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T-Boon

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I'd also think about rebranding Manly to the Sydney Sea Eagles and have them play out of North Sydney Oval. That is better location for trains etc. Close enough to Manly that a lot of their existing fans will still attend and so on and so forth.
 

T-Boon

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Sydney Sharks
Sydney Roosters
Sydney Sea Eagles

all covering the City and its suburbs.
 

Wily Ole Dog

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I'd also think about rebranding Manly to the Sydney Sea Eagles and have them play out of North Sydney Oval. That is better location for trains etc. Close enough to Manly that a lot of their existing fans will still attend and so on and so forth.


No they won’t. They’re notorious non travellers and if you remove their identity (Manly) you’ll get no one going
 

The Great Dane

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I'd also think about rebranding Manly to the Sydney Sea Eagles and have them play out of North Sydney Oval. That is better location for trains etc. Close enough to Manly that a lot of their existing fans will still attend and so on and so forth.

Having a bunch of teams with Sydney as their geographic signifier is a bit silly, so maybe they should be the North Sydney Sea Eagles or maybe North Shore Sea Eagles, but aside from that this is a no brainier that should have happened 20 years ago.
 

The Great Dane

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No they won’t. They’re notorious non travellers and if you remove their identity (Manly) you’ll get no one going

Maybe you'll lose a few thousand fans, but they'll be replaced by tens of thousands over the long run.

Besides if a minor name change and moving the club 20mins down the road is enough to make them give up on the club then they weren't really very big fans of the club to begin with.
 

flippikat

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Having a bunch of teams with Sydney as their geographic signifier is a bit silly, so maybe they should be the North Sydney Sea Eagles or maybe North Shore Sea Eagles, but aside from that this is a no brainier that should have happened 20 years ago.

Or even "North Harbour Sea Eagles"?
 

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