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| galactica | Date posted | Replies |
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This is really a message for the FFT to get cracking behind the bid. Time to walk the walk Mr Boulos. You represent the almost 15,000 connected soccer afficionados in our state. Take a look at what playing in the A League has done for one team from New Zealand and what it has done for their country in the World Cup. The sky is the limit for Tassie but action is needed and it is needed from all quarters of administration in Tasmania. Stop fiddle bumming round with these prelude games at York Park and negotiate two roster matches to played here (one Bellerive or NHO & one York Park) in 2011-2012. Meaningful games bring out results for the spectator and the team - practice matches are only a show piece display. We need action and we should have something in Hobart too! Otherwise why not nominate South Hobart as our initial team into the A League so we can all start kicking goals. Add comments |
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HandzCDFCAUFCposted at 2:25AM on 29th Jun, 2010 I just read my post....dam I can t spell HandzCDFCAUFCposted at 2:32AM on 29th Jun, 2010 Also someone should get on other clubs forums, to promote it. They will either embrace it or not, you can only try. NQ supporters were trying to drum up some support for their club at the end of 09/10, it seemed to work, they were on RedArmy.com and adelaide united forum and I am sure other HAL forums galacticaposted at 8:33AM on 29th Jun, 2010 Thanks good on ya for reminding me. Yep I will be back onto the pollies to stand up and be counted even if only for a micro second before they backflip would be nice. Yep you are right we must also do more pushing into some of the other web sites to bring other thought and opinions into the momentum. mvfc4lifeposted at 9:37AM on 1st Jul, 2010 I totally agree with you, we need something to happen. It is a great point you made with New Zealand football, it has grown so much over the past few years and it is only going to get better. I think the A-League should expand the youth league and bring and a Tassie and Canberra youth teams, as well as making sure every team has a team in the youth league (I’m thinking about making a new discussion about this.) Thanks HandzCDFCAUFC for you supporter, you should come down for the game! I hope soon you will be able to come to Tassie to watch Tasmania United take on Adelaide United! galacticaposted at 11:00AM on 1st Jul, 2010 Yeh I didnt mean to come across as too south parochial but well South Hobart is my club that I follow locally (by local I mean statewide) and they have been a success story for 100 years. This is unmatched here in Tassie and there are very very few who can lay claim to the same on the mainland. If the TUFC falls through I will be pushing for them to represent the south in the VIC Premier League until a state combined team can re-apply for the A League. I make the point though that my preference for our state is the TUFC and whilst there are a couple of administrators willing to push currently it does seem like there are a number of head in the sand groups unable to grasp the immensity of what can be possible. Pity the cannot comprehend what is seen on telly in South Africa. I suppose some of them are only waiting for a future junket / free overseas trip to undertake an inquiry into the possible / probable benefits. adminposted at 2:01AM on 2nd Jul, 2010 Not sure exactly who these head-in-sand administrators are, but it might be prudent just to point out that the unpaid volunteers of the TUFC board continue to work diligently towards the completion of a business case and attracting investment and sponsorship, so that a formal bid might be presented to the FFA in the not-too-distant future. galacticaposted at 10:33AM on 21st Jan, 2011 No offence meant against the TUFC. This was a generalisation about small workings of a number of "organisations" supposedly creating advancement for the spectator "mass". What I am saying id that the micro club mentality as prevails in Tassie will not get us anywhere. The most successful club side recently has been South Hobart - witness their success pre-season in Vic last year and compare with 2011 versus South Melbourne at Darcy Street. A 5-0 loss is a big percentage turnaround. They are a good side SH but this is an example of what inconsistency is going to happen in the A League unless the small minded thinking administrators elsewhere can fully embrace the TUFC concept. For the "masses" to be comfortable with an A league side from Tassie they want to know that whilst a team is constructed as a pathway for our players it will be accepted as being our team i.e. we the spectators who come through the gates and generate the momentum for it to continue so it can create its own history as a club. Those who do not listen to the followers of the game do so at their own peril. galacticaposted at 9:31AM on 27th Jan, 2011 Commendations are in order for the Tasmanian Premier League club Glenorchy Knights who almost knocked off their Vic Premier League counterparts the Melbourne Knights recently in Hobart. Well done to them in going down 2-1 and showing that we are not too far away from this standard. Now for the TUFC to show that we can put a decent team on the park in the A League. HandzCDFCAUFCposted at 2:55AM on 2nd Jul, 2010 Would love to get down to Tas at some stage and watch some football, would be great. I ll haev to check flights. I am already doing the Townsville, Newcastle, Sydney and alll Melbourne away. But defo keen for an match in Tas. Would be good one day to see AUFC v TUFC in Tas somewhere. Would be good to see Tas in the youth league as a start, I am pretty sure you guys would have the biggest support in Tas. If you need a contact in Adelaide, I dont mind being that person, even to promote, I amhappy for that to happen mvfc4lifeposted at 6:24AM on 2nd Jul, 2010 I really believe that the youth league should expand with Tasmania and Canberra getting