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You're not in a position to call anyone a twit when you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're".
I never said i was against the bears return, its all about how they return, i preferably would be ok with the perth bid, if they stay as perth, the odd token nso trial game, but thats it, and if the ARLC decided to go with central coast, i again wouldn't be against it as long as it was based in CC, and any sydney home games were at SFS only. Whatever you think of NSW and its potential 11 clubs is irrelevant to me, again i would value expansion outside of NSW first and foremost, being either PNG/Cairns, NZ2, Perth or Adelaide... or even another QLD side, but any of these are a better option than bears in sydney only...
Paywall. Does the article mention anything specific?
The thing with the anti Sydney rhetoric is Sydney fans in general support expansion
Well, the idea is on his radar now - and given how he made good on getting a 2nd Brisbane team added (quibbles over whether he chose the right bid aside), once the guy gets hold of an idea he likes he has a tendency to make it happen.
Peter V’landys is often pulled up in the street and asked about the old North Sydney Bears. “Wherever I go every third person asks me when are you bringing back the Bears,” V’landys said on Sunday when contacted in regard to a bold joint venture proposal between Western Australia and the Bears as the 18th team in the NRL.
This has got little to do with perth and a lot to do with Sydney, surprise surprise
I dunno man, I kind of read between the lines and he is basically saying that he wants new fans and the franchise needs a good business model above anything.
That’s how I saw it too. I’d say he is looking at a model that is predominantly Perth utilising a strong traditional brand - the Bears. He is talking about corporate and government support in Perth as well. It’s early days and who knows where this will go but I’d love to see a Perth team.
Agreed
Yeah, well the signs were there with Redcliffe being chosen as Brisbane 2 - Vlandys will expand the competition, but through a traditionalist lens.
Im exicited, Perth is getting some representation in the NRL, aren't you, means you get to see live games all season!!! Who cares if its the bears, i would much prefer it be the Reds, but if PVL likes it, he'll most likely push it thru asap, then can sell the 9th game, and we can look further down the line to the P.I.s or NZ2 after for 19th & 20th.. if perth gets this, its a win for RL, not because of the revival of the bears but because the league is back to being somewhat national again, and they'll be WA govt backing to help the jrs, you keep saying need more funding, lets pretend it wasn't the bears, and was sunshine coast falcons, or easts tigers for example, them coming to perth, and injecting themselves as the 1st grade presence, getting the top down approach, that the reds had in the past... good times for perth, if all parties swing this way... i just hope to christ the bears don't push this NSO agenda, perth needs 10+ games minimum
