Here's a good laugh from the Parrrrrr ... yes, it's the on-field success of Port and the Crows which is killing the SANFL ...

"With SANFL match attendances typically declining in line with on-field success for the state’s two AFL clubs, Port Adelaide has nevertheless decided to enhance Alberton Oval game days for its final five home matches, starting this Sunday at Glenelg Oval."

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-05-28/a-new-experience-for-sanfl-games-in-the-pipeline

LMAO, good to see they set the bar high, yeah we lose to Brisbane and the other team loses to GWS so we're all a success!! :lol:
I'm jealous my AFL team doesn't set such a high bar. :lol:

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And now 26 days after my initial postWesties are top!
I once again officially have no idea!

I know a few people pay me out for being a Spud fan but I've never seen them live and I'm sure most can appreciate the excitement I have about the game this coming Saturday. Once in a lifetime thing for me as I don't plan to go to the UK ever.
Taking my son, got my Ozspurs polo and jumper to wear, going to buy my son a heap of gear, can't wait.
Staying at the Novatel next to the Olympic Stadium and have tickets to Park Lane.
Flying in at lunchtime on Saturday and flying out lunchtime on Sunday.
Forecast is for 19 degrees and fine.
So Excited!
COYS!
:D

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Be no different to wearing a Crows scarf and a Fremantle scarf last Sat night at Adelaide Oval.
Absolutey clueless wankers.

Really enjoying the sanfl.com.au live stream with great video and commentating by Big Phil and Co. Got it going on full screen at my mobile at the pub and have about ten blokes watching it. Helps having a HTC with duel front speakers, good work all involved, its the first time I've used it

Wow, didn't take you guys long to get the knives out and stick them in the back of the coach and management!!!!

ok smart arse what's your solution?

Couldn't give a fat rats toss bag what happens at Chook land.

Always have and always will be a rabble at Prospect

Even when down the bottom The Bays crowds are better than those at Prospect!!!

Geezus, a Tigers fan telling us we're a rabble.
We are struggling! :lol:

FOURTH ESTATE wrote:Well you Guys started this thread all saying how sh#t you are and wanting to sack the coach and you bit on the line that was dabbled in front of you.
North Supporters are so easy to tease!!!!

Serious question. How old are you?

You have kids!

Can't even remember the last time I saw North, only the SANFL could organise a draw with no byes that has more interruptions in it than parliament's speech time.
Who did we play when there was the Grog Squad/Cheer squad reunion? That was it!
The one thing the AFL teams being included being sold to us was a normal season with less breaks, seem to have as many breaks, a shorter seasin and countless other things going wrong.

LPH wrote:To be fair, its not that difficult to do Wedgie
Britney Spears is a parent FFS!

My mistake, I honestly didn't think he was old enough to have kids!

Actually, yes it's those horrible things called facts again, we had won our previous home game prior to the long weekend last year, as opposed to coming off a 110 point home loss. But of course in the parallel universe, we are meant to believe that such losses do not have an impact on crowds! Just as in the same parallel universe, the fact that only 5 and a half thousand showed up at Adelaide oval for Norwood Port and a little over 2 thousand showed up for Glenelg v Adelaide had nothing to do with the inch of rain that fell that night.
Lol, I look forward to your excuses for the next 30 years if the SANFL lasts that long.
I'm with you, crowds are the worst they've ever been but there's excuses and it has nothing to do with the restructure like the weather despite me not getting one drop of rain on me at one game this year so far.

Obviously need a win and have to start kicking some winning scores. 20 year anniversary of first Noarlunga match so hopefully a decent crowd gets along, Bay fans generally travel well to Artic Park.

Would have liked to see Haren have a run in the twos, but noticed he's been named in the 18. Kicked 4 in Round 1 against the Bays so perhaps that saved him.

