Name for Western Sydney

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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.

[montasaurus 0]

The white elephants might be closer!

[biggestred 5,015]

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

[45HG 1,539]

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

[agent_orange 0]

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

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,768]

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

Rangers is the best of that bad bunch.

[45HG 1,539]

The Wild Stallions

Wild West Sydney

[Sir Why You Little 36,963]

The Gold Diggers or The Pillows

Disaster waiting to happen.....

[wisedog 352]

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.

[Keyser Söze 0]

Surely the Raiders would be apt.

[montasaurus 0]

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!

[Demon_Tingles 211]

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

[Gorgoroth 12,921]

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

[demonsflag555657 3]

What about the newspaper doonas

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,768]

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

[Gorgoroth 12,921]

Texas Rangers - Major League Baseball

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

[biggestred 5,015]

snakes was the best ive heard.

[Je Roos Salem 661]

Kings, Boomerangs, Snakes sounds good, possums perhaps?

[do it 4 robbie 1]

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.

[BAMF 4,299]

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.

[whitito 187]

as long as it is something tangible.

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