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I am just trying to tell you a way that the Giants could improve. Ie, by interacting with senior football in its area in a positive and even handed fashion. Apparently everyone here thinks the club is run perfectly and is beyond criticism. That is la-la land stuff, sorry. There is no-one here...

There are senior clubs in western Sydney who have barely heard from the Giants in 4 years. The only reason you are "not so sure" is that you don't want to hear it. I am simply saying that the Giants need to lift their game when it comes to interaction with the senior clubs in the GWS area. I...

Not with senior clubs it hasn't. It's done a shithouse job. Do you think that is acceptable?

No problems them working with junior clubs. It has to be the focus. But if they are going to work with one or two senior clubs, why not all of them? In my initial post for example - how hard is it for the Giants Facebook genius to mention all western Sydney clubs who made senior Grand Finals...

I repeat - the Swans did all the development work in Sydney until the AFL took over. It's nothing to do with my club. If you had actually read my initial post in this thread, I mentioned a number of western Sydney clubs. Including Parramatta. It's not about "bailing out" clubs - I never said...

You need to learn your history and have a think mate. The Swans carried development in Sydney until the AFL came on board in the late 90s. And the reason that Victorian clubs don't need to get involved in development in Victoria is that Victoria is an AFL state. The AFL promoted GWS as a club...

It is doing a good job with juniors. That is not my issue. They are treating senior football in the area like crap though. You don't think this is an area for improvement? Remember - the Giants need support from as many quarters as possible. At the moment, they are pissing people off who...

I am a Carlton supporter. I am a Swans and GWS member because I support the game in Sydney. And have done so for a long time. Why do people here have to be so nasty? Why can't they accept a criticism of the Giants from someone who has been on the ground level doing work for the game in the...

What makes you think I don't care about junior football? I have had interaction with junior clubs in the area for a long time. Do you think ignoring senior football in the GWS demographic is how the club should approach things? This is a "community interaction" thread. I was providing an...

So to be a supporter you have to show blind loyalty? The club is beyond criticism?

It also says I am a GWS supporter. A GWS foundation member might I add.

No. I will go to Giants games when they start supporting the senior game in the west. You know, like a Western Sydney club should be doing.

I am a Giants member. I've told you repeatedly that I don't hate the Giants and I want them to succeed, but you are too ignorant to listen. This is a legitimate criticism and you are too blinkered to take it on board. What's your experience in local football in the west of Sydney by the way...

They could be doing better. The Auburn Giants played in the PF in the Sydney Womens' Div 2 comp this year. They wished the Auburn girls good luck on their Facebook page leading into that game. Problem was that Auburn was playing Penrith in that game. Penrith also being a side in the GWS...

As for the decision itself, clearly the club felt it had to move with the times, and it makes sense to do so. Being in Giants territory labelled as the Swans is definitely not with those times. The initial choice of the Swans as their moniker made sense though. The junior club formed in (I...

From the back page of today's Penrith Gazette (Fairfax). See, I'm not all bad. :D

I would think junior clubs use AFL guernseys simply to attract the kids, who would like the idea of playing in jumpers they can then see on tv. There is obviously not the same need at the senior level. Some Sydney AFL senior clubs use them, some just use the nickname, and some don't use either...

I apologize for the delay in responding to your post, but I have been somewhat distracted. :D See replies in bold.

Indeed. This decision by the Giants has done more than make some of its members unhappy.

Hang on, aren't the Giants trying to build a support base in the west? How do they do that by ignoring clubs in their own area and waltzing off to Manly instead? Are you seriously arguing that they don't need to be proactive themselves? I can tell you for a fact that the Penrith club has made...

I wasn't ignoring Moorebank, I was going to mention you as the third club when I specifically addressed Ichabod's post. :)

Ichabod Noodle, I will get back to you in detail specifically regarding the points you raised when I can. I am not ignoring you. But in the meantime I can tell you that two of the senior clubs that the Giants have utterly ignored are Penrith and the Nor West Jets (formerly Hawkesbury). Both...

Just on this. This deal is not supporting the womens' league at all, nor it is supporting the womens' game in general. It is clear and explicit support for one club within the league. As you said, there are other clubs in western Sydney and this alliance is sending a clear message that the...

Here's an idea. How about promoting their brand within the area they purport to represent before expanding into other areas of Sydney? I know of three senior clubs in western Sydney that have heard nothing, zip, zilch, from the Giants since their inception. And that is only the ones I know of...

So the Giants form an alliance with a senior club outside their supposed area, whilst completely ignoring senior clubs inside their supposed area. Yeah, that makes sense. What makes it even worse is that Manly would probably be the most despised club among the local senior clubs in Western...

It would be a tiny crowd anyway. Regardless of the weather. They aren't going to get many people to watch them while they are so uncompetitive. I paid memberships in each of the past 3 years and I am starting to get pretty disillusioned about the way they have gone about things. They simply...

You would have to ask Craig Foster why he has such a chip on his shoulder. I could only offer theories. I repeat, he does the cause of soccer in this country no good whatsoever with his attitude towards our own national game. Dinosaurs like him need to be deprived of air time. You don't win...

Anything Craig Foster writes about Australian Football comes from a position of hate. If people don't respect him or read his articles, it's a rod he has created for his own back.

And I will give you one last piece of advice, in case you think I was actually kidding. If you do insist on presenting your arguments about soccer, the last person you should be using as a reference point is Craig Foster. The bloke just doesn't have a chip on his shoulder about Australian...