You sure about that? In 2014, in spite of admitting the club was being run well, he still wished we had moved to the Gold Cosst.
He still may be of the belief that the club will eventually fail in Melbourne. It appears that way 7 years ago.
He didn’t think we could survive in Melbourne in the lead up to 2007 and also didn’t graciously throw his support behind those who did. The club had been purposely run into the ground, to facilitate relocation, and then he sniped from the sidelines at those who stopped relocation and death.
Did they ask? Show me proof of this?
What a load of UTTER frog sh*t!
It’s bizarro world in here.
Tell us more about how great Graham Duff is . Vividly remember you defending him and getting pissy at anyone who criticised him.
You deflated quicker than a crepe paper franger.
You still sure Aylett is thrilled at the turnaround?
Heard it with my own ears mate.
Peanuts don't have ears.
You think he is thrilled at the turnaround, even when he said this?
Sounds to me like he thought we made the wrong decision and placed a fictional pot of gold over the club’s history and geographical proximity to its real supporters.
Spot on.
Would you not need to apply the same light and shade viewpoint to Brayshaw and Blakey using that logic?
In 2007 they were advocating a Gold Coast relocation.
Where is your correlation?
I'm confused how you can calmly sweep aside "advocating a Gold Coast relocation" as collateral damage in a difficult period?
The correlation would be looking past Aylett's lesser appeal aspects (eg pro-relocation) in favour of his contribution to the 1970s yet focusing on perceived lowlights of Brayshaw's (perhaps not having an all-out premiership focus) and Blakey's (COLA/son) contributions to the club over their strong contributions in other areas.
I don't.
History has revealed that JB was a Scanlon patsy, and it's notable that he remains distant & detached from the club these days.
Whether there's any validity to that or not, in fairness, the Sydney Swans were his pet project and legacy from his time in the VFL Commission in the 80s and the VFL back at that time had thrown a lot of money and effort into trying to establish Aussie Rules in the hearts of those who dwell above the Barrassi Line. It took nearly twenty years for the Swans to be accepted in NSW as a genuine Sydney team that could stand legitimately as a sustainable team. Some may even fairly argue that they still aren't. It leaves me to ponder the great "What if"?
The "deal" did not include draft picks coming out of our wazoo. As we had a full, competitive list already (preliminary finalists that year), the AFL only offered a single, early second round pick if I remember correctly. It may have been 2x second rounders, but certainly not the bumper crop that the Gold Coast Suns received.Whether there's any validity to that or not, in fairness, the Sydney Swans were his pet project and legacy from his time in the VFL Commission in the 80s and the VFL back at that time had thrown a lot of money and effort into trying to establish Aussie Rules in the hearts of those who dwell above the Barrassi Line. It took nearly twenty years for the Swans to be accepted in NSW as a genuine Sydney team that could stand legitimately as a sustainable team. Some may even fairly argue that they still aren't. It leaves me to ponder the great "What if"?
What would have become of North had we allowed our team to be exported back in 07? How many of the existing 2007 membership (18,000) would have stuck ... I suspect not many. Yes we'd have had loads of money thrown our way, a great new exclusive home ground (which has only ever been filled for the Comm Games and BBL Cricket), draft picks coming out of our wazoo, but probably bugger all support. Yes we might have made the 2026 GF and ironically have Andrew Demetiou sitting on the sideline barracking for us too. It'd almost be history repeating.
