WA BEARS

[MugaB]

Couldn’t agree more. Wests Tigers should be permanently based in South West Sydney whilst Dragons should predominantly be in the Gong. That would help spread things out

Move the roosters up to CC or SA and sydney would be perfect

 

[Colk]

Move the roosters up to CC or SA and sydney would be perfect

Haha love the SA angle

 

[MugaB]

Haha love the SA angle

They get a better crowd average there then they do at moore park

 

[Colk]

They get a better crowd average there then they do at moore park

We wouldn’t have to hear about them all the time either. Win-win

 

[MugaB]

We wouldn’t have to hear about them all the time either. Win-win

Cronk will still talk them up on foxtel, regardless

 

[MugaB]

Cant wait for the bears to come back, and see the roosters flail at junior level, probably suck up to CC again

 

[Perth Red]

Cant wait for the bears to come back, and see the roosters flail at junior level, probably suck up to CC again

roosters already have jnr team pathways in gosford. From what people have said about lack of jnrs in NS central coast is probably a much more productive link up for them.

 

[MugaB]

roosters already have jnr team pathways in gosford

Yep... so what do they need the bears for then?

 

[Perth Red]

Yep... so what do they need the bears for then?

First phase to taking over lower northern Sydney lol
lotsbof nrl clubs have 2 or more second tier link ups. There’s a lot more second toer clubs than nrl ones so many have the luxury of having two.
if bears doesn’t work out WA should be talking to all of them to see if any are interested in a pathways partnership.

 

[Wb1234]

First phase to taking over lower northern Sydney lol
lotsbof nrl clubs have 2 or more second tier link ups. There’s a lot more second toer clubs than nrl ones so many have the luxury of having two.
if bears doesn’t work out WA should be talking to all of them to see if any are interested in a pathways partnership.

Roosters can’t even take over the eastern suburbs let alone the north shore

 

[MugaB]

Roosters can’t even take over the eastern suburbs let alone the north shore

Even Souths have more supporters in the eastern suburbs than the roosters...
Im sick of hearing the warratahs, swans are battling in the same area... BS, souths would be a better "city" CBD representative of sydney than the chooks

 

[Wb1234]

Even Souths have more supporters in the eastern suburbs than the roosters...
Im sick of hearing the warratahs, swans are battling in the same area... BS, souths would be a better "city" CBD representative of sydney than the chooks

They would

but the roosters have their property assets even if they had zero fans they would be fine

the new stadium will keep chooks at 15k

I’m hoping south’s can do 25k but their current form is a worry

 

[MugaB]

They would

but the roosters have their property assets even if they had zero fans they would be fine

the new stadium will keep chooks at 15k

I’m hoping south’s can do 25k but their current form is a worry

Chooks aren't doing much better

In form my arse

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

With the new stadium they will attract all the posh snobs especially to the corporate boxes. The boxes at the old sfs were terrible they were behind the sticks or just normal seats on the second level. I suspect they will get a lot of members going too

The old boxes didn't stop onionball fans from filling the SFS 20 years ago.

Anyway back on topic. I saw in the News Limited papers an article about bustling Billy Moore and Mark Graham talking about the Perth/Bears merger.

What did it say?

I'd imagine Billy Moore would be in favour because he played for them.

 

[Wb1234]

The old boxes didn't stop onionball fans from filling the SFS 20 years ago.

20 years ago huh ? What were the Waratahs crowds in recent years ? 5000.

they used to get over 30k crowd average now they don’t even publish their crows anymore

even the roosters kill their crowds

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I think I speak for the majority of rugby league fans when I say I'd love to see the North Sydney Bears back in the NRL.

A generation of fans lost to the game when the Bears were chopped 23 years ago would immediately return and grand old North Sydney Oval restored to prime time after a couple of decades of near anonymity.
And who doesn’t want to see the old Manly-Norths rivalry re-ignited, the animosity at nuclear level after the disastrous Northern Eagles marriage.
Whoever wrote the pre-nup for that one was wearing maroon and white and crossing fingers behind the back.
Apart from Manly fans with hate running through their veins, you won't find a dissenting voice against a Bears revival.
ARL Commissioner Peter V'Landys recently went on the record to say he'd love to see Norths re-born, claiming he is regularly stopped by fans asking when they will return.

