What do the Gold Coast bring?

[dogslife]

They've been in the competition since 2007 and they've won twice as many wooden spoons than finals games. They consistently have poor crowds, they haven't even bothered releasing membership numbers in the last 3 years probably due to embarrassment, and they can't attract any decent players not looking for a retirement pay day.

I often describe the Gold Coast as the place where sporting teams go to die. In a competition where we're struggling to find room for a team on the Central Coast, or Perth, or a second NZ team, why do we continually persist with the Gold Coast? The AFL are in the same boat, constantly pouring money into a franchise allergic to success

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

They're a waste of a license. The GC (the location, not the club) has no identity. It's a glorified tourist stopover, and the people that do live there are wealthy expats who already identify with some other place. Have you ever met a single person in your life who has told you "proudly born and bred on the Gold Coast, mate"? I'm betting never. The go-to leisure activities down there are nose beers, fishing, voting Liberal and breaking into cars. Not sport.

 

[Floodwaters]

Nothing, get rid of them.

 

[some11]

Bad management doesn't help.

Remember how awful Searle was?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Give their licence to Easts Tigers and rebrand as East Coast. Club can cover Redland, Logan, southeast Brisbane and Gold Coast. Split games between Lang Park and Robina Stadium.

 

[Nuke]

Thing is, I'm sure both NRL & AFL won't want to concede defeat so long as the other is still there. Neither will want to be giving that territory over to the other.

It's a staring contest, and the first to blink loses.

 

[beave]

They bring a QLD based club that the Broncos can actually beat.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

f**k all

 

[Diesel]

The club went bust and the NRL took over, then sold it back to the previous owners. Seems like a vanity project for the current owners

 

[mongoose]

They consistently have poor crowds,

Still regularly higher than some Sydney clubs though....

 

[Dogs Of War]

A good holiday for supporters of other teams. Go to the gold coast. Watch your team win, enjoy some time with the family on holidays. What’s not to like?

 

[Perth Red]

Quality stadium
crowds better than some clubs who’ve been a round longer and are better on field
afl battle ground
large and growing population
strong jnr catchment base
have shown they can get big crowds
in recent times have shown they can attract big name players (tino, fafita etc)

they just need a decent coach and some sustained success on field.

 

[baselinepanther]

Still regularly higher than some Sydney clubs though....

yea
11 odd thousand yesterday against the raiders .. not a big opponent / drawer by any means..
meanwhile we have a top 4 shootout all Sydney game in Sydney last night attracting no more then that

yep
lets put down those stones outside the glass house guys

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Some more eye candy for SLR

 

[Gobsmacked]

Quality stadium
crowds better than some clubs who’ve been a round longer and are better on field
afl battle ground
large and growing population
strong jnr catchment base
have shown they can get big crowds
in recent times have shown they can attract big name players (tino, fafita etc)

they just need a decent coach and some sustained success on field.

100%
The trouble is everytime they build a solid roster of hard working team players, they go spend a fortune on a lazy selfish player.
They were going awesome before they bought hyane and they finally rebuilt just to blow it on fafita.
They don't learn.

 

[Omott91]

Offer more than Cronulla.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Since the novelty of being the new guys wore off around 2011 they haven’t even sneezed in the direction of a premiership. Now just pay overs for dud players and broncos rejects because they struggle to recruit anyone.

To be fair it sounds a lot like us.

come 2027 I feel like the Dolphins could have a similar fate.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Give their licence to Easts Tigers and rebrand as East Coast. Club can cover Redland, Logan, southeast Brisbane and Gold Coast. Split games between Lang Park and Robina Stadium.

They can play the Jailhouse Cup.

 

[Munky]

Bad management doesn't help.

Remember how awful Searle was?

Should have been NRL CEO according to LU circa 05 to 08.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

The go-to leisure activities down there are nose beers, fishing, voting Liberal and breaking into cars. Not sport.

Fortitude Valley says hello.....