Macarthur FC

[hawks2767]

100% you can put the house on this club marketing themselves as a 'Wanderers without the troublemakers' type setup.

 

[mack]

Maroon Mariners.

[SBW]

2 hours ago, portaluppista23 said:

ohh some knucklehead apparently said he wants to switch because of the "violence" and "hooligan element" of the RBB

I swear there r some soft ****s that supposedly support us lol

Interesting...

I'm reading the post on Facebook from someone who was there last night.

He also mentioned one other supporter who supported both ESFC, us and now is looking to switch to SWS?

[Carns]

I could not give a **** where they target their campaign. If people jump ship, they're obviously not committed to the club anyway, so **** em, no real loss. The more people supporting A-league teams in general is a good thing.

I understand it is more poignant for people living in potential catchment areas for both clubs, but if it creates more pathways for young local kids to get a shot at the big time, it's a win for me.

But I do find it amusing some of the language they use to market themselves as different to both Sydney teams (which of course they have to do so that they aren't another Heart/City).

[Carns]

I personally think that they are currently saying the right things and making the right moves (community based, local focus, wanting to help the future footballers).

The big issue is how big do they need to be to be sustainable? If they can get by with say a Newcastle sized fan base (who are incredibly loyal and parochial) they'll do well. South West Sydney is one of (if not the) biggest growth areas of the country. Their catchment area will eventually be huge, but it's still being built.

Personally I thought the team would be best to be started in 5-10 years when it's more developed, but if it had to be in Sydney, it was the better option than the Southern Expansion bid.

[Carns]

Sydney is big enough for 3-4 teams minimum. It's 5.5 million people and growing. Canberra is about 400k.

I want a Canberra team too, and believe they'll come in as a Nux replacement or in the next round of expansion.

The reason a Sydney team was included is mainly to appease Fox who want more teams in their biggest TV markets (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) for increased advertising revenue.

[Prydzopolis]

2 hours ago, Carns said:

If it had to be in Sydney, it was the better option than the Southern Expansion bid.

Funnily enough the only reason they had a chance was due to the previous FFA board who pretty much guaranteed it’s entry & dictating its catchment (South Sydney, Wollongong & Illawarra region).

If they had just focused on South Sydney, it would have been a decent shout.

2 hours ago, Carns said:

The reason a Sydney team was included is mainly to appease Fox who want more teams in their biggest TV markets

Fox wrote it into the latest TV contract that if the next two expansion teams were from Sydney & Melbourne, then they’d get an $5m

[Carns]

32 minutes ago, Prydzopolis said:

Fox wrote it into the latest TV contract that if the next two expansion teams were from Sydney & Melbourne, then they’d get an $5m

And are trying to get out of the agreement because Western United doesn't have Melbourne in its name.

 

[mack]

Blame FFA for choosing a team that will be playing in Geelong and perhaps some time in the future, a semi-rural area that's as much a part of Melbourne as Katoomba is part of Sydney.

[SBW]

16 hours ago, portaluppista23 said:

 

ffa just want to tear wsw support base up by adding in another team in the same ******* region ffs league is ****ed say what you want but too much politics in football. This is gallop for sure he hates us ( supporters) adding in a another team in the same region is a big **** you from gallop. 

Gallop is the biggest Sydney Centric person you'll ever come across, oif he had it his way with Expansion, he would have added 2 more Sydney teams.

Gallop is not a big fan of a National league and not a fan of having regional teams either.

[Flytox]

On 14/03/2019 at 11:21 PM, mack said:

Blame FFA for choosing a team that will be playing in Geelong and perhaps some time in the future, a semi-rural area that's as much a part of Melbourne as Katoomba is part of Sydney.

Geelong is part of the Melbourne ratings area just like the Blue Mountains and Central Coast are part of the Sydney ratings area.

[Carns]

Decent numbers for the survey/suggestions (admittedly it'd be open to anyone).

[hawks2767]

I've looked at them on social media, doesn't mean a thing.

[Carns]

2 minutes ago, hawks2767 said:

I've looked at them on social media, doesn't mean a thing.

Hence why I didn't mention social media interaction. Surveys completed shows slightly more engagement (and those surveys could be completed by anyone, so is still not completely accurate).

[mack]

Some sleuths on the old fourfourtwo forum have had a look at various IP Australia pages and it appears the three names in contention are:

Macarthur Bulls FC

Macarthur FC

Dharawal Bulls (Dharawal being the name of an Aboriginal tribe located in what is now South/South-West Sydney).

Official announcement is May 15.

Marcarthur Bulls is already the name of a Rugby League team (ironically, it's a team made up of NSW Police officers).

[Carns]

They're not the worst possible names. I like that they're focusing on Macarthur to differentiate themselves a bit from WSW.

[Unlimited]

Dhawaral would be a good name - increase and highlight Aboriginal heritage and hopefully increase our profile with Indigenous players

Also no more crappy names like Melbourne Heart

[Sithslayer1991]

Dharawal wow they would hit the right spot with that name

[Flytox]

500 tickets sold for their name and colours lunch.  From memory they were $150 with any profit going to local charities.

[mack]

Lol WSW's was free and they even let an internet nerd like me in for free.

[alexd]

GM couldn't resist making a dollar out of anything......

And he's a strong advocate of making NPL youth squads bigger (to say 20+ players). Wouldn't have anything to do with $1500-$2500 per player, would it?

[Paul01]

7 hours ago, alexd said:

GM couldn't resist making a dollar out of anything......

And he's a strong advocate of making NPL youth squads bigger (to say 20+ players). Wouldn't have anything to do with $1500-$2500 per player, would it?

So if GM and Sam K are involved does that make this team Sydney United 58 on steroids?

[Balkanite]

Hi

My name is Balkanite.

 

[Zelinsky]

5 minutes ago, Balkanite said:

Hi

My name is Balkanite.

 

He's alive !?!?

[mack]

On 23/03/2019 at 4:04 PM, Flytox said:

Geelong is part of the Melbourne ratings area just like the Blue Mountains and Central Coast are part of the Sydney ratings area.

I imagine the FFA didn't bother to include something specific like that in the contract, giving Fox wiggle room to say that they aren't actually a Melbourne team, which isn't exactly an unreasonable statement to make for a team called "Western United" who play in Geelong and even their future home is still very much not clearly & obviously part of Melbourne.

[Prydzopolis]

Why doesn’t that surprise me 

[Prydzopolis]

A big smart move by this mob. Similar to us hiring Gorman

[Flytox]

Archie Fraser expected to be announced as CEO.

[kickasskoala]

Macarthur Athletic 

[kickasskoala]

I’ll follow them. Training it from Campbelltown to Parra for WSW games can be a real bitch. I’d hardly call them my home team if it takes over an hour and 2 trains to turn up to a home game. 

The Macarthur team won’t get the numbers they hope for but I think just enough to keep going, similar to Mariners I’d say.