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As the birthplace of the world’s greatest game, Melbourne is the logical choice to host the inaugural Australian Football World Cup.
I can't fault this logic.
This bloke must be stopped.
He set up an organisation in the UK in opposition to the established league, somehow got some government funding and then allegedly skipped the country when he was questioned as to the status of his visa.
Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
And in my opinion he's by far the worst umpire I've ever played under.
kilonewton wrote:Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
I thought those were the eligibility criteria for GB
kilonewton wrote:Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
I thought those were the eligibility criteria for GB
gyfox wrote:GWS start off this season with the derby at Spotless Stadium instead of ANZ. It will be interesting to see what the ground looks and sounds like nearly full.
Takes a swipe at mismanaged clubs at the same time as taking a swipe at the AFL for considering ending the "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, especially Swans" policy. Not at all hypocritical.
Add: also he made a call-back to his pre-Giants statements on the 2nd Sydney club. Seems like he's after Gyfox's heart.
So if COLA is scrapped, what will be the impact on the Swans?
"I think over the period of time it's tantamount to economic vandalism. It completely misreads this market and in my experience, the vast majority of VFL people still get confused between rugby and league and they call it rugby and you say 'what game are you actually talking about'. Before, the NRL prospered basically because it had been around so long and because it's a suburban game. Now it has money.
"I think what we're seeing is GWS moving from Blacktown – go and Google the former mayor's comments. (Former mayor Alan Pendleton recently claimed the Giants have betrayed Blacktown). He said 'we were dudded, we invested all this money, now they've got this you-beaut venue in the centre of Sydney, a long way from the outer west'. I just question that people get it. This is what we predicted would happen.
"I think between rugby league's newfound wealth and vision, and soccer's emerging legitimacy, the capacity to run a self-sustaining AFL team in the outer west is pretty negligible. I'm out of office (at the Swans), but I say to you – doesn't this brand new facility at Olympic Park indicate that the experiment with the outer west is sort of over?"