendybr said:

Oh...

Their argument seemed valid - re Covid safe etc.

How is it valid? they were admitted to the league in part as they said they would not impact the crowds of the existing teams as long term they would base in west of Melbourne and short term they would play in Geelong. The Geelong ground is Covid safe

[Wanderboy]

4 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

What was the point of putting a western melbourne team in if they are going to play at the same ground as the existing two melbourne teams? 
 

What a farce they shouldn’t have been let into the league until they had a ground to play at. Rather than an artists impression of a ground 

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

Edited Saturday at 05:23 AM by Wanderboy

[StringerBellend]

Just now, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for a their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

Yep, stadium is years off and now they want to play out of same ground as the two existing teams what a farce 

[mack]

The A-League could have added Team 11, South Melbourne, Wollongong, Canberra or the Cronulla bid with Craig Foster on the board and any of them would have been more viable than WU.

[Paul01]

3 hours ago, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

As to the Southern Expansion Bid, the Smurfs were deadset against a club on their doorstep.

The bigger issue was the scrutiny that Foster would have applied to the FFA (Lowy and Gallop) as a Club Board member.

[wendybr]

3 hours ago, Paul01 said:

Your taking about one of rats of Australian football in Mark Rudan pulling the strings.

It's more about siphoning off Melbourne Victory supporters and Heartle$$ supporters. The other outcome is to actually get a crowd from the other team.

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

What was the point of putting a western melbourne team in if they are going to play at the same ground as the existing two melbourne teams? 
 

What a farce they shouldn’t have been let into the league until they had a ground to play at. Rather than an artists impression of a ground 

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

How is it valid? they were admitted to the league in part as they said they would not impact the crowds of the existing teams as long term they would base in west of Melbourne and short term they would play in Geelong. The Geelong ground is Covid safe

 

3 hours ago, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

Yep, stadium is years off and now they want to play out of same ground as the two existing teams what a farce 

 

9 minutes ago, mack said:

The A-League could have added Team 11, South Melbourne, Wollongong, Canberra or the Cronulla bid with Craig Foster on the board and any of them would have been more viable than WU.

All fair enough!  

 

 

 

 

PS I just love watching games at AAMI.  

[WHACKO]

1 hour ago, wendybr said:

 

 

 

 

 

All fair enough!  

 

 

 

 

PS I just love watching games at AAMI.  

Except for the seagulls. 

[wendybr]

35 minutes ago, WHACKO said:

Except for the seagulls. 

They're all part of the experience!  😁

 

PS I remember one being knocked out by being hit by a ball one game...poor thing!