South to continue their run of wins against the Bays and prevail by 3 goals.
Pity you're not the Crows or Eagles, it would be the 21st year anniversary then! :lol:

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on
I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn
Let your hair down sugar and pick up this beat
Come on and meet me tonight down on Bluebird Street
I've been working all week, I'm up to my neck in hock
Come Saturday night I let my ramrod rock

She's a hot stepping hemi with a four on the floor
She's a roadrunner engine in a '32 Ford
Late at night when I'm dead on the line
I swear I think of your pretty face when I let her unwind
Well look over yonder see them city lights
Come on little dolly 'n' go ramroddin' tonight

Come on, come on, come on little baby
Come on, come on let's shake it tonight
Come on, come, come on little sugar
Dance with your daddy and we'll go ramroddin' tonight

Hey, little dolly won't you say you will
Meet me tonight up on top of the hill
Well just a few miles cross the county line
There's a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines
Say you'll be mine little girl I'll put my foot to the floor
Give me the word now sugar, we'll go ramroddin' forever more

Squawk wrote:Who was the last coach at North to leave on his own terms?

Josh Francou

Naked women's tennis would get me watching more.

Come to think of it naked women's any sport would, there'd be some great angles at the scrum in women's rugby!

They're things I thought about at 13.

(And still do)

How about mixing Football with Wife Swapping?
We could call it Glenelg.

With both sides out of the top 8 I'm keen for this venture to stand!

Ran in to an Eagles friend early in the first quarter and she made a point, unprompted, of saying how big she thought the crowd was, more than she'd seen at Woodville in a long time; she attends most Eagles home games. My partner and I weren't in a position to tell much other than that the crowd was much bigger than our last visit, but given that was sub 1500 that wasn't hard.
Awful crowds all round, the SANFL is in ruins thanks to letting the cancerous AFL sides in.

Worst by miles in 100 years, the AFL expirement well and truly failed, even more so than a what of us naysayers even thought!

The season is already at an all time record for how short it is.
Needs more games.
8 teams playing each other three times would be perfect for a minor round.

The season is already at an all time record for how short it is.
Needs more games.
8 teams playing each other three times would be perfect for a minor round.

Well 8 teams ain't gonna happen cause your muppet club voted yes to the AFL reserves being in the comp!!!!!
Don't blame my Muppet club, it was my Muppet clubs Muppet president!

WHich pub ??
Reepham

Awful pub.

But yes its the local and has TAB.


Let me know next time you are down we can catch up for a beer.
We've probably spoken then already, it has cheap beer, TAB and it's quiet.................and a dunny that where you can smoke and piss at the same time so you don't miss your race.
And my pleasant company out the back hanging around near the dunny ;)

Who needs Tinder?

Crowd was 2,265 with a much larger porportion of kids than normal.

Personally very happy with the promotional returns
but
same game last year attracted 3,000. ....

Considering all the promotional effort and free tickets for numbers to drop down like that in 12 months is very concerning.
There really hasn't been one positive sign about the AFL reserves this year as far as crowds go.

North continue to break records, any other team outscored another team by 39-0 in a quarter and lose by 76?

Good win to the Eagles, looks like the difference was McGregor, full kudos to the young man!

Thank god I helped my daughter get a gig at South Adelaide as a trainer, go Panthers!

Travis Varcoe now the most successful VFL/AFL player to play 100+ games with a 81.88% win ratio!

At least our league side is two spots higher on our ladder than the Powers league side is on theirs.
And last time we played Carlton we beat them!

Buddy unlucky IMHO, I thought the rules said you could bump a bloke within 5 metres of the ball? Impact was on the chest.
Can you not shepherd or bump anymore? I want my game back!
Baffling.

South do a great job in their zone, better than others I've been aware of, only problem down there is kids grow up only following their SFL side and an AFL side, even in the mid 90s people down there I played footy with thought I was crazy for still following a SANFL side as noone else did.
They got in there too late with an area that traditionally wasn't theirs.
I couldn't speak more highly of the work they did at my SFL club, my kids Auskick school and my son's primary school.
My son had mates in West and Glenelg's zones and they heard nothing but luckily for those kids South still looked after them.

Just said on the weather that it was the driest June on record.

At the end of the day no matter who's zones what or how much rain there's been only a completely brain dead person with no clue about the SANFL could deny the AFL reserves debacle has had a detrimental effect on crowds.
It is extremely obvious.
And that's with thousands of people now being eligible for free entry.
Time to review and scrap it.
They tried it, it failed, move on.

