Recent content by Magpie03

The commentators were originally calling for a Carlton free for holding the man. Mind you when we got the free I was pretty baffled as well.

Name the clubs that wernt there when you left? From what I can see there are only two new ones. Blacktown and Fairfield. The others are rebranded. Also what is the strength of these clubs - I can tell you it is s**t - most are in two way to four way JVs with the others to be able to field a...

Was always one of favorite non Carlton players. Freakish ability and a joy to watch when on song.

They might have said that publicly to temper the unrest in the melbourne support base but blind freddy knew what they were up to.

No it wouldnt have. North Melbourne became the Northern Kangaroos in an attempt to conquer the Sydney Market and even aligned with Campbelltown in the local comp to strengthen their position. That was about 25 years ago from memory, I was invited to their launch at the SCG when they played St...

Its spot on to be honest but Im sure Ill get shot down for saying so. Just have a look at the game on Sunday - the giants supporters were hopelessly outnumbered by Carlton supports. The junior comp in western Sydney is broken

I love reading these things as you can see how skewed the informations is. Savali (parramatta) and Rachell Simpson (inner west) were both from South West Sydney not the clubs listed. The girls were directed to those clubs by the academy this season as SW doesnt have a Div 1 for PD womens team...

I am only referring to South West not inner west. The South West had definitely not seen an increase in either senior or junior numbers over the past 10 years. Camden seniors are imploding (dropped from PD and explored leaving the Sydney comp to return to the South Coast League), South West...

Why bother showing Village Green its not an option these days. UNSW/ES are effectively nomads. Wasnt a great ground to begin with, 2 kicks down the ground but you could get lost for a week on the wings.

I would agree with your assesment - Rosedale has the best surface of all of them but facilities havnt been refurbished in the last 30 years. Olds park probably should be on the list given the improvement in its surface over recent years as well. I would also add Kelso to that but it is lost to...

Be interested in knowing what those six grounds are.

No its right. Had a long association with Magpie teams since I was a kid. My grandmother used to baby sit Peter Mckenna, I had him as a teacher and played junior and senior football with Magpie teams - Just use it cause its ironic but I am 100% a mad Carlton supporter

You realise Campbelltown Swans dont exist anymore. Ingleburn are the only club in the entire SW region with good numbers. They are exceptionally well run but it took a lot of hard work and was on the back of continual JVs with other clubs in the region. SW Tigers, Liverpool, Bankstown...

Do you have any understanding of the numbers in Western Sydney AFL. Also it is not a simple as the best kids off to improve themselves, they take others with them - I watch un under 15s side three years ago that played in a grand final see the top five players and coach leave to another club...

As someone that has been involved in the region for 30 years I have seen mistake after mistake. As an example - the decision made to remove Bankstown from the Harbor Comp and move them under GWS Banner saw one of the strongest junior clubs in Sydney fold and countless kids and volunteers lost...