The never ending No AFL in the SANFL whinge thread

[Apachebulldog]

"CHEATING" (Using capitals helps when getting your point across) would be playing outside of the rules governing the competition.

Ok then its REGULATED and LEGAL CHEATING endorsed by a incompetent SANFL !!!!!!!

[Dogwatcher]

Doesn't change how I feel, but I do feel this debate has:



Guys, some of the nonsensical, paranoid commentary on this issue does our competition's cause no favours.
Stick with the actual issues and you'll help us better.

I may actually be done with it.

[Booney]

Doesn't change how I feel, but I do feel this debate has:



Guys, some of the nonsensical, paranoid commentary on this issue does our competition's cause no favours.
Stick with the actual issues and you'll help us better.

I may actually be done with it.

Yes to the first, I agree with the second.

No wonder people have left.

[Apachebulldog]

Doesn't change how I feel, but I do feel this debate has:



Guys, some of the nonsensical, paranoid commentary on this issue does our competition's cause no favours.
Stick with the actual issues and you'll help us better.

I may actually be done with it.

I can see why its so fine for you you have one foot in both camps.

You are one of many who wears two scarfs.

As they say its like having two bob eachway.

Explains it all i reckon LOL

[wild dog]

Have you been to Port game at AO this year? If you have or haven't here is message they play directed at people that think like you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1D1mh9o08eU

Being played directly to an audience of people that think like you.

In a stadium unfortunately not funded by them.

[wild dog]

You've hit the nail on the head. Once we entered the AFL, the AFL was and still is our main priority, but we still tried to get to a handful of SANFL games a year to see the Magpies team that was created to carry on the SANFL presence (and we still do). Having all the non-selected AFL players at the Magpies in the one team is fantastic; it's what (at a guess) 90% of Port supporters have wanted for years and now we have it. It's nice to see the prison bars running around still, that's why the club takes every opportunity to wear it at AFL level and also why our SANFL team wears it. But if it makes supporters of other SANFL clubs happier to say the magpies are dead etc, that's fine. Change the nickname from Magpies to Power, use the black V guernsey, it really doesn't matter, because as I said at the start, the AFL team is our main priority. Thanks for your support

At least your honest.
So you have no issue with the zones being taken away, demise of the reserves reserves etc..

[westcoastpanther]

Further proof the Magpies are Gonzo...

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/stor ... e/?cs=1500

[heater31]

PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Former Name(s). PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB (A.F.L) LIMITED

ABN: 49 068 839 547

Registration Date: 29/03/1995

Can you search the old PAMFC details??

[Dogwatcher]

Doesn't change how I feel, but I do feel this debate has:



Guys, some of the nonsensical, paranoid commentary on this issue does our competition's cause no favours.
Stick with the actual issues and you'll help us better.

I may actually be done with it.

I can see why its so fine for you you have one foot in both camps.

You are one of many who wears two scarfs.

As they say its like having two bob eachway.

Explains it all i reckon LOL

That's bullshit. Absolute BS, in regards to my stance.
My love is for the CDFC first, my AFL club second. By a long way.
My posts throughout this debate can verify that.
I even took the issue up with a Crows official on the weekend, probably ill-advisedly in the circumstances.
My point is that this debate, on this site, is now going around in ever decreasing circles and some of the issues of debate, such as whether Port is the real Port, are BS and are actually making us look more tin-foiled hat than sensible.

I hope that the people in charge make the right decisions later this year. I hope that an AFL seconds competition of some sort comes to fruition into the future.
I hope that my club continues to play in a competition of relevance.
I hope the words of our first premiership captain continue to ring true: "We are a club and we will go on".
But, as I said, I reckon I may actually be done with this debate.

[Rising Power]

You've hit the nail on the head. Once we entered the AFL, the AFL was and still is our main priority, but we still tried to get to a handful of SANFL games a year to see the Magpies team that was created to carry on the SANFL presence (and we still do). Having all the non-selected AFL players at the Magpies in the one team is fantastic; it's what (at a guess) 90% of Port supporters have wanted for years and now we have it. It's nice to see the prison bars running around still, that's why the club takes every opportunity to wear it at AFL level and also why our SANFL team wears it. But if it makes supporters of other SANFL clubs happier to say the magpies are dead etc, that's fine. Change the nickname from Magpies to Power, use the black V guernsey, it really doesn't matter, because as I said at the start, the AFL team is our main priority. Thanks for your support

At least your honest.
So you have no issue with the zones being taken away, demise of the reserves reserves etc..

