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https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/s ... f8a891e87f


Ten bidders for A-League expansion:

South West Sydney FC

United for Macarthur (Sydney)

Southern Expansion (Sydney region)

Team 11 (Melbourne)

South Melbourne FC

Western Melbourne Group

Brisbane City FC

Ipswich Pride FC

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Wollongong
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There was fifteen bids, those ten have been invited to contest the next stage.
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I've always favoured Wollongong for expansion, given their history and the passion for soccer in that region.
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Ipswich Pride are certainties, the council already building the stadium
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Western Melbourne and Macarthur South West given the nod.
Shocking decision, two more heartless franchises in already over flooded markets.
Huge oportunity lost, the A League continues to be a bad joke.
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While these bids weren't my favourite, the upside is that at least they'll have a point of difference in terms of the geographical area they represent, unlike Melbourne Heart/City.

What's the bet they expand the finals series to eight teams?
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Wedgie wrote:Western Melbourne and Macarthur South West given the nod.
Shocking decision, two more heartless franchises in already over flooded markets.
Huge oportunity lost, the A League continues to be a bad joke.

Yeah I tend to agree with you there, especially since one of the sides is playing in a different city for its first 3 years so going to be hard to attract supporters.
There are numerous other clubs that have been given a handshake agreement that they will enter the comp when the two tiered league starts within a couple of years so hopefully a few of them have a bit of substance about them.
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Why expand the league with the standard at the level it is at the moment? Surely allowing 2 more sides in is going to lower the standards again and it’s already at a very low level.

Seems crazy to me.
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carey wrote:Why expand the league with the standard at the level it is at the moment? Surely allowing 2 more sides in is going to lower the standards again and it’s already at a very low level.

Seems crazy to me.

As we have seen with the AFL it’s all about TV rights and exposure
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