by valleys07 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:01 pm
Wedgie, there is no more accurate statement that port havent recovered from the 07 grand final, its flown right through the club and in my opinion, getting rid of mark williams may have been the culture change that the club so desperately needs. As for everybody slagging port, well lets be honest every club is going through or has been through some hardship of some kind. Geelong are going great guns at the moment, but in the period of 89-95 lost 4 from 4 grand finals.....the bulldogs, melbourne, north melbourne and hawthorn are some clubs that in the last 15 years have contemplated merging or folding, and are all still in existence, and port will be no different. Not directed at anybody but its easy to kick teams when they are down........port wont be a force for at least 5-7 years and everyone realises that, but we will be back eventually. As for our supporter base, well its pretty hard to get fans when they predominately come from supporters from our 9 sanfl clubs, and when 8 of those clubs hate the port adelaide magpies with a passion, its pretty obvious to see that our supporter base was never going to be as strong as the crows. My problem with the power supporter base is we can get an admirable crowd when success is there, but they all disappear when the tide turns, more so than other clubs. Im a die hard supporter and i will stick with my club through thick and thin, and its shattering when you see empty seats when the boys need them most, yet when success is floating ie 2001-2004, port were getting pretty good attendances....
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