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"Can you smell the fear?", do the other football codes in Australia (AFL,NRL), genuinely fear football?

Punchanello said:
Looking to make it 1 for 5 in QLD? It's an A-League graveyard.

The only legitimate and viable expansion I can see is Canberra.
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Canberra and another Melbourne was the given in the question. I was giving 3 for the final two and Hobart don't have a stadium the APL would accept. TBH I always thought the Gold Coast would end up being RB Gold Coast . Townsville and Gold Coast had better attendances (in spite of the self imposed limits by Clive) than Western United and Macarthur.

Gold Coast and Townsville were picked for the 2022 World Cup and dropped as soon as possible after that vote was lost. That was the mistake by the FFA.

Western United might have been a good call in 20 years time but it is in the middle of nowhere. Wollongong would have been a better choice than Macarthur because it would have it's own identity rather than another West Sydney team.

That's where South Melbourne make sense. They have their own identity and they have a stadium that the APL would accept (maybe needs updated lighting).

P.S Sorry updated after responses
 
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My two cents, they don’t fear football at all. They feared it a bit around the time WSW joined the league.
But now they just laugh at the shit show that tore down our own game over the past decade.
They’ll probably fear us more if we just got on with things and stopped attacking them with a limp lettuce leaf.
 
ClockworkOrange said:
My two cents, they don’t fear football at all. They feared it a bit around the time WSW joined the league.
But now they just laugh at the shit show that tore down our own game over the past decade.
They’ll probably fear us more if we just got on with things and stopped attacking them with a limp lettuce leaf.
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It seems being challenged by us is like being challenged by a Hewson
 
Even the big world cup hype is left to be enjoyed by the other codes and people are so fickle they all disappear afterwards.

A big issue with football in Australia is the eventism and the ad hoc nature of shared grounds, closed league and a stupidly long off season. Out of sight, out of mind.
 
Robbos said:
Yes I agree 100%, the domestic football is plaqued by agendas, poor administration, victim mentality for the 50 years I have followed this game locally.
I'm talking football in general, not the top tier of football in this country.
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and the top tier doesn't have any agenda's ? poor admin ? will have a victim mentality soon enough, more so the supporter base, mental health is rife these days.
Seriously both sides of the fence's are going round in circles.
I know you'll agree therefore where are we going to end up.
 
LFC said:
and the top tier doesn't have any agenda's ? poor admin ? will have a victim mentality soon enough, more so the supporter base, mental health is rife these days.
Seriously both sides of the fence's are going round in circles.
I know you'll agree therefore where are we going to end up.
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My point being football as a whole is big in this country, just domestically we are in a mess. We saw that in the last world cups with Socceroos and Matildas. The knowledge of Messi, Ronaldo, Mpabbe, Harland, Bellingham, Kane is strong in this country.
We have by far the most playing numbers of any sport here and internationally the eggballers cannot compete, it's just the domestic leagues in the last 50 years that pale insignificance to AFL and NRL.
 
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