Wazz17 wrote:As a long time Demons member to see the way the lads played on Saturday was extreme disappointing as they were clearly the best side all year.
WOS were far too good on the day and thoroughly deserved their win, congratulations guys.
What is also disappointing in some of the comments on this forum regarding EPFC and northern clubs from ill informed elitist posters.
"LMA - Immature, poor sportsmanship by EP" Now I was there and your water boy was just giving it to our players non stop and it was your supporter who came down to the fence to have a crack at Woodward which inflamed the situation and he knew it. People in glass houses?
Now not for one second do I condone Woodward's behavior and actions. I sincerely hope that he is dealt with accordingly. The guy who came in after was an EPFC supporter but I have only seen him a couple of times before and he not a member of our club. I believe there will be action taken against him as well.
"WOS Dragons - Woodward is a peasant" Really? Is that the best and most appropriate comment you can come up with as an old scholar. Surely something more eloquent from your list of adjectives is more appropriate from such highly educated person such as yourself.
"LMA - Give them their own league". What a absolutely joke. What do you guys really want, an exclusive old scholars - university competition run by elitist snobs from Adelaide, Unley & surrounding parklands. Although it would probably be the most sanitised competition we would ever see it also most likely be the most boring. Yelling from the sidelines would be banned and "Well done chaps" would be the order of the day.
All clubs have their good and bad, both players & supporters alike but making it personal based on demographics is highly offensive. Have I made derogatory comments about WOS lack of parking, their facilities and their couch, no I haven't. The Ch9AFL competition has been made stronger by the clubs from all parts of Adelaide and to single out one area is pure hypocrisy.
Wazz17 wrote: All clubs have their good and bad, both players & supporters alike but making it personal based on demographics is highly offensive. Have I made derogatory comments about WOS lack of parking, their facilities and their couch, no I haven't. The Ch9AFL competition has been made stronger by the clubs from all parts of Adelaide and to single out one area is pure hypocrisy.
WOS dragons, do you guys expect your older guys to go on next year? Wakelin,shattock,tasborski,newman?will be a bloody good div 3 team if they all go again
bubba love wrote:WOS dragons, do you guys expect your older guys to go on next year? Wakelin,shattock,tasborski,newman?will be a bloody good div 3 team if they all go again
Not sure on a couple but the majority will - we will hopefully line up a couple of recruits to strengthen us up for our first crack at div 3, We actually faired pretty well in trial games against both athelstone and pembroke in the pre-season and they are both playing in the GF this week so hopefully thats a good sign
bubba love wrote:WOS dragons, do you guys expect your older guys to go on next year? Wakelin,shattock,tasborski,newman?will be a bloody good div 3 team if they all go again
Not sure on a couple but the majority will - we will hopefully line up a couple of recruits to strengthen us up for our first crack at div 3, We actually faired pretty well in trial games against both athelstone and pembroke in the pre-season and they are both playing in the GF this week so hopefully thats a good sign
WOSD: what happened to Vaughan Noonan? Didn't play the second half of the year
bubba love wrote:WOS dragons, do you guys expect your older guys to go on next year? Wakelin,shattock,tasborski,newman?will be a bloody good div 3 team if they all go again
Not sure on a couple but the majority will - we will hopefully line up a couple of recruits to strengthen us up for our first crack at div 3, We actually faired pretty well in trial games against both athelstone and pembroke in the pre-season and they are both playing in the GF this week so hopefully thats a good sign
WOSD: what happened to Vaughan Noonan? Didn't play the second half of the year
Did his pcl mid year. We missed him, And both Harris and Reid with broken legs.
Wazz, I'm no way affiliated with WOS as eluded to in your lengthy post, I understand your offence to my generalization about the Northern Clubs, not the "Post Codes" itself. This is an opinion formed from over 20+ years playing and supporting at high and low divisions of Amateurs.
