Melton council might approve it but they also need objections to come in .

Let’s be honest, they only really need a 6-7k stadium at max currently, creating a good atmosphere that can stay least bring some interest to the club .

Getting approval from George Cross and the council would be interesting, especially with any additional traffic concerns (there is no PT there from what I have seen). They might as well use Somers Street if they can as it already has the facilities and the same no PT issue.

I don't think WUFC is going any where.

The financial rewards of all the free land is just too big a windfall, and the stadium will happen just not the way and timelines that everyone expected based on their AL application.

For WUFC to become a "successful club" would mean they have a stadium, preferably with a 15k capacity (but who really knows?), that has an average crowd of 10k.

Personally I don't see it, but the ground will be a form of multi-use so I expect to see concerts and some rugby games etc to make it pay for itself.
Along with rents from medical facilities etc. and if they were smart make the ground surrounded by retail outlets under the stands. I've seen this in Europe, so I'd expect they will do same.

Realistically the team itself really doesn't mean that much in the bigger scheme of things.

The ground  can add more seating.   But might need to appease the people living near the ground 

I think the fences behind the goals are tall enough to hang the WU tarps from.... 

sounds like a half decent idea. But not having been there before, is there room to do this?

It’s certainly something I have thought about as the rent money would be good but having them there with an academy just sees George Cross lose value in their own programs. 

Are they merging with George Cross or just squatting?

Hope he didn't fall for the old "We"ll build you a house mate, all yours, just sign here" and actually got a 3 year contract, for Australian dollars, in writing.

Iirc thei Georgies ground and truganina hornets are the same age. 

Yep it’s strange, but the George Cross complex is brand new and quite a good facility so it is an appealing option. 

It is.  Still find it strange they didn't chose any of wyndham's clubs as a base 

That's where their NPL and youth teams are based out of and pretty sure that's where the seniors train as well. 

Seemed like rudan losing the playing group a lot quicker than rumours state. . They need to get the new appointment right and hope to hell that their ceo and board don't do what mv did when  adp first came in 

I think I read that Macarthur were looking to sign Uskok, but yes Kurto just didn’t get another look in after Scott started getting game time. After so many heavy score lines, certainly odd they didn’t mix it up a bit.

The end of the season was a mess for WU and I guess we will have to wait and see what the talk is about what actually played out in the future. The nosedive in fork doesn’t just happen, especially to the levels they were being smashed by. 

How they signed dwh  when they have no manager.  Uskok  I think is rumoured to join wsw and Kurto is a strange one but considering he lost his spot to Scott doesn't suprise me

Yep, seem to recall it had been up for lease for some time.

I do wonder how many people they have working for them though anyway, as it seems to be a rather lean operation.

Amazing that they signed DWH for 3 years. I certainly wouldn’t have had any confidence to move to WU if I was a player. 

Their admin was never at leakes road though.  I work near there and before covid hit  there was not a soul in there . 

The merch store had a sign saying coming soon. Then when the road works finished it was still coming soon and then it became the Indian store.  

Let me guess they took over the Georgies base?  Seriously they should stop fucking around and say were gonna be based in the city of Melton .

Yep, looks like they moved admin to Caroline Springs facility.

Their offices never opened. It was for lease since they came in. The only thing connecting the offices was the signange . Their merch store is now an Indian clothes shop. 

Well the social media person is an mv fan who applied for the job.  

Yeah, they closed it during the peak lockdowns in Vic last year. No reason to have an office if the staff can't actually use it.

I just read on another forum that the WU office is actually closed up and empty,

And good at defending put them in central defence 

Good to see that at least someone at the "club" is still employed. hahahahahahah

That's what I keep posting on their Facebook page and they keep deleting it. 

Agree. It’s just hard to see what WU can do next. 

Yeah, it's obvious that WU got over the line because they promised to build a stadium with private money, while Team XI was dependent on a stadium being built for them, without and no govt commitment had been forthcoming.

Still, the problem is that WU have had no Plan B since they've decided that Geelong isn't viable and their stadium is still pixie dust. At least an SE Melbourne side could have, at a scratch, played at Casey Fields with some temporary stands on an interim basis.