Merge with Gold Coast?

[Johnny Member]

Discuss....

[kosifantutti]

f*** off. Discuss.

[The Craw]

Discuss....

Ting

[SMS]

YES YES!!! Great idea! Seriously i want to move there and they need heart a jumper song etc.
Gold Coast Saints. Beautiful.

Were gone anyway. After another failed rebuild it will be 10 years minimum IF we rebuild good by then the support will be gone.

Get the money and many many concessions, an academy, a new oval and training facilitiies. AMD BEST OF ALL merge the players!!

[milney044]

Honestly it's probably too soon after the game to be commenting because I'm way too emotional..but sometimes i feel like it's only a matter of time before a merge is on the cards. I love my Saints dearly but in all honesty, what do we actually give to the AFL? We've been around for ever, have 1 measly premiership, no money, low supporter base, low crowds..is it just a matter of time? What is saving us? Somebody reassure me..things always seem so dim after a loss..especially to another nothing club like melbourne. That other nothing club has 14 flags..i guess i rest my case. Oh woe is me! You'd think after witnessing a draw in a GF to friggin collingwood and then watching us get murdered by them a week later would have made me tougher....

[sunsaint]

For a long time (since rumours of roos merging with lions) and prior to Suns
Desperately wanted the
Southport Saints
or
Stkilda Sharks

[mullet]

Just looked outside.... the sky is falling

[sunsaint]

Living in Melbourne will do that you after a while

[bigred]

Not a bad option really.

Should have moved to Tasmania when we had the chance.

Got that one wrong too.

[The Fireman]

well ive moved nsw mid coast , I could easily make the games ..wouldn't be much harder from Tullamarine to Moorabbin and Waverley all those years ago. yeah lets do it.

[saintsRrising]

Discuss....

Trolling now.

Merging with Gold Coast would be suicide.

[SaintPav]

Merge with GWS..

Discuss

[loris]

I'd prefer us to merge with Freo......... then I won't have to spend too many pennies travelling East to see the Freo/ Saints matches.

We could alternate our Senior coach.

Games in WA - Ro$$ the Boss is the senior coach. Games in Melbourne & other states, AR is the senior coach. Makes sense!!!!!!

Discuss!

[thejiggingsaint]

Medicinal compound for all! Discuss!

[carn_sainter]

Johnny, you're normally a great poster but this is trolling

[CQ SAINT]

Discuss....

Trolling now.

Merging with Gold Coast would be suicide.

This is an interesting perspective. Care to elaborate or contrast with our current/historic position.

Let me get you started.

Suicide vs Prolonged sufferance.
Pros and cons.????

[Con Gorozidis]

I think the Gold Coast is a graveyard for sporting franchises. For a variety of reasons.

But the bigger picture is whether both us and North can survive in Melbourne long term. It is a genuine question.

[evertonfc]

Let's merge with Prahran...

[The OtherThommo]

Honestly it's probably too soon after the game to be commenting because I'm way too emotional..but sometimes i feel like it's only a matter of time before a merge is on the cards. I love my Saints dearly but in all honesty, what do we actually give to the AFL? We've been around for ever, have 1 measly premiership, no money, low supporter base, low crowds..is it just a matter of time? What is saving us? Somebody reassure me..things always seem so dim after a loss..especially to another nothing club like melbourne. That other nothing club has 14 flags..i guess i rest my case. Oh woe is me! You'd think after witnessing a draw in a GF to friggin collingwood and then watching us get murdered by them a week later would have made me tougher....

Whadda we "give to the AFL"?

We're an industry club, we even up the draw, we provide employment for a whole lot of 'industry soldiers', we're ballast.

See, we're not 'big', but we can be treated with contempt, so that's great.

But, by golly, isn't the Finnis inspired marketing excellent?

We're fodder.

[To the top]

The sole reason for 2 sides in Queensland is so AFL football is played there every week - and with Sydney you can add Canberra

The crowds at those games are what they are - so those Clubs need financial support to survive, and success which, in terms of Queensland, is absent at the current time

So where is the resolution for the AFL?

And what is the cost to Victorian sides?

No doubt 10 sides out of Victoria remains under review

The number of sides will not reduce because of media coverage guarantees - at least until the next media coverage rights are negotiated

Then there is Tasmania which is an "AFL" State with no side

Nothing is set in concrete

So relocate a Victorian side and add a side from Tasmania?

Then the OP may not be a nonsense for historically underperforming Victorian sides

[The Fireman]

lets move Victoria to the Gold Coast.

[Con Gorozidis]

If GWS win the flag this year I can see a lot of older fans giving the code away.
I think the Dogs flag was manna from heaven for the AFL because it gave clubs like the Saints, Roos, Demons, Tiges and Dockers hope. The Tiges are still riding that wave.
But if GWS win I think it will burst the vibe balloon.
I can see North and the Saints seriously struggling in the next two years in terms of crowd attendances. The Gold Coast obviously will struggle to pull a crowd.
Sure the media will blow smoke up our ass saying we we are 'developing' and 'on the move' but the reality is we are in serious strife on and off field.

[Johnny Member]

Would merging with Gold Coast double our shitness? Or negate it by half?

f*** it - let's do it anyway!


If we're going to be s*** anyway, let's do it big time and be the shittest thing this comp has ever seen it's life!!!!

ARE YOU WITH ME!!!!??

[Johnny Member]

I think the Dogs flag was manna from heaven for the AFL because it gave clubs like the Saints, Roos, Tiges and Dockers hope.

No s***! It' sucked in delusional lunatics like no flag has ever done before!!

The AFL knew it would too.

[sunsaint]

lets move Victoria to the Gold Coast.

always figured if we towed Tassie up to the coast of QLD it would be awesome for tourism
that way when the saints relocate to Hobart Im still a winner!!!