Port Adelaide - Can They Hack It In The Big Time League?

[Bulldogs85]

Port Adelaide are a great club with great history behind it dating back to their SANFL days they are here to stay

 

[backtozero]

A strong club compared to who ? Port Power est 1996? Irrelevant club .


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Love getting trolled by people that don't understand the use of spaces between words and punctuation marks.

 

[Freomaniac]

Is anyone surprised by who the OP is?

No

 

[BruceTempany14]

Love getting trolled by people that don't understand the use of spaces between words and punctuation marks.

from the person who has a user name backtozero .... and I’d say You mean ‘in between’ ..... anyhow genius ....
The old ive got nothing to say so I’ll go the attack on grammar . Btw , have you heard of syntax ?






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[BruceTempany14]

Port Adelaide are a great club with great history behind it dating back to their SANFL days they are here to stay

Yes port Adelaide magpies have great history , to be applauded.

Port Adelaide power ( est 1996)history just so so .


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[Bulldogs85]

Yes port Adelaide magpies have great history , to be applauded.

Port Adelaide power ( est 1996)history just so so .


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The AFL record season Guide seem to disagree with you. Seems they are now counted as the one club
Club formed may 12th 1870
Joined AFL 1997
Premiership’s 1 AFL, 36 SANFL

 

[Papa G]

The AFL record season Guide seem to disagree with you. Seems they are now counted as the one club
Club formed may 12th 1870
Joined AFL 1997
Premiership’s 1 AFL, 36 SANFL

Dude you ruining it for Bruce. He'll have to go back to hammering a nail in his foreskin for jollies.

 

[swanssince2002]

They aren't going away anytime soon. A football club with a rich history in all of Australia - lots of football legends there with a lot of diehard fans.

 

[Dazb86]

Minor premiers last year and won a flag in the last 20 years. I'd say they can hack it.

Their financial situation is a little bit suspect. Need to reel in the spending from the sounds of things without looking into it too much. They were one of the better positioned teams to make money in the covid affected year.

 

[Dirty Bird]

The AFL record season Guide seem to disagree with you. Seems they are now counted as the one club
Club formed may 12th 1870
Joined AFL 1997
Premiership’s 1 AFL, 36 SANFL

It's 1 AFL and 34 SANFL premierships.

Dont let them re-write history and claim another clubs history.

Ironic thing is the club ignores 3 premierships they did win (1916-17, 1942), yet claim 2 another club won (1998-99)

 

[Mundusa]

It's 1 AFL and 34 SANFL premierships.

Dont let them re-write history and claim another clubs history.

Ironic thing is the club ignores 3 premierships they did win (1916-17, 1942), yet claim 2 another club won (1998-99)

Mind bogglingly stupid comment.
Well done.

 

[Freomaniac]

A thread started by a North supporter about financial viability.

What's next? A thread about backpacking by Ivan Milat?

I am sure you and a few Port fans want Ivan Milat to bury the OP out in the bush? LoL.

BF Tiger , Mister M , Tzatziki_Man would you support that opinion? LoL.

 

[tandino]

Forgive me for not reading through 7 pages of the usual arguments, but what's the status of their license and their board? Are their operations fully independent from SANFL and AFL control?

 

[BF Tiger]

I am sure you and a few Port fans want Ivan Milat to bury the OP out in the bush? LoL.

BF Tiger , Mister M , Tzatziki_Man would you support that opinion? LoL.

Maybe a one-way ticket to Snowtown.

 

[Kingfish73]

Absolutely fasnicating, cant wait for the Netflix doco.

Nah mate, Netflix funding a rogue Batchelor series featuring Damien Hardwick.

 

[1970crow]

Time for an honest discussion about Port Adelaide as an AFL club.

Power left with $12 million debt as virus fallout takes toll

Port Adelaide Power have revealed a “significant” increase in debt but chairman David Koch says the playing squad is again ready to challenge for a premiership.

www.theage.com.au

Port have needed bailouts before. Is another justified?

Why can small Melbourne clubs like the Dogs and North get their debt down to zero but Port's balloons again?

Is Port Adelaide a great SANFL club that frankly belongs in the SANFL?

Is South Australia naturally a one team state?

Is the game better off acknowledging that small states like South Australia and Tasmania can only support one team and moving the pieces on the board to reflect this by taking Port's licence and giving it to Tassie?

Every problem the league has would be fixed by ******* North Melbourne off somewhere.

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Nah mate, Netflix funding a rogue Batchelor series featuring Damien Hardwick.

You mean it doesn't end in the preliminary final?

 

[1970crow]

You mean it doesn't end in the preliminary final?View attachment 1062043

Literally right in front of me and the port supporting missus. We were in that pocket first row behind the vacant first row. 2hy he jumped is beyond me.

 

[Port 2004]

Yes port Adelaide magpies have great history , to be applauded.

Port Adelaide power ( est 1996)history just so so .


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It is actually the Port Adelaide Football Club established 1870 that went from one completion to another. So does that mean Richmond FC that went from the VFL to the Afl is a different club? Moron.

 

[Port 2004]

It's 1 AFL and 34 SANFL premierships.

Dont let them re-write history and claim another clubs history.

Ironic thing is the club ignores 3 premierships they did win (1916-17, 1942), yet claim 2 another club won (1998-99)

Bail out you dickhead. Obviously being a long suffering cow supporter has taken a toll on your minute sized brain.

 

[pablo668]

Yeah, Port are fine and are a club that should have been in any national comp from the get go>
But the formation of the AFL was a bit of a haphazard affair. The VFL did hem and hah and change their minds a few times.

It's not like North is actually going anywhere any time soon, so there's that too.

I don't even know why this conversation is even a thing. I can't see the AFL changing the status quo, it's basically what they are contracted to sell to outside parties for the next god knows how long, not to mention it's also probably what they think will sell and survive.

 

[Freomaniac]

Interesting. The point remains that they're clearly not up to the big league if they need benefactors to bail them out all the time.

Well if your original plan was to pi** off a few Port fans, you have done your job

 

[ibd77]

Remember the deal brokered by the AFL to make Port pay the SANFL for its licence.

Yep and by the way we had to pay for our AFL licence twice!!!
First time when we entered the AFL and the SANFL held our licence in "trust".
Then again in 2014 from the SANFL.

 

[Kwality]

Yep and by the way we had to pay for our AFL licence twice!!!
First time when we entered the AFL and the SANFL held our licence in "trust".
Then again in 2014 from the SANFL.

The Swans licence was sold twice, $8mil.

 

[PowerBaz]

Forgive me for not reading through 7 pages of the usual arguments, but what's the status of their license and their board? Are their operations fully independent from SANFL and AFL control?

I think Port's board much like lots of interstate teams is controlled by AFL house - We are away from the SANFL now.