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[Seanybruz]

The Crows would be mildly upset if Tex decided to jump ship at the end of next season.

I honestly never thought Tex to Port was a genuine possibility due to his love for them but we should be sounding him out just to let him know that he'd be more than welcome here at a young club on the up.

You never know if the wheels continue to fall off i.e miss finals, Danger leaves & he doesn't see a future flag with them Tex & the PAFC would be the perfect fit for eachother. Could you imagine the meltdown if he helped us win a flag? The post match AA interview would be a thing of beauty.

 

[chiwigi]

I love that the Crows fans think this is part of a master plan of ruthlessness and not just a reactionary **** up because Danger threatened to leave.

 

[Concussion]

Watching Marngrook FS and Dipper would have to have one of the all time best laughs on this planet. He just seems very genuine.

 

[pastmyprimus]

I honestly never thought Tex to Port was a genuine possibility due to his love for them but we should be sounding him out just to let him know that he'd be more than welcome here at a young club on the up.

You never know if the wheels continue to fall off i.e miss finals, Danger leaves & he doesn't see a future flag with them Tex & the PAFC would be the perfect fit for eachother. Could you imagine the meltdown if he helped us win a flag? The post match AA interview would be a thing of beauty.

It would be enough to make Rowe cry on radio.

 

[Seanybruz]

It would be enough to make Rowe cry on radio.

I reckon he'd burst into a blubbering mess just at the sight of this pic.

 

[The Flying Doormat]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/adelai...enton-sandersons-sacking-20140918-10ivd1.html

I get the feeling that a coup was hatched out on the cnr of Magill and Sydneham Roads but the wi-fi connection to Windy Hill dropped out at the critical moment.

Roo: so, Tex, Danger, Sloane, it's agreed, we'll knife Sando and Goody's a lock.
et al: agreed

Roo: So Goody, have you got a coaching gig with the Dees?

pause

Goody: NO!

line drops out

Goody: Come on guys, enough with ASADA crap. I haven't seen a roachy clip or any ees for ages .

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Jon Ralph ✔ @RalphyHeraldSun
McKenna safe but only for tonight. On notice and reviews to come. Might not last the summer.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Any chance the tingles will advertise the coaching vacancy on SEEK?

 

[The Flying Doormat]

Any chance the tingles will advertise the coaching vacancy on SEEK?

Tinder?

 

[Lockhart Road]

Their new CE will be gone in 12 months. A NSW mover and shaker will suffocate in the Adelaide Bubble.

This sounds hard but is nevertheless highly plausible.
It depends to a degree on whether Citizen Fagan is in fact really a 'mover and a shaker.' If he is, I ask myself, why move to AFL in Adelaide?
The AFC CEO spot is viewed as a stepping stone ? To where ? Kangaroo Island ?

The Crows have precious little national appeal, as a caller this week pointed out logically to Bonehead and Brainless when the former announced that Port Adelaide had already passed AFC in the popularity stakes and the latter naturally clamped his hands over his ears instead of his big mouth. Those two media einsteins hadn't even considered the national angle. Foreign markets begin north of Gepps Cross and east of Mt Barker.

I'd guess culture shock has yet to set in with Fagan. I'll bet he was never warned about the Adelaide media. I bet he thought there was more than one newspaper and that he assumed any voice on Adelaide radio must have a brain behind it. If he heard his employer, his chairman, being grilled on 5aa today like an accused murderer in the dock, he would've got a hell of a shock. Shyte, I've bought a ticket to the other side of the moon!

Since his appointment earlier in the week I have been wondering about it as much as he surely has. A rank outsider, a code-hopper, moving to Adelaide from Canberra / Sydney ? To the bloody Crows ? To not only learn about his job but also to learn about AFL itself whilst trying not to sound like Tony Abbott talking about the Giants' colour scheme - Abbott the one whose purview is so clear that he agreed at first to cut off Australia Network two weeks before the AFL Grand Final ?

Was Fagan really a success in Rugby Union in NSW? I shall be asking around the Rugby scene in Hong Kong to see how well known he is.
If he was, why is he in Adelaide?
If he wasn't, then we know why he's in Adelaide, and - as Ford predicts - he won't last a year.

