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You are kidding right? Perth? The state which already gets the late late slot for most games?
Where are they gonna play? NIB? The 100,000 a game to rent stadium? Gimme a break. Neither Adelaide nor Perth are gonna get a 2nd team anytime soon.
More A-League teams for Sydney and Melbourne: Did the FFA get their A-League expansion decision right?
Why wasnt the worry there when the CFG bought out Melb Heart and it became Melb City? Oh thats right.. people wanted to see a new club with new marquee players.
They didnt realise that it made no sense for the CFG team to do this. Football in Australia is the 3rd or 4th code and this may never change in our lifetimes. They were never going to make money out of this investment, there isnt the money there to make. THey did it to create a feeder club in a far flung location. Which is now what you have with Melb City.
To an extent you already have that with CCM, but their record is more like a strike of lightning every so often. They survive because occasionally they can tell a player.
We need to ask ourselves, do we want new teams if they are just going to be feeder clubs for somewhere else?
Melbourne City have a massive image problem
State governments will NEVER sell Taxpayer funded grounds. THey will sell the rights to ‘manage’ it certainly.. but they would never sell the Venues. Ive never heard of it happening in Australia.
The truth of the matter in Australia at least is that Football/Soccer is never going to be in a spot financially where a club can feasibly ‘build’ its own stadium. Its a nice pipe dream, but thats all it is.
A-League clubs are an afterthought when it comes to stadium deals
Look at it logically
Of the existing teams, both Melbourne and Sydney are never going to be able to own their own stadium. In practicality there is no ’empty’ land available in either zones to put a new stadium. and if there was, it would likely be grabbed for Housing. Melb and Syd are just that tightly packed now.
Then there is the cost. There is no club in Australia at the moment who could fully fund a new stadium. None. Even our biggest clubs would make no where near the revenue to be able to build a new stadium .. if there was land to build it on.
A-League clubs are an afterthought when it comes to stadium deals
A great game. Unfortunetly wasnt able to attend but watched it this morning. I know everyone was talking about the front, but I think its the back where Im liking it the most. The back are that comfortable with their fitness and style that they can move off their line a lot easier to help get the ball up.
Glory destroy Phoenix as A-League march continues