LEH wrote:Our 20 year old club has played in 7 Grand Finals & won 2 Premierships.
Rejoice in what you have, rather than 'pining' for the past.
Clearly WWT have the runs on the board in terms of having made their merger a successfull one, whilst they might have played CDFC a number of times in a row in the Grannie, the rest of the SANFL with few exceptions have been the also rans of the competition for a number of times since the merger.
Whatever McDermott and others might say, there is no way a demerger will ever occur, people can talk about what Woodville or West Torrens might have been if they stayed in and got a share of the Crows revenue, yet it makes little difference to the club these days.
What perhaps could be up for discussion is the name of the club, clearly "Woodville-West Torrens" is an arkward sounding name and likely chosen because 20 years ago it was the best comprimise, if people have moved on, then perhaps its time to have a look at it and chose another name to represent the club, either Woodville, or West Torrens, or another name altogether. Its also a good opportunity to have a look at the colour combination of the club which in its current form is again difficult to mate together, perhaps an away guernsey representing only two, or one of the clubs colours with White could be another way of going?
As for Thebbie, the punters clearly enjoy the venue, the matches there are popular in terms of crowd numbers, the issue with Woodville having lights is that residential homes face the venue directly and its unlikely to ever get the green light from the council for that reason, Thebarton has no such problem. With Adelaide becoming likely an AFL exclusive venue I think its a good opportunity for Thebarton to be a good neutral venue that is almost as centrally located as Adelaide Oval is. Time will soon tell no doubt!
