Classic Franchise Zone Shit-housery

Tarneit United President, Derek Campbell, said:  

“Tarneit United is in the heart of the west and we’re excited to partner with the best A-League club in the country

"no news" is "good news" mate... They should be around for at least another season.

I'm pretty sure this is a joke but no they aren't.

Bit of a circus in regards to the updates. We are officially half way through the year and they have had one update on their socials in 2023.

What are the odds of them actually playing at this venue in 2023/2024?

Are they hosting any women's world cup teams at their ground?

Any updates on the WUFC Stadium? Any new photos? 

Cant believe how quiet the club have been on the facility. They should be driving serious momentum here but they arent

You presume that their current members have paid for the privileged :)

It would be great if it were true, however there is very little evidence to suggest that any work has been completed on the main privately owned stadium. Renders are a dime a dozen. Any first year architecture or industrial design student can smash one of those out in an afternoon. Renders are meaningless, which is why they always have disclaimers about them being an 'artistic impression'. These days you could just make one in a matter of seconds in Midjourney or Dall-e. The reality is that there has been zero announcement of which building company will be building it and there has been no planning permits granted in relation to the main stadium.  These two pieces of information (or lack there of) point to the possibility that they have barely even started. It's a far cry from the 'shovel ready' lies made during the bidding process. 
The training ground is a completely separate project all together, which is 100% owned and operated by Wyndham City. WU are just a tenant like many other council owned facilities you'd find in suburbs all over the country. It will be nice for them once built, but it is not theirs. They will definitely need to drop the membership prices as I can't imagine there being too many people eager to pay the current price and then have to stand or sit on temporary stands. 

WU are building their stadium.

There were updated rendering sfloating around the resembled the San Jose Earthquakes stadium not too long ago. 

There is work being down, but i agree in the fact that all this effort for the trainign ground points to the fact that the proper stadium i think will be here for about their 10th season.

In another 6 years of development of the Tarneit region, the land will need to be utilised. 

The Council 100% owns it, bit more than 'a stake'

Its a shame they will have to bring the tarps over from City Vista reserve, all so they can have a "venue" with 180 more seats..... hardly seems worth it.

Its common that government will insist that the facilities it has a stake in are available to the rest of the community.

I'm sure WU will add their branding when the ground is operational.

The real challenge for Western United is spelt out in their name :United.  Can they actually unite the West behind them?  There is a huge football community out here, but its all divided and each group is connected to their own smaller clubs.  They really need to work out how Western Sydney did it.

Its all good bud, if you win the GF your captain will be sure to thank "His holiness the Sheikh" in his speech again... Gotta keep up appearances, at least these days there is no "effnik sokkah violence" on the front page of the Herald Sun :)

No, but it IS "their stadium" isnt it? If thats what these charlatans are claiming wouldn't you think they would at least have seats to reflect that? 

BTW, still dont think they will EVER build the "shovel ready" stadium their bid hinged on, its a pipe dream... this is a 500 seat council ground , NPL 3 level at best, they are now going to pass off as the spiritual hoe of football in the west.... hahahahahahha its actually quite hilarious.

So you've gone from "they ll never build the stadium" to "the seats are grey"

Its the obvious way to run an A-League club.  The Mariners did it.  Adelaide is doing it

This is a selling league not a destination league.

Glover is out of contract right, meaning he can leave for free?

Not sure what Tillio's contract situation is.

Well you guys are kind of killing the fun of following the team... 

New York City FC is the jewel in the crown of CFG.

That club isnt about selling players. Its about having a presence in the biggest city on the planet. Having a stadium of their own opposite Citifeild and a stones throw from the US Open tennis facility is the dream for CFG. They have achieved this.

They wont see the need in building a stadium out here. It adds nothing to what they are doing, which is finding, developing and selling players through Melbourne City FC. 

This is why they are happy to pay Maclaren $1 million a season as a marquee, because as long as he is there, they will be up the top of the table, and young kids will want to go there, and amongst these young kids will be some sellable players, of which they will profit. 

Its taken some time, but its a very smart model to run a club on. 

Hard to dispute. they are spending over a billion AU to build a stadium for New York City FC, yet can't spare 20% of that cost to build Dandenong stadium.

City wont get a stadium built for them by CFG. 

From my understanding of it, CFG have next to no interest in the A-league as a whole, in comparison to the booming MLS. 

They just want to be able to continue to sell players from Melbourne City on to other clubs. 

They have already made their investment back through the sales of Mooy, Bos, etc. Tilio is another one that will be sold on, as will Glover.

City could net 3m to 4m in sales this season, which is all CFG care about. 

They have a doco on Paramount but it's rough viewing 

Its a far cry from their renders though isnt it? :)  Oh well, wonder how they will spin this new "boutique stadium" experience being soooo much better than the unsuitable Lakeside...... 

Probably more a case of a 'give us your absolute cheapest option possible'.
Grey seats on grey concrete in the middle of a paddock. About as uninviting as it gets.
Something is better than nothing and can't complain too much about any football infrastructure being actually built in Victoria.

Wonder why they didnt go with green and black seating for their "own" home stadium though?

Maybe the council is hedging their bets? tee hee.

I recounted, looks like it's 1008 seats.
Each panel has 84 seats and it appears to be a total of 12 panels.
So pretty similar to a bunch of suburban grounds around Melbourne.

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81035279

Looks like somebody over ordered then mate :) the actual "stadium" doesn't look like it would take more than 500-700 seats.

somebody should be making a doco on this 

These look like the seats for the main stand so the council is paying for those.
I count 1512 seats.

Unclear who's paying for these



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