Roast The media....*Shakes Head* Part 4

[Lockhart Road]

I'm 43 and I know one south supporter. One. This in itself is probably not unusual, but I have been living in Happy Valley which is in the South zone, for the past 11 years. How is this possible?

Poor you. I have been living in Happy Valley, which is also in Hong Kong, for nine years and we have no South Adelaide supporters.
BTW I'm 68 and 45/52nds so by the time you catch up with me you may well have no South supporters, too.
Let's call it a draw.

 

[Papa G]

You may find a South supporter in the back streets of St Mary's where you will come across the odd octogenarian who've been living in the same 3 bedroom 1 bathroom brick cottage since the war. This is about the only place they still exist.

 

[Vic_Vinegar]

I don't know if this will be borne out by statistics/demographics, but South moved to Noarlunga and tried to really capture that catchment a good 10-20 years too late.

Rather than being a 'southern Centrals', it's the SFL that captures the heart beneath the AFL. Pretty much every footyhead I know had/has some sort of affiliation with an SFL club and as the nineties progressed, when they weren't supporting Port, Adelaide or Other, they were fully immersed in their Happy Valley/Flagstaff Hill/Christies Beach/Hackham/Lonsdale affiliation.

South Adelaide is caught in some sort of bizarre reverse Field Of Dreams-purgatory, where they built it and no-one came.

You know you're up shit creek if you can't compete with the Shoes, Cockle Divers and Wine Flies.

 

[mic59]

If there's an oval that's less amenable to watching football than Noarlunga Oval I've yet to see it. One small grandstand, very little seating on the other side of the oval, a nearby field for a carpark and worst of all is its exposure to the elements. And the nearby Bice Oval, although it could be used for SANFL football has even less facilities and is stuck in back streets so it is difficult to get to even for the residents of Noarlunga.

 

[Jim Dixon]

I'm not sure how the media thread became a #lolsouf thread but I'll pile on. There's never been a more self-entitled club in our sport's history. You know, guys like Fos Williams and Jack Cahill actually went there to help them out of their shit (and when Fos went there they'd been last or second last for fourteen straight seasons or something ridiculous) and but the "know-alls" at #lolsouf ran both of them out of the club because, you know, you'd trust South Adelaide players over the word of 19 ****ing Premierships coached any day of the week. Or you do at Pantherland anyway.

#lolsouf

 

[finbarr]

Warren Partland strikes me as being a South supporter.

 

[El Zorro]

I am not sure where to put this but the club has advertised looking for a media manager. Is this a new role or has someone gone? Sorry if it has been discussed elsewhere already.

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-12-10/position-vacant-football-media-manager

 

[Lockhart Road]

I am not sure where to put this but the club has advertised looking for a media manager. Is this a new role or has someone gone? Sorry if it has been discussed elsewhere already.

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-12-10/position-vacant-football-media-manager

Daniel Norton was on the SAASTA Tour to HK and China and was pretty busy in countless directions. His role and responsibilities have expanded, necessitating it would appear the recruiting of a No. 2 to take over the dogwork and allow Norts to focus on special projects, etc.

It's another sign of the Club's growth and the PAFC brand growing nationally and internationally.

PS: Wrong thread.

 

[El Zorro]

Daniel Norton was on the SAASTA Tour to HK and China and was pretty busy in countless directions. His role and responsibilities have expanded, necessitating it would appear the recruiting of a No. 2 to take over the dogwork and allow Norts to focus on special projects, etc.

It's another sign of the Club's growth and the PAFC brand growing nationally and internationally.

PS: Wrong thread.

Thanks. What would be the right thread?

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Thanks. What would be the right thread?

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The Media Nods Head thread for a start, Lets Talk Port thread and there might be a recruitment thread.

 

[Steve Dore]

Thanks. What would be the right thread? .....

Let's Talk Port since it is actually about Port

But don't sweat it, look at how much Port Talk ends up in the General AFL (aka not-Port) Talk thread.

 

[SgtSchulz]

I like South Adelaide's oval because I don't need to leave the car.

 

[Portology]

You may find a South supporter in the back streets of St Mary's where you will come across the odd octogenarian who've been living in the same 3 bedroom 1 bathroom brick cottage since the war. This is about the only place they still exist.

There's one South Adelaide supporter in Royal Park who is "only" 50. I went to school with him all the way from primary school so can confirm the affliction was present as early as 1970. Even he doesn't know how or why he picked South. His old man doesn't follow footy and his brother followed Sturt (and now Port in the AFL).

A bit like those isolated cases of KJD in Swiss cows, it may have been caused by a stray cosmic ray that hit him in the head when he was a kid

 

[GreyPower]

Warren Partland strikes me as being a South supporter.

I realise thats said in jest, but for the record, hes a Centrals supporter.

South are a bit like the Melbourne Demons, in that they were relevant/successful 130 years ago, had their greatest moment of the 20th century about 50 or 60 years ago, and also the fact that they never captured the hearts of those living in their geographical area/zone.

I can think of 3 South supporters aive personally known - a guy at work who was in his 60s, my uncle who has now passed away, and a guy in his early 40s whos in my broader social circle.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

I like South Adelaide's oval because I don't need to leave the car.

They just need a drive thru now...

 

[Doctor Feel]

They just need a drive thru now...

half time siren goes and all the cars slowly drive around to the drive thru in the outer. Poetry.

 

[Quadzilla]

My dad lived in the south of the CBD in his teens ... 1940s ... played for South juniors and he and his mates followed them. His mum and dad moved to the Port and eventually he did too. I was influenced by my Port supporting grandmother and followed the magpies ... eventually my dad swapped allegiance from South. That was more influenced by half time drinks at the Alberton pub

 

[Ningo]

50 gaols is some feat, his mojo must be devastating

 

[tribey]

50 gaols is some feat, his mojo must be devastating

Warden have picked that

 

[Papa G]

If Butcher kicks 50 goals it would pretty much mean that one or both of Dixon and Schulz has been injured or failed.

 

[raman]

If Butcher kicks 50 goals it would pretty much mean that one or both of Dixon and Schulz has been injured or failed.

And we'd be ****ing loving it.

 

[raman]

Warden have picked that

He'd be giving the selectors the hard cell.

 

[kirky]

This. If I'm a neutral watching any sporting contest I'm always with the underdog.

You can stick your Yankees and Patriots up your @rse!

Interesting comment given you follow Port and the SANFL success it had.

Me, the Patriots all the way. Let's do it again boys.

 

[Lockhart Road]

Interesting comment given you follow Port and the SANFL success it had.

Port Adelaide have always been the underdogs in the SANFL.

We may have been at shorter odds than our direct opposition on the field, but there were always other obstacles such as the SANFL itself and of course the umpires... the glaring example occurring in 1943 when Ken Aplin blatantly cheated when officiating against Port to the extent he got rubbed out of the game for a year ... on his way to installation by the SANFL in the local Hall Of Fame.

 

[kirky]

Port Adelaide have always been the underdogs in the SANFL.

We may have been at shorter odds than our direct opposition on the field, but there were always other obstacles such as the SANFL itself and of course the umpires... the glaring example occurring in 1943 when Ken Aplin blatantly cheated when officiating against Port to the extent he got rubbed out of the game for a year ... on his way to installation by the SANFL in the local Hall Of Fame.

Underdogs. Are you serious?

Time for me to go before I split my sides. Funniest thing I ever heard.