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Hey guys and gals, I also was in the core WANM group. Still am. We are still here to watch out for our great club’s survival, if needed. Thankfully, there seems less and less reason for us to be concerned
He needs to own being owned by Euge.I am sure Egga is thrilled this has been resurrected. :stern look
Yes. Posters, hat, KNS posters, shirts, all stored away.Anyone else still have their Keep North South, and Roosistence T-shirts?
I remember buying mine at the PoW gig, and thinking the Kangaroo depiction was the best I had seen, with all the determination and fight it portrayed. Much needed at the time!!
Roosistence were absolutely unreal, and I take enormous pride in still regularly wearing those T-shirts they blessed us with. Words just aren’t enough. Respect!
Also, like so many of us I wanted to give an enormous shout out to Euge. I worked with him in the mid-1980’s when he was working as a lawyer, and I distinctly remember regularly seeing his Collingwood scarf on a ledge in his office. I remain stunned, but eternally grateful that he subsequently joined, fell in love with our club and still honours us by seeing himself as one of our immense family.
He brought passion, incredibly hard work, respect, vision, commitment, caring, and humility with him when he walked through our door. A Godsend!
To you Euge, thank you my friend, you were magnificent. You made history, and you were a critical part in keeping ours going.
Hey guys and gals, I also was in the core WANM group. Still am. We are still here to watch out for our great club’s survival, if needed. Thankfully, there seems less and less reason for us to be concerned.
I reckon they still try. Bunch of campaigners.Getting legitimately angry watching this. Opening up old wounds about how the AFL repeatedly tried to knife us in the back. They wanted us dead
Seriously, **** the AFL.
What a great person for our club Bob Ansett's been.dont forget Bob Ansett - lost a fortune over it and never complained
Great idea TT. fingers crossed we play GC in ruund 1All of us who have them should wear one of them to the first home game next season, as a gentle reminder to HQ that we may not be at war right now but we are ready to mobilise in an instant if and when required.
Great idea TT. fingers crossed we play GC in ruund 1
Time will tell if you get the person I'm thinking off. :stern lookSo lets make this transparent;
LEGENDS
Bobby Ansett, Pete DeRauch, Ronny J, JB, MB, Euge, Fulvio, Arch, Timmy R, Lidge, Sonja, TOD, Roosistence gig crew and volunteers, all the Dallas Hall champions, JYD and the 2007 team, Mazda, Pistol Pete Scanlon, Purple, NMFC members, Aden Street, non guaranteed stadium revenue in QLD
FLOGS
AFL HQ, Dimwitriou, Fitzprick, USC, Duffman, Gilligon and his Island (aka Dreamworld)
How’s my aim?.. I’ll make adjustments as required.
How could you miss that witch and AFL mouthpiece!So lets make this transparent;
LEGENDS
Bobby Ansett, Pete DeRauch, Ronny J, JB, MB, Euge, Fulvio, Arch, Timmy R, Lidge, Sonja, TOD, Roosistence gig crew and volunteers, all the Dallas Hall champions, JYD and the 2007 team, Mazda, Pistol Pete Scanlon, Purple, NMFC members, Aden Street, non guaranteed stadium revenue in QLD
FLOGS
AFL HQ, Dimwitriou, Fitzprick, USC, Duffman, Gilligon and his Island (aka Dreamworld)
How’s my aim?.. I’ll make adjustments as required.
Hey TOD - you are as important a link in this whole saga as any. We all know that. Your work was sensational. So many people doing so many things - but you shone. All who know love you mate. Without Roosistence and WANM I'm not sure we would have our club. So many stories still to be told. Carn norf!
I've always had difficulties whenever it comes to expressing my gratitude to everyone who was involved because words do not exist that could do justice to express what I feel, forgive me as I bumble through what is likely going to be a TL;DR post.
You would think that it would get easier with time but I find it even harder when you think about where the club is at now and all the people that gave everything for the club that are no longer with us. Lidge, and other stalwarts of the club away from BF who didn't get the opportunity to see the fruits of their labour and weren't given the opportunity to go in peace knowing the club they loved would be okay.
I never saw the Roosistance gig as something material, whatever was raised was always going to be a drop in the ocean for what a club needs to generate to survive let alone thrive, however, in a sea of darkness it was a beacon. I found it completely overwhelming to be there. It was an act of defiance, even the players being there was an act of defiance. Everything you guys did gave a public face, it wasn't just the relocation of a football club for increased marketing revenue, higher broadcasting ratings or market share in the expansion of the game. It became about mums and dads and kids and grandparents having something they loved and those who would attempt to force it from them for the sake of some corporate lingo.
The battle turned when it became a story of loyal fans trying to save their club, when people could see the faces and see the emotion and the hurt that the ordeal was causing them. The gig, all the work everyone did taking the fight to talk back radio, the Dallas Brooks Hall gathering, etc. It was these faces and these voices that empowered JB and the others to fight for the club.
As an introvert I don't really speak to other supporters at the games, at the club, at training and I don't usually attend social gatherings. I had told Lidge if he ever needed anything just let me know but one of my regrets was taking it for granted that he would be around and we would eventually get the time where I could appropriately thank him and fumble the words of gratitude.
I should have expressed my gratitude to you for everything you did a lot earlier. Thank you for everything.
So lets make this transparent;
LEGENDS
Bobby Ansett, Pete DeRauch, Ronny J, JB, MB, Euge, Fulvio, Arch, Timmy R, Lidge, Sonja, TOD, Roosistence gig crew and volunteers, all the Dallas Hall champions, JYD and the 2007 team, Mazda, Pistol Pete Scanlon, Purple, NMFC members, Aden Street, non guaranteed stadium revenue in QLD
FLOGS
AFL HQ, Dimwitriou, Fitzprick, USC, Duffman, Gilligon and his Island (aka Dreamworld)
How’s my aim?.. I’ll make adjustments as required.
LEGENDSSo lets make this transparent;
LEGENDS
Bobby Ansett, Pete DeRauch, Ronny J, JB, MB, Euge, Fulvio, Arch, Timmy R, Lidge, Sonja, TOD, Roosistence gig crew and volunteers, all the Dallas Hall champions, JYD and the 2007 team, Mazda, Pistol Pete Scanlon, Purple, NMFC members, Aden Street, non guaranteed stadium revenue in QLD
FLOGS
AFL HQ, Dimwitriou, Fitzprick, USC, Duffman, Gilligon and his Island (aka Dreamworld)
How’s my aim?.. I’ll make adjustments as required.