Open Letter for Foot-e-Times...

[tipper]

[Booney]

and Booney, yes times and situations do change, however the "one club" committed to something, and are in the process of completely ignoring said commitment. is it any wonder non port fans dont trust them at all anymore?

Some nerdy crap

[RustyCage]

Adelaide have been significantly more persistent and vocal about their demand for a reserves team than Port has.

vocal yes. port have just started gone about getting their wish by forcing their players to move to the maggies, regardless of what they agreed to when they spruiked the "one club" deal. last i checked, the crows havent all of a sudden had several of their players all moved to the one sanfl side....

Port cant just move their players willy nilly. The SANFL have to authorise the move. Why not bring it up with them on why they are allowing Power players to go back to Alberton.

All this constant talk of going back on what they 'agreed to' when they became one club and noone can bring out a statement of what it is that they actually agreed to.

really? no one can bring out what they agreed to? http://www.portmagpies.com.au/news.php?news_id=636

and i quote from the page
"Importantly, however, the club’s AFL and SANFL football operations will be run independently of each other (see below).

Will the Magpies be a Reserves team for the Power?

The Magpies will not operate as a Reserves side for the Power. Power players would continue to play for their aligned SANFL Club."

that is from port magpies own q and a on the merger. they seemed to believe that they were not becoming a reserves side at the time. seems their views have changed.....

And they were right. The merger didnt make the magpies a power reserves side. Nothing you've posted above is relevant to the CURRENT issue

[UK Fan]

Port cant just move their players willy nilly. The SANFL have to authorise the move. Why not bring it up with them on why they are allowing Power players to go back to Alberton.

All this constant talk of going back on what they 'agreed to' when they became one club and noone can bring out a statement of what it is that they actually agreed to.

really? no one can bring out what they agreed to? http://www.portmagpies.com.au/news.php?news_id=636

and i quote from the page
"Importantly, however, the club’s AFL and SANFL football operations will be run independently of each other (see below).

Will the Magpies be a Reserves team for the Power?

The Magpies will not operate as a Reserves side for the Power. Power players would continue to play for their aligned SANFL Club."

that is from port magpies own q and a on the merger. they seemed to believe that they were not becoming a reserves side at the time. seems their views have changed.....

And they were right. The merger didnt make the magpies a power reserves side. Nothing you've posted above is relevant to the CURRENT issue

http://www.troll.me/images/yoda-senses/ ... is-one.jpg

[UK Fan]

Port cant just move their players willy nilly. The SANFL have to authorise the move. Why not bring it up with them on why they are allowing Power players to go back to Alberton.
All this constant talk of going back on what they 'agreed to' when they became one club and noone can bring out a statement of what it is that they actually agreed to.

really? no one can bring out what they agreed to? http://www.portmagpies.com.au/news.php?news_id=636
and i quote from the page
"Importantly, however, the club’s AFL and SANFL football operations will be run independently of each other (see below).
Will the Magpies be a Reserves team for the Power?
The Magpies will not operate as a Reserves side for the Power. Power players would continue to play for their aligned SANFL Club."
that is from port magpies own q and a on the merger. they seemed to believe that they were not becoming a reserves side at the time. seems their views have changed.....

Yep, they have changed from October 2010. Most people were probably happy with the Labor government back then too!

Times and situations change.

Proving the original claims were fraudulent.

We all agree.

[wild dog]

So what you are saying is...

PAFC Crowds have gone from completely Crap to improved Crap?
Either way, it's still Crap!

What im saying is that people should get their facts right. Ports crowds arent continuing to fall. Theyve had a sharp increase this year and are looking at being $3.5 million better off. Something that should be commended, not criticised. I thought people wanted Port to stop being a strain on the SANFL finances. Well thats whats happening. Adelaides continue to fall, despite the promise of success and a near grand final appearance last year. Adelaides crowds have fallen by more than Ports, in both raw terms and percentage terms in the last 10 years.

Umm maybe you should wait to see the year out. What the crowd figures currently represent is that Port Power started off with an optimistic outlook, which dropped off to the point that when playing the premiers Sydney, a low crowd turned up. Next home game you will probably crack 20k +. Your team starts to slide and the crowd figure goes south. Not hard to spot the relationship.

The Adelaide crowd as you point out is probably more concerning for the SANFL as that just continues to gradually dwindle. Combine both AFL teams since the start of the century and we have a poor outlook, and that is the SANFL business case for Adelaide Oval. Of course the business case was quite simple because the tax payer footed the bill for the redevelopment, but if those crowds don't turn up then as a South Australian taxpayer lets hope Boof gets the Aussies performing.

[wild dog]

Yep, they have changed from October 2010. Most people were probably happy with the Labor government back then too!

Times and situations change.

If your analogy for the Port Adelaide Football Club is the Federal Australian Labor Party (why would you do that,) does that mean Kochy is Kevin Rudd?

[Booney]

Yep, they have changed from October 2010. Most people were probably happy with the Labor government back then too!

Times and situations change.

If your analogy for the Port Adelaide Football Club is the Federal Australian Labor Party (why would you do that,) does that mean Kochy is Kevin Rudd?

It's not an analogy. I'm saying times change, all things change. What I said was back in October 2010 most Australians were happy with the Labor goverment, as they clearly are not now. This demonstrating how long ago October 2010 was and how all things change over time.

At no point did I liken the PAFC to the Labor government.

[on the rails]

At no point did I liken the PAFC to the Labor government.

Fair point but ironic seeing the spirtual heartland of the PAFC is in a safe Labor area - what does that tell us?