Why Olympic? South Melb and Adelaide City have much-better cases for being in the A-League IMO

There is only 1 team in Sydney unbelievably so Sydney Olympic would be in front of another team in Melbourne or Adelaide

Not saying it will definitely happen, but Olympic has more of a chance in the current climate

Nice denial mr football

So why not Marconi, IYO?

You notice some people on here are totally obsessed with the ethnic thing - totally detached from reality.

To judge a team on its ethnic roots is like judging a prospective employee by his/her ethnic background. You ignore everything they can offer and cheat yourself and them.

The very same people calling Olympic Ethnic and saying you can never be part of the A-league - are the very same people who say "why dont you become a part of the Australian community". Well, we are, and we have... and they have paniced and reverted to old stereotypes to box us in.

See they dont want us to become "Australian" despite what they may say. As soon as you move to do so - they call you ethnic.

Well I'm Australian, my immediate family has been here for over 40 years. My extended family for over 70 years. My uncle fought for Australia in PNG during WW2 - but Im ethnic?

But how narrow minded and sad have we become that I have to justify that on this forum? Even if I came here yesterday - if I feel Australian, I am!


Edited by olympic1: 8/3/2012 01:52:05 PM

Edited by olympic1: 8/3/2012 01:54:00 PM

So why not Marconi, IYO?

*Because Marconi are an ethnic team, and also, aren't financially stable at the moment.

Why don't you give that Mr Football kunt a call and ask him. I am not him you tool.

*Riiiight...

But seriously, I thought back in the NSL's last years if Olympic would emphasise their suffix(in the context of the 2000 Games) in order to increase their support. Maybe incorporate the Running Man w/Torch logo into the club's current crest, with the Sydney 2000 font?
CROSSED WITH ?

However, I bet they wouldn't exactly jump at the idea now.

Edited by ba81: 8/3/2012 06:33:31 PM

Aren't the Olympic logos copyrighted?

Look at u getting all edgy Anthony

So why not Marconi, IYO?

I think any State League team in the A-League would be hillarious and downright ridculous.

Sounds like the right quote to end this thread.

More than happy to be whoever you want me you tool.

I think any State League team in the A-League would be hillarious and downright ridculous.

All the big mouth Olympic fans have gone SILENT!

You were told to stop dreaming and creating false pipedreams.

Dreaming? The FFA have overlooked a Canberra bid for a bid that has no independent backers (maybe one). It is a welfare club that can only be sustained for 2 seasons unless someone comes along to back it.

Where is the due diligence? The same due diligence that was done on the Fury, GCU and Knights?

Olympic is a stable model, financially, it is viable. Far from being discouraged, we are building for what will occur in 2 years time to be ready to pounce.

Are you on drugs or what?

Olympic weren't considered and we move on, Who gives a shit if supporters from a club wanted their club to be in the a-league, I dont get your 'Gotcha' bullshit


Edited by FortressBelmore: 4/4/2012 05:33:16 PM

Alex you can bury your head in the sand and pretend everything is everyone else's fault and make up non-factual claims to make yourself feel better, or you can recognise that the club needs to appeal to an area rather than a background to be of any value to a) the local area and b) potentially the a-league and do something about it.

Until that occurs you'll get very little sympathy from mainstream football fans and rightly so. Clubs such as yours held the game back for a very long time.

Dreaming? The FFA have overlooked a Canberra bid for a bid that has no independent backers (maybe one). It is a welfare club that can only be sustained for 2 seasons unless someone comes along to back it.

Where is the due diligence? The same due diligence that was done on the Fury, GCU and Knights?

Olympic is a stable model, financially, it is viable. Far from being discouraged, we are building for what will occur in 2 years time to be ready to pounce.

Nice post but you were a little loose by saying that they held the game back.

The old NSL clubs laid the foundation for football in this country and continue to do so in their role in the State League and developing the players of NSW.
Player development wise yes, but then i wonder what might have been had all backgrounds been included in the development pathway? Supporter wise they didn't build any support, EPL coverage was much more influential in gaining support for the game and when the a-league came on board previous NSL crowds were multiplied by many times. They were repressing the games growth.

Yes the game has moved on and rightly so BUT to simply disrespect what they have given to the game is preposterous. They kept the game going for many years when old mate Lowy had phucked off, only to return to the fold once the golden generation of Socceroos was in place. Mind I add that most of that generation were developed by the old NSL clubs.
There was a period in the 90's, it may have been earlier, where the traditional clubs had a choice to widen their appeal or to stay as they were. Most willingly continued to look in house or did token nickname change. To ignore their responsibility in those actions and use labels such as disrespectful is ignorant, there was more bad than good.

As for lowy, he worked out there was no point flogging a dead horse left, it's hard to blame him. When he returned he hired a manager and put in a support system that was equally as responsible for our success as the players.

I am a huge fan of the Aleague and maintain it is the best thing to happen to Oz football, BUT am extremely disappointed with people who belittle the old NSL club's contribution to our game for the past 50 years.
If the attitude of those clubs were different, inclusive, supporting the a-league etc, working hard to change the image of the game perhaps they would be embraced better?

Edited by ralerasic: 5/4/2012 04:38:49 PM