18th club, whose next?

[Centy Coast]

Melbourne have managed to survive and thrive with a feeder arrangement. Could you explain why Perth won’t?

Do you even know the Storms history ?, they hit the ground running in their debut season of 1998 off the fresh corpses of the Perth Reds and the Hunter Mariners, News Ltd spent millions of dollars propping them up year after year until they became financially viable.
A Perth team will not have this luxury.
You mention feeder clubs, I think most already have agreements that work already in place.
Sure new deals can be done but why break something that doesn’t need fixing especially if that new deal is on the other side of the Country ?.

 

[Wb1234]

at least they are trying

 

[Centy Coast]

Game has changed now

Penrith are the future

storm and Perth scrounging for leftovers won’t work

You forgot the Roosters and the Bulldogs who both also prefer to sign players rather than develop their own

 

[Wb1234]

You forgot the Roosters and Bulldogs who both also prefer to sign players rather than develop their own

Chooks are spending money in your neck of the woods which is better than nothing their junior area is small

dogs have stuffed their junior sides with the best talent they can get across nsw and qld which will pay off down the track

not everyone has a junior nursery like Penrith

 

[Wb1234]

You forgot the Roosters and the Bulldogs who both also prefer to sign players rather than develop their own

Is there any potential for norths to tap into central coast too or has that ship sailed ?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Do you even know the Storms history ?, they hit the ground running in their debut season of 1998 off the fresh corpses of the Perth Reds and the Hunter Mariners, News Ltd spent millions of dollars propping them up year after year until they became financially viable.
A Perth team will not have this luxury.
You mention feeder clubs, I think most already have agreements that work already in place.
Sure new deals can be done but why break something that doesn’t need fixing especially if that new deal is on the other side of the Country ?.

Without News Ltd's money the Norths Devils and Melbourne Storm would have folded.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

and Perth will GROW juniors in WA you nimrod. Do they really need the Bears to be able to do that?

Will the growth be substantial or negligible?

 

[Brian potter]

This thread just gets dumber. Old pot plant is now chiming in.

Why can’t you be a jolly drunk?

 

[wittyfan]

My alternate Perth Dales jersey:

 

[Iamback]

None of these nuffies can explain why the Storm have had huge success without a joint venture with an old dead Sydney club but the Perth side must. It’s a gaping hole in their argument.

And you haven't answered why the Storm have now started running their own junior sides.

So tell me how does a new team come in and atleast match the rest of the comp who all have existing pathways in place?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hey pal, the Annandale joke has been done before. And a thousand times better.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Do you even know the Storms history ?, they hit the ground running in their debut season of 1998 off the fresh corpses of the Perth Reds and the Hunter Mariners, News Ltd spent millions of dollars propping them up year after year until they became financially viable.
A Perth team will not have this luxury.
You mention feeder clubs, I think most already have agreements that work already in place.
Sure new deals can be done but why break something that doesn’t need fixing especially if that new deal is on the other side of the Country ?.

Do you know the bears history? They went bust because it rained then they couldn't make a joint venture work.

Only a fool would risk working with them again.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Hey pal, the Annandale joke has been done before. And a thousand times better.

Wanker

 

[Wb1234]

Do you know the bears history? They went bust because it rained then they couldn't make a joint venture work.

Only a fool would risk working with them again.

94

 

[mongoose]

Chooks are spending money in your neck of the woods which is better than nothing their junior area is small

dogs have stuffed their junior sides with the best talent they can get across nsw and qld which will pay off down the track

not everyone has a junior nursery like Penrith

don't you keep saying every club is trying to copy Penrith now, cause they moved the landmark or something?

 

[mongoose]

Without News Ltd's money the Norths Devils and Melbourne Storm would have folded.

Probably cause News owned the Storm just like they owned the Cowboys and Raiders for a short time. Who else is going to prop them up if not their owners lol

 

[Wb1234]

don't you keep saying every club is trying to copy Penrith now, cause they moved the landmark or something?

Whoosh

 

[AlwaysGreen]

94

Yep, the year the bears lost to the Raiders in the semi. Relevance?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Probably cause News owned the Storm just like they owned the Cowboys and Raiders for a short time. Who else is going to prop them up if not their owners lol

They didn't sink $75m into the Cowboys and Raiders. Nor did they own them for anywhere as long. Storm spent more than every club bar the Broncos between 1998 and 2012.

 

[mongoose]

They didn't sink $75m into the Cowboys and Raiders. Nor did they own them for anywhere as long. Storm spent more than every club bar the Broncos between 1998 and 2012.

And to show for it the NRL has a successful expansion side (on the field, national ratings, attendance and memberships) in the 2nd largest city in the country. A city that culturally has absolutely no interest in any winter sports outside of AFL.