Brisbane Tigers make their bid to be 18th team

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Dolphins have been an unmitigated success. South Brisbane will too. Perth will never happen

Perth is at least 20 years away from being a viable option.

 

[mongoose]

Firehawks were crushers 2.0. Funny u want reds returned also. Doomed to repeat the past..

its 2023! you need to move on from the past, you are hung up on a period 26 years ago. Do you still listen to music on CD's? all those Pearl jam and Alanis Morrissette albums

 

[Pippen94]

its 2023! you need to move on from the past, you are hung up on a period 26 years ago. Do you still listen to music on CD's? all those Pearl jam and Alanis Morrissette albums

Another post, another personal attack

 

[Canard]

Saying you listen to CDs seems a fairly innocuous statement to consider a personal attack.

I mean you have to particularly thin skinned.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Be honest, if firehawks had got in do you think there’d now be calls for Redcliffe So soon? It’s on,y being talked about as dolphins aren’t the genuine brisbane2 club the city needed. Dumb Vlandys.

Absolutely, Western Corridor has been mentioned by NRL officials as far back as the 2000's, there was always going to be calls for a fourth SEQ team even if you revived the Crushers and they played 100% of their games at Suncorp. The region is huge and is a RL heartland. Three sides is too few, four is probably right to cover all corners and grow with our area.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

South BriShane Firehawks would have been a better choice
all games at suncorp. Broncos covering the north, firehawks covering south. No need for another license to be wasted on brisbane.

easts as owners ticked every box Redcliffe did, the only thing against them was broncos knew they’d be a bigger threat to them and so veto’d them, Imo. In fact given broncos are based in the northern area and afls focus on southern brisbane there’s a strong argument that strategically they would have been a much more logical choice.

donkey himself is the epitome of the failed decision. Despite calling for an alternative to broncos to support for years, he now doesn’t feel dolphins are relevant to him and so refuses to support them.

and before the usual circle jerkers jump in, that’s not to say dolphins are a failure, won’t be successful or are a terrible choice. Just that they clearly haven’t fulfilled the mandate of brisbane2 or we wouldn’t already be calling for brisbane3 and donkey would be in red and gold lol .

I wouldn't have minded the Tigers but they aren't ideal. They are an inner city Brisbane club that would basically be a carbon copy of the Broncos. Having said that, I wouldn't have hated it if they got in. They are a great club, but their current thinking shows you that it might not have been the Brisbane 2 you were wanting.

Re: the AFL academy in the South-West (which is a red herring because it's just a stadium for AFLW and training base), the AFL pre-Dolphins pumped heaps of money into trying to own North Brisbane through their Burpengary setup.

Regardless of the choice of Brisbane 2, there would have always been calls for a third club. If the Tigers got in there might have been a call for a fourth because they still would have left the north and west unattended.

The bigger picture here is that the NRL are sewing up a huge RL heartland and are set to grow with SEQ into the future.

Dolphins up north
Broncos in the city
Titans down south
Jets out West (final piece of the puzzle)

If it's the Firehawks then great, but their current bid idea does not focus on the west. 8 games Suncorp, four games in regional QLD with Cairns and Mackay being talked about, which is really odd being that it is Cowboys territory.

The Tigers are better off merging their bid with the Jets to get the I.P. that resonates with the west, and going to the NRL and saying, here is your western corridor club, we have the supporters ( through the Jets), the money (Tigers), the stadium (big SEQ derbies at Suncorp and get re-commitment from local and state Government to build the boutique stadium in Ipswich that was part of the Jets original bid). The NRL will probably rubber stamp them on the spot if they did that.

 

[Pippen94]

Absolutely, Western Corridor has been mentioned by NRL officials as far back as the 2000's, there was always going to be calls for a fourth SEQ team even if you revived the Crushers and they played 100% of their games at Suncorp. The region is huge and is a RL heartland. Three sides is too few, four is probably right to cover all corners and grow with our area.

I listen to interview. Richo seeming to be all things to all ppl at this stage. If tigers get in it will focus on south & west

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I listen to interview. Richo seeming to be all things to all ppl at this stage. If tigers get in it will focus on south & west

In the podcast last week he mentioned they are now called the QLD FIrehawks (yes, they did the impossible and came up with a worse name than Brisbane Firehawks) and the plan is 8 games at Suncorp and 4 games in regional QLD with Toowoomba, Cairns and Mackay being named). It doesn't seem like they are focusing on the south-west at all.

 

[Perth Red]

In the podcast last week he mentioned they are now called the QLD FIrehawks (yes, they did the impossible and came up with a worse name than Brisbane Firehawks) and the plan is 8 games at Suncorp and 4 games in regional QLD with Toowoomba, Cairns and Mackay being named). It doesn't seem like they are focusing on the south-west at all.

