A-LEAGUE launch: "New Football"

dibo · **Joined:** Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:27 pm **Posts:** 1405

Simmo79 wrote:

If you can't get enough attention, troll rugby league. Works every time.

The people they're targeting won't be pissed off, they'll see it as a 'planting the flag' moment.

The only question is whether there are enough of them to make the troll worth the hassle.

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:42 pm

If they want to keep the PR cycle ticking over they should offer a quasi-apology tomorrow

dibo · **Joined:** Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:27 pm **Posts:** 1405

Simmo79 wrote:

If they want to keep the PR cycle ticking over they should offer a quasi-apology tomorrow

"no offence meant, we aren't competing with rugby league or trying to usurp them, we respect the history of the ground and its tenants, but we are determined to make our crowds feel at home in this wonderful venue for football as they support the greatest game of all"

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:50 pm

amateurs. Never give in that quickly.

yob · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:30 pm

Shades of the 97 AFL premiership when the Crows fans painted the town after the game. The Vics weren't at all impressed by the crows scarf and beanie on the Ted Whitten statue outside Western Oval.

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:36 am

another day of BS

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 21yx5.html

On the Wanderers forum they're generally unhappy with this story and aren't interested in picking unnecessary fights with RL.

bazza · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:12 pm

Maybe Clive Palmer is helping the new club with its strategy to win community support

Rob · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:13 pm

Why is it 95% of code war articles emanate from Sydney?

Is it because 95% of the dickheads in Australian live there?

the crow · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:47 pm

Ummmmmm......

Adelaide_United_Red · **Joined:** Thu May 06, 2010 9:49 pm **Posts:** 858

Rob wrote:

Why is it 95% of code war articles emanate from Sydney?

Is it because 95% of the dickheads in Australian live there?

An interesting theory.

gyfox · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:37 pm

Reportedly a crowd of around 3.5k turned up for the Wanderers first trial game against Nepean tonight. 5-0 result plus hit the post 4 times in the first half. Gibbs a trialist scored 4.

Egan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:59 pm

3.5k is good. 2k is around the figure glory normally get for scratch matches.

gyfox · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:19 am

Egan wrote:

3.5k is good. 2k is around the figure glory normally get for scratch matches.

The pictures I have seen show large areas of grassed areas so I take 3.5k with a grain of salt but a crowd in the thousands is a good sign. Hopefully the flares which were prevalent tonight all get used up before the season starts.

EDIT. The official crowd has been posted as 3,612.

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:16 am

They showed some match footage on Fox Sports News. The crowd looked better than most GCU games in their final season.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a- ... 6435353647

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:59 pm

Unicorns have their shirt sponsor:

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