AFL to expand to 18 clubs

[julzqld]

Yes I was going to say the same thing.  Where does the AFL get off bullying clubs?  Whatever happened to tradition?

[mightytiges]

Demetrious is an egotistical bully

 

The sooner Demetriou and Anderson nick off the better for Aussie Rules' sake. 18 clubs is fantasy stuff. Where's the $$$ and 88 extra players going to come from?!

[Mini Tiger]

I really think they should push to another team in Sydney, or Western Australia (or relocate a team there) instead of fighting an uphill battle to try to get a team into the GC.

Even Rugby is struggling in that market.

I also have a gripe about McGuire bleating about unfair draft compromises... pft... cannot see a difference between that and draw compromises...

tosser.

[bluey_21]

I really think they should push to another team in Sydney, or Western Australia (or relocate a team there) instead of fighting an uphill battle to try to get a team into the GC.

Even Rugby is struggling in that market.

I also have a gripe about McGuire bleating about unfair draft compromises... pft... cannot see a difference between that and draw compromises...

tosser.

if i were eddy i'd keep my trap shut, we all know he is in bed with demetriou 

[mightytiges]

How did the Roos get away with paying less than the 92.5% minimum of the salary cap  ???.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/roos-short-on-cap/2007/11/02/1193619148330.html

[one-eyed]

The AFL has offered the Roos $100 million to shift north. On top of that they would get draft concessions, including priority access to local players as well as two uncontracted players.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22773512%255E20322,00.html

[mightytiges]

The AFL has offered the Roos $100 million to shift north. On top of that they would get draft concessions, including priority access to local players as well as two uncontracted players.

Let's hope we have all our cubs signed up so they can't be poached like Maxfield was by Sydney.

[one-eyed]

$10m bolsters Roos rescue
Rohan Connolly | November 22, 2007

FIVE "white knights" have pledged loans of $2 million each to enable the Kangaroos to stay in Melbourne as part of the plan released yesterday to keep the club from relocating to the Gold Coast.

Four unnamed investors would contribute the money next year, with a fifth in 2009, giving the club a total of $10 million of non-football revenue to invest, generating up to $700,000 per year, and at the end of a 10-year arrangement, capital growth of up to $10 million.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/10m-bolsters-roos-rescue/2007/11/21/1195321867613.html

[one-eyed]

Pies launch bid for coast deal
Caroline Wilson | November 22, 2007

COLLINGWOOD has launched a radical plan to become the AFL's team on the Gold Coast with a proposal to play up to six games at Carrara as early as next season.

Should the, albeit left-field, offer by Collingwood be considered, the Magpies only interstate games would most likely take place at Carrara or the Gabba. Should the Kangaroos, on the other hand, convince their shareholders to relinquish their stake in the club or vote for relocation, the Magpies are understood to have put forward a second proposal to play an equally significant package of games in Sydney's west.

Collingwood has its own travel agency and has already invested significant resources researching viable business opportunities in southern Queensland.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/pies-launch-bid-for-coast-deal/2007/11/21/1195321871543.html

[Ramps]

We should offer to play 5 away games in Queensland in return for some draft concessions. Maybe 1 priority pick at the start of the 1st round for 2 years, if we agree to play 5 away games on the Gold Coast for say 4 years.

[mightytiges]

We should offer to play 5 away games in Queensland in return for some draft concessions. Maybe 1 priority pick at the start of the 1st round for 2 years, if we agree to play 5 away games on the Gold Coast for say 4 years.

Julz would love that idea 

The AFL would only give us draft concessions if it lead to a permanent move. With the mood the AFL is in I wouldn't give them a sniff that we are interested. Unlike Collingwood they see us as smallfry (look at the draw) and a relocation option  . The Pies are only suggesting this so can avoid any interstate trips to Perth, Adelaide and Sydney  .

[one-eyed]

Kangaroos stay to fight
24 November 2007   Herald Sun
Damian Barrett

 THE Kangaroos' board has unanimously agreed to give James Brayshaw the opportunity to put his Keep North at Arden St vision into practice.

The board decided on Wednesday night that the AFL-applied urgency on making a decision about Gold Coast relocation needed to be deferred until next year.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22812210%255E20322,00.html

[the_boy_jake]

I wish the Roos would just pack their bags and get on the first Jetstar flight to the GC.

Quite simply, they are unsustainable in Melbourne, and the national competition needs to be national.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Brayshaw will learn the hardway and if the Roos have a crap year on field they are gawn to Queensland. They have no hope in Melb compared to other clubs they cultureless and characterless hence no fans. Do yourselves a favour and pull the pin to the Gold Coast or to oblivion.

[mightytiges]

It must be gutwrenching for the loyal supporters they do have but when you get hardly anyone turning up to your home finals then the writing is on the wall. The only problem I see is the AFL will go out of its way to make sure a Gold Coast team is up the top of the ladder nearly every year which affects every other club.