While it would be 'nice' to retain the zones, even if reduced (as the club proposed in acknowledgement that there would be fewer spots in the league team), no. A lot of people on here and elsewhere are saying "get out of our comp, no AFL in the SANFL" etc, but unless a national AFL reserves of some sort IS set up or the VFL extends an open armed invitation for Port and Adelaide to join them (they're already at 16 teams so I doubt this would happen), with a sound business model, then the AFL reserves teams will remain in the SANFL. There's not much that can be done about it at the moment by us as supporters or the clubs. My personal preference would be to remain in the SANFL so I (as a supporter) would have more opportunities to see the Magpies/Power Reserves/SANFL team play from week to week in Adelaide. But if the national/VFL option was taken up, leaving only 8 teams in the SANFL, then I wouldn't have any qualms with it. My number one priority in a football sense is the AFL.

[Rising Power]

Further proof the Magpies are Gonzo...

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/stor ... e/?cs=1500

I do like the last line of that article. But really, have people been under a rock for the last 9 months? It was agreed that the zones would be realigned for 2015 onwards. Why is this such a surprise now?

[westcoastpanther]

Further proof the Magpies are Gonzo...

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/stor ... e/?cs=1500

I do like the last line of that article. But really, have people been under a rock for the last 9 months? It was agreed that the zones would be realigned for 2015 onwards. Why is this such a surprise now?

No surprise, just further proof for the clowns that believe the Magpies still exist....

[Booney]

Obviously you guys care quite deeply about the PAFC.

I think that you will find "us lot" have already moved on from the "PAM does not exist anymore" debate...

[RB]

Not really. We care about the integrity of the comp.

[RB]

Not going to happen. AFL clubs are not going to agree to revert back to a system where their players are split among other clubs, not necessarily played in the positions the AFL clubs want etc. What you are proposing is basically a shift back to the previous system, which I know would suit the majority of posters on this whinge thread, but it's just not going to happen. Tinkering around the edges of the new system is about the best you will get I suspect.

As for the constant Magpies no longer exist rubbish I see running through this laughable thread, you people remind me of climate change deniers. The truth stares you in the face, but you all still scream it's not real it's not real! Magpies in the SANFL, Power in the AFL, it's actually not real hard!

And for the record it was this comment which kicked off the recent activity on this thread. I guess it probably didn't merit even a response in hindsight.

[Rising Power]

Further proof the Magpies are Gonzo...

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/stor ... e/?cs=1500

I do like the last line of that article. But really, have people been under a rock for the last 9 months? It was agreed that the zones would be realigned for 2015 onwards. Why is this such a surprise now?

No surprise, just further proof for the clowns that believe the Magpies still exist....

Just for some clarity, can someone define "the Magpies" and what constitutes "existence" please?

As I said earlier, I believe about 90% of people who support Port Adelaide in the AFL and SANFL aren't particularly concerned as to whether the Magpies "exist" or not. It's all for the greater good of the Port Adelaide Football Club (in whatever plane of reality you believe that club exists in). It's nice to see the prison bars and it's nice that they're still called the Magpies, but if they changed the nickname to the Power and wore the V then that's fine too. I'm sure Norwood will do fine with developing the EP and I'm sure they'll appreciate the extra support from Port Adelaide. I hope they develop a great partnership for years to come.

[RB]

Further proof the Magpies are Gonzo...

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/stor ... e/?cs=1500

I do like the last line of that article. But really, have people been under a rock for the last 9 months? It was agreed that the zones would be realigned for 2015 onwards. Why is this such a surprise now?

No surprise, just further proof for the clowns that believe the Magpies still exist....

Just for some clarity, can someone define "the Magpies" and what constitutes "existence" please?

That's for Descartes to answer. IMO they only still exist at a superficial level.

[Rising Power]

Just for some clarity, can someone define "the Magpies" and what constitutes "existence" please?

That's for Descartes to answer. IMO they only still exist at a superficial level.

Rene Descartes was a drunken fart "I drink therefore I am".

[RB]

OK.

[Dutchy]

I hope that the people in charge make the right decisions later this year. I hope that an AFL seconds competition of some sort comes to fruition into the future.
I hope that my club continues to play in a competition of relevance.
I hope the words of our first premiership captain continue to ring true: "We are a club and we will go on".
But, as I said, I reckon I may actually be done with this debate.

Lot of hope there DW, based on the decisions made over the last 12 months sadly I think it is false hope.

Sadly even if the comp got rid of the AFL teams next year to a National comp, many people have left the SANFL for good.

4 of the crowds from 5 games last week under 2,400 with 3 of them under 2,000, reality is starting to bite, and the clubs finances can't be improving.