But, before you go teeing of at someone's comments or opinion you take offence to, make sure you don't retort with the exact line of comments you were originally offended by. Elitist snobs comes to mind, anyway Peace
Any one in woody's shoes at that stage would have done the exact same thing.. When a spectator from the opposition, starts calling you out and walking towards you, as your minutes away from losing a grand final, what else do you expect him to do? He definitely handled it much better than I would have! And the bloke probably got what he deserved in the end, be humble in victory, don't start carrying on like a hero and expect everyone to be fine about it.. As for some of the dumbest comments I've ever read on this forum, woody is in the top 5 players in the competition by a mile and eastern park have absolutely nailed it by recruiting him.. I guarantee every club in the division would jump at the chance of signing him! He's a freak footballer and an even better bloke who wears his heart on his sleeve and stands up for what he believes in, every one of us is behind him 100% in any situation!!!
#bleedredandblue wrote:Any one in woody's shoes at that stage would have done the exact same thing.. When a spectator from the opposition, starts calling you out and walking towards you, as your minutes away from losing a grand final, what else do you expect him to do? He definitely handled it much better than I would have! And the bloke probably got what he deserved in the end, be humble in victory, don't start carrying on like a hero and expect everyone to be fine about it.. As for some of the dumbest comments I've ever read on this forum, woody is in the top 5 players in the competition by a mile and eastern park have absolutely nailed it by recruiting him.. I guarantee every club in the division would jump at the chance of signing him! He's a freak footballer and an even better bloke who wears his heart on his sleeve and stands up for what he believes in, every one of us is behind him 100% in any situation!!!
i guess this is exactly why people are talking about northern clubs. Because to say that anyone else would jump the fence and take on a spectator is just a brain dead comment.
#bleedredandblue wrote:Any one in woody's shoes at that stage would have done the exact same thing.. When a spectator from the opposition, starts calling you out and walking towards you, as your minutes away from losing a grand final, what else do you expect him to do? He definitely handled it much better than I would have! And the bloke probably got what he deserved in the end, be humble in victory, don't start carrying on like a hero and expect everyone to be fine about it.. As for some of the dumbest comments I've ever read on this forum, woody is in the top 5 players in the competition by a mile and eastern park have absolutely nailed it by recruiting him.. I guarantee every club in the division would jump at the chance of signing him! He's a freak footballer and an even better bloke who wears his heart on his sleeve and stands up for what he believes in, every one of us is behind him 100% in any situation!!!
i guess this is exactly why people are talking about northern clubs. To say that anyone else would jump the fence and take on a spectator is just a brain dead comment and a blight on your club.
be humble in victory? Might want to tell that to the people on here that we're giving WOS shit 6 weeks ago. I think most clubs would say that their kind words from the sidelines at Eastern Park over the years are far from humble, especially when most of it comes from blokes who are drinking from eskies within 20 metres from the clubrooms. I'm all for copping it but when and if the roles reverse be ready to cop the horns.
Can you bring a man to his feet when defeat is on repeat?
Both times we played EP this year our players were baited for fights by their crowd, one supporter continuously came to our huddle threatening to bash our players, no one from our team tried to fight him! Even as we left and got in our cars after the game we were given send offs! Still no fights, silly comment to say everyone would do the same.
Whilst Woody is a very good player I wouldn't have him in the top 5 best players in the comp either personally. I would rate the 5 below better in no particular order and I reckon there are some others I have missed. Purely my opinion, not saying it is right.
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Can you bring a man to his feet when defeat is on repeat?
#bleedredandblue wrote:Any one in woody's shoes at that stage would have done the exact same thing.. When a spectator from the opposition, starts calling you out and walking towards you, as your minutes away from losing a grand final, what else do you expect him to do? He definitely handled it much better than I would have! And the bloke probably got what he deserved in the end, be humble in victory, don't start carrying on like a hero and expect everyone to be fine about it.. As for some of the dumbest comments I've ever read on this forum, woody is in the top 5 players in the competition by a mile and eastern park have absolutely nailed it by recruiting him.. I guarantee every club in the division would jump at the chance of signing him! He's a freak footballer and an even better bloke who wears his heart on his sleeve and stands up for what he believes in, every one of us is behind him 100% in any situation!!!
WOW. I've played and lived in the Northern suburbs my whole life and don't think anyone i know would do the same thing. Just because you can play footy doesnt make you a good bloke. Hopefully he never plays in this league again.
LaughingKookaburra wrote:Whilst Woody is a very good player I wouldn't have him in the top 5 best players in the comp either personally. I would rate the 5 below better in no particular order and I reckon there are some others I have missed. Purely my opinion, not saying it is right.
