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Thread: What's happening out West?

  1. #85
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    If there is one thing I've learnt is that poor geography is not necessarily a reason for failure. There are many examples where a club flounders whilst there nearest rivals flourish. Think of: Easts(early 00s) vs UTS(2011)and Randwick(current), Wests and Balmain(00s) vs Syd Uni(late 00s), Parramatta(mid 90s) vs ECE(late 90s), Norwest(2013) Vs Blacktown(2013), Gosford(2013)vs Terrigal(2014 - home ground in East Gosford). Now add Campbelltown vs SWE and Camden.

    Sure you can argue the rise of one may be a direct cause of the demise of the other. But it's s chicken vs egg scenario. Whilst I don't have an opinion on here whether mismanagement is to blame in any of these cases, there must be factors at work here.

  2. #86
    on the subject of the Mad Monk sculling with UTS Bats....
    How "Eastern Suburbs" is it to drink Shandies with double lemonade?
    If that's the impression that Sydneysiders get of local AFL players then our game is NEVER going to cut through in the outer western 'burbs !
    Last edited by justabaraker; 19th April 2015 at 09:08 PM.

  3. #87
    [QUOTE=Mug Punter;667921]A silly post.
    "Unlike every other expansion team there was no community push for GWS it was an AFL HQ imposed entity upon a market that had no desire for its own team, especially as the people in that area who loved the game already had a team (the Swans)

    They are a TV deal team. They are just content."

    Again same statements could of been made about the Swans all those years ago, let GWS build then we just maybe can see some pretty special rivalry happening like Adelaide and Perth. And speaking of silly posts pot kettle.

  4. #88
    Sorry, just because you say it twice, doesn't mean it's so.

    ... of course there will be some kind of similarities, but really, two scenarios that could hardly be more different.

    The Swans STILL have more South Melbourne Members than GWS have members today, and probably always will ...

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