I'll be glad when they rebuild Parra Stadium with a much larger capacity. I was around when we had to play our home games at Belmore during the 80s whilst they rebuilt Parra Stadium.
Accordingly during this period we will be playing at an alternative venue, probably ANZ.
However wouldn't it be good if for one year only next year we suspended our agreement with both ANZ and the N.T. and played ALL our home games at Parra and give something back to Eels fans.
The following years whilst our stadium is being rebuilt we could play matches at Darwin, ANZ or any other regional area they decide.
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we should be playing there anyway and I don't care how big anz or any other stadium is Parramatta stadium our home ground and that's where we belong
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Kerry i dont want to call you an IMBECILE but your making a very good case for it lol, usually your blogs are pretty good Kerry, have you been on the turps today?
Or in the UPSAG facebook group?
However, when Parra Stad. is complete, we will almost certainly be playing only 1hm gme. away from home (NT) and 11 at home.
And as an extra bonus, clubs such as Wests dragos and Penrith may choose to take a game or two to Parramatta - giving us up to 14 games at home and only 8 away.
Kerry, surprisingly to most of our fellow members on this site I think you may have something here.
last week the in the Media it was reported that the NT could possibly break their contract with Parra to host us up there for the next 2 years citing lack of value for NT. Hmm.......disappointing?
Now for the brick-wall of ANZ. It has never been publicized properly to the masses but it seems a contract still remains for 3 games per year taken to that venue. During the last 2 or 3 years we have been able to defer 1 game per year to the following year which explains why this "never ending contract' continues to roll on, and on.
Now I'm wondering why, if it's been proven that a contract can be altered by mutual agreement, why is KG's idea so ludicrous? Why couldn't we put the scenario to the ANZ chiefs to delay taking our home games there next year in return for a sweetner of a multitude of games over and above what we would contractually "owe" them being played there during the years of rebuild?
That way everbody's happy and we get to be cosy and contented next year 'at home," as we used to be.
Kerry may, at times might be frustrating and miss out on the odd shout, but I'd never call him a dope!
Thanks for the support.The point is they could give something back to the fans for 1 year before we become nomads for a couple of years.
Don't spend overs on players way past their prime and others that are not worth the big bucks that we are paying and it wouldn't cost us that much.
Darkz, no one is suggesting breaking any contracts! Deferring the ANZ one only for 1 year is plausible as the current board has recognised the members dislike for that arena and has negotiated that 1 game be deferred annually to appease us in the past. It can be done again!
As for Darwin, that agreement is being re-evaluated currently by the other party and may be torn up . If it does survive, and continue then of course you would not risk losing the large bag of loot from that deal.
Which leaves just the ANZ to argue about. Brett Allen argues that the football club lost so much last year that we can't afford to tinker with that deal. My answer to that is if we were to defer taking the games there next year and pay them back the following year then we would not lose any money, as we still gain that amount the following year if not more.
As much as I agree it would be more desirable to financially stand on our own two feet it remains a fact that our Leagues club was built primarily to support the Football club!
And they're on track to post a 15 Million dollar profit next year.
Maybe it would be difficult to give us a least 11 home games at Pirtek next year but it is doeable and the Board could regain some support after a hard year at the same time makeing most members very happy.
Two seasons ago when St George were scheduled to play Parra last game of season at ANZ. Because both sides were going like busted the ANZ were quite happy to transfer this game back to Parra Stadium because of the likelihood of poor crowd. So it seems contracts can be broken when it suits ANZ