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Too right Masso ,I'm a bit partial to some crumpet meself but can get a bit messy with homey and jam though
Are you sharing crumpet with your homey craig or enjoying your homey as crumpet?Too right Masso ,I'm a bit partial to some crumpet meself but can get a bit messy with homey and jam though
Reality hurts
www.theage.com.au
'Battle of Tasmania' is on, says former North Melbourne powerbroker
Former North Melbourne powerbroker Ron Joseph believes his club faces another excruciating battle to keep his club from relocation.
I’d take it up if I were North. Play 11/12 games in Tassie, get a genuine home ground advantage. Be underwritten by the AFL for a decade. Try and squeeze a deal where your other games are played in Melbourne (or at least minimalise the interstate trips to QLD, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. )
Question though - what happens in a decade if they've proven beyond any doubt that Tassie isn't fiscally capable of supporting a club (which will happen, it's not capable and the population isn't exactly booming) and they've somewhat sacrificed their membership growth (lol) in Melbourne? They'd be better off in Gold Coast, where the economics make more sense. I normally couldn't give a crap about north, don't like them as a club, but I really hope this doesn't bring about their death, they've worked hard to get back on an even keel.
I hope that all clubs survive this situation. Some folks don't like Nth, that's ok, but I know a lot of their supporters who kicked in & helped when we were desperate.
The club that I dislike more than most is the Bloos, but they more than any other club did the most to support us when we needed it.
The club that I dislike more than most is the Bloos, but they more than any other club did the most to support us when we needed it.
Dunno, when someone advocates for your demise, it's not something I forget nor forgive.
Aren't you doing the same thing.
North supporters are just as passionate about their club as we are.
I know a lot of Fitzroy supporters who don't follow any club since the Roys demise. They either just follow local footy or no footy at all.
Even a lot of South Melb supporters didn't transfer to the Swans.
The AFL wants to keep as many supporters as they can, in fact they want to increase their fans/supporters that why we have to tolerate GWS & The Suns.
Nine clubs in Melbourne in an 18 team National comp is ludicrous and unsustainable in the medium to long term and North going to Tassie could be a reasonable and natural outcome from this current disaster.
North going out of business altogether is another possible outcome - as is North merging with other existing clubs whether here in interstate.
North supporters might get to a point where Tassie is the best (or least worst) option left.
#lolnorf should have taken the Gold Coast option when it was on the table and spared us all from the Suns.
Yeah, they advocated we fold, worse than relocating, and some of us haven't forgotten.
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But the Suns did give us some key players who have helped the RFC to win 2 flags pretty much so I have a slight appreciation for them.
