Thinline wrote:Moods wrote:Thinline wrote:Who cares about anything other than who is picked on Thursday night?
We go in with who they give us. No amount of speculation about who is or isn't available changes the fact that your have who you have.
Injury watchers are a bit weird I reckon.
Yeah - I mean who cares about anything? Why even name a team? What's it got to do with us? Lets just wait and see who runs out each week. Who really cares who is omitted from the team and why? We're just drones who hand the club money to keep it afloat. And don't get me started on OPEN training sessions and FAMILY days pffftt.
I can't believe that Watters wastes 15 minutes of his life addressing us sheep in the form of an e-mail? What's anything got to do with us? Weirdos the lot of us.
Settle little petal.
Quite clearly my point is that those who are injured do little of import on match day. So why sweat on whether the club is willing to say this that and the other about who won't play?
It's about our interest as a supporter. Of course if he doesn't play he has no bearing, but as a supporter group we obviously care what he has done and how long he will be out for. I find it hard to believe that you have little interest in what injury Fisher sustained and how long he will be missing for? You're interested enough in the club that you sub scribe to a supporter forum, buut are not interested in the injuries to the key players at the club???
Not sure if you have ever been involved in local footy Thinline, but imagine on a Thursday night you head down to the local club and the gun CHB appears to have hurt his hamstring. You're having a couple of beers with the Chairman of Selectors and inquire as to how he is coming along - his response 'Nothing you need to worry about, all you need to know is that he won't be playing this week.'
No worries, might find another local footy club to support. - Which is why he will tell you (unless he has never seen your face at the club before that night)
The question is - i) does the club believe that revealing this sort of information may negate some sort of small edge over the opposition re planning?
ii) Are the club too lazy to put out accurate injury reports.
iii) Do the club believe that we aren't important enough to be kept up to date on this sort of thing.
I hope the answer is 1.
Look, I rarely if ever go to open training sessions - think they're pointless. About as interesting as the players doing their warm-up drills before a game. However I respect and appreciate that some supporters love this sort of thing. Same goes for club functions. I never go to Family days etc, never had any interest in meeting the players. However I know that's a big factor in keeping certain supporters happy.
I reckon the club needs to recognise that the melting pot of our supporter group means all sorts of ppl have all sorts of different interests in the team. If they can accomodate as many of them as they can, then we may end up like Hawthorn. A club with a relatively small supporter base that has managed to grow to one of the largest by engaging their members (and winning flags helps) so that ppl want to be a part of the club. I reckon if 90% of other clubs can do it, why can't we?
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