Preview Showdown 50- Why I Hate The Crows

[Del165198]

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Reason 726382 to hate the crows.... Captain Spud.

What's the details? Paywall blocked to that rag

 

[Enviable Tradition]

What's the details? Paywall blocked to that rag

"Alleged" to have racially abused former Magpies player Robbie Young at an SANFL game.

It is unclear whether he was reported by the North Adelaide players and officials or it seems according to the wording his own team mates and officials.

It happened 3 weeks ago and the Crows apparently referred it to the AFL yet this is the first we are hearing about it.

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

Ah damn here i was thinking 'crom' was created as a joke from Borat just searched it and different spelling

Khram - male genitalia. (Probably from the Russian slang word "хрен" ["khrien"], of the same meaning). Used to refer to the scrotum or testicles, as well as the penis.

Used by Borat in the movies isnt it?

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

I zoomed in to look at this on the portable telephony contraption and only saw

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

"... that makes up for Robbie Gray in the first quarter ...."

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

What's the details? Paywall blocked to that rag

Report: Crows star to front teammates over AFL investigation into alleged racial slur

Report: Crows star to front teammates over AFL investigation into alleged racial slur

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Del165198]

The thread about it on their board is so ****ing pathetic

 

[JB1989]

Used by Borat in the movies isnt it?

Yes it is. Every time i see 'crom' written or hear it. I always think about Borat reffering to genitalia.

 

[bomberclifford]

I thought Crom was from Conan the Barbarian.

 

[OneGreatClub]

They’re a miserable bunch on fiveaa about Port should be given NO showdown tickets.
They are dirty p****s.
Rowey included.
Haven’t listened to that show in such a long time and I can see why.

 

[Festerz]

Treat yourself.

There are 2 things I absolutely love about the video of that game.

One is the utter courage and tenacity of George Fiacchi. Those courageous nuggety back pocket players are something I really miss in our game.

Two is the short sleeve woollen jumper worn by Martin Leslie, that looks like his mum sewed the numbers on overnight. How many of us had a long sleeve Port jumper with wonky numbers sewn on just like that when we were young?

 

[Magpiespowaz]

There are 2 things I absolutely love about the video of that game.

One is the utter courage and tenacity of George Fiacchi. Those courageous nuggety back pocket players are something I really miss in our game.

Two is the short sleeve woollen jumper worn by Martin Leslie, that looks like his mum sewed the numbers on overnight. How many of us had a long sleeve Port jumper with wonky numbers sewn on just like that when we were young?

+1

Except I didn't have wonky numbers sewn on. Made my own custom. Drew 5 on the back in big black texta.

It looked so shit, I never wore that guernsey ever again, lol...

Anyone who wears that thing would definitely be the type to go up to Port supporter after Port supporter 'what do you think of my prison bars? Hur hur." Looking for a reaction. It's all quite pathetic.

Also, the guy modeling it reminds me of a Norwood supporter I saw having a tantrum in the West Lakes car park after the 1996 SANFL prelim.

So many tantrums after that game.
Saw one Norwood goon legit beat up a green bin on the way out of Footy Park, lol.
All because of the single greatest fist-pumping, chest-beating, primeval-roaring footy moment I've ever seen...




P.S. I know Norwood supporters who still maintain it wasn't a free (or three.)
P.P.S. Always lol @ old mate's devastation, that guy was such a spanner.

 

[PowerLil]

They’re a miserable bunch on fiveaa about Port should be given NO showdown tickets.
They are dirty p****s.
Rowey included.
Haven’t listened to that show in such a long time and I can see why.

Hopefully you heard Lindy at the end OGC

 

[RossFC]

J-Mac was unmarked in the fwd pocket.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Hopefully you heard Lindy at the end OGC

No, one hour was enough, but I can well imagine lol

 

[Smartys Power]

I cant even hate them as much as I normally would because of how bad they are.

It'd kind of be like like bullying a disabled person.

How poorly built up are Showdowns these days? Purely for this factor.

 

[Portmagpies36]

I hate the Crows. I mean, I really hate the Crows.

I left my first wife because she barracked for the Crows (they didn't exist - they weren't even a diseased sperm in Max Basheer's left nut- when I married her). I am more likely to support ISIS's efforts to decapitate 100 innocent children than support the Crow's winning anything- other than another glorious wooden spoon.

It's not so much their players. It's hard to dislike a bunch of inept, pea-hearted and semi-skilled "has beens" and "never will bees" who have brought unprecedented shame to their silly fruit tingle jumper. I've even warmed to their management who somehow transformed their team from Premiership favourites on Grand Final Day 2017 to laughing stock of the AFL in record time by stripping them naked, putting bags on their heads, tying them to poles and racially vilifying them for a week in the name of team bonding.

I know what they were trying to do. By humiliating them to the point of total despair they were hoping that putting on that embarrassing jumper and having to occasionally sing that annoying bloody team song wouldn't seem so bad. It failed worse than Hitler's parish priest.