But here's the thing.
The Bears have a proud history stretching back 114 years old and have repositioned themselves as a competitive force in the NSW Cup, acting as an important feeder club to the Roosters.
Their colours, heritage and history mean plenty to a lot of people.
They should not be seen as the drunk on the dancefloor, moving from would-be suitor to would-be suitor in the hope of finding someone to take them home.
The opposite is true.


An 18th club will be introduced to the NRL in the next few years and consortiums are falling over themselves to align with the Bears, knowing they are riding strong coattails.

In recent times, North Sydney has been linked with partnerships to hopeful NRL franchises in Queensland, WA, New Zealand and the NSW Central Coast.

They are not welded to any particular model and a subtle change of direction last year - the club dropped the "North" and "Sydney" from its official logo and went with "Bears 1908" – was a sign nothing is off the table and the route to resurrection won't be dictated by compass.

Norths chairman Daniel Dickson, a switched-on operator with his finger on the NRL pulse, explained to fans: "We made the change to the logo to ensure we are being the team of the people.
Being more agile and a team of the people, the change to the logo was well received.

"We know the NRL do not want a Sydney-based team in its totality at North Sydney Oval all the time.

"We won’t be kicking anyone away from talking to us about potential ventures with the Bears."

And here comes the really important bit.

"The logo, the colours, the history, the heritage, the legends, the song…everything we've got at the Bears will not be prostituted," Dickson continued.

"That will never be for someone to sell, change, manipulate. Our history and heritage will go for another 114 years."

What's not to like?

"We just want to make sure that geographically we feel we are the team of the people, and we can take that to the people where the game needs to go," he said.

The subtle logo change fuelling a desperate bid for NRL inclusion

One of the most historic clubs in rugby league could be positioning itself for a huge NRL play, Adam Lucius writes. Read more. here.

au.sports.yahoo.com

That's some delusional revisionist bullshit!

Us Queenslanders never wanted this failed club to relocate to our shores.

North Sydney tried to buy into the Titans but were emphatically told by the Burleigh Bears to go away or risk being sued. That put an end to a crazy proposition that no one in Queensland wanted.

Most rugby league fans wish this failed club and its few ambassadors would just go away and take their pills.

Sponsorship & money is in Sydney

The fans aren't, hence the shithouse crowd at the SCG last night for a blockbuster game between The Turkeys and The Panthers.

 

[bad boy bubby]

The old boxes didn't stop onionball fans from filling the SFS 20 years ago.


What did it say?

I'd imagine Billy Moore would be in favour because he played for them.

Mark Graham did as well, he may well be the greatest Bear of all.

 

[Perth Red]

Be an interesting one for bears. Presuming the nrl doesn’t dictate where the next club comes from and goes to an open bid do the bears go with the strongest bid which will likely be from perth but give up more control for more certainty of getting in, or go with a weaker nz bid but have a bigger say in the club and take the risk that they aren’t enough to get nz in over perth and miss out yet again?

 

[MugaB]

Be an interesting one for bears. Presuming the nrl doesn’t dictate where the next club comes from and goes to an open bid do the bears go with the strongest bid which will likely be from perth but give up more control for more certainty of getting in, or go with a weaker nz bid but have a bigger say in the club and take the risk that they aren’t enough to get nz in over perth and miss out yet again?

The bears will most likely want NZ2 because they'll be the ones running the show over there, where as Perth will be control

 

[Pippen94]

Be an interesting one for bears. Presuming the nrl doesn’t dictate where the next club comes from and goes to an open bid do the bears go with the strongest bid which will likely be from perth but give up more control for more certainty of getting in, or go with a weaker nz bid but have a bigger say in the club and take the risk that they aren’t enough to get nz in over perth and miss out yet again?

There's no Perth bid yet (maybe no nz2 either). How can one be stronger than other?!
Looking strictly at location nz2 bring both fox & skytv money.