Exactly, why just because you have a German surname means you're not Australian?

-PB

I know it's all just speculation for the moment but this would be the best possible outcome for the wanderers or any other Aussie club that bvb might look at buying. These guys know how to run a club and despite possibly feeding our best youth overseas it could also be a great chance to lone some great young players that can't quite crack the 1st grade at bvb.

It would be great do the national team too. It would open up a pathway for young Aussie players to get to the highest level.

Edited by fourfiveone: 23/8/2013 05:04:45 PM

Would be interesting. I got an E-mail this week from Collingwood (parents got me a membership as a 'present') after they reached 80k members which mentioned Dortmund along with Real Madrid.

I do realise it was satire. Doesn't mean he wasn't trying to make a point.

Edited by iridium1010: 23/8/2013 05:12:33 PM

Hilarious that any AFL club thinks they are in anyway similar to Real Madrid or Dortmund. Having 40000 pet members does not mean you have millions of fans around the world and a religious cult like following. Everyone knows who C Ronaldo is, but i bet no one in Spain (or the rest of the world) knows who the fuck Nathan Brown is. Its australian rules for a reason and outside of Vic, Tas, SA and WA the rest of the world couldnt give a toss about AFL.

But they are white, eat hot dogs, so its OK. However, if you're suggesting some people with funny names, who are a bit more tanned and eat different food own an A League team, then you'll get gangs, fighting, Souvlaki's thrown at the players and bring WW3 to the A League. ](*,) ](*,)

I wonder what people would say if Olympiakos or Panathinaikos put in a bid for eg. Heart...

I don't like Collingwood, but i'll give them credit as a lot of English people who know absolutely nothing about the game AFL, somehow know who Collingwood are, what they stand for and generally they 'support' them. Sure they're not on the level of Real or Dortmund, but it is pretty funny that the only thing they know about AFL is 'Collingwood'.

Oh god.

And for the record (on the topic) I hope its Heart. As a fan of Borussia Dortmund, i'd love to see them involved in my A League team. Heart have a lot to learn, and there aren't many better than Borussia Dortmund to learn it from.

I'd like to see them make a bid for Penrith..

Foxy Boxing?

no matter what you think of Borussia Dortmund they know how to run a club so would be nice to see them own the wanderers, or at least involved in football in Australia

Dortmund also released a financial statement this week and this past season they have posted profits of 53.3 million euros. Now some places are saying this is massively helped by Gotze being sold but they actually reinvested more into the transfer market than what they got from him (they had net transfers of -5.325million euros). Anyway they have money to spend and could easily buy an A-league club which I would say are relatively cheap considering a few are not that far off being profitable I think.

Also on Collingwood comparing them being close to the size of Dortmund. BvB had $376.70 million revenue (that excludes revenue from player transfers) while Collingwood had about $70 million

If these clubs invest in the game and focus on developing the sport in this country, all for it.

I would prefer to see them invest in a consortium though to be an integral part of an ownership group. These clubs have a lot to bring to the table and in partnership with local investors this would likely bring greater value to such a bid.

Don't recall them being part of OLD SOCCER in Australia but maybe I'm wrong.

:lol:! =d>






Well, fair point, but the very fact they 'compare', or the point of it, is to give some grounding or relative comparison as to 'how successful' they are. But still has that stench of 'small man syndrome' - lol. I guess flipside, good on them, as clearly they are reaching numbers so high, that it's just not worth comparing to their AFL rivals (The better ones who'd be little over half that?)!

So indeed, 'within the world of AFL' it's insular world, it's indeed the biggest rep club and they've travelled to 'The Oval' in London for the odd exhibition etc... And we can tell from experience locally, any who's not a fan of AFL, who gives a cursory glance, will probably notice Collingwood due to references in the media, crowds or what not? Probably helps that Eddie MacGuire was/is their President for a while!

Edited by GloryPerth: 23/8/2013 07:31:32 PM

It seems a very logical decision for Mega Club to invest in feeder clubs in leagues such as ours.
For them the cost of running such clubs would be peanuts, but the potential benefits huge.

They don't even have that in the stands :lol:

Jokes jokes o:)

;)

Probably my favourite gif for this situation

What does Collingwood stand for?

As for the topic, would be great to see Dortmund buy into a HAL club.

The source of the link redirects me to the Bild's homepage, and not to an article. Or it's only me?

I don't like Collingwood, but i'll give them credit as a lot of English people who know absolutely nothing about the game AFL, somehow know who Collingwood are, what they stand for and generally they 'support' them. Sure they're not on the level of Real or Dortmund, but it is pretty funny that the only thing they know about AFL is 'Collingwood'.[/quote]

No they dont, they think Collingwood is a batesman.

I'm surprised no one has referenced northern spirit-rangers yet..



I was wondering the same thing??

Can't believe how much oxygen is given to them here. I remember a forum that added normal terms that the mods disliked to the list of banned offensive words so they could not be posted. Would be good to do the same here with anything related to "Australia's game" :-&

He's not a "chap". He's a cad... a poodlefaking bounder.

Edited by Obvious Troll: 24/8/2013 02:23:11 PM

I say no such thing you son of a motherless goat, I challenge you to a duel,

Spud Guns at 20 paces

I so want this to be true, I have no idea why, I don't expect them to be significantly different if we were owned by another football appreciative owner, but I don't care I would love this to be true

Would a club of a rival football federation even if they are friendly have the best interest of the club and the league at heart. Think where this might lead in 30-50 years when hopefully by then we might be challenging for World Cups etc. Not saying its a bad thing but there are still a lot of unanswered questions.