No, it's their supporters I reserve my utmost contempt for. Never in human history has a group gathered together, with the aim of supporting a team, with less idea about the sport they are supposed to be playing than the "19th Moron". The rules of the game are a complete mystery to that lot. Try talking to one of these masterminds about the tactics involved in AFL footy and- if you still have the will to live afterwards- it is the only conversation you can have with another human in which you know less afterwards than before.

All stereotypes aside, they are mostly a bunch of ageing, women, theatre goers and arrogant, self-opiniated, but invariably wrong, male dickheads who live to take every opportunity to smuggly rub it in whenever the Rories have a win over Port or other success for months, even years after. I still get asked if I would like to watch their Grand Final wins with them- to which I always respond- "Is it on VHS or Beta".

That is why we cannot lose this game. We have a real chance to make the top 4 and, if we can get some momentum over the next 2 months, to win our second AFL flag. Not only will an upset destroy that, but they will take credit for derailing our season and we won't hear the end of it for years.

To the game.

We have a stronger, faster, more skilled and more experienced team with greater incentive to win. They are missing some key spuds like Rory Brown, Rory Talia and Rory Mileria. Rory Crouch might play (he is no longer on their injury list) but he probably won't. Rory Crouch is a free agent this year and destined to join his brother Rory at St Kilda or another Vic club and is showing little interest in playing. It could only remind potential suitors what a slow, "kick and hope" hack he is.

We are likely to go in unchanged despite the fact that we are no longer playing indoors and the conditions (a dewy evening) will not suit our giant forward line. This will be risky. However, I can't see Ken dropping Marshall and Georgiades and Ladhams deserve to keep their spot. Robbie is not ready yet and the only small forward option in the shed is Woodcock. Ken may be tempted to rest Charlie- but there is a bye in 3 weeks and percentage over Sydney (who play North and Gold Coast in their last 2 games) may yet be a factor affecting our top 4 hopes.

A key will be how well this giant forward line can hold their marks and hold the ball in when they don't mark it.

The Cows have the same problem at the other end. Last week they played R.Walker, R.Himmleberg, R.Lynch and R.Fogarty and they have R.Thilthorpe (who has been "rested" for 3 weeks now) to come in. We don't need to panic and rush in more tall defenders- Burton, McKenzie, Aliir and Jonas can all bring the ball to ground and the first 3 will destroy their talls when the ball is on the ground.

We could be tempted to include Clurey on the back of his efforts in Showdown 49. That day he made R.Walker look like a fat, slow, 31 year old, one trick pony who was more concerned about carefully balancing a slug between his upper lip and nose than getting the footy....wait.... but our incumbent defenders are quite capable also.

Matching their best 5 players against ours demonstrates our superiority:

Wines, Dixon, Boak, Butters, Amon vs R.Laird, R.Walker, R.Sloane, R.Smith, R.Dodo- their 5 will be their keys to winning Slowdown 2022.

Matching their worst 5 against our players 18-22, proves the same point:

Marshall, Bonner, Bergman, Powell-Pepper, Byrne-Jones (on form) vs R.McPherson, R.Jones, R. McHenry, R.Rowe, R.Murray- seriously, there hasn't been a worse looking collection of spuds since the Potato Famine.

We should not lose, we must not lose but it is a Showdown and it is their Grand Final. Therefore, we must:

- start strongly and not give them an early sniff
- win the contested ball
- be composed entering the F50

Port by 40.

Amen brother

 

[Festerz]

T'was a simpler time

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

The thread about it on their board is so ******* pathetic

Without looking at it, I’m guessing that they’re just sweeping under the rug or saying that he’s done nothing wrong.

 

[tribey]

The thread about it on their board is so ******* pathetic

The most sanctimonious supporter base in the league.

Remember when Josh Jenkins claimed to have heard some bad language from a young Port supporter during a Showdown, duly dropped his monocle on Twitter, and triggered a tsunami of WhAt Do YoU eXpEcT fRoM ThOsE FeRaLs confirmation bias-soaked replies?

Yet they’ll collectively turn themselves into a pretzel prematurely blaming everyone else instead of approaching something like this with an open mind.

 

[JimmyBC]

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…

A time when the Port board didn't use a vague set of questions to find out if they were cheese rebadgers or Goebbels.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Only 350 of the 15k tickets will be for Port fans. Pathetic given they got about 475 of the 2k-odd for our game last year. I know I won’t be going but what a stupid corporation

 

[Mr PA]

Only 350 of the 15k tickets will be for Port fans. Pathetic given they got about 475 of the 2k-odd for our game last year. I know I won’t be going but what a stupid corporation

What the ****, how can they justify that? Where did you see this?

 

[Stromageddon]

Obligatory 80 point win

 

[philreich]

Only 350 of the 15k tickets will be for Port fans. Pathetic given they got about 475 of the 2k-odd for our game last year. I know I won’t be going but what a stupid corporation

Mind you hopefully come the last quarter, there'll be around 350 people left in the ground, as Port goes further in front.