I recall reading in The Peter Principle 30 years ago descriptions of what the author called the 'Tap Dancer' and performing a 'Lateral Arabesque.'
The first refers to someone who performs brilliantly in an interview but subsequently does nothing, stays two years and, with another notch on his c.v., moves on. The second refers to someone who moves sideways for more money, takes a breather, then moves on.

Yesterday it's announced that the West Lakes execution squad has done an Et tu, Brute on poor dear Sando.
They do that to a guy who lost his No. 2 to cancer at the start of the season and did nothing to fill the gap. Fagan will be thinking: What the hell are they likely to do to me ? I'm a Rugby man, I'm fair game.

There is more to all this - both the Fagan hiring and the Sando sacking 48 hours apart - than meets the eye.
The Harper Valley PTA rides again. No, that's too simplistic.
So what? Let's revisit the scene in 12 months....
Meanwhile there is Saturday and the Hawks.... and Sunday and the Redlegs .... Now that's worth thinking about !

It's all your bloody fault, Ford. You got me going.

 

[Edgepower]

It was the vibe.

Whilst Chapman is at the head of the crows they will be crawling not running.

He just can't explain exactly why he sacked Sando.

They seen that there is an Elnino event coming next year! Too many hot days for Sandoh!

 

[Seanybruz]

Any chance the tingles will advertise the coaching vacancy on SEEK?

The Tiser is all they need to get the right man for the job.

Tried searching for the pic of their CEO want ad that was in the paper but can't find it.

 

[Edgepower]

It was the vibe.

Whilst Chapman is at the head of the crows they will be crawling not running.

He just can't explain exactly why he sacked Sando.

They seen that there is an Elnino event coming next year! Too many hot days for Sandoh!

 

[LFC2010]

Jon Ralph ✔ @RalphyHeraldSun
McKenna safe but only for tonight. On notice and reviews to come. Might not last the summer.

By the sounds of it it doesn't sound good for him... Now who'd be a good coach to replace him, maybe they're trying to work this out as I write this.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

This sounds hard but is nevertheless highly plausible.
It depends to a degree on whether Citizen Fagan is in fact really a 'mover and a shaker.' If he is, I ask myself, why move to AFL in Adelaide?
The AFC CEO spot is viewed as a stepping stone ? To where ? Kangaroo Island ?
<snip>
It's all your bloody fault, Ford. You got me going.

It was a bloody good read though. "he assumed any voice on Adelaide radio must have a brain behind it." I laughed out loud.

 

[Malibu#27]

Had an interesting chat to a norwood/Collingwood supporting bloke I played cricket with today when I saw him get involved in a bit of port/crows banter. As it turns out hes now a norwood/port supporter.
I asked him how it happen ed and he gave me 4reasons:
1. He got an adelaide oval membership and decided to just go to all games and see what happened. He couldn't believe what a bunch of flogs (his words) the crows fanbase is and enjoyed the port crowd.
2. He thought it was a disgrace that the sanfl tried to iill off thr magpies last year so had already developed a soft spot
3. Gamestyle and ken hinkley who "you cant help but to want to watch"
4. Matchday experience shits over crows.
So it sounds like ges going solely port - membership next year.
Hes currently packing the car and taking his family to the prelim tomorrow.

What was the sanfl % support breakdown again ?

What's interesting though is this us the third Collingwood supporter ive come across this season that has converted to a oort supporter with a strong dislike of the crows.

 

[Seanybruz]

 

[finbarr]

Had an interesting chat to a norwood/Collingwood supporting bloke I played cricket with today when I saw him get involved in a bit of port/crows banter. As it turns out hes now a norwood/port supporter.
I asked him how it happen ed and he gave me 4reasons:
1. He got an adelaide oval membership and decided to just go to all games and see what happened. He couldn't believe what a bunch of flogs (his words) the crows fanbase is and enjoyed the port crowd.
2. He thought it was a disgrace that the sanfl tried to iill off thr magpies last year so had already developed a soft spot
3. Gamestyle and ken hinkley who "you cant help but to want to watch"
4. Matchday experience shits over crows.
So it sounds like ges going solely port - membership next year.
Hes currently packing the car and taking his family to the prelim tomorrow.

