18th club, whose next?

[Pippen94]

Never is an awfully long time - JM Barrie

Hilarious how two weeks ago peth had no chance, now it’s a dead cert. Funny guy You are.

Whatev's

 

[Pippen94]

This is an even worse idea than the Bears. People who were in their 40s when the Jets were kicked out are now in their 80s. Their old fan base who were around to see them play in first grade and were old enough to care about them being kicked out of the comp will all be gone in a few decades.

Fair enough if all this link ends up being is Perth using Newtown as a feeder club, but the idea of taking on their identity and playing home games in Sydney is just odd.

Lol, look at the crowds. Lots of ppl who probably weren't even born when jets were in comp

 

[Pippen94]

Haha couple Of hundred people there for a beer festival? And that somehow tells us what? The other photo of 20 or so middle aged white haired blokes in jets jerseys seems to be more indicative of what little fanbase they have.

Wow, don't let not knowing what ur talking about stop u from talking shi..

 

[Pippen94]

Agree. Just a feeder club. Perth should host all home games regardless of which club it aligns with. Id prefer they were 100% stand alone.

Well if articles to be believed then Perth wanting either bears or jets ip

 

[Wb1234]

Nrl expansion forum )))) too many Sydney clubs we need a club in Perth

Perth nrl team )))) pwease jets can you join our bid. We need a link with a Sydney team and the bears are hard to negotiate with

 

[bad boy bubby]

Haha couple Of hundred people there for a beer festival? And that somehow tells us what? The other photo of 20 or so middle aged white haired blokes in jets jerseys seems to be more indicative of what little fanbase they have.

No beer festival there on saturday. There are many more when that's on.
Get a pic up of the WA rugby league crowds for the weekend and compare.
You could put every single game combined up and they still wouldn't have as many fans as Newtown.
Facts are facts.

 

[Pneuma]

No beer festival there on saturday. There are many more when that's on.
Get a pic up of the WA rugby league crowds for the weekend and compare.
You could put every single game combined up and they still wouldn't have as many fans as Newtown.
Facts are facts.

Not when you are a miserable old know all sitting on your ass whinging in Perth.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

It says a lot that Derp Red can rattle off afl statistics at will yet has no idea about anything to do with league.

 

[mongoose]

Just noticed West Coke Eagles just lost 205 - 34... they are spectacularly bad.

Good timing to announce NRL team I think.

 

[Pippen94]

Not when you are a miserable old know all sitting on your ass whinging in Perth.

You see more jets merch in newtown than any NRL team & it's more of afl type of young inner city supporter.

 

[Pippen94]

Just noticed West Coke Eagles just lost 205 - 34... they are spectacularly bad.

Good timing to announce NRL team I think.

Sure

 

[reanimate]

Lol, look at the crowds. Lots of ppl who probably weren't even born when jets were in comp

You think a bunch of hipsters who buy Jets memorabilia to wear around to show that they’re from the area and occasionally show up to Henson Park to drink on a sunny afternoon will become hardcore fans of a WA team?

They aren’t the old Jets fans. The new Jets experience has found its niche as an emblem of inner west subculture, how many of those people who partake in it you could realistically convert into fans of a WA based Jets is very debatable.

 

[reanimate]

Just noticed West Coke Eagles just lost 205 - 34... they are spectacularly bad.

Good timing to announce NRL team I think.

Good old West Coke Eagles.

 

[Pippen94]

You think a bunch of hipsters who buy Jets memorabilia to wear around to show that they’re from the area and occasionally show up to Henson Park to drink on a sunny afternoon will become hardcore fans of a WA team?

They aren’t the old Jets fans. The new Jets experience has found its niche as an emblem of inner west subculture, how many of those people who partake in it you could realistically convert into fans of a WA based Jets is very debatable.

So those new fans exist now. Good u changed ur position

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I don't think Perth need a connection to Sydney, they should be their own entity.

But the jets are a good link because every person in Perth is a billionaire apparently and so have their own private jet.

 

[MugaB]

I don't think Perth need a connection to Sydney, they should be their own entity.

But the jets are a good link because every person in Perth is a billionaire apparently and so have their own private jet.

And you need one for the opposition to play them and vice versa when they travel away.... the new catch cry for perf jets "get on the jet"

 

[saint-stefano]

And you need one for the opposition to play them and vice versa when they travel away.... the new catch cry for perf jets "get on the jet"

I think sst George should go on there own and have Illawarra join as a seperate identity called the Illawarra leafovers we have plenty to give away

 

[reanimate]

So those new fans exist now. Good u changed ur position

They aren’t the old fans who would’ve been around to see them get kicked out or their initial efforts to rejoin first grade. There hasn’t been any noise from their new fan base to get them back in the NRL, they found their niche in the NSW Cup and being an emblem of inner west subculture. How many of them are realistically going to become fans of a WA based Jets?

 

[Pippen94]

They aren’t the old fans who would’ve been around to see them get kicked out or their initial efforts to rejoin first grade. There hasn’t been any noise from their new fan base to get them back in the NRL, they found their niche in the NSW Cup and being an emblem of inner west subculture. How many of them are realistically going to become fans of a WA based Jets?

Don't know, but u said they didn't exist or were 80 years old. Wenty has a NSW cup team (well did last I watched), where's there supporter base or west magpies etc..?!

 

[Wb1234]

You see more jets merch in newtown than any NRL team & it's more of afl type of young inner city supporter.

Yeh

They aren’t the old fans who would’ve been around to see them get kicked out or their initial efforts to rejoin first grade. There hasn’t been any noise from their new fan base to get them back in the NRL, they found their niche in the NSW Cup and being an emblem of inner west subculture. How many of them are realistically going to become fans of a WA based Jets?

Or maybe their family are long time Newtown fans

being a foundation club they have generational support