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Dissilusioned
I have bought a membership this year however I'm yet to go to a game. I find myself dissilusioned with many things atm.
- Our gameplan or style
- The umpiring and rules
- The tribunal
- The inequity of the draw
- Talk of more teams and rule changes
Right now I find local footy more captivating.
- Our gameplan or style
- The umpiring and rules
- The tribunal
- The inequity of the draw
- Talk of more teams and rule changes
Right now I find local footy more captivating.
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Re: Dissilusioned
Which local footy? !!Leo.J wrote:I have bought a membership this year however I'm yet to go to a game. I find myself dissilusioned with many things atm.
- Our gameplan or style
- The umpiring and rules
- The tribunal
- The inequity of the draw
- Talk of more teams and rule changes
Right now I find local footy more captivating.
Prefer the VFL...
AFL is a corperate joke......a game about money...not the fans.....its about image.....and forgets about where it came from.....it has no soul IMO....
If it weren't for the St.KFC I would not even read about the game....let alone watch it.......pity there are a lot of good players out there...
Demetriou and Anderson are ruining the game
Ray Chamberlin is a disgrace
The tribunual is a farce
and it is over exposed....
AFL is a corperate joke......a game about money...not the fans.....its about image.....and forgets about where it came from.....it has no soul IMO....
If it weren't for the St.KFC I would not even read about the game....let alone watch it.......pity there are a lot of good players out there...
Demetriou and Anderson are ruining the game
Ray Chamberlin is a disgrace
The tribunual is a farce
and it is over exposed....
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second thatSaint Bev wrote:I live in Qld like many Saints supporters who live interstate and are members, we don't have the opportunity to go to games. We buy them to support the club.
my $100 years is not value for money (as i always forget to book tickets for games up here through the club)
but i feel like im doing my bit to get the boys over the line
call me crazy....
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I agree with the post somewhat, but not in other ways.
I really miss some of the things from the past. In particular, I miss people going for speckies. I miss that - big time!
And I feel like I don't support AFL - I support St. Kilda. And that's why I buy a membership.
Plus, I still haven't given up the dream. And I won't.
I really miss some of the things from the past. In particular, I miss people going for speckies. I miss that - big time!
And I feel like I don't support AFL - I support St. Kilda. And that's why I buy a membership.
Plus, I still haven't given up the dream. And I won't.
"Don't give up, never give up" - Robert Harvey.
I hope you have remembered to book your tickets for the Brissie game, you need to do it this weekSaints Premiers 2008 wrote:second thatSaint Bev wrote:I live in Qld like many Saints supporters who live interstate and are members, we don't have the opportunity to go to games. We buy them to support the club.
my $100 years is not value for money (as i always forget to book tickets for games up here through the club)
but i feel like im doing my bit to get the boys over the line
call me crazy....
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Geelong still play home games at home.plugger66 wrote:I bet Geelong fans are not dissilusioned. I bet if we had won all 4 games this year and the flag last year we wouldnt give a stuff about gameplans, umpires, rules and so on.
They still have a sense of community about their club.
We don't.
Melbourne clubs don't have a soul anymore. It's been sold to the AFL.
Agree with StBev...I live in Brisbane and interstate membership is a donation to support the club. I also feel disillusioned with the AFL,the actions of the umpires and tribunal are hard to fathom.
My son plays in the local AFLQ second division comp (Pineapple Cup)
and I get more enjoyment watching local/grass roots footy at the moment.
Mark
My son plays in the local AFLQ second division comp (Pineapple Cup)
and I get more enjoyment watching local/grass roots footy at the moment.
Mark
Geelong is a big city. How can even bother to compare. So we should be at Moorabbin. We cant even keep the ground up to scratch to train there. I love Moorabbin but people are softer than our day. they nearly all want a seat and great conditions.rodgerfox wrote:Geelong still play home games at home.plugger66 wrote:I bet Geelong fans are not dissilusioned. I bet if we had won all 4 games this year and the flag last year we wouldnt give a stuff about gameplans, umpires, rules and so on.
They still have a sense of community about their club.
We don't.
Melbourne clubs don't have a soul anymore. It's been sold to the AFL.
Technically, not a Melbourne side. They have a city behind them, we didn't even have the local council.rodgerfox wrote:Geelong still exist.Saint Bev wrote:Times change. Sure we would all love to be at Moorabbin but if we were, we wouldn't exist anymore. Can't live in the past.
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Ok we won the flag in '66, but our time at Moorabbin was a time of continual failure and disappointment. I enjoyed going to matches there, but most of the time was to watch us get beaten.
We were all a happy bunch at our home at The Dome in 2004 wern't we!
I don't care where we play as long as we are winning and get another flag for the mighty Saints. So what, we lose a couple of games early in the year, we'll come good...don't be so sooky.
We were all a happy bunch at our home at The Dome in 2004 wern't we!
I don't care where we play as long as we are winning and get another flag for the mighty Saints. So what, we lose a couple of games early in the year, we'll come good...don't be so sooky.
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true to an extent - Geelong has a popluation of about 250,000....the Saints, if based at Moorabbin, would have about 250,000 people within a 30 minute drive of the ground also, but for our old ground to become all seated would mean a capacity like Geelong of 23K. Whilst Kardinia Park is a soulful home for the Cats, bugger all fans can fit into the ground!plugger66 wrote:Geelong is a big city. How can even bother to compare. So we should be at Moorabbin. We cant even keep the ground up to scratch to train there. I love Moorabbin but people are softer than our day. they nearly all want a seat and great conditions.rodgerfox wrote:Geelong still play home games at home.plugger66 wrote:I bet Geelong fans are not dissilusioned. I bet if we had won all 4 games this year and the flag last year we wouldnt give a stuff about gameplans, umpires, rules and so on.
They still have a sense of community about their club.
We don't.
Melbourne clubs don't have a soul anymore. It's been sold to the AFL.
Standing room is virtually verboten nowadays at AFL grounds, and seating takes up way more room!
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