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Well mate, if you can comprehend, i accused you of speaking garbage, and you answered with "like your racist president"Absolutely.
So I would love to know in what English speaking world that I was comparing myself to your clubs’ President.
Sorry, you accused me of that did you?Well mate, if you can comprehend, i accused you of speaking garbage, and you answered with "like your racist president"
The words you type are the exact opposite of your actions.
It makes sense.Sorry, you accused me of that did you?
Not how I read it.
An accusation would read; LoungeLizard is an impudent little child who attempts self-pleasure by flicking through the Miller’s catalogue.
You just gave a very vague generic sentence to which I replied; “Like your”
Sorry, you accused me of that did you?
Not how I read it.
An accusation would read; LoungeLizard is an impudent little child who attempts self-pleasure by flicking through the Miller’s catalogue.
You just gave a very vague generic sentence to which I replied; “Like your”
And how can you accept the SA supporters salt? Port fans ok they followed their team but why would anyone in their right mind follow a start up in a comp where it's not all about them?
Do you reckon any Vic fan would dump their 100+ yo club for the sake of a brand new franchise in a national comp based around a WA or SA league? Yeah nah, not many if any. Certainly not me!
It’s the using of the word impervious....Oh right, so what are my actions? Do you have a camera on me? If anything my only "actions" are keystrokes on a keyboard that make you look silly.
Do tell what are my actions? We're all waiting for your learned reply.
Ahhhhh, the Vic media bias has brainwashed you!!Wow you're on fire for posts in desperation, keep em going. Got the popcorn in the microwave as we speak!
Anyways I hope the giants win for two reasons:
- It'll prove that the media's reverence is correct.
- It'll prove that truckloads of concessions and endless leg ups do work.
As you have not been through the scenario it’s easy to say you would not of jumped on board. What about if a new national league had of been formed, would you of stayed with the Pies watching them every week in the VFL or would you eventually grab on to one of the 4 or 5 franchise clubs where all the best players play in a national comp?
Ahhhhh, the Vic media bias has brainwashed you!!
Thank you for proving my point.
Prove what exactly? Hazard a guess you're suggesting that the media don't rate the giants and you're naively denying the leg ups that the giants have received.
Good luck with that!
Are you ready to tell one and all what my actions are? We're all still waiting.
Answered already little buddy.
It’s the using of the word impervious....
Which means; unable to be affected by.
If you were actually unaffected you wouldn’t be forced to reply.
You're presuming that this hypothetical national comp would have the best talent in the land.
That would suggest the bulk of the vic market would jump on a brand new team(s) and have the club they've been following for 100+ years as a second interest. That is highly highly unlikely. Remember the overwhelming bulk of the market is in vic - hence it's mainly based over there.
If I were a betting man I'd argue that most would not be forgoing their traditional team for the sake of a start up. Yeah nah.
Then why did WA fans jump off the wafl and follow a completely new start up club in a foreign comp? Why not snub this vic based comp and stick phat with an already strong and high profile comp (WAFL)?
No club is ammune from another comp having all the best players. Now granted and national league set up without Collingwood would be stupid in Aussie Rules but that is the hypothetical.
I actually believe you that a huge number would of stayed with their club and supported the VFL even if the best players were elsewhere.
I may be travelling to Perth later this year. In the spirit of this thread I expect to see Richmond given the same media coverage as West coast.
Like Victoria or SA footy fans want to watch the best, my team Subi lost 7 of its GF winning 1986 side to the Eagles, they were still out there every 2nd week at Subi playing for the EAgles.
If you look at the attendances for the national comp & the WAFL crowds were shared initially, it was the success of Malthouse that really ingrained the Eagles in the WA footy psyche.
At the time Origin was where all the best played.
One of the factors ignored by many historians was the Elliot & Seddon plan to set up a national comp, ditch a couple of Melbournes strugglers, & add a SA team with the Swans already in Sydney - no WA team.
This alerted WA footy chiefs that unless careful a national comp could happen without them.
Financially the WAFL was in dire straits as was the VFL.
You're presuming that this hypothetical national comp would have the best talent in the land.
That would suggest the bulk of the vic market would jump on a brand new team(s) and have the club they've been following for 100+ years as a second interest. That is highly highly unlikely. Remember the overwhelming bulk of the market is in vic - hence it's mainly based over there.
If I were a betting man I'd argue that most would not be forgoing their traditional team for the sake of a start up. Yeah nah.
That does not answer the question, why not give the bird to the eagles and the VFL? In any case in some shape or form both leagues would've continued, there was too much market to just let em go by the wayside. Still to this day the WAFL is arguably the strongest league outside of the AFL.
Origin? Even back then clubs including WC had trepidation playing their best in SOO for the sake of what - bragging rights? Nah mate clubs were and are still after the biggest prize. The league premiership.
I lived in SA for awhile. Never read or heard anything except Port this or Crows that.
The good players go where the money is,