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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby amber_fluid » Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:59 pm

morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:C’mon Morrell, I didn’t take you for a happy clapper and a head in the sand type bloke.

Of course they have the history rammed down their throat but do you really think they care about it like the players of yesteryear?

Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Spargo » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:06 pm

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Jim05 wrote:
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Jim05 wrote:Guys like Northeast played for the guernsey, those days are long gone. Half the players in the AFL now would have no clue of their clubs history and couldn’t care who they play for as long as the bills are paid.
Utter bullshit. Know for a fact every player gets a long induction on Port Adelaide history. They all talk about it afterwards. There are ex players who do guernsey presentations. I mean for **** sake we literally run out though a tunnel called the Geoff Motley Race with the players names and their photos on the wall.

We train in the air hanger with the SANFL flags on the wall!

Moronic comment.

It’s not the same and will never be the same. In the SANFL days with zoning kids were brought up supporting a club and aspired to play for that club from a young age, I’d say 90% of the team wanted to play for that particular club. Now the kids are drafted to clubs they aren’t really interested in and have no affiliation with so it’s just a job. The passion for the guernsey is nowhere near like it once was

That may very well be true, but a football club is still a football club, and Port Adelaide do not for a second shirk the issue when it comes to our tradition and history being first and foremost in our AFL culture. Plenty of Magpies players came from different clubs and places too.

So yep, it's changed. And Port adapted. Like we always did. Because we're the best..

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:13 pm

amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:C’mon Morrell, I didn’t take you for a happy clapper and a head in the sand type bloke.

Of course they have the history rammed down their throat but do you really think they care about it like the players of yesteryear?

Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
Could it be, just maybe, potentially, ... theoretically, that footy is still great and has strong traditions and history...

But you're too stuck in the mud to realise it?

Wild theory, I know.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:15 pm

Spargo wrote:
morell wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
morell wrote:Utter bullshit. Know for a fact every player gets a long induction on Port Adelaide history. They all talk about it afterwards. There are ex players who do guernsey presentations. I mean for **** sake we literally run out though a tunnel called the Geoff Motley Race with the players names and their photos on the wall.

We train in the air hanger with the SANFL flags on the wall!

Moronic comment.

It’s not the same and will never be the same. In the SANFL days with zoning kids were brought up supporting a club and aspired to play for that club from a young age, I’d say 90% of the team wanted to play for that particular club. Now the kids are drafted to clubs they aren’t really interested in and have no affiliation with so it’s just a job. The passion for the guernsey is nowhere near like it once was

That may very well be true, but a football club is still a football club, and Port Adelaide do not for a second shirk the issue when it comes to our tradition and history being first and foremost in our AFL culture. Plenty of Magpies players came from different clubs and places too.

So yep, it's changed. And Port adapted. Like we always did. Because we're the best..

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Spargo » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:17 pm

Bwahahaha! Someone’s dropped another coin in the ol’ propaganda machine...
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby amber_fluid » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:28 pm

morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:C’mon Morrell, I didn’t take you for a happy clapper and a head in the sand type bloke.

Of course they have the history rammed down their throat but do you really think they care about it like the players of yesteryear?

Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
Could it be, just maybe, potentially, ... theoretically, that footy is still great and has strong traditions and history...

But you're too stuck in the mud to realise it?

Wild theory, I know.


One of your better theories..........

But it’s still shit! ;)

Footy is still great but with a lack of loyalty these days you can’t expect people to believe in tradition and all.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Dutchy » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:40 pm

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A 'real' footy club would aspire to play at the highest level they could, which is what the *real* Port Adelaide made happen.


Yet Mitchell Park are in Div 7?
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby cracka » Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:27 pm

morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:C’mon Morrell, I didn’t take you for a happy clapper and a head in the sand type bloke.

Of course they have the history rammed down their throat but do you really think they care about it like the players of yesteryear?

Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
Could it be, just maybe, potentially, ... theoretically, that footy is still great and has strong traditions and history...

But you're too stuck in the mud to realise it?

Wild theory, I know.

What were you saying about sarcasm being condescending :D
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:29 pm

Dutchy wrote:
morell wrote:
A 'real' footy club would aspire to play at the highest level they could, which is what the *real* Port Adelaide made happen.


Yet Mitchell Park are in Div 7?

Did you not read the "they could" part?

We're in the highest division possible.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:31 pm

cracka wrote:
morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
Could it be, just maybe, potentially, ... theoretically, that footy is still great and has strong traditions and history...

But you're too stuck in the mud to realise it?

Wild theory, I know.

What were you saying about sarcasm being condescending :D
Couldn't give a ****.

And this was purposefully tongue in cheek because I know Beigey isn't a giant sook.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:33 pm

amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
morell wrote:Some would some wouldn't. There have been innumerable players that have expressed Port Adelaides tradition and history as being a critical factor in their commitment to the club. I think it's a huge reason why we don't tend to lose players we want to keep.

Do you really think every Magpie player was a dyed in the wool Creed reading Fos zealot?


I’m a bit like Jim, I just think history and all that creed BS is irrelevant these days.
Footy has gone past that........... unfortunately.
Could it be, just maybe, potentially, ... theoretically, that footy is still great and has strong traditions and history...

But you're too stuck in the mud to realise it?

Wild theory, I know.


One of your better theories..........

But it’s still shit! ;)

Footy is still great but with a lack of loyalty these days you can’t expect people to believe in tradition and all.
Port Adelaide are different.

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:00 pm

Just hire me already Kochy

Port's forward structure key to scoring efficiency:

http://m.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/201 ... king-shape
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:41 pm

Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Spargo » Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:52 pm

morell wrote:Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half

Despite Port only kicking 4 goals to halftime...
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:08 pm

Spargo wrote:
morell wrote:Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half

Despite Port only kicking 4 goals to halftime...

Are you daft?
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Spargo » Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:17 pm

morell wrote:
Spargo wrote:
morell wrote:Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half

Despite Port only kicking 4 goals to halftime...

Are you daft?

You’d make a great fish :lol:
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:25 pm

Spargo wrote:
morell wrote:
Spargo wrote:
morell wrote:Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half

Despite Port only kicking 4 goals to halftime...

Are you daft?

You’d make a great fish :lol:
Yes. I spent a lot of time on that one.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby amber_fluid » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:26 am

How good is Jack Watts?
He’s going to look good in the SANFL.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby valleys07 » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:08 am

morell wrote:Yeah nah Dougal Howard is a star

He's been worth 6 goals in the first half


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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby LMA » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:11 am

amber_fluid wrote:How good is Jack Watts?
He’s going to look good in the SANFL.


Nobody's going to look as good as Carlton did in those guernseys last night, thank goodness it didn't rain :vom:
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