This is what a game thread should be like.

I'm all for a bit of banter. i have got into trouble from the Moderators in regards to my comments about a certain player, which i find interesting surely i can have an opinion on a sanfl footballer? Looks like i'll have to just criticise him about his football ability and not have personal attacks at him. I still have a lot of Ammo in regards to his abilty. So eagles fans it looks like you will have to deal with me for a bit longer.
You're welcome to an opinion and nothing was deleted but when you go in about the same player saying the same thing a hundred times I step in.
I'm sure most appreciated it and were as tired/bored of your opinion as I was.

Geezus, game started earlier than expected, I was watching the Project! Doh!

If Sundays game did go ahead it would be surreal as I have tickets, I think I'd cheer both teams wearing my Cats gear and perhaps even want the Crows to win.

I'm pretty harsh on that kind of thing

Weak as piss big time!!!! Whether he was injured or not as the saying goes don't kick a man while his down

Would broadbent have done it if he was playing ammmos NO!! because the guy would have got up a belted him. Once Parkers out of the hands of the trainer and has resumed playing then his fair game but when a bloke is being attended just stay away ffs

Just my opinion but it's a huge pet hate of mine!!!!


A Great Dane is a huge pet of mine.

I just had a thought.

If Sunday's game is, as I expect, canceled or postponed, I would like to see every person who was to attend the match still head to Adelaide Oval, still take their seat and reflect.
I actually bought my tix after hearing the news as I just wanted to be there if it went ahead to wear my Cats gear and cheer on the Crows. I know I put a lot of shit on the Crows but this is so much bigger than a game of footy.
My thoughts and love to all especially Crows fans as it must be bloody hard on them as its hit me like a brick to.the face.

Suri wrote:Not sure if it's been mentioned but what happens with the Brownlow votes for this round? Will votes from all games be excluded from this round to make the count fairer?

I heard this on radio and thought I'd bring it up.

Who really cares?

I got teary eyed at work thinking about how it would feel to be a Crows player at the moment and how shattered they would be. Your footy coach is one of the most important people in your life, you give your heart and soul for him. My coach is such a hero to me and alot of others, he means so much to alot of people, couldn't imagine my life without him. I really feel for the players, to have your coach taken away from you like that is just unheard of, you play for the bloke every week, you believe in his process and his ideas, you hang on every word he says to you and now just like that he's gone? God it's just so hard to take.
Good call, caught up with my first footy coach at Richmond last year as he's a mad Westies man, meant the world to me sharing a few beers and stories with him.

5 kicks for the big show. Zero tackles as well. Mate I know you read this forum, so let me congratulate on your super game. On another note as well, Eagles very unimpressive in this last quarter. Pretty pitiful
Say what u want Ramrod he plays in the top team that won again today.
And you follow the number 2 team which lost to Centrals that the Eagles beat bye bye for today
And your point is?
Let us know when you win a flag
Serious?
Have you seen the shit he's been posting?
A more than fair response I'd think.

Baseball, golf, lawn bowls, car racing, bicycle racing, rugby league, rugby union, Gaelic football, hurling, horse racing, trotts, greyhound racing, yachting, surfing, skate boarding, rock climbing, Orienteering, show jumping, white water rafting and paint ball are others that come quickly to mind. We're hardly the only sport.

Hooked on Hearthstone.

Successful return for Menzel. 17 disposals (14 contested), 10 clearances and a heap of tackles in 3 quarters, sat out the last.

Must admit at being surprised at the lack of Power's reserves support, I expected crowds to drop but I must admit I underestimated the true original PAFC fans who have dropped off, don't blame them, I'd do the same. I thought the Power might be able to convince more with their lies and deceit but full credit to the true Port fans.
A few officials of other clubs have been amazed how its like a morgue at Alberton when Port score.
Imagine if they hadn't been top 5 virtually continuously for the 2 seasons they'd been in.

I was crying well before the final siren, mind you I was watching the Geelong game.

1.8 > 1.6
119> all of them

Both the old Port club and the new one can out North North.

Port's League Team: 12th
Port's Reserves Team: 5th

North's League Team: 10th
North's Reserves Team: 4th