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Just noticed that the North Jumper in the graphic is wrong. Thoughts on whether the AFL should make Brisbane wear their clash again North.
Though, it doesn't happen this season.

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I don't know which thread it was being discussed in, but I remember around Grand Final time last year we were debating whether the Dogs premiership cup would be engraved with just "Western Bulldogs" or incorporate Footscray in there somewhere in a similar way to North in 1999. Well, the answer is...

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Just "Western Bulldogs". Not a Footscray to be seen.
 
I don't know which thread it was being discussed in, but I remember around Grand Final time last year we were debating whether the Dogs premiership cup would be engraved with just "Western Bulldogs" or incorporate Footscray in there somewhere in a similar way to North in 1999. Well, the answer is...

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Just "Western Bulldogs". Not a Footscray to be seen.
A shame, really.
 

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Because it kills off any notion that they may be open to changing their name in the future.

They've been quite clear for a fair while that they have no interest in changing back to Footscray. As romantic as the notion seems, its just not going to happen. They've been the Western Bulldogs for over 20 years now - a whole generation know them only as that, and have little affinity to the Footscray name. They're also still essentially based entirely within Melbourne or Western Victoria (with the Ballarat push).

Compare that to North, who went by just "Kangaroos" for only nine years, and were nomadic all over the country during that time (Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast), and were actively fighting against interstate relocation. They had a fractured identity and a chairman who stepped in to ensure their future was in Melbourne only (and then sold games to Hobart, but I digress). They had a very strong reason to go back to the North Melbourne name, something which the Dogs just don't have.
 
They've been quite clear for a fair while that they have no interest in changing back to Footscray. As romantic as the notion seems, its just not going to happen. They've been the Western Bulldogs for over 20 years now - a whole generation know them only as that, and have little affinity to the Footscray name. They're also still essentially based entirely within Melbourne or Western Victoria (with the Ballarat push).

Compare that to North, who went by just "Kangaroos" for only nine years, and were nomadic all over the country during that time (Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast), and were actively fighting against interstate relocation. They had a fractured identity and a chairman who stepped in to ensure their future was in Melbourne only (and then sold games to Hobart, but I digress). They had a very strong reason to go back to the North Melbourne name, something which the Dogs just don't have.
Not necessarily to Footscray, but anything more geographically representative of the area they now cover would be better. I always knew it would be a stupidly long shot.
 
Not necessarily to Footscray, but anything more geographically representative of the area they now cover would be better. I always knew it would be a stupidly long shot.
Greater Western Melbourne;)
Footscray is an awkward sounding name, but better than Western Bulldogs. I remember thinking at the time of the change they should have called themselves Western Melbourne to distinguish themselves geographically & nomenclaturally (that'll do) from West Coast.
 

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Anyone else here wine drinkers?
I find myself having less and less beers now days, I will have a red or whiskey if out
 
Anyone else here wine drinkers?
I find myself having less and less beers now days, I will have a red or whiskey if out
I split my drinking evenly between beer and whiskey, don't mind a nice wine, but my parents never leave me any :(
 
I split my drinking evenly between beer and whiskey, don't mind a nice wine, but my parents never leave me any :(
I really enjoy a late afternoon knowing I have no more driving to do and enjoying a nice whiskey before hitting whatever social event I'm off too

And I'll just nick what wine mum opens, particularly if it's red... I buy all my won food bugger them I'll take their wine
I am their son after all
 

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I don't mind a Shiraz, either on its own or with a big chunk of meat.
 
Does anyone have any experience working with a program called CorelDraw? I wouldn't mind dipping my feet in some design stuff but I'm not sure whether to learn through Photoshop or Corel, which my work uses.
If you're going to design stuff in your spare time, use Photoshop. Way more templates and you'll be able to get help on things easier.
 

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