Sure it was our home game??Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Pretty sure they were Northern Spirits home games
I had a couple of Match programs from Spirit games and I never went to Nth Sydney Oval
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Sure it was our home game??Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Pretty sure they were Northern Spirits home games
I had a couple of Match programs from Spirit games and I never went to Nth Sydney Oval
Different game....I know the one you mean. The one I'm thinking was the Olympic match where Griff scored after Dodd's mazy run. Not sure now if it was our home game but I was sitting in the members area.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
What a mess
Yep. Probs why this is the last sporting code Gallop will get a gig at. Everything he touches turns to shit and his legacy on the game of Football will be long remembered for clueless inaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Negative Police
the new boss wants it.
and he wants it now.
buckle up lads.
any rich wankers out there get your chequebook out.
So which new board members are associated with the new franchises. Welcome to those new clubs through the backdoor. Congratulations.
I thought it was more of a reflection that we aint getting South in the compQuote:
Originally Posted by Negative Police
Old mate who is chairman got snubbed at South as a youngster and has had an axe to grind with them ever since
Makes it harder but i still think South will buy their way in. 3 derby teams is the kicker. The other im not so sure but must be Victorian or Canberra or go for all 3 which would make 24 rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Problem with South Melbourne is they buy players rather than develop them. Don't we have enough of that shit already.
I wonder what the stats are on percentage of AL players that actually went thru their own clubs youth system.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
It would be hard to work out given kids can play junior football at one club and then move to another because it lacked senior football opportunities.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Paul Trimboli for example used to play for Brighton. Brighton were fabulous developing young kids [probably still are]but couldn't offer them senior football at the higher levels.
So the bigger clubs would poach them and make out like they did all the hard work - when the truth is they merely gained a kid with all the tools.
Melb Knights / Melb Croatia were probably the main club where a kid could go right through the system to the highest level never needing to play anywhere else.
just to interject these opinions with a few facts
the expansion teams are supposed to be announced in a week on 12 December
much as they were supposed to be announced on 31 October
So you are saying the new board are gonna rubberstamp the farce with out doing due diligence in a weeks time??Quote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
If any of those bastardised South Eastern Northern Westie Conglomerate sides from either Melbourne or Sydney get in at the expense of ACTUAL existing football clubs like South or Wollongong then they can get ****ed as they are not exactly doing anything posityive for Oz Football but validating the farce of a football set up we have in this country where promotion to the top tier is protected by.contracts and promotion into isnt based on football merit but on brown paper bag deals in the shadows
The whole process from the beginning has been crafted to support the Southern Expansion bid to satisfy Gallop.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Wollongong unfortunately will not get side in its own right even though to the best of my knowledge Bruce Gordon was happy to tip in for a stand alone Wollongong Wolves.
Mark my words from a membership and crowd numbers perspective all that new entity will achieve is bastardizing numbers from the two existing Sydney clubs.
If you think South Melbourne are in the top 2 of the expansion bidders left you seriously are delusional.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
South are actually number 1 of the bidders left because they actually ****ing existQuote:
Originally Posted by Premy
They aint some wet dream wfantasy waiting to occur
Everything about the Sydney and Melbourne bids is plastic and manufacture
Exactly where are their fans coming from??
Just going to steal them off Blue Aids Red Aids VARtree and Plastic City s seagulls
South at least have existing fans and existing history
I think this is actually something that the honourable member and I actually agree on
South Melbourne and Canberra should be the expansion teams but I am 100% certain this will not be the case
We bang on in 100% agreement thereQuote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
Broken clock is right twice a day etc
Yeah lets bring in a club that can't or won't pay their current players.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
What could go wrong?
What your claim here ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
Because I have heard the same BS trotted out by Souths detractors in the past and it was proven false
So I am all ears on this allegation