Should be "The' Firehawks lol Where's all the fools on here saying they'd abandoned Firehawks brand as it cost them the bid lol?

This very much sounds like them trying to appease the Broncos who blocked them last time lol

Sounds as dogs bollox as the Dolphins, who after one year have now given up on Sunshine coast already. NSW Bears and Qlnd Firehawks. You know it makes sense Vlandys lol

 

[Pippen94]

In the podcast last week he mentioned they are now called the QLD FIrehawks (yes, they did the impossible and came up with a worse name than Brisbane Firehawks) and the plan is 8 games at Suncorp and 4 games in regional QLD with Toowoomba, Cairns and Mackay being named). It doesn't seem like they are focusing on the south-west at all.

Why are you obmitting the start of his talk where he stated how important the southern growth area is & how tigers are right in middle of that?!

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Why are you obmitting the start of his talk where he stated how important the southern growth area is & how tigers are right in middle of that?!

Acknowledged, but he hasn't really put any emphasis on the West which is what the NRL want other than a token game at Toowoomba which is missing the core audience of Western Logan and Ipswich.

Anyways, I hope you are right and if they get in they are a team for the south-west and abandon thoughts of Cairns and Mackay

 

[Pippen94]

Acknowledged, but he hasn't really put any emphasis on the West which is what the NRL want other than a token game at Toowoomba which is missing the core audience of Western Logan and Ipswich.

Anyways, I hope you are right and if they get in they are a team for the south-west and abandon thoughts of Cairns and Mackay

NRL want that growth area. Springfield or Logan sports ground perfect location for training base of academy as it's right in the middle of Logan & Ipswich.

Love for Livermore jnr to replace richo in that role; would ditch firehawks brand & focus on that region!!

 

[Perth Red]

Acknowledged, but he hasn't really put any emphasis on the West which is what the NRL want other than a token game at Toowoomba which is missing the core audience of Western Logan and Ipswich.

Anyways, I hope you are right and if they get in they are a team for the south-west and abandon thoughts of Cairns and Mackay

Richos not daft. He knows the greatest threat to their admission is the Broncos. By trying to sound like they arent really Brisbane3 he is hoping Broncos might be less obstructive. He saw it work for 'The' and is following suit.

So we could have Brisbane2 and Brisbane3 both pretending they arent really Brisbane clubs, hilarious!

 

[Pippen94]

Richos not daft. He knows the greatest threat to their admission is the Broncos. By trying to sound like they arent really Brisbane3 he is hoping Broncos might be less obstructive. He saw it work for 'The' and is following suit.

So we could have Brisbane2 and Brisbane3 both pretending they arent really Brisbane clubs, hilarious!

Yeah, really hurt the dolphins focusing on specific area..

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah, really hurt the dolphins focusing on specific area..

The game needs more 'The's'

 

[Pippen94]

The game needs more 'The's'

Tigers will be next when PNG falls through. Bris 4 after that lol?!

 

[Wb1234]

I wouldn't have minded the Tigers but they aren't ideal. They are an inner city Brisbane club that would basically be a carbon copy of the Broncos. Having said that, I wouldn't have hated it if they got in. They are a great club, but their current thinking shows you that it might not have been the Brisbane 2 you were wanting.

Re: the AFL academy in the South-West (which is a red herring because it's just a stadium for AFLW and training base), the AFL pre-Dolphins pumped heaps of money into trying to own North Brisbane through their Burpengary setup.

Regardless of the choice of Brisbane 2, there would have always been calls for a third club. If the Tigers got in there might have been a call for a fourth because they still would have left the north and west unattended.

The bigger picture here is that the NRL are sewing up a huge RL heartland and are set to grow with SEQ into the future.

Dolphins up north
Broncos in the city
Titans down south
Jets out West (final piece of the puzzle)

If it's the Firehawks then great, but their current bid idea does not focus on the west. 8 games Suncorp, four games in regional QLD with Cairns and Mackay being talked about, which is really odd being that it is Cowboys territory.

The Tigers are better off merging their bid with the Jets to get the I.P. that resonates with the west, and going to the NRL and saying, here is your western corridor club, we have the supporters ( through the Jets), the money (Tigers), the stadium (big SEQ derbies at Suncorp and get re-commitment from local and state Government to build the boutique stadium in Ipswich that was part of the Jets original bid). The NRL will probably rubber stamp them on the spot if they did that.

Yep a merger

jets have the geography and easts have the money

 

[Pippen94]

Yep a merger

jets have the geography and easts have the money

I don't see that happening. Easts will get in but focus will be south Brisbane. Right now trying to keep everybody happy

 

[Perth Red]

Yep a merger

jets have the geography and easts have the money

mergers work so well lol

 

[Wb1234]

mergers work so well lol

Don’t be jealous