Comments on: A-League to Expand: Northern Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy

By: Astri

Astri — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:46:07 +0000

I agree with the Geelong concept and I am all for a Victorian regional team joining. You are right that without an existing NSL team fanbase (which we must avoid) there just is not enough fans in Melbourne who don’t follow Victory. Geelong has enough of a population to support a team and they certainly don’t consider themselves Melbournians. Trust me I go to uni in Geelong.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:14:48 +0000

I think it’s inevitable that there will be another Victorian team, though I hope it ends up being a Geelong team – rather than another Melbourne team.

I agree with both of you that there’s danger in simply taking a current VPL team and making them a second Melbourne team. But if you don’t take an existing team, what’s the chance of gaining a fanbase, unless you delineate it along regional lines? Hence, I think the Geelong (or other region outside Melbourne) idea is probably the most likely and beneficial for the league.

By: Astri

Astri — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:02:05 +0000

Where is the market Brenton? If you create a brand new Melbourne team they would not survive. Who is gonna jump ship from Victory? I know I definitely wouldn’t and neither would anyone else. The danger will be that the new team will be supported by either Knights or Hellas fans depending on who gets the ticket and all of my friends who used to support those teams are happy to follow them in the VPL. A second team will divide the bipartisan support that we now have. I fear that a new team will create a Anglo vs Ethnic situation which only the meathead Vinnie-Jones wannabees will enjoy.

By: Brenton

Brenton — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:54:53 +0000

it will definately be good for the game in australia, and 6 more games a year, fantastic!

it’ll also put more presure on teams to perform more consistantly throughout the year and there wont be any of that 6 out of 8 teams capable of making finals right up to the last 3 or 4 rounds nonsense!

i think another melbourne team is inevatable(did i spell that right?) given the support down here already, and as long as its done properly, and by properly i mean a whole NEW team, then we should escape alot of the bullshit that was the NSL and still remains around today.

when we do get another melourne team, lets just all enjoy or football and what could be the biggest and best derby of the year for the whole competion!

By: Astri

Astri — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:30:08 +0000

I think it’s great, they are sticking to the formula and have done everything right so far. A longer season is great, we would have made finals for sure if there was an extra few games this season. Lets just pray that Lowy doesn’t deliver on his promise that a second Melbourne team will come, we don’t need one and it will be a disaster. I would however be willing to accept a second team in west Sydney as I think the FFA alienated a lot of Football fans in Sydney by dressing up Lowy’s old Sydney City NSL club in Sydney FC colours. They got it right in Melbourne so PLEASE don’t go screwing it up.