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Opinion 2018 Non-Crows Discussion Thread

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rocket18 said:
Of course, the Chinese have played Port beautifully.
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Port have a history of being played. This was their big one:

The VFL wanted a South Australian team, so they threw out the baited hook to Norwood and Port.
Port jumped with an MOU.
SANFL forced into response.
VFL gets an Adelaide team the following season.

That left Port in the SANFL, wondering why the VFL didn't love them, because they were the super-duperest footy club to ever footy.
 
Tyls83 said:
Oh I forgot Pyne [emoji849]
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With his power tie on it looks like he is having a bet each way;)
 
footy4ever said:
I love AO, but it wasn’t the only solution. Foley knowingly knee-capped the Crows promising $100m upgrade of AAMI then shitting his pants when the opposition unveiled plans for a new stadium. He was as responsible as anyone in power at the time, for blithely spectating while the Crows, on his promise, went ahead with a $20m dollar build, all the while incubating the plan to scrap the $100m upgrade. A heads up at the time would have been nice for the AFC. I doubt, if they knew what the scheming little shit was up to, they would have committed to such a massive undertaking. Perhaps even that money would have been better spent securing training/club facilities closer to the action of AO.
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It wasn’t only Foley or State Labour, it’s the SACA, PAFC and AFL in collusion, in the end it hasn’t been a bad outcome but the white anting of the SANFL and AFC is abhorrent.
I’m not at all happy of the State Govt handouts to Port or AFL clubs full stop, I’m certainly not happy with Xenophon and Johansen promising $6m-7m to Port, it’s a clincher that I won’t vote for them. It’s a disgraceful waste of money and absolutely unnecessary. That said I also don’t see anything that resembles forward thinking coming from Marshall and the Libs.
 

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PrideOf said:
Port have a history of being played. This was their big one:

The VFL wanted a South Australian team, so they threw out the baited hook to Norwood and Port.
Port jumped with an MOU.
SANFL forced into response.
VFL gets an Adelaide team the following season.

That left Port in the SANFL, wondering why the VFL didn't love them, because they were the super-duperest footy club to ever footy.
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If Port were smart, there’d have been a Port team and a Norwood team in the AFL from 1992 on.

But of course they weren’t.
 
Kane McGoodwin said:
That's insane for one game.

If I were the Liberals, I would be reminding everyone during the election as that amount of money for little return is ridiculous.
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From the linked indaily.com.au article

The Weatherill Government is kicking in $350,000 to the event, which includes naming rights sponsorship for the duration of the event

I don't know how long the GC vs Port Power game is in China for but it looks like its for more than 1 year.
 
Doctor B said:
From the linked indaily.com.au article

The Weatherill Government is kicking in $350,000 to the event, which includes naming rights sponsorship for the duration of the event

I don't know how long the GC vs Port Power game is in China for but it looks like its for more than 1 year.
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I reckon this will be the last year of a proper game and will just be AFLX from next year on

From reports, ticket sales are well down on last year’s numbers for the China game
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
I reckon this will be the last year of a proper game and will just be AFLX from next year on

From reports, ticket sales are well down on last year’s numbers for the China game
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The biggest problem with an annual overseas game would obviously be getting a decent crowd to attend year in year out, especially if the two clubs involved are a working class area club and a new low supporter base club.
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
From reports, ticket sales are well down on last year’s numbers for the China game
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Last year was the big 'experience' year. For those Port fans that went it will be part of their memories for a long time
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
I reckon this will be the last year of a proper game and will just be AFLX from next year on

From reports, ticket sales are well down on last year’s numbers for the China game
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Now it's all about exit strategy
 

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CrowsB4hoes said:
If Port were smart, there’d have been a Port team and a Norwood team in the AFL from 1992 on.

But of course they weren’t.
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Can’t just blame that on Port, it’s largely the VFL not wanting to respect a truely national competition and other state competitions’ right to demand what happens in a national comp and then the **** up that was the corporation that formed the West Coast Eagles. The gig was up after the WAFL was duped, Port just fell for the last sucker punch.
 

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