New Sombrero in town

[Eion]

i reckon theres a certain former captain of ours limbering up

He does love the cabbage. Or chokos over there

 

[Cheese sandwich]

I think the big question out of all this is will we have our Lae Biscuit sponsors defect???

 

[R-15-3]

I’d be happy for the Australian Government to gift $600mil for grass roots footy, infrastructure and high performance centres and anything else PNG need help with.
I just don’t agree with being gifted a place in our top sporting league for political advantage.
Without the Australian government pushing for it they is no way a private bid from PNG would ever get a 2nd look.

 

[shaggs]

The 60 million a year could have been so much better used inside the country.
But sending it outside for a football team it's a joke, shows how out of touch vlandys and Albo are

How would you spend it?

 

[Special K]

How would you spend it?

A new stadium in the shire.

Jokes aside I first heard about this plan back in 2017 from a family member working for the NRL. Rugby League is viewed as the keys to the hearts of locals and the Aus gov spending the money is a drop in the ocean compared to China buying up ports, building infrastructure and essentially taking over. Kinda cool that League is that important and not AFL or Union but overall messy and f**king stupid.

 

[blue bags]

f**k me.... A poor mans' Qantas thread.

Air Vanuatu

 

[blue bags]

It's an Australian Govt funded team.
It's not just the "team" it includes junior development through schools etc, that's where a great deal of the coin will be directed.
Sometimes ignorance has no bliss qualities at all.

PNG government is spending about $50 million as well. With the new club

 

[Quigs]

Some of us have got to live to 2028 so who gives a shit about a new footy side.

 

[Special K]

Some of us have got to live to 2028 so who gives a shit about a new footy side.

I joined this site at 16. I will be 41 then. Got laid, break ups, started a career with ups and downs, got married, changed friends who knows how many times, moved like 9-10 times and about to again, had kids. No promises I make it.

f**k.

 

[Quigs]

(Up at 1.50am Qld Time for a piss) ....
I joined this cesspool of lurve 22 years ago and at the time a father to three good adult aged kids all of whom are married still, some with young toddler brats. One of the kids is now a Grandmother and now I am a great grandie to four. One is a ring in great grandkid and he loves the Sharks.

I am in pretty good health right now but by the time the NG's run onto the field I will be 74 and the way the old friends and foes are buckling, falling around me who knows what the next four years holds.

I intend to be around for some time yet as I have too many people I still need to upset. But trust me I know, a lot can happen in four years.

 

[Stake Removed]

How would you spend it?

600 million they could put that into institute of sport, if they wanted to.
Or help obesity program.
More into cancer research

All of these programs would be more beneficial to the Australian voting public

 

[Stake Removed]

PNG government is spending about $50 million as well. With the new club

So a team in there own country and they spend $50m and Australia spends $600m.

That is a great deal for them, it should be the reverse actually

 

[Miller was a legend]

Go PNG

 

[Chimp]

A new stadium in the shire.

Jokes aside I first heard about this plan back in 2017 from a family member working for the NRL. Rugby League is viewed as the keys to the hearts of locals and the Aus gov spending the money is a drop in the ocean compared to China buying up ports, building infrastructure and essentially taking over. Kinda cool that League is that important and not AFL or Union but overall messy and f**king stupid.

I think one of the unseen benefits here, and it’s not being talked about, is the NRL’s relationship with the government. The NRL building very strong relationships with the government, doing them a massive favour by agreeing to this deal (even though it is a deal that is also very good financially for the NRL and gives the NRL a risk free expansion swing). You can be sure PVL will be pocketing this as a huge IOU from the government, and he’ll 100% cash in that IOU at some point - infact, I’d be very surprised if he hasn’t already, in the form of some guarantees for future stadium funding, that of course won’t be announced now or even in the near future.

 

[bluefox68]

So a team in there own country and they spend $50m and Australia spends $600m.

That is a great deal for them, it should be the reverse actually

The $50m from them will probably come from foreign aid, anyway!!!