Pissant State

[scotty13]

Back in 2009 Vidmar called Adelaide a 'pissant town'... well I would say we are a pissant state. With the recent woes of just about every sporting club in the state, I thought I would have a look at the numbers and see how we stack up against the rest of the country.


I looked at 4 major sports (not the NRL since we don't have a side in it. Those sports are AFL, Soccer, Cricket and Basketball. In total there were 146 pieces of silverware up for grabs since 2000, so how do we fare?

	South Australia		Victoria		New South Wales		Queensland		Western Australia		Tasmania
	Premierships	Grand Finals	Premierships	Grand Finals	Premierships	Grand Finals	Premierships	Grand Finals	Premierships	Grand Finals	Premierships	Grand Finals
AFL	1	3	16	28	2	7	3	5	2	5	0	0
Soccer Premiers	1	3	6	12	9	18	3	3	0	2	0	0
Soccer Championship	2		6		8		2		1		0	0
Cricket BigBash	1	1	1	4	4	8	2	3	5	8	0	2
Cricket ODI	1	5	2	7	7	11	4	10	8	11	3	6
Cricket Shield	0	2	7	7	5	9	7	13	3	5	3	4
Basketball	1	3	5	9	6	14	1	4	7	10	1	2
Total	7	17	43	67	41	67	22	38	26	41	7	14

South Australian teams have combined for a measly 7 pieces of silverware from 17 grand finals. Tasmania have also achieved 7 pieces of silverware from 14 grand finals. The difference being, Tasmania dont have an AFL or Soccer side, and only recently joined in the NBL, but are out performing SA clubs immensely.

Each South Australian club has averaged 1 premiership and just under 2.5 grand final appearances since 2000. Barring Tasmania, every other club in the other states has averaged more than double the amount of premierships, with WA sides averaging a whopping 3.8 premierships each since 2000.

Clubs in every state will average a premiership in under 10 years... except SA clubs who take on average 21 years for a premiership.

Victorian teams win 64% of their grand finals, WA 63%, NSW 61%, Qld 58%, Tas 50% and SA only 41%.

The state that is most alike SA would be WA - both have 2 AFL, 1 Soccer, 1 Big Bash and 1 State cricket and 1 NBL side. People have recently been talking about how travel from WA takes it toll on those players, year the WA sides have combined for 26 premierships from 41 grand finals. They have won more than we have played in.

So what is it about South Australia that makes us so inept on the national stage? How can we change it?

Some of it I believe is how weak our media is, and how the attitude seems to be that as long as the team isn't last then that's fine. Some of it would be the boys club that happens in SA (and I know it happens everywhere) where we are too scared to hurt our mates feelings so we accept poor performances.

Something has to give and change needs to be made in the attitude of the state towards its teams, otherwise we will continue to be the laughing stock of the country, and before we know it the Tassie team will have more premierships than both the SA sides.

 

[Dutchy5150]

Move than you F&%k wit.

 

[philthy05]

For the 36ers to have only won one gf in the last 24 years in a 10 team league where half of those teams have folded is particularly amazing.

 

[DaTBird187]

Move than you F&%k wit.

BlOOdy wELl sAiD!!!

 

[JimmyBC]

I'm a Port supporter I don't really give two shits about quasi Souf Aussie state teams.. send 'em all to hell

 

[tribey]

The very first response effectively being “love it or leave!” is the perfect accompaniment to the OP.

 

[Greasyrhys]

100% agree that our state have severely underachieved in sports in that period. Guess it’s a few factors like money and not being a destination state. The Redbacks on the other hand are an example of being run terribly by the $aca, for us to have no Sheffield Shield titles in the last 28 years and only a single One Day title (a lucky tie) since 1987 is just plain pathetic. As long as the drought for the crers men’s team continues for all time.

But a correction with soccer titles, AUFC won 2 premiers plates (2006 and 2016) and one championship (also 2016). Another correction is the Redbacks won the 2011 Big Bash and the Adelaide strikers won the 2018 edition, which makes it 8 titles total.

 

[dirty2]

What about the Adelaide avalanche?

 

[Grave Danger]

More interested in the yarts than sport.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I'm a Port supporter I don't really give two shits about quasi Souf Aussie state teams.. send 'em all to hell

Exactly. They have all always been entitled boys club pissants.

We never let it hold us back.

We were always a beacon of success in a dire state and they all hated us for it.

Forget what they are doing and focus on getting back to being us and we can all laugh at the Crows and the Redbacks and the SANFL again.

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[tribey]

Seems so hard to believe that Queensland didn’t win their first Shield until 1994/5, having previously lost a whopping 13 finals before breaking through.

They’ve certainly made up for it since.

 

[Burningleviathan]

Our baseball team is the most successful team in the state over the past 20 years
As we have seen with Port, we are mentally weak when it matters.
I wonder if it is an attitude we try to foster here. No win at all costs type of arseh*le, either players or coaches, or for the matter, club presidents. Is this because that is what sponsors, media, businesses in SA want?

We use the say SA would be better if it took a more Port like attitude towards business and risk taking, instead we have become the embodiment of SA. Happy clappers abound and Koch now our tourism head. Da **** has happened?

 

[RossFC]

There is a saying in soccer "Club before country".

I'll say in this instance, "club before state".

Could not give a shit about other sports teams in SA, I want Port to win and win only.

 

[JimmyBC]

There is a saying in soccer "Club before country".

I'll say in this instance, "club before state".

Could not give a shit about other sports teams in SA, I want Port to win and win only.

If there was an alternative to say Adelaide United or the 36ers I'd possibly look into it, but yea I'm a club person.

There's something very generic and plastic about manufactured franchises for an entire state, how you can put your blood and loyalty into that sort of rubbish is beyond me.

 

[FishingRick04]

The very first response effectively being “love it or leave!” is the perfect accompaniment to the OP.

I agree, unusual response to be critical of our sporting performance. I didn’t read it as the OP criticising the State itself merely questioning what’s going on sporting wise.

I also agree with OP, our sporting performance in this state is subpar, Crows in no way should be missing finals for 7 consecutive years. Yes I enjoy it, but for a bigger AFL club, there is no way that should be happening, it’s north levels.

 

[TazD]

Dutchy saying what all true blue souf aussies are thinking.

 

[Festerz]

This idea of teams representing the state has always irked me.

And in 1998 this state was at peak 'SA Great' BS.

National titles for Adelaide Crows, Adelaide 36ers, Adelaide Thunder and the Adelaide Lightning. Headlines, advertising and street parades celebrating what a great city/state we were as a result.

What a massive corporate wank it all was. Typified everything I still hate about this 'Adelaide Inc' BS.

It was the year I refused an offer from a telco company for free flights, top tier accommodation and corporate hospitality at the AFL Grand Final. The Director who made the offer never understanding why I turned it down - him thinking that the Crows were the 'my team' because I was from SA making me even angrier.

Port winning the SANFL Grand Final against Sturt was what really mattered sport-wise in 1998. I made sure I was at that game - in the outer as always. Watching the replay on TV that night with commentators saying Sturt were the public's 'sentimental favourites' making the victory even sweeter.

Was unable to get to the 2004 AFL Grand Final. Still wondering if I will ever get the chance to see my team win a GF again.