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Port Adelaide WAS the best SANFL club in the 1900's.
They produced the best footballers through thier junior
devlopement, supporter base and selective recruiting from other leagues.
As an opposition supporter I envied rather than despised thier success.
With the advent of the extended AFL comp. this once proud club has struggled
in this millenuim and has now become just another SANFL club.

A factor in the clubs demise would be the haphazard recruiting of footballers
in the last few years.
The personalities of SOME of thier recruits is questionable.
Some of the players recruited in reent times seem to be distractions.
Sure they had a couple in the last millenuim, but seem to have many 2000+

Now they are recuiting Hargreaves[a loveable kind of guy] who is an iffy propostion,
and Cupido who has the talent but desire + disciplines?
Even Waterhouse and superstar Jeremy Clayton may not be angelic all the time.
Throw in Ryan Occonor a top player but might have been a bad influence.
Chad Davis is another who came over with a big reputation, and has struggled.

Now Baird after one good year has left the club as well.

Sorry Port fans you were the very very very best by a mile
but these days your not.

Still a few years left in this century so who knows?
With the resurgance of the Port area in the upcoming years, who knows?
They could become a superpower again.
Or will it take away their reknowned toughness?

The real Port Adelaide has moved on to the AFL. Haven't they?

Aerie wrote:The real Port Adelaide has moved on to the AFL. Haven't they?

don't start that again...

didnt a new team called port start playing in the AFL

SANFL forum,SANFL topic,deal with it.

Anyone trying to pick 'the best club of the 1900s' at this stage last century would have said it was North Adelaide (3 premierships 1900-06), with Port and Norwood close behind (2 each). Didn't quite turn out that way for the rest of the century, though.

SimonH wrote:Anyone trying to pick 'the best club of the 1900s' at this stage last century would have said it was North Adelaide (3 premierships 1900-06), with Port and Norwood close behind (2 each). Didn't quite turn out that way for the rest of the century, though.

Great reply.

Look forward to your posts, looks like Punk + Mal + Tassie have got
some competition.

Port Adelaide was the best club from 1900-1999. We've gotten off to a poor start this millenium, but we'll bounce back. We cannot be silenced for too much longer.

mal wrote:

SimonH wrote:Anyone trying to pick 'the best club of the 1900s' at this stage last century would have said it was North Adelaide (3 premierships 1900-06), with Port and Norwood close behind (2 each). Didn't quite turn out that way for the rest of the century, though.

Great reply.

Look forward to your posts, looks like Punk + Mal + Tassie have got
some competition.

Nah, no competition here, my post are sh!te, just ask Falconia

Gees mal slow news day Century is only 6 years old.

GWW wrote:Gees mal slow news day Century is only 6 years old.

6 years old and still no Port Adelaide premierships.

mal wrote:

GWW wrote:Gees mal slow news day Century is only 6 years old.

6 years old and still no Port Adelaide premierships.

But we could win the next 93 and will be comprehensively the team of this century as well as last

GWW wrote:

mal wrote:

GWW wrote:Gees mal slow news day Century is only 6 years old.

6 years old and still no Port Adelaide premierships.

But we could win the next 93 and will be comprehensively the team of this century as well as last

I doubt it thou'. With the Eagles and Dogs being so good so far.

Not quite 6 years old, still in its 6th year.