Why do all swans flogs keep referring to the Bloods?

[Present Not Past]

Pre 1909 the South Melbourne FC were nicknamed the "Bloods" for various reasons. This Sydney team has nothing in common with that South Melbourne club. This Sydney team may as well call themselves the Edelstons.

 

[Gongswan]

Barry Hall thought the Bloods stuff was bullshit. Didn't buy into it.

Did he say that before or after he got the ass

 

[Gongswan]

Pre 1909 the South Melbourne FC were nicknamed the "Bloods" for various reasons. This Sydney team has nothing in common with that South Melbourne club. This Sydney team may as well call themselves the Edelstons.

Wish we still had the good doctors money, apparently it all goes to Carlton now, so it might be a more fitting name for them

 

[SydneyPhilly]

Pre 1909 the South Melbourne FC were nicknamed the "Bloods" for various reasons. This Sydney team has nothing in common with that South Melbourne club. This Sydney team may as well call themselves the Edelstons.

Pre 1982 the South melbourne football club also had the nickname 'The Swans' due to the large number of Western Australians playing in their ranks, as well as their traditional homeground being "The Lake". However, they were still called the bloods to respect time honoured traditions.

To cut a long story short, teams can nickname themselves whatever, flogbag

 

[Plugger35]

Pretty sure it was this flog that was responsible for bringing back the Bloods nickname.

"Feel the energy guys and if you love the footy and call the Swans the Bloods then you will have good karma into the afterlife and will get to hang out with me, Harry O and the Dalai Lama smoking bongs full of incense."

Back to you Basil and Hame.

 

[Gongswan]

Pretty sure it was this flog that was responsible for bringing back the Bloods nickname.

"Feel the energy guys and if you love the footy and call the Swans the Bloods then you will have good karma into the afterlife and will get to hang out with me, Harry O and the Dalai Lama smoking bongs full of incense."

Back to you Basil and Hame.

No it wasn't, it was Stuey Maxfield as far as I know, but may well have been Paul Kelly before him

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

I can't believe a pic of that guy was posted without " we're gonna pull no punches" wank

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Norf's Shinboner Spirit >>>> The Soulless Franchise's Bloods

 

[SydneyPhilly]

Norf's Shinboner Spirit >>>> The Soulless Franchise's Bloods

>>>>>> [Injunction]

 

[The Goon]

OP just mad that his club had a soulless culture built on nothing but arrogance and bradbury'ing their way to a premiership

Strong post to avatar content.

 

[Colonial]

We are South Melbourne, says so on the jumper. Why don't you go take another brown and golden shower

And that is why I could never follow em... Sydneys team??? Bullshite!

 

[the_interloper]

I can't believe a pic of that guy was posted without " we're gonna pull no punches" wank

You wanked over that picture?

 

[Gongswan]

And that is why I could never follow em... Sydneys team??? Bullshite!

Two cities, one team champ

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Because the swan is an image of femininity. By calling themselves bloods they can pretend they are a masculine, tough and somewhat ferocious.

Never seen a ferocious swan in my life, though,

 

[Colonial]

Two cities, one team champ

Awesome, the football club version of a fence sitter....

 

[Colonial]

Because the swan is an image of femininity. By calling themselves bloods they can pretend they are a masculine, tough and somewhat ferocious.

Never seen a ferocious swan in my life, though,

I do remember back in 95/96 before the SL war and the Swans rise. There was a big push to change their colours to green and black and to change the name to Raiders. The thinking was 2 fold. 1- The Swans werent "tough" enough and 2 that the conection to being a Melbourne club hurt their chances in Sydney. Still remember the terror putting 2 full pages for the push.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Dude....their mascot is the Swan.

Easily the most pansy, girly and weak animal mascot you can have.

They were better off being the Sydney Meerkats. Much more fearsome.

 

[Gongswan]

Awesome, the football club version of a fence sitter....

So you think we should just dump our 10,000 Melbourne members then?

 

[DTRAIN87]

Seriously you got out of south last millennium, now you just sound like a tampon ad.

Why do the Hawks flogs deny they were called the Mayblooms? Irony much.

 

[Colonial]

So you think we should just dump our 10,000 Melbourne members then?

No just decide what you are.. Every 5 secs up here we are getting "Sydneys team" etc when it clearly isnt. 50% Sydneys team maybe but the loyalties are still split to Melbourne. Sydney were and are the fall back position of the club.

 

[Gongswan]

Dude....their mascot is the Swan.

Easily the most pansy, girly and weak animal mascot you can have.

They were better off being the Sydney Meerkats. Much more fearsome.

Reduced to trolling a poor old mascot and team nickname. You obviously iether have too much time on your hands or nothing worth saying

 

[Gongswan]

No just decide what you are.. Every 5 secs up here we are getting "Sydneys team" etc when it clearly isnt. 50% Sydneys team maybe but the loyalties are still split to Melbourne. Sydney were and are the fall back position of the club.

We know who we are, just because you don't get it is no reason for us to change anything

 

[Colonial]

We know who we are, just because you don't get it is no reason for us to change anything

So do I, your the 1st club ever to have schizophrenia..

 

[DrEvil]

Why do the Hawks flogs deny they were called the Mayblooms? Irony much.

do you even understad irony? dont see any hawks supporter calling ourselves mayblooms every second sentence.

 

[JackOutback]

Victorian flogs terrified that an interstate team is going to take their precious again. Attention has turned from West Coast and Fremantle to Sydney. Off to go look at a thread about Adelaide's easy draw now.