West Coast Pirates Bid News

[Parra Pride]

Yellow is the same - Broncos away only true yellow jersey.

Because the Eels' away jersey isn't yellow. :crazy:

 

[GAZF]

Nice work! Did you do that GazF? You must be in the merch business are you? You should send that to the WARL, they may want to pay you for the design!!

I wish I had that sort of talent. The WARL has really hit the ball out of the park by working with these artist(s). The Pirates will get a lot of fans on branding alone.

 

[Goddo]

Because the Eels' away jersey isn't yellow. :crazy:

pedantic much? Ok I missed the obvious one. My point about Yellow, Red and Green stands.

 

[Flapper]

Because the Eels' away jersey isn't yellow. :crazy:

Maybe Sandow has a point, even the mannequin looks fat in that thing!

That bid ball looks unreal, the shirt needs a bit more colour though.

 

[Timbo]

I actually really like it.

I was all set for the Reds to come back in, but I guess establishing yourself as being a bit different was fairly important. The name 'West Coast' is a good one as well in my opinion.

As has been said, plenty of branding opportunities there as well.

Bring on the Pirates and the (lol) Bombers!

 

[Perth Red]

The gloves are off in the West! Sage needs to make his mind up. First he stated he was putting no money in, then the media said $100mill was going to come from somewhere now its $110mill! Must be some of that Benny acquired Balmain money!

The bidding war for a Perth-based team in an expanded National Rugby League competition has turned dirty with the two rivals embroiled in a battle of words.
Claims of a conflict of interest, an attempt to turn a WA Rugby League board member, questions on franchise funding and the true motives behind the bids surfaced as the WARL launched the West Coast Pirates as the new face of the sport they hope will take them into the national competition.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/14072116/west-coast-pirates-face-stormy-seas/

 

[Dogs Of War]

Sage just needs to get on along with the WARL, otherwise even if he got the nod over the WARL for the bid, he would have major problems going forward with that relationship. Hopefully the ARLC sees this problem, and takes it into account when deciding on which bid to go with.

 

[Perth Red]

Those bridges are well and truly burned mate the moment he tried to turn the WARL board against the CEO and the bid management team.

 

[BunniesMan]

I like the West Coast Pirates as a brand but I think the WARL should step aside and let Sage take over. They don't have the NINE figures he can put into the team over 10 years. WARL should focus on grassroots while Sage bankrolls the pros.

 

[Perth Red]

Many might not know that WA had Australia's only known Pirate
Capt Black Jack Anderson!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/13261039/in-search-of-pirate-black-jack/

 

[Perth Red]

I like the West Coast Pirates as a brand but I think the WARL should step aside and let Sage take over. They don't have the NINE figures he can put into the team over 10 years. WARL should focus on grassroots while Sage bankrolls the pros.

Don't be suckered in by Elias and Sage. He is not guaranteeing anything. The $100mill has been misinterpreted by the media. What he actually said is that he could find mining company mates that would be willing to sponsor the club that much. Given his inability to find any significant sponsorship for the Perth Glory I am very sceptical he could find $1mill a year!

He is on record as stating:

"I will not be spending one cent of my own money"

 

[Valheru]

Many might not know that WA had Australia's only known Pirate
Capt Black Jack Anderson!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/13261039/in-search-of-pirate-black-jack/

I didn?t know that

If more people did know than perhaps the name would be better received. I like the ?West Coast? aspect of it as it automatically makes you think of the whole of WA rather than Perth. They could have done better with the emblem though.

 

[Perth Red]

The real reason Sage wants an NRL team:

Sage believes his Perth Glory staff could work through summer with soccer and then winter with NRL.

"The seasons are different so staff working on membership and sponsorship with Perth Glory can move across because of the different seasons," he said.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...rt-as-head-coach/story-e6frexni-1226270208031
"It makes sense to run a joint operation with Perth Glory exactly the same as Nathan Tinkler has done with the Knights and the Jets," Sage said.
"Same marketing team, same medical team, same media team all working out of the same area.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...p-of-benny-elias/story-e6frexnr-1226249841441

He has lost $10million running Perth Glory (yep great at getting sponsorship!) and sees this as a way of cutting his soccer running costs.

He has had numerous opportunities to get behind RL in WA and turned them down repeatedly. Would be a disaster if this guy gets the club imo.

 

[TheRam]

The real reason Sage wants an NRL team:

Sage believes his Perth Glory staff could work through summer with soccer and then winter with NRL.

"The seasons are different so staff working on membership and sponsorship with Perth Glory can move across because of the different seasons," he said.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...rt-as-head-coach/story-e6frexni-1226270208031
"It makes sense to run a joint operation with Perth Glory exactly the same as Nathan Tinkler has done with the Knights and the Jets," Sage said.
"Same marketing team, same medical team, same media team all working out of the same area.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...p-of-benny-elias/story-e6frexnr-1226249841441

He has lost $10million running Perth Glory (yep great at getting sponsorship!) and sees this as a way of cutting his soccer running costs.

He has had numerous opportunities to get behind RL in WA and turned them down repeatedly. Would be a disaster if this guy gets the club imo.

Agreed Perth Red, especially considering that he has selected that twat Benny Elias to be the CEO of the venture. Talk about destined for failure and a whole lot of rorting in the making if it ever were to happen. :crazy:

 

[Swamp]

Good to see the supporter numbers going up daily on the new website.

 

[Perth Red]

yeh 200 in one day!

 

[Swamp]

Ch 9 Perth 6pm News are running a story about the fued between the WARL & Tony Sage. Apparently Sage hits back at John Sackson about not doing anything for the game etc. It amazing though that the only reason RL is on the news is due to controversy.

 

[Perth Red]

Yeh saw that ad, should be fun viewing! If anyone has the capacity to record and post can they do so please.

typical news, if it bleeds it leads

Going to be fun watching johny come lately Sage explaining his passion for RL and why he has refused to help support the game in WA up till now!

 

[Perth Red]

WARL Newsletter:
West Coast views
http://wareds.createsend2.com/t/ViewEmail/y/09482517CB6C6B9D/ADA7D7ADB17DF2CFC45D7BC1A387288D

 

[Perth Red]

lol at Sage on Ch9 news, can't we all just get along? haha. He failed to mention he was invited by the WARL to join bids and turned them down (and I am hearing even worse things about what followed the meeting!). Maybe he is now realising that he has no chance?