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The Great Dane

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massive potential
Yeah they're f**ked, I'm not denying that.

But is that surprising when they've got the most overpriced tickets in the league, are openly antagonistic with what fanbase they do have, to the point of openly abusing them on social media, have sacked players as they walk onto the team bus to go to games, etc, etc.

They are easily the most farcically run professional sports team in Australia since the turn of the century, but if they were competently run they could be successful.
 

Wb1234

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You know they (the arlc) won't, you seem to be the only one upset by it
WhaYeah they're f**ked, I'm not denying that.
But is that surprising when they've got the most overpriced tickets in the league, are openly antagonistic with what fanbase they do have, to the point of openly abusing them on social media, have sacked players as they walk onto the team bus to go to games, etc, etc.

They are easily the most farcically run professional sports team in Australia since the turn of the century, but if they were competently run they could be successful.
its funny your standards of a league vs rugby league expansion and success

if the dolphins were an a league club they would
Be at the top
 

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WhaYeah they're f**ked, I'm not denying that.

its funny your standards of a league vs rugby league expansion and success

if the dolphins were an a league club they would
Be at the top
The A-league and NRL, and soccer and RL, are in different positions with different problems to overcome, so of course the standards for success are different in each.

It's just silly to pretend otherwise.
 

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Nothing in that interview even comes close to contradicting what I've said. In fact it confirms most what I've said, and confirms a lot of my suspicions and fears for a Bears lead NRL side.

'We've got very few non-negotiables. We want our colours back, our badge, minimum 2 games at NSO, and we will fund the rest.'

'We'll go wherever the NRL wants us to to allow us to do what we want to do'

'Our colours, our badge, our history, and two games at NSO, which will be a financial bonanza for the game so we'll probably end up having more'

He's not saying that the Bears will give up their brand or agree to be a minority partner in a club, he's saying that so long as those non-negotiables, and the others he didn't mention but are out there, are met that the Bears are willing to base the team wherever the NRL likes to get back into the NRL. In other words, they'd still own and control the club, but the NRL would be free to dictate where it's based.

He didn't even mentioned or consider the possibility of partners or a merger, it was all about what 'we' (the Bears) would do.

BTW, it's at least 2 games at NSO this time, and he openly admitted that they have ambitions to play more than that at NSO in the future. Even mentioned that he'd like to play a game out of the CC in the future lol. That's a really bad mask slip from him, he must have got too caught up in the excitement of the game.

Where are these PVL 'quotes' BTW. They'll be gold if they're even half as self incriminating as that interview was lol.
Fair enough if that’s what he said

still not as dire as you make out
 

The Great Dane

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Dane … dolphins average 21k … it’s a disaster it will fail

also Dane …. MacArthur soccer side has great potential …. Averages 3400
So, do you hold Mum-and-Pop stores to the same standard of success as Fortune 500 companies as well, or this just another disingenuous argument to distract from the fact that you lost the argument pages ago?

Mate, you've completely undermined your own position in this debate. You literally don't have a leg to stand on, and you're one that planted the bomb that blew them off. It's over, give up.
 

Wb1234

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So, do you hold Mum-and-Pop stores to the same standard of success as Fortune 500 companies as well, or this just another disingenuous argument to distract from the fact that you lost the argument pages ago?

Mate, you've completely undermined your own position in this debate. You literally don't have a leg to stand on, and you're one that planted the bomb that blew them off. It's over, give up.
What are you on about

they are both sports

it’s not rugby leagues fault soccer crowds have collapsed here

your arguments have more holes than Swiss cheese
 

The Great Dane

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What are you on about

they are both sports

it’s not rugby leagues fault soccer crowds have collapsed here

your arguments have more holes than Swiss cheese
McDonalds and the local fish and chip shop are both restaurants. That doesn't mean that it's reasonable to expect the local fish and chip shop to be capable of a profit anywhere near what McDonald's does in a single city, let alone all of Australia or the rest of the world, and the fact that they're not as profitable as Maccas doesn't mean that they aren't successful in their own right either.

Seriously this is ridiculous at this point. You're dead and buried.
 

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