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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2386129, member: 1764"] Correct, Beads. In order for Sydney clubs to be financially competitive with one team towns they need to reduce the dilution in the market. Doesn't need to be a massive reduction, even taking out 2 Sydney teams would be enough. That should be part of any expansion plan. Prime candidates should be teams in Sydney that have very close neighbours with overlapping supporter bases. Cronulla/St George-Illawarra is one. Canterbury/Parramatta/Tigers others. Souths/Roosters too. Mergers? No, they don't work unless they're willing. Canterbury/Parra/Tigers? No. Western Sydney is an area that continues to grow and so having 3 teams in the region is appropriate. That said, of the three, Canterbury and Parramatta do have national support bases...could quite easily thrive in another area and take their history with them. Souths/Roosters. Was a no brainer a decade ago, but Rusty's financially fired Souths up. Roosters have traditionally been strong financially, but their complete lack of a junior base and supporter base would probably render them irrelevant soon enough. Cronulla will go. It's not a matter of if, but when. No real supporter base. No real history of success. Nobody would really miss them. The area itself is limited in how much it can grow and "new" people in the area would be comfortable supporting the Dragons. Merge or die, sharkies. [/QUOTE]

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