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I think I've mentioned this before. But I might as well bring it up again in light of the whole state guernsey discussion.

I reckon these slogans are now pretty antiquated. The Adelaide Football Club is no longer the pseudo-state side it was when we entered the competition.

They should be junked for at least a couple of reasons:

a) Such slogans smack of arrogance in a two team state. Not that I really give a toss what Port fans think, but there's no point pretending to be something we're not.

b) Why limit our appeal to SA? With the potential to draw fans from other states as well (heck maybe overseas too), such catchcries are needlessly insular and could well be limiting our attractiveness to non-South Australians.

And I'm not saying this because I live in NSW either. I remain as parochial a South Australian as ever.

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And while we're at it can we (the club) stop referring to our team as the "Camry Crows" - it's fricken painful. Our "club song" for the first few years has scarred me for life too.

Bit hard to be fair dinkum when you sell your soul from the very beginning.
 

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Agreed.

I want to see Adelaide do what Port are doing and make inroads into another state/territory LIKE THE NT and build supporter bases outside of SA itself. BUT, what Port are doing is still an experiment, I mean Essendon is the only club right now that could claim to be 'Darwin's club' in a few ways but of course they weren't literally playing for 4 points during the Dry Season/Winter when they did come up here.

It's not just the AFC who are still in the VFL/SANFL/WAFL/etc days, the Victorian clubs are of course Vic-centric and they definitely don't seem to market themselves that strongly at all in WA or SA. Everbody should understand by now that if you're a club in a national comp then the support of fourth/fifth generations of the Jones'/Smiths/etc who have lived in the suburb of the footy club for as long as the footy club isn't quite as powerful as it once was. These clubs need to look for people outside the square/state to support them.

I actually don't really care here nor there about the lines you've got in the title, I still love the song and sing it passionately.
 

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Originally posted by dyertribe
And while we're at it can we (the club) stop referring to our team as the "Camry Crows" - it's fricken painful. Our "club song" for the first few years has scarred me for life too.
There's a weird feeling of solace in the fact other clubs are now adding the sponsor's name to the name of the team.
 

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Originally posted by Leigh
There's a weird feeling of solace in the fact other clubs are now adding the sponsor's name to the name of the team.
Yeah and we've all seen the QBE Sydney Swans and the like - but are we ever going to see the Emirates Magpies or the Three Bombers?

I don't mind looking after the sponsor in certain circumstances, but we are the Adelaide Football Club first and foremost and should be known as such.

The Adelaide Camry Crows is acceptable, but until the city of Adelaide itself is renamed as such - the Camry Crows definitely isn't.
 

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#6
Originally posted by dyertribe
And while we're at it can we (the club) stop referring to our team as the "Camry Crows" - it's fricken painful. Our "club song" for the first few years has scarred me for life too.

Bit hard to be fair dinkum when you sell your soul from the very beginning.
Agree our song is ****e house and is sung with no gusto since it was changed....................'known as the Adelaide Crows':rolleyes: We are THE MIGHTY ADELAIDE CROWS and that pathetic GO CROWS at the end is crap needs to be redone again and taken back to the orginal words and sung with more gusto;)
 

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I agree with the first post.

Can't see anything changing, though. At least not for another generation or two.

The AFC will just argue the crowd results? The Crows have a huge following and many would probably relate it to these very slogans (not the slogans themselves but the feeling behind them).

There's this attitude that SA has to unite to Kick the Vics. I think it's more the older generations though. I couldn't care less about kicking the vics. I just want to kick Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Carlton, Fremantle, Brisbane, and so on.

Too many South Australians have KG syndrome.


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Just wanted to thankyou guys for reviving my nightmare, I had somehow managed to force that terrible "Here we go, Here we go, Camry Crows" to a dark little corner of my mind, only to have you lot drag back again!! *Shuddering* LOL
Anywho, while we're at it, can we please try and get a few different chants going other than the "Adelaide *clap clap clap* Adelaide *clap clap clap*"Its great when Roo gets the pill, maybe a long "Keeeennnnyyyy" (Ala Lillee) when MacGregor takes a kick ??
Just an Idea......
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Here's a deal. If you can stop Victorians from referring to all non-Vic teams as interstaters we will change the slogan! Deal?
 

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#10
Originally posted by DaveW
I think I've mentioned this before. But I might as well bring it up again in light of the whole state guernsey discussion.

