OT: Parra Stadium sharing

[Gronk]

holy shit .,.. u just wouldn't bother watching the game ... u'd just be glued to the enormous tv all the time

Imagine the atmosphere.

Imagine the fckn ads. :crazy:

 

[born an eel]

Imagine the fckn ads. :crazy:

with Mark Warren voice-over ](*,)

 

[Suitman]

For those who want to hang shit on the Wanderers, and the RBB in particular, they have been raising funds throughout the season to save money to buy tickets to Wanderers games to donate to minority groups.

Other Tickets will be going to the Men's Shed at Mt Druitt, the Hebersham Aboriginal Youth Service, STARTTS, Marist Youth Services, and several other groups.

We got a total of 200 tickets.

http://www.westsydneyfootball.com/topic/3422-wswrbbcommunity-idea/page-6

That's 200 tickets to this weekends game against the Phoenix given away to the less fortunate.
f**king hooligans.

Suity

 

[Gronk]

Hope my flares arrive in the post in time for the soccer @ Parra this week.

 

[Suitman]

Hope my flares arrive in the post in time for the soccer @ Parra this week.

Should let them off at the Eels game. Might liven the cemetery up.

Suity

 

[Gronk]

Should let them off at the Eels game. Might liven the cemetery up.

Suity

Let them off ? Huh ? I thought it was the other flares ?

 

[hybrideel]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...ces/story-e6frf4gl-1226595257959#.UT6kXzk3Ts0

Western Sydney Wanderers players fear the poor Parramatta Stadium pitch will hurt their finals chances

Western Sydney Wanderers players fear the poor quality pitch at Parramatta Stadium will hurt the kind of football they want to play, after the Wanderers secured a home final and now look to clinch the Premier's Plate.

Tony Popovic's side scrapped their way to a 2-1 win over Wellington on Sunday to open up a five-point lead at the top of the table and formally secure their place in the top two.​

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With the Sydney derby to come a week on Saturday and then a home final on April 12 or 14, there are concerns that the pitch won't allow the passing football that the Wanderers displayed earlier in the year, with the NRL season now in full swing.

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There were issues with surfaces at several A-League games, including at Allianz, Suncorp and Parramatta stadiums, all of which had rugby league or union games on the day before.
Wanderers officials believe it is an issue that needs addressing at least in the long run, as the A-League team will play 13 games at Parramatta Stadium this season compared with eight for the Eels. It's understood the dressing rooms were also recently repainted yellow and blue, the Eels colours, in the midst of the A-League season.

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"It's a pitch that's hard to play one-or two-touch football on," said goalkeeper Ante Covic.
"It's disappointing to be honest, it's been tearing up for a while now especially down the centre.
"Even in the box it's extremely slippery and tears up now quite easily, with lumps all over the place. Unfortunately it's what we've got to deal with, but we mustn't cry about it. We know it won't be in the best condition and we've just got to make the best of it."
Popovic himself said the quality of the surface was a contributory factor to his side's nervy performance, with the win only secured through a penalty gifted by Phoenix midfielder Vince Lia.
"They wanted to play but seemed nervous to get on the ball because of the pitch," said Popovic of his team.
"They lost a couple of balls trying to play and I think they lost confidence because of that and became a bit too predictable."

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Wanderers chairman Lyall Gorman said the stadium accepted "we are the major tenants now, but to be fair there is a transition period while they get used to the requirements of our game.
"We do have a very strong relationship with them, but it's fair to say that our kind of football needs the sort of surface the players can feel confident on."
Parramatta Stadium director Luke Colman said the pitch had suffered from a combination of wet weather and disease over summer.
"It's our main priority and we certainly understand that for the round ball game it's an integral part of the game. The unfortunate thing is that the weather and diseases, those are the unknown factors."
The Eels play the Sharks on April 6, a week before the Wanderers' home final and continue to train on it, though Colman said there was "no heavy ball work on it".
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so how long before we lose the naming rights to the stands and the colours?

 

[Suitman]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...ces/story-e6frf4gl-1226595257959#.UT6kXzk3Ts0



so how long before we lose the naming rights to the stands and the colours?

We won't.
The Cronin and Thornett stands were exposed on Saturday and by Sunday, they had the Welcome to Wanderland signs back up.
They'll just keep doing that.
Paranoid much?

Suity

 

[forward pass]

Wanderers officials believe it is an issue that needs addressing at least in the long run, as the A-League team will play 13 games at Parramatta Stadium this season compared with eight for the Eels. It's understood the dressing rooms were also recently repainted yellow and blue, the Eels colours, in the midst of the A-League season.

How dare they paint Parra Stadium in Parra colours !

"It's a pitch that's hard to play one-or two-touch football on," said goalkeeper Ante Covic.
"It's disappointing to be honest, it's been tearing up for a while now especially down the centre.
"Even in the box it's extremely slippery and tears up now quite easily, with lumps all over the place. Unfortunately it's what we've got to deal with, but we mustn't cry about it. We know it won't be in the best condition and we've just got to make the best of it."

Pretty sure it will be the same for both teams !

 

[forward pass]

so how long before we lose the naming rights to the stands and the colours?

Calm down. We got a spanking new video screen out of this deal.

The question you ask there should be "How long before the catering and facilities are improved now that it is a true multipurpose stadium".

 

[Tony Bongo]

It has nothing to do with two teams sharing the ground if the strip has been tearing up for a while. We had the same problem and they had to replace the turf in the middle third of the field. Shit happens and they need to deal with it.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Maybe we should run our schedule past the Wanderers and they can let us know when we can play our games.

 

[Suitman]

You think there's a novelty value for this thrice attempted team anyway?!?!?

I think it's doomed from the start. First 3 games will have moderately small crowds. Then all small from then on.

i dont know why they picked parra stadium and not a smaller suburban ground
unless the stadium trust is giving them a mates rates deal there is no way they will earn the rental fee

god help them if pricey rocks up to the stadium and sees his statue covered :crazy:

are they also going to cover up or remove the eels banners and signs around the leagues club?

There were some funny posts earlier in this thread.

Suity

 

[strider]

We won't.
The Cronin and Thornett stands were exposed on Saturday and by Sunday, they had the Welcome to Wanderland signs back up.
They'll just keep doing that.
Paranoid much?

Suity

I know the Wanderers are as paranoid as all f**k aren't they ... fancy being so concerned over such things as the person a grandstand is traditionally named after? So strange they are worried about something that is so pointless

 

[strider]

I did notice the ground was ripping apart really easily on Sat - it seemed really sandy

I wanna know what those wanderer pricks have done to make it so unstable - one of our guys could do an ankle

 

[born an eel]

Maybe we should run our schedule past the Wanderers and they can let us know when we can play our games.

The Wanderers should think of their poor fans who are getting locked out and move the best games to a bigger stadium.
(or don't they need to worry as Suity already has a ticket)

 

[hybrideel]

I'm not saying it will happen but if they are the major tenants now what's stopping them from requesting the change. I suppose compromises will need to be made at some stage between the 2 codes as the stadium will want to keep both teams

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Maybe we should run our schedule past the Wanderers and they can let us know when we can play our games.

Nah, we should just play the games simultaneously (we can just put a net under the crossbar).

 

[Suitman]

Nah, we should just play the games simultaneously (we can just put a net under the crossbar).

Great idea. Doubles our membership too.

Suity

 

[bartman]

The Wanderers should think of their poor fans who are getting locked out and move the best games to a bigger stadium.
(or don't they need to worry as Suity already has a ticket)

:lol: True that...