The Showdown

[flagfor05]

Hey guys n girls,

Living in Melbourne, we're constantly told how big these games really are.

What goes on during that week?

 

[footyfreak]

Lots of media hype and a great Showdown Luncheon that i've been to a couple of times where they auction off a whole lot of stuff and interview the captains and coaches etc.

 

[manureid]

Port usually get ready to accept 4 premiership points....

 

[Stinger...]

Showdown??? whats that???

Oh you mean CUB Southern Derbies!!??

 

[MrMeaner]

Showdown??? whats that???

Oh you mean CUB Southern Derbies!!??

It's still four points.

 

[Stinger...]

It's still four points.

i wasn't arguing that point!

 

[MrMeaner]

i wasn't arguing that point!

I know. I just thought that it needed emphasising.

 

[captain ebert]

Showdown??? whats that???

Oh you mean CUB Southern Derbies!!??

so gay.

 

[Stinger...]

so gay.

thats not what your sister said!

EDIT: and you do live in Sydney

 

[captain ebert]

thats not what your sister said!

EDIT: and you do live in Sydney

sister? if i had one.

yeh, sydney......i know.....

 

[Stinger...]

sister? if i had one.

yeh, sydney......i know.....

it was a joke!

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

I think its also the atmosphere around town and in the workplace, all the rivalries come to the fore and there is alot of bickering which IMO is a good harmless thing.

 

[Cap]

It's still four points.

you guys havent won a CUB southern Derby

either have we but who is counting !!!

although it makes it hardy to get showdowns even !

 

[MrMeaner]

you guys havent won a CUB southern Derby

either have we but who is counting !!!

although it makes it hardy to get showdowns even !

So that's the real reason for the change! You know that you can't catch us in Showdowns, so you change the name. What's going to happen when we get an unassailable lead again? Are you then going to change it to the Toyota Home Town Challenge?

Here's to ever changing names then.

 

[Markthirtytwo]

So that's the real reason for the change! You know that you can't catch us in Showdowns, so you change the name. What's going to happen when we get an unassailable lead again? Are you then going to change it to the Toyota Home Town Challenge?

Here's to ever changing names then.

Spot on.

 

[Port1978]

So that's the real reason for the change! You know that you can't catch us in Showdowns, so you change the name.

It all makes sense now!

 

[Powerstufff]

Hey guys n girls,
Living in Melbourne, we're constantly told how big these games really are.
What goes on during that week?

It's not so much what goes on but the whole 8 year history of the thing.
To 'get' it you almost have to live in Adelaide and support Port or the Crows, plus understand how each of the SA teams entered the AFL.
There are very few supporters of either team who do not rate the Showdowns as the most important H&A games of the year. It has almost become a trademark that the games are close. Of the 16 Showdowns played there have only been a couple of blowouts. Interstate players in their first year at either club are consistently surprised at the noise and passion at these games. They soon learn that an important part of your football reputation in SA revolves around your performance in Showdowns. Coaches learn too. An important part of Garry Ayres demise was that he couldn't win one - a Riccuito led 'mutiny' in Showdown 15 gave the Crows their only win in his time there.
In the first 4 years we were neck and neck with wins. SA used to grind to a halt to watch it. Tickets were scalped, and Channel 7 used to rate off the meter. People would gather for Showdown parties and barbies like they were finals. In recent years though we have won 7 out of 8 which has taken some of the heat out of it.
It is a pity that more of these games haven't been shown interstate, likewise the WA Derbies. I understand that Channel 9 is broadcasting Showdown 17 live across all footy markets in 2005, which is long overdue.

 

[birdmanptr]

Hey guys n girls,

Living in Melbourne, we're constantly told how big these games really are.

What goes on during that week?

as big as grand final weeks of 97 98 and 04 cant begin to think wha t it would be like here in sa if they played of in the big one

 

[Markthirtytwo]

Think of the Anzac day match between Essendon and Collingwood, then triple it.