West Coast Pirates Bid News

[Ausguy]

Why question the name "Pirates".... its what they arrrrrrrrrrre called so just go with it.

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

Why question the name "Pirates".... its what they arrrrrrrrrrre called so just go with it.

:lol:

 

[flippikat]

Hahaha Gazf! Nice.

Like the Pirates over the Reds. Hard to have Reds in NRL whilst QLD have Reds in Rugby.

Exactly.

Another plus with using the Pirates name is that it doesn't limit the colours of the club

The Qld Reds (Super Rugby), Adelaide United Reds (A-League), even the Salford City Reds in Superleague all have predominantly red home jerseys.

The West Coast Pirates could have a home jersey that's predominantly NOT red - is that a mustard yellow I see in the logo?

Makes sense if the Pirates have a home jersey that's mostly mustard yellow, with black & red trim.. reasonably close to WA state colours.

 

[_snafu_]

Perth twinkies

Freo androtops

 

[DC_fan]

Has their ever been Pirates in Western Australia?

I don't mind the name and the logo. But their is not much history in the name.

 

[Brutus]

Perth twinkies

You're a union fan so you don't like RL heading to Perth.

 

[BunniesMan]

The "Pirates" bit is fine. It's the "West Coast" bit that is stupid and should be different.

 

[DC_fan]

The "Pirates" bit is fine. It's the "West Coast" bit that is stupid and should be different.

I can only assume the Coast bit fits in with being identified as being Pirates.

 

[BunniesMan]

Sage says no...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...+dailytelegraphnrlndm+(Daily+Telegraph+|+NRL)

I can only assume the Coast bit fits in with being identified as being Pirates.

Perth is on a coast.

 

[Big Sam]

Should sign Jack Reed as their inaugural captain and have him change his surname to Sparrow.

 

[juro]

So of the expansion clubs from the last 30 years that still exist, we have:
1. Canberra RAIDERS
2. Brisbane BRONCOS
3. New Zealand WARRIORS
4. North Queensland COWBOYS
5. Melbourne STORM
6. Gold Coast TITANS

That is 4 humanoids, 1 animal and 1 meteorological event. If we add the Pirates to the humanoids, it's getting a bit too much. Bring back the animal names, I say!!

 

[AlwaysGreen]

 

[flippikat]

Will the Titans complain about them ripping off their "crossed swords" logo?

 

[ellskimore]

So of the expansion clubs from the last 30 years that still exist, we have:
1. Canberra RAIDERS
2. Brisbane BRONCOS
3. New Zealand WARRIORS
4. North Queensland COWBOYS
5. Melbourne STORM
6. Gold Coast TITANS

That is 4 humanoids, 1 animal and 1 meteorological event. If we add the Pirates to the humanoids, it's getting a bit too much. Bring back the animal names, I say!!

THIS^^^
Always this and forever this.

 

[Warrior@Heart]

William Dampier was a Pirate who landed in Western Australia, that's the only pirate I could think of off the top of my head. But i'm sure there's more, don't know much about the history of the west coast so I think the name is a s appropriate as any other.

 

[andrew057]

Ugh terrible.

 

[Trentosaurus]

Will the Titans complain about them ripping off their "crossed swords" logo?

Change the red to blue and it looks like a logo the Titans could have rejected when coming up with their mascot.

 

[_snafu_]

So of the expansion clubs from the last 30 years that still exist, we have:
1. Canberra RAIDERS
2. Brisbane BRONCOS
3. New Zealand WARRIORS
4. North Queensland COWBOYS
5. Melbourne STORM
6. Gold Coast TITANS

That is 4 humanoids, 1 animal and 1 meteorological event. If we add the Pirates to the humanoids, it's getting a bit too much. Bring back the animal names, I say!!

Bunbury Bilbys

 

[applesauce]

The Pirates thing is a bit foreign. Imagine someone asking you "who's playing tonight?" "oh the Broncos and the Pirates". Just seems odd. Hopefully West Coast catches on as a nickname.

Love the logo. But West Coast Buccaneers would of been much better if they wanted this direction.

 

[jonno_knights]

So of the expansion clubs from the last 30 years that still exist, we have:
1. Canberra RAIDERS
2. Brisbane BRONCOS
3. New Zealand WARRIORS
4. North Queensland COWBOYS
5. Melbourne STORM
6. Gold Coast TITANS

That is 4 humanoids, 1 animal and 1 meteorological event. If we add the Pirates to the humanoids, it's getting a bit too much. Bring back the animal names, I say!!

Forgetting the Knights. Another one to the humanoid/violent people.

I dont see whats wrong with Perth though, its not like Newcastle isolated the people in the Hunter Valley, and I'm sure there are plenty of Broncos fans in QLD outside of Brisbane. Same as there would be Raiders fans in Queanbeyan.

I thought if they had to change the name they would have done something unique and related to the mining industry WA has built itself on. Although i guess its all about marketing these days.