teams in the league, I would be supporting the youth league just as much as I would as a full senior team! You should spread the word out to all our football loving mates about our bid so we can try and get support from other states! galacticaposted at 10:44AM on 21st Jan, 2011 I too reckon that we should have a youth side . I also say that state "administrators" have let our youth down for the last 60 years. These persons have been self centered in many ways and club -centrically orientated. Anyway we cannot undo the past however there is absolutely no reason why Tassie cannot have a team in the National youth league comp. Why has this not happened? When is it going to occur? Why are the parochial interests stopping such happening? I say to these persons it is a disgrace that you have let our young players down over so many years. We dont want your excuses we want your actions! galacticaposted at 9:55AM on 18th Feb, 2011 Wow. Things are really zipping along hey? TUFC out and about in the media spruiking the team up! What the heck is happening - is it all to do with the BO, NM ROOS, Tas Govt dealings? Why the heck are we not already in the A League and playing finals at NHO? Well yeh I know playing finals is a bit premature but gee whiz the NHO is vacant over summer and not a whimper from any source. I mean to upgrade that ground to A League standards is $500,000 estimate and yet all and sundry seem to be hanging their hat on BO being upgraded by the AFL, CCC, Tas Govt with corporate sponsorship arrangements coupled with HCC. I would have thought that corporate sponsorship and the HCC could get into the NHO which is a better central location for all concerned. Not to mention the spectator advantages compared to BO. Foxhawkposted at 7:31AM on 22nd Feb, 2011 What have I missed? I am not in the state so I get no Tas media. Has something been mentioned lately concerning the club? My concern is what effect the 20/20 league will have on the club. If 20/20 has a club based at Bellerive then it cannot be used. No way could you play A-league, 20/20 and state competition on it at the same time. What we need is for the Launceston City Council to be pro-active and say that as the state government is clearly hoping to bring AFL matches to Hobart then they will actively campaign for half of the 20/20 home matches. If they succeeded then we might still be able to use Bellerive Oval. Just the same I hope we end up with NHO. I think you estimates of only $500k for an upgrade would fall short though. More like 2.5 - 5M for an upgrade to update the stand. Anyone heard anything about the Geelong bid? I hear they are now alive and well and looking to be competition to Canberra/Tas and South Coast galacticaposted at 8:44AM on 22nd Feb, 2011 Sorry Foxhawk I didn’t mean to get you too excited. I forgot you were away. No nothing essential has happened - this was my sarcasm surfacing about the attention being created in the media (I mean lack of such actually surfacing). It is a hard slog I know with the now current state budget so all parties are trying to fit the pieces of pie together. Very frustrating to watch the snail pace but now the AFL appear to have taken over Oz footy negotiations things might provide a window for us. It is essential that they understand the Tassie market has only so much pulling power and not to fragment other codes here. With the NHO I was only talking about the barest basic minimum that could ensure we start out or move there. Naturally we would need a decent investment of what you suggested soon after to provide a suitable on going product. Foxhawkposted at 5:42AM on 24th Feb, 2011 The only problem is that if the club goes for NHO the Aussie Rules people will protest even if there are no plans to use it for Aussie Rules ever again. galacticaposted at 9:00AM on 27th Feb, 2011 Yes I know but it will be a sharing situation for several years (who knows perhaps 5-10). After that it will be an agreed arrangement between the HCC and the current Oz footy club to move out. Much possibility exists for this and as time passes we shall see the opportunities created. There is the ongoing Oz footy ground rationalisation between the AFL and local councils so that various clubs relocate to and from the old TCA grd Heritage Oval the NHO and the Kingborough ovals complex; then there is the greater Hobart interlinked transport strategy; coupled with the revitalisation of the Hobart city CBD and Sullivans Cove waterfront "boulevards". These I believe over time offer opportunities for NHO to be a centralised sporting stadium for soccer and rugby with sufficient parking and catering infrastructure on site because the existing lawn bowls can easily be shifted to the nearby locality of Cornelian Bay. I forsee most of this possible within 5-10years but we do not want backflipping promises from premiers, etc without enough gumption to follow through with the accepted view of economists that infrastructure creation can lift economies out of downturns.
Foxhawkposted at 6:36AM on 1st Mar, 2011 Not to mention the failure to capitalise on Federal party desperation after one off elections by local members who think their own minor agenda is more important than their constituents. |
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HandzCDFCAUFC
posted at 2:24AM on 29th Jun, 2010
I am in full support of TUFC it s good to see other A League suppirters are too, Just keep voicing your thoughts and getting it out there as that is all you can do, Email your sports minister get local pollies on board, Football TAsmania, local clubs, Thats all ya can do. I t will happen. Do you have merchandise ready yet? I would nt mind getting some and bringing to SA. Your test will be the CC v Victory - get a full house pack it out and sing some Tassie songs, Be liud and pick a colour to wear ....green or whatever your promoting, be colourful and make banners, get Fox commentators and FFA to notice it. I am sure you have already gone through most of this. Is it going to be shown on TV? Fox?
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