18th club, whose next?

[Centy Coast]

Ok

Did you hear about a little thing called super league?

Yeah that was one season as the Perth Reds and News Ltd couldn’t wait to fold both Perth and the Hunter Mariners to strengthen their new golden goose the Melbourne Storm.

 

[Iamback]

Why not appeal to 100% of league fans in Perth instead of flogging a few out of town memberships.
You need to build local support off the bat.

Because they need eyeballs especially from the East given the outlay from the NRL the money needs to be there from TV

 

[Centy Coast]

It’s not the bears per se but the idea the perth is having a failed Sydney club forced on it that will be more about north Sydney coming back than perth joining the comp. Add in the dangers of joint ventures, the idea that ns could own the license and white ant things to get back to gosford, lack of focus and investment in wa systems and the main reasoning for it being some suburban nostalgia trip for vlandys and some old boomer ns fans in the media and there are our concerns.

If the Perth Bears start to struggle I honestly can’t see them packing up and heading back to NSW, V’Landys has stated numerous times that Sydney/NSW has way to many teams.
We have until 2030/2032 for this to actually happen, then it is up to the WA locals and Bears fans, if it then struggles financially I think you’ll eventually see them relocate to QLD probably joining up with the Brisbane Tigers, but I’ll probably be in my 80’s or 90’s by then with dementia (I’m 55yrs now).
Hopefully Perth can be a success, and rugby league can thrive over there.

 

[Canard]

Two more games a season in Sydney at an ancient oval.

Peak Sydney RL ambition

 

[Bukowski]

Because they need eyeballs especially from the East given the outlay from the NRL the money needs to be there from TV

I think you seriously overestimate the number of bears fans.

 

[Canard]

I think you seriously overestimate the number of bears fans.

PNG will draw Zero TV "eyeballs" so old mates logic is off

 

[reanimate]

If the Perth Bears start to struggle I honestly can’t see them packing up and heading back to NSW, V’Landys has stated numerous times that Sydney/NSW has way to many teams.
We have until 2030/2032 for this to actually happen, then it is up to the WA locals and Bears fans, if it then struggles financially I think you’ll eventually see them relocate to QLD probably joining up with the Brisbane Tigers, but I’ll probably be in my 80’s or 90’s by then with dementia (I’m 55yrs now).
Hopefully Perth can be a success, and rugby league can thrive over there.

That should not be the case at all. If the Bears can’t make WA work, they shouldn’t get another chance in QLD. If they’re going to WA, they have to be all in and make it work, not have one eye on bailing off to somewhere else if the going gets tough.

 

[Wb1234]

That should not be the case at all. If the Bears can’t make WA work, they shouldn’t get another chance in QLD. If they’re going to WA, they have to be all in and make it work, not have one eye on bailing off to somewhere else if the going gets tough.

It’s a Perth located license

 

[Bukowski]

That should not be the case at all. If the Bears can’t make WA work, they shouldn’t get another chance in QLD. If they’re going to WA, they have to be all in and make it work, not have one eye on bailing off to somewhere else if the going gets tough.

They couldn't even survive in a merger with a club up the road. But yeah, let's give them a run at WA.
This is set to up for failure.

 

[Iamback]

PNG will draw Zero TV "eyeballs" so old mates logic is off

Do you think PNG come in without the govt money?

 

[Iamback]

I think you seriously overestimate the number of bears fans.

I didn't put a figure on it.

What we know is a new club will have zero fans so even 10 Bears fans is a presence.

When Perth is playing at 6pm on a Friday in say Canberra and you guys are still at work.

The Bears name is going to attract some eyeballs as opposed to 'insert name' playing

 

[Bukowski]

I didn't put a figure on it.

What we know is a new club will have zero fans so even 10 Bears fans is a presence.

When Perth is playing at 6pm on a Friday in say Canberra and you guys are still at work.

The Bears name is going to attract some eyeballs as opposed to 'insert name' playing

That's ridiculous.

 

[Wb1234]

I didn't put a figure on it.

What we know is a new club will have zero fans so even 10 Bears fans is a presence.

When Perth is playing at 6pm on a Friday in say Canberra and you guys are still at work.

The Bears name is going to attract some eyeballs as opposed to 'insert name' playing

Foxsports and nein both said they would want the bears back in the nrl

 

[Centy Coast]

That should not be the case at all. If the Bears can’t make WA work, they shouldn’t get another chance in QLD. If they’re going to WA, they have to be all in and make it work, not have one eye on bailing off to somewhere else if the going gets tough.

You just worry about Brokevale, you guys have enough issues $$$

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Do you think PNG come in without the govt money?

Of course they don't

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The bears brand is about as popular and relevant as Ansett.

Nostalgia is for suckers.

 

[Wb1234]

To be a raiders fan is to be nostalgic

1994 is a LONG LONG time ago

 

[MugaB]

To be a raiders fan is to be nostalgic

1994 is a LONG LONG time ago

That reminds me of the onceler in the lorax

 

[AlwaysGreen]

To be a raiders fan is to be nostalgic

1994 is a LONG LONG time ago

It is. But I still support the team.

Never left to support the swans. How about you numbnuts?

 

[reanimate]

You just worry about Brokevale, you guys have enough issues $$$

Thanks for your concerns, Manly’s in the NRL, we’re not going anywhere.

What is a concern is WA being done right, not having the Bears bail on it for QLD if they feel the going get tough there.