Little bit of a rumour floating around that St Kilda is looking at a further alternative to Moorabbin, Casey Fields ands Port Melbourne following the approach of Frankston Council to be based at Frankston Oval, with a new facility built behind the beach end goals.
Interesting, because fish don't buy memberships and half the catchment is water, you'd wonder what the attraction might be. However, maybe the Dolphins and St Kilda will form a new alignment.
I would be very suprised if that happened.
Highly unlikely.
Is there a full moon at the moment????
Some of these so called "rumours" are really stretching the imagination....
From what I hear, that is more than a rumour.
I have no clue, however, about what that catchment comment is all about.
As I hear, an alignment is not part of the plan necessarily.
[quote:0763d1ccbe="Dolphin"]I have no clue, however, about what that catchment comment is all about.[/quote]
Dolphin, I thought you'd know a bit about the geography of the Frankston area. There's a big area coloured blue on the map called Port Phillip Bay, which lies to the west of Frankston. It is inhabited by fish, rather than humans (who live on land). It is the people types who buy memberships to football clubs. In a macro sense the catchment area around an AFL football club will generate additional interest and memberships simply because of its presence in the community. In the case of Frankston, the western half of the catchment, which is Port Phillip Bay, won’t yield a single membership.
See what happens when your comments make sense.
Thats all you had to do.
I don't think you have to worry too much about it, but the Council are certainly keen on the idea, and the offer, from what I hear, is a pretty good one.
Will make it pretty interesting for Casey though, given the clause in the tenancy agreement that I understand gets them turfed out if there is no AFL side involved with the Scorpions. But I assuma that is actually why you are raising precieved problems with the Frankston offer.
Simply a metter of self-preservation.
No problem with that.
Comedy capers , pure conjecture. Stkilda will not align themselves with a two bit club like frankston. And before you start going off your little trolleys , have a look how great your wonderful side is going this year. Huzzah!
I think Dolphin has been pretty much on the mark with a few of these rumours over the years. I wouldn't discount his comments just yet.
The two bit club that hasn't ever needed to align to survive, you mean?
The ONLY club to have never aligned.
By the way, the rumour, that somebody else raised, had nothing at all to do with an alignment.
It also had nothing really to do with the club. The runour was about St Kilda locfating.
Try and understand the issue before you go off on a spray like that.
Personally, I couldn't care less what StKilda do.
The original post was mostly about relocation of St Kilda but did, also, touch on a possible new alignment between St Kilda and the Dolphins.
Fair enough.
That bit I know nothing about.