South Melbourne make $7 million offer for Melbourne Heart

[ZANZIBAR]

SMFC are an Australian club based in Melbourne with Australians as members/supporters and it would be a shame if they were excluded from the A-League because of their cultural/ethnic background.

who has excluded them????? they have been given TWO A-League teams to choose from in their city
if they choose not to support them they have excluded themselves, and why? because it doesnt have a greek heritage? maybe maybe not, but it was their choice

[blahblah]

who has excluded them????? they have been given TWO A-League teams to choose from in their city
if they choose not to support them they have excluded themselves, and why? because it doesnt have a greek heritage? maybe maybe not, but it was their choice

Sevengoals is talking about the club, not the supporters.

[Stuckey]

Its a real pity this stink that has been kicked up with the Victoria NPL is delaying their entry to it. Getting these clubs back on the national stage will be a great advert to everyone that football has IMO moved on and grown up. I see no reason why the likes of Marconi, South Melb and Adl City can't play HAL clubs going forward. IMO crowd trouble will be the only thing hurting it.

[shinAUFC]

how many A-league clubs could put up 7million to expand on on the business they already have?

i would say none!

seems silly to me that some of the wealthiest clubs in the country who own their own stadiums and clubrooms cannot even get a look in to the Aussie top flight.

The more money invested in the league the better, just police the matches with zero tolerance to racial comments ( as always ) and market the old NSL clubs appropriately to a new audience.

No need to be scared of the effniks!! we are all only a few generations from coming here on a boat...... all of us!

[ZANZIBAR]

what would the takeover mean?
is it still melb heart or will the club change to south melbourne?
for me i would like to see these big non a league clubs play in the FFA cup. see how that goes for a few years.
i dont think anyone is scared of "effniks" as a lot of us may be considered anyway, just dont want the image of the league reverting to NSL style division of fans.

[Stuckey]

what would the takeover mean?
is it still melb heart or will the club change to south melbourne?
for me i would like to see these big non a league clubs play in the FFA cup. see how that goes for a few years.
i dont think anyone is scared of "effniks" as a lot of us may be considered anyway, just dont want the image of the league reverting to NSL style division of fans.

I agree. Get the NPL right then hopefully the FFA cup can follow. Then look at whether a group of these old clubs can make up a small summer comp we can see group into a B-league.