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(09-25-2019, 10:42 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:You know what I will never get my head around?
How anyone states we should support the victorian side.
State politics is irrelevant in team sports. Let GWS win now whilst we arent good enough to contend, and we can knock them off later.
It’s easy Thry ... unless the opposition is Essendon 
One of the shocks I received when I did military service was the vitriol directed to Victorians from those from other states. South Australians and Western Australians were the worst, but New South Welshmen (they were all male  ) and Queenslanders were involved too. Since then, I have disliked sporting teams from WA, SA, NSW and QLD in that order and in any sport. NSW jumps a few spots when it comes to cricket.
A couple of good mates are Tigers supporters and I know that they won’t gloat for more than a week. That to me is preferable to the gloating that we have to suffer from the Gloch and the pain of seeing Toby Greene with his mitts on the cup.
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It's very 'Statist' argument. ;D
I saw a statistic once... I think it was in one of the annual magazines, that suggested a huge number of Carlton supporters actually lived outside of Victoria
For a vast number of those, myself included, we don't really give much thought to the Victorian aspect of the club.
Sure that's where the foundations of the club are, and Melbourne is where they play their home games.
But to us it's not Carlton /Victoria...it's just Carlton.
Truth is if you ran a line down the great players of the club some of our very best are non-Victorians.
A Carlton/Victoria v a Carlton/Rest of Australia would probably be a fair contest although the Vics probably have an edge... SOS v Kernahan would be a good match up....not sure how he'd go on Jezza though.
So if we're not involved as a club in a Grand Final for a lot of us there's no strong bond to support the Victorian side.
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(09-26-2019, 02:17 AM)Lods link Wrote:It's very 'Statist' argument. ;D
I saw a statistic once... I think it was in one of the annual magazines, that suggested a huge number of Carlton supporters actually lived outside of Victoria
I believe as recently as two years ago we were still the most widely supported team in the country, Carlton's problem was that with so many supporters outside of Victoria we were not capable of converting high percentages to memberships. However, I think the most recent survey lists Sindney, Filth, Carlton in that order, but the Sindney figures are supported by rugby league fans who claim to support Sindney as their second side. The Filth have picked up a large growth in following in the Northern Territory, I suppose it's a popular destination for escapees!
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(09-26-2019, 01:47 AM)DJC link Wrote:A couple of good mates are Tigers supporters and I know that they won’t gloat for more than a week.
Makes them better than Essenscum supports. I had the inglorious pleasure of spending the entire day with a bomber mate for 93 GF. He still bangs on about it. Makes me want to vomit.
Tigers supporters are ok, they spent so long in the wilderness they developed some humility, and we developed some pity for them. They might say the same thing about us when we finally snag another flag.
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The only time I'd want Richmond to win a GF would be if they were playing either the Filth or the Drug Cheats. Since that's obviously not the case, hopefully GWS have another win left in them.
As for those of you who want Richmond to win, obviously you've forgotten how the feral scum stood and cheered when Kouta did his ACL against them in the 2001 semi - just an ar$e wipe of a club - I sincerely hope that Mumford collects a few scalps on Saturday.
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(09-26-2019, 07:26 AM)Blueboy_Benny link Wrote:The only time I'd want Richmond to win a GF would be if they were playing either the Filth or the Drug Cheats. Since that's obviously not the case, hopefully GWS have another win left in them.
As for those of you who want Richmond to win, obviously you've forgotten how the feral scum stood and cheered when Kouta did his ACL against them in the 2001 semi - just an ar$e wipe of a club - I sincerely hope that Mumford collects a few scalps on Saturday.
You can add what Neil Balme did to Geoff Southby and what that did to Southby as a player still riles me, could never support a Richmond team in any game.
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(09-26-2019, 08:22 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:You can add what Neil Balme did to Geoff Southby and what that did to Southby as a player still riles me, could never support a Richmond team in any game.
Knights got Kouta that game?
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(09-26-2019, 08:22 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:You can add what Neil Balme did to Geoff Southby and what that did to Southby as a player still riles me, could never support a Richmond team in any game.
Yep, anyone who saw that can't feel anything but the same, it's like those suggestions we bring Balme to Carlton!
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(09-26-2019, 10:51 PM)LP link Wrote:Yep, anyone who saw that can't feel anything but the same, it's like those suggestions we bring Balme to Carlton!
re: Balme:...the old saying goes "A drowning man will cling onto a Serpent"....lets hope we never get that desperate. > 
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-gre...8f43544987
“I’m really disappointed because Neil Balme is one of the best football people you’ll ever come across,” Walls said.
“He did a sterling job at Collingwood years ago, went down to Geelong, and now they do this.
“I am going to throw a couple of bricks at Collingwood. One, for telling us blow flies (lies), and two, for making life hard for Neil Balme.”
Walls also said he expects Balme to be highly sought after if he rejects Collingwood’s offer.
“Where one door closes, another opens,” he said.
“Wherever Balmey ends up, it will be very much to that club’s good fortune.”
Early onset dementia ?
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