WA BEARS

[SirPies&Beers]

I swear I've been on this trip down memory lane about 457 times before.

No one is forcing you to be in this thread loser, if ya don’t like it bugger off and stop being a tosser. none cares for your opinion cob

 

[Canard]

In hindsight (20/20 I know), maybe going to 18 teams by adding the Warriors & Cowboys was the best option for 1995, with another expansion in the late 1990s/early 2000s, but in the meantime having some carrots there for relocations. (Including all possible resources for the Bears to successfully complete their move to Gosford, as an example of relocation done with good support).

That way, by the time that the late 1990s/early 2000s expansion happens, one/some of the possible expansion locations may already have been taken by a relocation.

For mine, no way the Cowboys should have been admitted in 1995.

They were a shambles on and off the field and it took 10 seasons for them to become competitive and even then they needed News to bail them out.

Hopefully they don't rush the next expansions like that

 

[Wb1234]

For mine, no way the Cowboys should have been admitted in 1995.

They were a shambles on and off the field and it took 10 seasons for them to become competitive and even then they needed News to bail them out.

Hopefully they don't rush the next expansions like that

So they should’ve been culled when the comp went to 14 teams

 

[Pippen94]

So they should’ve been culled when the comp went to 14 teams

They all miss the point. Bids need to be strong money wise before entering comp. Time didn't help reds, crushers.

 

[Wb1234]

They all miss the point. Bids need to be strong money wise before entering comp. Time didn't help reds, crushers.

The thing I find hilarious is many of the haters on here are fans of crap nrl clubs and they are trying to gate keep entry to the nrl clubs which are stronger than theirs

They could just say these clubs could take their spots if they were being truly honest about expansion

There’s at least three to four nrl clubs that have been basketcases for a long time and add very little to the nrl but are happy to get their 20 million from the arlc each year and still manage to run a crap footy side all the time

Dolphins have been in the nrl for five minutes and are already stronger than most nrl clubs

PNG will be set up from the start to be a development club when most nrl clubs pay lip service to development

Getting the bears brand back will from day one already have a stronger brand than quite a few current nrl clubs

 

[Wb1234]

Wrong thread

 

[Perth Red]

Stop talking about it then

lol, you're the one posting stuff to generate conversation on the subject! Let it go man, move on.

 

[BuffaloRules]

lol, you're the one posting stuff to generate conversation on the subject! Let it go man, move on.

lol … you have been posting about this for 20 years here …… now you have finally had enough ?

 

[Perth Red]

lol … you have been posting about this for 20 years here …… now you have finally had enough ?

I was bored first time somebody raised the falsehoods, and I still am.

 

[BuffaloRules]

I was bored first time somebody raised the falsehoods, and I still am.

I know what you mean …I hate seeing people talking made up crap as well

 

[Canard]

The thing I find hilarious is many of the haters on here are fans of crap nrl clubs and they are trying to gate keep entry to the nrl clubs which are stronger than theirs

They could just say these clubs could take their spots if they were being truly honest about expansion

There’s at least three to four nrl clubs that have been basketcases for a long time and add very little to the nrl but are happy to get their 20 million from the arlc each year and still manage to run a crap footy side all the time

Dolphins have been in the nrl for five minutes and are already stronger than most nrl clubs

PNG will be set up from the start to be a development club when most nrl clubs pay lip service to development

Getting the bears brand back will from day one already have a stronger brand than quite a few current nrl clubs

PNG won't pay there way though, and never will though.


And I laugh that me stating my club should never have been admitted when it was, and opinion I've shared many times, is some sort of gotcha moment.

If you and other Sydney fans were "fair dinkum" you would be lobbying for less clubs in that city, not more.

 

[Wb1234]

PNG won't pay there way though, and never will though.


And I laugh that me stating my club should never have been admitted when it was, and opinion I've shared many times, is some sort of gotcha moment.

If you and other Sydney fans were "fair dinkum" you would be lobbying for less clubs in that city, not more.

Even the worst Sydney club Cronulla wouldn’t be far off the cowboys. In terms of tv how many fta games do the cowboys get ? Same for all the regional clubs

Cowboys have been a rabble for most of their existence until the last decade and yet you think a brand like the bears or dolphins shouldn’t be in the nrl

And png will end up with way more juniors than the cowboys and similar finances excluding the leagues club given their economy is bigger

Cowboys had hundreds of millions of handouts from News Ltd and still ended up a bakecase post super league

 

[Canard]

Even the worst Sydney club Cronulla wouldn’t be far off the cowboys. In terms of tv how many fta games do the cowboys get ? Same for all the regional

By what metric? Crowds? Revenue? Merchandise? TV ratings? Junior Development?

Are you saying the Cowboys get very little FTA or too much?

 

[Canard]

Cowboys had hundreds of millions of handouts from News Ltd and still ended up a bakecase post super league

Hundreds of Millions? Hundreds?

And you're going to stick by that claim?

 

[Wb1234]

By what metric? Crowds? Revenue? Merchandise? TV ratings? Junior Development?

Are you saying the Cowboys get very little FTA or too much?

Value to channel nine
Assets
They have 3000 juniors too and that’s one area of Sydney

How’s the south’s Townsville blackhawks ?

Those in glass houses ….

 

[Wb1234]

Hundreds of Millions? Hundreds?

And you're going to stick by that claim?

I forgot to include 350 million on a new stadium with no other tenant

 

[Canard]

Value to channel nine
Assets
They have 3000 juniors too and that’s one area of Sydney

How’s the south’s Townsville blackhawks ?

Those in glass houses ….

Why are Sydney teams in NQ, if there is less "value" than the Sutherland Shire? You're arguing against yourself there.

The Cowboys have the same amount of FTA games as the Sharks in 2025, and more than the Tigers and Dragons.

That PNG will have more value to the game than a Queensland NRL team is just cooked.

 

[Wb1234]

Why are Sydney teams in NQ, if there is less "value" than the Sutherland Shire? You're arguing against yourself there.

The Cowboys have the same amount of FTA games as the Sharks in 2025, and more than the Tigers and Dragons.

That PNG will have more value to the game than a Queensland NRL team is just cooked.

South’s have loads of juniors

And are helping to grow juniors in Townsville lol

I said png will produce more juniors and their finances will be on par if you exclude leagues club

Good to see you didn’t argue the value of the bears brand

We are making progress

 

[Canard]

South’s have loads of juniors

And are helping to grow juniors in Townsville lol

I said png will produce more juniors and their finances will be on par if you exclude leagues club

Good to see you didn’t argue the value of the bears brand

We are making progress

Souths are helping grow juniors in NQ.

f**k me, your an ignorant imbecile.

The Bears brand is worth 2/3rds of f**k all, outside Sydney.

 

[Canard]

How many seasons will it take for the Bears to agitate for more games in Sydney? Or a complete relocation?

2 or 3?