smfc tv C31 Program Here:

http://www.c31.org.au/schedule/view/episode/87267

smfc You tube version in HD soon

Been waiting for this, will watch when i get back from surgeon.

Here is the youtube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u25hDT7Ny1I

Dat porn music in the background;



-PB

Who are your major financial backers chris? Cons fruit shop?

wats their crowds like in the nsl and vpl?



Edited by williamn: 10/5/2013 05:17:28 PM

1 South fans = 10 regular fans so around 100k

I doubt it'd be anyone listed here (must be backers who would be revealed if the time came to stump up the cash);



-PB

They get crowds of 10k? :shock:

-PB

Let them in ffs. If Heart can survive, I'm sure a club playing in a rent-free stadium isn't going to have too many problems especially if the FFA maintain their consistency and cover at least some part of the player wages. At least we'll have a proper club and one which invests in youth development playing in the top tier.

Edited by ducky42: 10/5/2013 06:14:56 PM

Wow!

My personal view after watching that video is South Melbourne will not stop in their pursuit to obtain an Aleague licence and can offer an absolutely sensational football infrastructure the envy of football in this country.

The value add from this sleeping giant to the Australian football landscape is immense and must be capitalised upon ASAP.

Go South!

Edited by southfan: 10/5/2013 07:07:27 PM

Ahh let them in.

If they are stable then whats the problem. If Habib and Mohammad start shit then just dock points of them.

Fairly sure you had that viewpoint before you watched the video.

;)

after watching that i've changed my mind haha

let em in

only thing i'd say is that if they are playing in the a-league then they shouldn't remain in the vpl...would get too messy

Oh great another SMFC thread, I was wondering what ever happened to them was so quiet for 24hours

We have two threads already discussing South Melbourne being knocked back in their take over attempt of Melbourne Heart, we do not need anymore.

Apparently melbourne croatia now front runners

Either way melbourne heart as we know them are done

I call bullshit

Now im all for SM merging with Heart but how does shifting a team from Gosford to Melbourne benefit football in this country?

Couldn't be worse than some of the Heart supporters out there.

So, SMFC want to "play at the highest level in Australia"?

The soon to be commenced FFA Cup will be a chance to do just that. If South can pull big, well-behaved crowds to these FFA Cup matches (especially against a-league clubs), then we can sit down and talk meaningfully about it. (One thing to talk about: have South play in colours other than blue and white, and to stop selling "Hellas 100" memberships to help lose the 'Greeks only' tag.)

If they can't pull these crowds, then they stay in the state league.

I think this is an extremely reasonable and rational approach to this issue that both the pro-SM or anti-SM people would appreciate.

Problem solved

Im certain that South will be in the A-league at some point in the future...but i just want to know exactly what south would do if they managed to buy out the Heart licence...would they seek to change the name or what?

Would have been wiser for you to let someone else post this on here.

i am curious about this too i think their colours are too similar to victory for them to change the colours, keep the heart colours just get rid of that ugly jersey and dont mind them changing the name either

heart promised a lot and didnt deliver on anything would love to see what south melbourne can do as long as they are inclusive

only thing to add to this thread.. it is.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

couldnt the ffa just announce canberra and south melbourne as the two front runners for the next round of expansion places.

MV are navy blue, our colours are a royal blue so you can't have 2 sides from the same city wearing a predominantly all 'blue' kit. Over the decades we've worn all white with blue trim and our original kit was white shirt with a red V and blue shorts, so we can play around a bit with the kit if need be. I'd personally go for the all white Real Madrid/Leeds look. I also kind of like sides wearing a totally different colour as an away strip, maybe green or maroon if this thing gets off the ground.

As for the name, as long as South Melbourne is in it then I don't care. However it might be too tacky and unpopular if we end up 'taking over' Melb Heart and call ourselves SM Heart FC. South Melbourne United was one of the 3 original clubs back in the 50's that formed SM Hellas SC. Wouldn't mind being called United, better than some cheesy, gimmicky nickname. Still, there's a long, long way to go....

Look I'm sure the individuals that are stumping up the millions here will be doing everything in their powers to create a football environment that will make everyone feel welcome otherwise what's the point? No one is that stupid to invest millions in an A League franchise only to turn it into some sort of 60's and 70's greeks only social club like many on this forum are paranoid it will become. Will be hard work for sure but at leastwe have a massive head start with our top class facilities, youth set-up and football knowledge.

I have no problem with South joining the league. They're just going to have to do something about that name. Not exactly broadbased, is it?

South Melbourne? You're right, it's not very inclusive of North, East or West Melbourne is it.

Or any suburb that isn't South Melbourne.

If they could go back to Southern Cross, that'd be great.

Edited by Freddie AppsHero: 10/5/2013 09:31:11 PM