What was the sanfl % support breakdown again ?

What's interesting though is this us the third Collingwood supporter ive come across this season that has converted to a oort supporter with a strong dislike of the crows.

Similar experience here this morning. At about 8am a friend rang me, crows supporter. He's always had a soft spot for Port having met the entire '04 premiership team during their post GF celebrations at various pubs around Adelaide. He reckons he was starting to teeter on the edge already but this will probably push him over it completely.

He too loves our team, our coach and the way we play. And he's always saying "Your marketing people leave the crows for absolute dead. I'm convinced you've got some hipster sitting in his office drinking coffee out of a jam jar deciding on what merchandise to have made. Meanwhile the crows look like they've got a 70 year old woman designing theirs".

He's talking of buying a Port Adelaide membership in 2015.

 

[Wicky]

Any chance the tingles will advertise the coaching vacancy on SEEK?

Gum tree, In the lawn mowing / pamphlet drop round section

 

[Malibu#27]

I think what adelaide oval (and dare I say it - 3 game memberships) has done is encouraged a lot more neutrals or non diehards to take a look... and generally they are loving what they are seeing... and noticing the difference in cultures.

 

[Ant Bear]

Had an interesting chat to a norwood/Collingwood supporting bloke I played cricket with today when I saw him get involved in a bit of port/crows banter. As it turns out hes now a norwood/port supporter.
I asked him how it happen ed and he gave me 4reasons:
1. He got an adelaide oval membership and decided to just go to all games and see what happened. He couldn't believe what a bunch of flogs (his words) the crows fanbase is and enjoyed the port crowd.
2. He thought it was a disgrace that the sanfl tried to iill off thr magpies last year so had already developed a soft spot
3. Gamestyle and ken hinkley who "you cant help but to want to watch"
4. Matchday experience shits over crows.
So it sounds like ges going solely port - membership next year.
Hes currently packing the car and taking his family to the prelim tomorrow.

What was the sanfl % support breakdown again ?

What's interesting though is this us the third Collingwood supporter ive come across this season that has converted to a oort supporter with a strong dislike of the crows.

We have more in common with the Collingwoods, the Carltons, the Richmonds of this world than we do with Adelaide, West Coast or any of the other non-Victorian AFL-conceived franchises. They recognise much of themselves in our club, because we are a club.We are a real club, with history and soul, whose supporters have mainly grown up in the family and know no other love. There is a sense of community and family with a traditional club, and it is a lifetime connection with deep commitment.

The franchise fans came in late, making a conscious decision to abandon or cheat on their original family, or follow them for parochial reasons and to be a member of the majority. It is the herd mentality, and herds exist because they are prey animals, scared to be alone and they therefore band together in the hope that predators prey on the animal next to them and not on themselves. They are not so loyal to their clubs or their fellow fans and leaders, because they have already strayed from their origins. The instinct to leave the herd upon maturity is strong.

 

[Winestoppable]

Does anyone else think that the sheila AFL360 played tonight from FiveAA sounded eerily like that lady who rang up in histerics about PA wearing the Prison Bars?

 

[Wicky]

We have more in common with the Collingwoods, the Carltons, the Richmonds of this world than we do with Adelaide, West Coast or any of the other non-Victorian AFL-conceived franchises. They recognise much of themselves in our club, because we are a club.We are a real club, with history and soul, whose supporters have mainly grown up in the family and know no other love. There is a sense of community and family with a traditional club, and it is a lifetime connection with deep commitment.

The franchise fans came in late, making a conscious decision to abandon or cheat on their original family, or follow them for parochial reasons and to be a member of the majority. It is the herd mentality, and herds exist because they are prey animals, scared to be alone and they therefore band together in the hope that predators prey on the animal next to them and not on themselves. They are not so loyal to their clubs or their fellow fans and leaders, because they have already strayed from their origins. The instinct to leave the herd upon maturity is strong.

Nailed it!

 

[cj_09]

The Crows would be mildly upset if Tex decided to jump ship at the end of next season.

And come to us.

 

[Malibu#27]

Was it lynda loades ?

Shes not happy with the decision.