by LPH » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:42 pm
by dedja » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:42 pm
by RustyCage » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:43 pm
by bennymacca » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:43 pm
amber_fluid wrote:LPH wrote:To be fair... Tim Evans came from Geelong
Yeah but he adapted to the Port Magpies lifestyle pretty quickly!!
by LPH » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:45 pm
by amber_fluid » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:49 pm
RustyCage wrote:Who cares where the player is from? Clayton, Brown and Leys are three that come to mind from the last twenty years that have been a pleasure to watch who came from Victoria, and are players that Port supporters look back at fondly.
by dedja » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:49 pm
RustyCage wrote:Who cares where the player is from? Clayton, Brown and Leys are three that come to mind from the last twenty years that have been a pleasure to watch who came from Victoria, and are players that Port supporters look back at fondly.
by amber_fluid » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:00 pm
dedja wrote:Jack Cahill was from South, Bob McLean from Norwood and Fos Williams from West.
by mal » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:06 pm
by LPH » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:09 pm
amber_fluid wrote:
Grave Danger was from Bacchus Marsh.
by amber_fluid » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:15 pm
LPH wrote:amber_fluid wrote:
Grave Danger was from Bacchus Marsh.
Don't you mean Tobaccos Grass?
by johntheclaret » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:04 am
Rising Power wrote:wild dog wrote:Booney wrote:Once again it comes down to what you think defines a club.
The bottom line is,I believe that it's up to the people who support the club that define what a club is.
Correspondents in this thread who post over and over and over their thoughts on the Port Adelaide Football Club are entitled to an opinion, just like we are allowed to have an opinion on theirs. Ultimately what they choose to think of their club, our club or other clubs pretty much matters **** all.
If it helps inflate their ego or own feeling of self importance, then that's a good thing for them.
Look, I will start this off by stating I respect you and others like you who are trying to make it feel the same and keep the historical connection by putting your, and I'm sure your families energy and money into it. You believe it to be the case, its just that I don't believe its the same and a large group of your opponents don't think that.
I cant argue that the SANFL part of Port Power are allowed to define your beliefs and hold to that. It does so with little regard to the legitimacy of the argument of your opponents within the same competition, the competition that enables you to put those beliefs in action. Once again that's your right.
However, its been demonstrated in other posts that legally your not the same - yes it is just paper but unless you or anyone else can disprove that, the point stands. Your SANFL club works under totally different conditions to its previous operations and your opponents. In no shape or form is it separate to Port Power. None. Its clearly stated that its not, and your clubs stated aim is to win the AFL premiership, a separate competition to the SANFL. So the Port Power reserves pretending to be the SANFL grand old Port Adelaide of old may make good theatre, but there are a substantial amount of people who see through it and think its a farce, corporate manipulation and false. Time will tell if the mainstream buy it or even care. Inflating egos, good old fashioned club rivalry, I wish it was that simple.
Anyway whether you realise it or not, your bottom line completely describes what you are doing. Keep it up, and good luck in winning your first premiership as a reserves team to Port Power.
See this 'pretending' is what I don't get. How are they pretending? Everyone knows they're the Power's reserve side and the vast majority of Port supporters are happy with this being the case. There's nobody that I know of who's just thinking "wow, what a coincidence that all the Power players are aligned to the Magpies". Would you prefer that the club drops the magpies logo from all it's branding and wear the V in SANFL games? The black and white jumper and all before it, yes even the pink ones to the homophobes out there, are part of Port Adelaide's history so there is should be no issue with them wearing it in the SANFL. If they were to change to the V then fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the next SANFL flag is number 37 for the club. The club isn't 'pretending' anything, not trying to trick the old Magpies/anti-Power people out there into believing the SANFL team is the same as its been for 100+ years, it's obvious that the SANFL team runs under a new structure, different rules to the other 9 teams, etc etc etc, you'd have to be stupid to think otherwise. It is what it is, Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL and SANFL and that's it. /rant
by amber_fluid » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:32 am
by Booney » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:05 am
amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
by amber_fluid » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:15 am
Booney wrote:amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
by stan » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:22 am
amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
by dedja » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:26 am
amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
by amber_fluid » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:27 am
stan wrote:amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
Or maybe just be happu you have people at the games in light of falling crowd figures.
by stan » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:28 am
amber_fluid wrote:stan wrote:amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
Or maybe just be happu you have people at the games in light of falling crowd figures.
What, those Power supportes who wear their Power guernseys and talk about who will be promoted to the Power team the following week and don't really care about the score board........those people???
by Rising Power » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:02 pm
amber_fluid wrote:I like the fact that some Magpies/Power supporters wear the Magpies scarf and others the Power scarf to PAM games.
If you're going to pretend nothings changed and the Magpies still exist at least show some respect and leave the Power scarves etc at home and bring your Magpies gear.
You're either Arthur or Martha but you can't be both.
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