Westgate derby@!@@!!!!!!!

Nah its the middle of boganville  of Melton 🤣🤣

Maybe not the middle, but definitely on the edge of nowhere.

Still bitter 2 years on. Time to get over it and start dreaming of your team being part of the second tier very soon. 

Btw, Tarneit is not in the middle of nowhere. 

3rd, 5th  4th, thats-a-morai..

Was Max Burgess playing for WU? Or is he still in Sydney.

* came 5th 

Went to the game, was one of 200 people of the general public to get a ticket. 

How good are those new away jerseys? Came 3rd last year, maybe first this season then ACL, min round16, onward and upward indeed. Walk around the backyard in sluggos these days. Hey, Poi bo! 

Yep, well SMFC and Co. had plenty of time to turn the game pro, so maybe dont just tear down the efforts of those who managed to do so. I'm all for reunification but that aint the way to do so. 

It also unites the sycophants through plasticness..... Yay .... ummm ....  land values! 

Wow thats awesome. Full time pro team will beat a bunch of lads that work day jobs and train 2 nights a week.... 
Maybe one day we can find out but by the time a second division is up and running with pro rel these muppets will be long gone......

We will wait and see.

One thing for sure, WU certainly do one thing for many.. as it creates a united cause against it through bitterness. 

Ermmm....yeah but their team would absolutely destroy SMFC. So there is that.

Real ‘dodgy bros’ stuff this WU mob. Seems their main interest and priority is to sell cheap townhouses in the middle of nowhere with a WU membership thrown in to unsuspecting migrants. One day this complete sham will unravel and all the $ide deal$ between council, property developers, FFA and ‘silent’ investors will get exposed. WU is a farce of the highest order, a joke, a scam, a lie, a disgrace to football in this country. They’ll never ever gain traction. People aren’t stupid and can see through this complete charade.

One thing that people forget re the WU sell-out is that Victorians have not seen any live sport since March. We are hanging out for it.

Ok with expansion next time, will any former Nsl club win a spot? Will it be say fourth time unsuccessful?
It must be the same glaring issue time and again,  what could it be that the decision makers are avoiding, is it a mono thing, a monobrow?

Mate their sales pitch to fans was an afterthought. It may be your concern but clearly not theirs. Name, colours, location are all irrelevant to these investors, its all a land grab. They set up a "poll" to ask their potential fan base what they should be called and then went ahead with "Western United" anyway with a colour scheme indicative of the asphalt and green nature strips of the housing development they plan to build, their logo even has a pitched roof to reflect the 1000s of houses they plan to build on the land they have been virtually gifted.... 
The failure of A-league clubs IS NOT a huge issue for the game here, just an issue for the A-League owners and the professional game. Some can't see the forest for the trees. Even if they all fold we will still have a very strong participation rate and lots of other clubs for our talented youngsters to play in and develop to hopefully represent the Socceroos and Matildas on the world stage. Yes there will be a serious lack of money in the game, like there was before, but its not as if the A-League has been focused on the national good for the sport here for 15 years anyway so what will change?
Anyway, the A-League clubs have their independence (or at least soon will)  so happy to give them the benefit of the doubt and see how much they now choose to engage with the 1000s of soccer supporters in this country that aren't existing customers. Its not negative talk that appears to be the problem, more the lack of positive action. 

Sales pitch to fans, not the FFA was my main concern. 

I disagree mate, their sales pitch to FFA was perfect,  no need for lessons. They got the license they needed to convince the council to give them the land for free didnt they? 
Dont worry about clubs surviving for the future, most of the 1000+ clubs in Australia have been around for decades, some even going back 80 -90 years... its only some of the franchises that may not make it.

It is certainly disappointing to see how things have panned out on the stadium front, but it still appears that they will have a dedicated training base and progress on stadium quicker than any other A-League club has managed to achieve. 

After 15 years of being stepped over, WU is the straw that broke the camel's back for me. To lose our 3rd bid for an A league license to this scummy bullshit ... no words. To miss out to Wollongong or Canberra or even that smoke and mirrors shit Stamoulis and Belteky where trying to peddle down in Hobart, I could have lived with but this collection of crooks is too much. Aparently Andrew Zinnis' son, after being kicked out of every NPL team in Victoria is now their latest recruit.... Instead of setting up their own womens program the latest shithousery is that the have "formed an alliance" with Calder United a youngish womens only club in WNPL so that they dont have to soend any money themselves..... 
MCG, mate I actually admire your enthusiasm too budy but you are wrong. Western United failing does not affect Australian football in anyway at all, its like pulling off a bandaid. Best done sooner rather than later because when, in 3-4 years time, when the land isnt selling, there is no train station and the stadium is still a bunch of renders and Autocad drawings, the plug will be pulled and all the dirty water will drain into the sewers of Werribee. I feel sorry for that guy with the Yosemite Sam mustache and his Save Hakeem banners.

Sshhh you might be branded a bitter as well....

Yeah I heard tbe same, Lots of Croatian families.... Who would have thought that the Croatian community in Geelong love soccer? Im gob smacked. Maybe the Western United faithful didnt open up their instafacebooks this week as they where noticably absent, wonder why the club was stating that they sold out the stadium when this evidently was a lie? Wonder if they lie about other things as well?

Western Service Crew will expand this year from last season's resounding success, like a well fed waist line. Got a boner!

I am sure I am not alone in saying that the whole WU bidding process now looks to have been highly suspect, not the least because their "shovel ready" stadium evaporated as soon as their bid was accepted by FFA.  

A homeless club without supporters or a stadium.   Yeah, great idea.

Unfortunately yeah a lot of people have this view towards WU, but as Melbcityguy said, Australian football really cannot afford WU to fail. I don't see any logical reason for investors to be interested in our game if we keep having clubs failing/folding (NZ Knights and both Queensland clubs). We all want a proper football pyramid with hopefully soon a second division, which means hopefully more professional football clubs being introduced. Some of those would require investors for the step up, facility improvements/upgrades, transition from semi to professional environment, and importantly, for clubs to be ambitious and grow. If we have 12 successful and financially sustainable clubs in our top division, it looks more attractive for investors, as well as broadcasters/streaming companies, to be interested in football here, compared to a league with four. I don't think WU was anyone's ideal choice with expansion (outside of the FFA), but they're here and like the situation with Newcastle Jets and Central Coast, we need them to become sustainable and successful. If and when the second division comes in, they're not good enough, the football structure will sort that out. But for now, we need all clubs to be doing well.

This opposition is good to build real rivalries in the domestic game. Helps legitimise WU and oh, another marginalized team that could have actually
won the GF this year if the Delbridge goal had a different interpretation to it, and that is City!
These teams came 2 & 3 last season and look even stronger this season.
Lets keep the criticism going, thats gold! 

To be fair he’s not alone; I’ve never seen such passionate opposition to a club as WU are getting. 

If western United fail how is that good for football in Australia? I don’t get your argument