Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:26 am  

All looks great JB.

Without jumping any gun. You must be getting well excited?

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:25 am  

Home shirt... When and where can you get them?

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:19 pm  

Rooster Booster wrote:

All looks great JB.

Without jumping any gun. You must be getting well excited?

Not really tbh. I have a horrible gut feeling the ARLC are going to delay expansion until 2018. Even then I am not convinced they won't go with the two safe options of a Q'land and NSW team. This is RL we are talking about, we are hardly known for setting the world on fire when it comes to sensible expansion!

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:21 pm  

random_dav wrote:

Home shirt... When and where can you get them?

Not designed yet (that one I posted was just a fans mock up idea). I suspect they will be designing them over the next couple of months ready for the SG Ball team KO in January. Expect to see fan replica ones around that time (we will also know by then if and where expansion will happen).

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:11 am  

JB are you in Perth? I fly into perth at the end of august, pirate ahoy for this pommie! I think changing the logo and name is a great idea and will bring interest from outside of the usual WA reds fanbase.

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:17 pm  

very red robin wrote:

JB are you in Perth? I fly into perth at the end of august, pirate ahoy for this pommie! I think changing the logo and name is a great idea and will bring interest from outside of the usual WA reds fanbase.

Yes mate, you coming to live or visit?

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:22 pm  

Why exactly would the expansion be delayed?

I can't understand the logic behind this. The NRL needs to maximise the product.

There is long term potential for two top flight divisions.

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:00 pm  

Odem wrote:

Why exactly would the expansion be delayed?

I can't understand the logic behind this. The NRL needs to maximise the product.

There is long term potential for two top flight divisions.

Why rush? What's a year or two when these clubs are going to be around for 50+ years?

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:19 am  

$'s. Every year without a 9th game to sell is $30-40mill a year in lost income. Gallop should have had enough confidence in the game in 2011 to announce expansion then, if he had we might not be getting the estimated $200mill less than AFL in the next TV deal that is predicted.

Re: West Coast Pirates NRL bid : Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:21 am  

Aside form the great cap and ball available to crew members the WC Pirates have just released the first merchandise for the club. Great looking Tshirt and $5 discount of you are a crew member. Available from the website next week. $25 members, $30 non members.