What's Most Important About Your Team?

[Mobbs]

I'm just testing the poll function, here.

The idea of the poll is to vote on what is the most important element of your supported footy club, to you. Well, let's see how we go ... hope I don't forget a bit.

 

[gregtri]

the name fitzroy football club is number one. also to is the fitzroy jumper !this is a mind /thinking poll!
well done mobbenfuhrer!!!
gregtri[always fitzroy]

 

[killer]

It's the people
The people make the club what it is.
Otherwize its just a business.

 

[lioness]

That's a tough poll!!!!! I would say the people are most important to me in a club. I mean, you can have all the success in the world and all that, but it's the way you're treated as a member, and stuff like that that really matters, at least to this lioness. I would have said level of success, but as a Roy fan, it never really bothered me when we were down near the bottom with like a win or 2 for the season, I'd still proudly wear my scarf and stuff. But yeah, it made me think - JUST what I need on a Monday morning. lol

 

[Roylion]

1. Colours/design (and I would add emblem or mascot to this as well.) In my view the greatest jumper and colours of all clubs was that Fitzroy guernsey. To see Brisbane wearing a guernsey that is so similar made it very difficult for me in 1997 to consider supporting any other team.
Would people have followed a club called something like North Melbourne Lions wearing maroon (red), blue and gold? I would have.
Would people have followed the Melbourne Lions wearing red, blue and gold? Yes, again in my case
Would I have followed the North Fitzroy Kangaroos wearing essentially North colours and design? Perhaps, but unlikely.

2. Name of the Club. Even if the name of the club is kept, if they "look" completely different then it's just seems to me to be almost a different club anyway. I know a lot of Fitzroy people feel differently on this issue (considering the name to be far more important), but we've all got our own reasons for following or not following Brisbane or whoever. it would be great to see "Brisbane-Fitzroy" on the scoreboards etc, but the official name of the Brisbane Lions incorporates the name 'Fitzroy' and at the moment I'll live with that.

3. Locale and/or home ground. Important, but not as important. Brunswick Oval to Princes Park to Junction Oval to Victoria Park, back to Princes Park to Western Oval ought to demonstrate that.

4. Players/team. Players come and go.

5. Level of success. Didn't matter.

6. Social set.

 

[Olmy]

It's all important to me.

Something you left out, Mobbenfurher, is the general "vibe" that a club has. The feeling you get when you go to the games etc.

For me, the Reds have come the closest, so far, to capturing that same feeling that the Roys had. The Brisbane Lions offer a bit of it - depending on how many Roys/Lions fans turn up. Certainly we get a decent showing at Optus Oval.

It's hard to say what it is that makes you feel a certain way.

 

[Mobbs]

Yeah, I did my darndest avoid ambiguity with the options, and yet its still a dogs breakfast.

There's not real set of criteria that can really be put down on paper. That was simply as close as I thought that I could get.

 

[FitzroyRamone]

MobbenFührer,

I think we have discovered the Fitzroy Reds have, for a number of us, met this criteria:
Name of the Club - they're called Fitzroy. That's grouse.
Colours/Design - red jumper, royal blue yoke, gold FFC monogram. That's grouse
Locale/Home ground - they play at Brunswick Street. That's grouse
Players/team - starting to know the names and players. Come across as approaching grouseness.
Level of success - have won every game this year. That's grouse.
Social Set - an increasing number of exiled Roys showing up. That's grouse.

All in all, everything is grouse.

Cheers,
FitzroyRamone

 

[Mobbs]

Originally posted by FitzroyRamone
MobbenFührer,

I think we have discovered the Fitzroy Reds have, for a number of us, met this criteria:
Name of the Club - they're called Fitzroy. That's grouse.
Colours/Design - red jumper, royal blue yoke, gold FFC monogram. That's grouse
Locale/Home ground - they play at Brunswick Street. That's grouse
Players/team - starting to know the names and players. Come across as approaching grouseness.
Level of success - have won every game this year. That's grouse.
Social Set - an increasing number of exiled Roys showing up. That's grouse.

All in all, everything is grouse.

Cheers,
FitzroyRamone

Grouse post, F.R.

 

[Noel Mugavin]

most important thing is the people and culture of the club. fitzroy symbolised this as being able to go into the rooms and mingle with champs was great after wins. even some losses, still had good times after the match as we looked forward to next week.

if you're a little kiddy from greenvale and you want to see james hird after the match as you are an essendon supporter,...forget it. jump on the playing surface or dare to try and go down the race and you'll be put in the sleeper by a black bomber quicker than barry dickens can scull a pot. i saw some kerry stokes footage (which i think the AFL conveniently disposed of) of a kiddie being dealt with by security in a way that was similar to the old collingwood football club fracas outside the tunnel nightclub at 3.30am sat morning. yuk.

suburban footy is the winner here. kick to kick at half time was great at coburg RIP.

go reds.

 

[Frodo]

They gotta have good Trivia quizzes

 

[Mobbs]

Lol Frodo, both a clever stab AND not without merit if taken seriously!