I reckon these slogans are now pretty antiquated. The Adelaide Football Club is no longer the pseudo-state side it was when we entered the competition.

They should be junked for at least a couple of reasons:

a) Such slogans smack of arrogance in a two team state. Not that I really give a toss what Port fans think, but there's no point pretending to be something we're not.

b) Why limit our appeal to SA? With the potential to draw fans from other states as well (heck maybe overseas too), such catchcries are needlessly insular and could well be limiting our attractiveness to non-South Australians.

And I'm not saying this because I live in NSW either. I remain as parochial a South Australian as ever.

Thoughts?
Arrogance Dave can be used in a positive way if used correctly as most great sporting clubs around the world have done for years, clubs such as Man U, NY Yankees & dare i say it the Port Adelaide FC of old.

I thought we already had some club in Sydney that we are affiliated with & from what i can gather we are pretty well known (for aussie rules standard) overseas as well.
 

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#11
Originally posted by dyertribe
And while we're at it can we (the club) stop referring to our team as the "Camry Crows" - it's fricken painful. Our "club song" for the first few years has scarred me for life too.

Bit hard to be fair dinkum when you sell your soul from the very beginning.
I & all Crow supporters that i know have never referred to our club/team as the "Camry" Crows & about the only time i have seen that term used is as part of some advertising slogan by Toyota.

Not that there is anything wrong with the Camry i even own one myself & Toyota do put in big bucks ( & have done from day 1) to the AFC to have there logo associated with the Crows.

Would gladly put in a few$$ if someone could come up with a decent club song.
 

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Originally posted by noddy
I & all Crow supporters that i know have never referred to our club/team as the "Camry" Crows & about the only time i have seen that term used is as part of some advertising slogan by Toyota.
Yes yes I'm well aware of that, but the club has started referring to us as the "Camry Crows" again - primarily in its advertisements for matchday tickets on Free To Air and Foxtel TV.

If you'll read the first part of my post again I said "we (the club)" not we the supporters.
 

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I don't know about Football Park, but the Adelaide club song sounds wimpy when played over the public address systems at the MCG and Telstra Dome. It's an embarrassment.
 

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Originally posted by McAlmanac
I don't know about Football Park, but the Adelaide club song sounds wimpy when played over the public address systems at the MCG and Telstra Dome. It's an embarrassment.
Yeah I agree, the songs sounds likes we're stretching the words to fit the tune.

The players rendition over the MCG loudspeaker at the 1997 Grand Final didn't sound too bad though. :D
 

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Originally posted by DaveW
Yeah I agree, the song sounds likes we're stretching the words to fit the tune.
That's exactly what Bill Sanders (or was it Bob Hammond? - one of the two) did. Picked the USMC march and penned words to fit it one night.
 

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Originally posted by noddy
I & all Crow supporters that i know have never referred to our club/team as the "Camry" Crows & about the only time i have seen that term used is as part of some advertising slogan by Toyota.

Not that there is anything wrong with the Camry i even own one myself & Toyota do put in big bucks ( & have done from day 1) to the AFC to have there logo associated with the Crows.

Would gladly put in a few$$ if someone could come up with a decent club song.
We are the one
For South Australians
And for one and all 9 others we stand.
But no not Port
They are all Bastards
All they know is how to win.

But we all know that doesn't matter
Because if we combine we might
Just might win as much as them
.......
 

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Originally posted by PAfolwr
We are the one
For South Australians
And for one and all 9 others we stand.
But no not Port
They are all Bastards
All they know is how to win.

But we all know that doesn't matter
Because if we combine we might
Just might win as much as them
.......
Geez i hope your coughing up plenty of $ for that feeble attempt. ;)
 

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Originally posted by PAfolwr
We are the one
For South Australians
And for one and all 9 others we stand.
But no not Port
They are all Bastards
All they know is how to win.

But we all know that doesn't matter
Because if we combine we might
Just might win as much as them
.......
That's terrible.

Port can't win at the right time as they treat showdowns as their grand final.

Those loses to Collingwood Hawthorn and Sydney make the club look like what they are, a weak and cheap imitaiton of the PAFC that played in the SANFL which has gone forever to be replaced by an even cheaper and weaker imitation.

Perhaps Port did the wrong thing by joining the big boys???
 
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