Brisbane Bombers Bid

[Perth Red]

Again it takes time for an expansion team to gather a competitive roster, they'll (whoever is bid winner) most likely be spooners in the first year, or for a few years, till all the right personnel can turn the on field success into money, history shows us this, since the dogs in '35 to the Cowboys of '95, every expansion team had had to sit at the bottom of the ladder till they can match it with the rest of the league, Melbourne and Warriors were the only exceptions, but SL war folding in '98 and ARL's 4 club expansion in '95 probably helped that. Even if we get a Perth team or an Adelaide team or NZ2 or even 2 more SEQ clubs, expect which ever of them to not be an instant success, so they'll fail against the richest club in league regardless, expansion teams take time... lots of time

totally agree, hence why I think the nrl needs to be sensible and make sure they have seed funding available for any expansion club for first few years. Titans showed us that you can be crap for first 3-4 seasons and get away with it but then you need to be showing something. Look at their crowds first four seasons then the sudden drop off when they hit the rocks on and off the field, they still haven’t recovered.
Having said that Storm were interesting as despite early success they had low crowds, wasn’t till the move to the new stadium and consistent success that they’ve climbed to some of the best in the comp. it is multi factorial.