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#lolNorf
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#lolnorf are desperate for a marquee player and growing their own is all just too hard for Scott.zgod said:
zgod said:
Norf don't need a big fish to help push them up the ladder. they need the big fish from a marketing POV. But they have no chance of landing Lynch. He would get much more money at the gold coast. If he was to return to Melbourne it'll be with the enticement of success.
CarnTheTiges said:
They are desperate to have something to sell to their member. The numbers they got live at game's last year would be scary for them. Another couple of bad seasons and they will be back at the fold or relocate stage.
But instead they will choose to stay and let the AFL keep them a float just for a change.
We all know there are too many Melbourne based teams in the comp. It used to get my goat in the worse than Fitzroy era, that other supporters said that it should be us to be relocated. However, we had better attendance and membership figures than most Melbourne clubs regardless of ladder position.
Nth on the other hand, even when successful have one of the worst attendance and membership numbers. If the only way you can survive is AFL handouts over such along period of time, then the AFL should do whats best for the comp and move them where they see fit.
Where North is now is no different to what others have been through, including RFC on too many occasions. The difference is that if they are sitting on the bottom their games will attract very low crowds and will start to become a very big problem for the AFL and for NMFC. Despite our lack of success we were never any serious financial problem for the AFL ,North is and it will get worse.
I can't see how they can be competitive this year
Tasmania Kangaroos imo. Have their 2nds play out of the north of Tassie in the state competition and solve 2 problems at once
I can't see how they can be competitive this year
Tasmania Kangaroos imo. Have their 2nds play out of the north of Tassie in the state competition and solve 2 problems at once
Selective memory ST.Sintiger said:
In 2004 we were in so much debt we were warned by the auditors that, if not for the AFL guarantee, we would have been trading while insolvent and therefore bankrupt.
Disco08 said:
Due to the debt we owed to the banks we then had to pay around $300 - 400,000 per year in interest for a number of years.
It doesn't take much to go badly wrong and took us about ten years to rectify the situation.
Bad business decisions compounded by big payouts to find a quick fix can send a club down the tubes real quick.
Compounding North's troubles at the moment is that the AFL will not give the same guarantees again without getting total control (ie movement to another state, members rights ignored).
Think it was Laidley who said they were a club that couldn't afford to bottom out.ninjahaha said:
Things aren't that bad.Tiger17 said:
According to an article on the AFL site, Billy Hartung was one of their best players in their loss to Melbourne.
I imagine if they had managed to snap Dusty, Billy wouldn't be with them this year.
YinnarTiger said:
Billy 'the marlin' Hartung will single handedly bring #lolnorf back to the glory daya
