Just read this on the AFL site.

How poxy can it get?

What's in a name? Team GWS's four proposals

Giants - embodies the size, strength and power of west Sydney

Stallions - fast moving, powerful and impressive - just like west Sydney

Rangers - adventurous people from where the plains meet the mountains.

Pride - a region with lots to be proud of (including its new AFL team)

A touch of Americana in there with 'Giants' and 'Rangers' (pronounced with a soft 'g' rather than as in red head). Can't believe 'Mighty Ducks' didn't get a look in?!?!?

'Stallions' sounds like a porno title. I'm imagining a members section full of Armani crocheted muscle tops and leather pants.

'Pride' is something a netball team would go for.

I nearly bust a gut laughing at the reasons for the selections. 'Fast moving, powerful and impressive - just like West Sydney'. Whoever's in charge of marketing up there needs to A. visit West Sydney, and B. get into a 2010 Australian mindset rather than a 1985 High School USA fugue.

Apparently there's a competition between Bon Jovi and High Five to write the team anthem.

The white elephants might be closer!

hahahaha brilliant. how about the lakers? or colts? tossers.

Freo fans can't wait for this team to come in, oh the hilarity.

As my fiancee just put it, they should be called the Suns - because the Sun shines on West Sydney.

Perhaps the Underbellies

Freo fans can't wait for this team to come in, oh the hilarity.

As my fiancee just put it, they should be called the Suns - because the Sun shines on West Sydney.

Perhaps the Underbellies

West Sydney Guns

Major sponsor 000 or crime stoppers

I will laugh for a week if they call themselves the Stallions!

Rangers is the best of that bad bunch.

The Wild Stallions

Wild West Sydney

The Gold Diggers or The Pillows

Disaster waiting to happen.....

As long as it's not something as weak and overanalyzed as 'Power', 'Force' or 'Pride', I don't care what it is. - I think Gold Coast did the right thing by putting it on the back burner for a while. Let the name come about naturally.

Surely the Raiders would be apt.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoons/new/2005-02-26%2520Darwin%2520ralil%2520white%2520elephant%2520450.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoon_3430.html&h=290&w=450&sz=19&tbnid=B4TTNrAqyPWtbM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhite%2Belephant&hl=en&usg=__1obK4XxKuY4zsbaOmvvRSy0amuw=&ei=U55_S5TAHMuLkAW094XCCA&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image&ved=0CBYQ9QEwAw

Taking a detour via bankstown soon!

Western Sydney bowel prowlers haha trying to take over NRL silly idea. People there dont give a [censored] about football and never will.

Ummm Rangers is not American, Glasgow, Queens Park use it just to name a few off the top of my head.

What about the newspaper doonas

Ummm Rangers is not American, Glasgow, Queens Park use it just to name a few off the top of my head.

Texas Rangers - Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers - Major League Baseball

Came into existence when? compared to Glasgow (1872) or Queens park (1882)?

snakes was the best ive heard.

Kings, Boomerangs, Snakes sounds good, possums perhaps?

The Western Sydney Cougars

The marketing potential is endless.

Could target the over 35 female population for fans, as they have no hope with the blokes out west.

I don't understand why you all think it's so funny

I don't mind Giants or Rangers. Much better than Power or Dockers.

as long as it is something tangible.

As mentioned I hate the power, force, storm type names etc.