18th club, whose next?

[Colk]

First, we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

Leonard Cohen fan I see. Very good.

 

[Colk]

Hey Perth Red you trust this bloke :
What did the bloke say on Silence of the Lambs ; " nice suit ".

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Looks very slovenly there.

 

[docbrown]

First, we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

The Singapore Aircraft Carriers?

 

[Pippen94]

I would wait and see how this whole concussion issue is going to play out over the next few years before thinking about 20 teams to be honest... we could possibly see the end of all contact sports.

NRL will become chess tournament

 

[The Penguin #6.]

Leonard Cohen fan I see. Very good.

I haven`t listened to that CD in a long time, (30 years) time to put it in the car.
" The monkey and the plywood violin " some classic lines you never forget.

 

[Perth Red]

It’s a thought bubble article. The only solid takeaways are that there is a goal for the NRL to get to 20 teams with 10 years or so and that the Australian government is trying to improve ties with PNG through the NRL. The when and where of actual franchises is iffy.

But you’ve got Perth, New Zealand 2, PNG, Pacifika, Bears, Firehawks and Jets all trying to get one of those 3 spots. It’s a good way to get competitive tension in the bidding process because after 20 who knows if they’ll expand again.

they didnt even say that, just that politis has tabled an idea for twenty team comp to the annual club meeting and Vlandys thought it had some merit. There’s no strategy, no plan, no budget for it. So rugby league lol.

 

[Wb1234]

Gov`t`s change, priorities change, 15 million a year for a League team in P.N.G. sure ain`t going to be a vote winner in the other half of Oz (and an almighty chunk in the States that do) and would be an easy target for an opposition spruiking budget cuts, and what happens then.
V`landy`s big thing for the Dolphins was their financial stability, especially in uncertain times, relying on Governments to fork out tens millions of dollars possibly indefinitely, ain`t financial certainty.

I don’t think fumble states will vote abdo out because he’s spending 15 million on a league team

 

[Perth Red]

 

[Pippen94]

they didnt even say that, just that politis has tabled an idea for twenty team comp to the annual club meeting and Vlandys thought it had some merit. There’s no strategy, no plan, no budget for it. So rugby league lol.

No strategy?! Conferences & 20 teams has been foreshadowed by peter for years

 

[Perth Red]

 

[Perth Red]

No strategy?! Conferences & 20 teams has been foreshadowed by peter for years

Coming up with hair brained ideas whilst sat on the loo isn’t a strategy!

 

[docbrown]

No strategy?! Conferences & 20 teams has been foreshadowed by peter for years

Most of the article is thought bubble territory but it’s quite clear that this is the NRL speaking to potential bids and governments and saying “show us the money”.

 

[Wb1234]

Coming up with hare brained ideas whilst sat on the loo isn’t a strategy!

And yet you still post them here

 

[Pippen94]

Coming up with hair brained ideas whilst sat on the loo isn’t a strategy!

That's where best ideas happen

 

[Pippen94]

And yet you still post them here

Lol

 

[The Penguin #6.]

Coming up with hair brained ideas whilst sat on the loo isn’t a strategy!

Mate you`re so funny (and I kind of mean that in a nice way) if it doesn`t involve Perth front and centre it`s hair brained.
Relax mate and enjoy the moment, the game had a big win last night.

 

[Perth Red]

Mate you`re so funny (and I kind of mean that in a nice way) if it doesn`t involve Perth front and centre it`s hair brained.
Relax mate and enjoy the moment, the game had a big win last night.

I don’t think it’s hairbrained, I said as recently as yesterday that if the nrl wants to catch the afl it needs to be at twenty teams by 2033. Just the way it happens in rugby league lol. A club chairman proposes an idea at a meeting and the media run with it with a load of bs flung around it. I mean as soon as I read that the expansion would be worth $20million a year or $400mkll over twenty years I knew the quality of the article! Then couldn’t help throw the bears in but now in Pacifica lol.

 

[mongoose]

they didnt even say that, just that politis has tabled an idea for twenty team comp to the annual club meeting and Vlandys thought it had some merit. There’s no strategy, no plan, no budget for it. So rugby league lol.

but the Dolphins won their first two games, did you not see?

 

[Wb1234]

I don’t think it’s hairbrained, I said as recently as yesterday that if the nrl wants to catch the afl it needs to be at twenty teams by 2033. Just the way it happens in rugby league lol. A club chairman proposes an idea at a meeting and the media run with it with a load of bs flung around it. I mean as soon as I read that the expansion would be worth $20million a year or $400mkll over twenty years I knew the quality of the article! Then couldn’t help throw the bears in but now in Pacifica lol.

You can always be relied upon for the absolute dumbest takes

Nick polites tables this at a club agm and vlandys has said he supports it

this is how the game does things by setting a goal, getting people to agree then achieving it

with 3 teams to be added you don’t have to worry about png or nz2 taking your place now

heck you don’t even have to take the bears on board now either

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Pretty sure AFL Red wanks over sherrins when he's on the loo.