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The Western United Thread

Encomium said:
Oof, everyone knew it was the wrong decision from the start except the suits.
Nothing is final until the fat lady sings, but she's been waiting in the wings for a while now, I feel sorry for the supporters.
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Yeah losing clubs is just sad, mostly for the fans involved. It's a bit sick those taking joy in it. I think WU shouldn't have been accepted at all, they've been nothing but a running gag, but I take no joy seeing the place burn down. Also those ⚽ people celebrating the stripping down of rare infrastructure, absolute madness.
 
HappyGuus said:
Yeah losing clubs is just sad, mostly for the fans involved. It's a bit sick those taking joy in it. I think WU shouldn't have been accepted at all, they've been nothing but a running gag, but I take no joy seeing the place burn down. Also those ⚽ people celebrating the stripping down of rare infrastructure, absolute madness.
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Nobody will miss it because its in the middle of nowhere, a literal wasteland.
 
Midfielder said:
The other sad thing was Team 11, seemed a grassroots teams with heaps of community support plus the support of a number of former players

How team 11, was not chosen especially based on a promise to build a 15 K stadium with no funding for the stadium locked in.
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I think it was on Suited and Booted, it was said that Team 11's stadium had the green light for government funding, but a government official delivered the exact opposite message to FFA. That official was subsequently sacked, but the damage was already done.
 
These paras from the ESPN article are intriguing.

“It's understood that future decisions surrounding United's ties to the league, as well as matters of future expansion in Melbourne or elsewhere, will be discussed at the next meeting of the APL board, with ongoing court proceedings involving United's parent company preventing the league from taking further steps.

AAP reported in July that there were two parties interested in securing United's licence, one led by education entrepreneur Azeezur Rahaman and the other fronted by property tycoon Harry Stamoulis.

While Monday's decision wouldn't prevent them from investing in the A-League in the future, it would mean that they would now need to turn their attention to different clubs or acquiring a new licence from the APL, rather than assume United's.“

 
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