Dogwatcher wrote:bulldogproud wrote:One thing that certainly needs to change is the name of the team. The vast majority of the team are not Magpie footballers, but Power reserves. If they are going to call themselves the Magpies, then, once the Power are out of the finals, the team should be comprised totally of MAGPIE footballers, not Power squad members (Power reserves). As one player stated yesterday, we know very little of the Magpie identity, we just play for the few boys in this team for whom the Magpies means something.
I have no problem in Power Reserves players playing for Port, just that it really has to be Power Reserves, not Magpies.
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We have a right to say what we think of our competition, but definitely no right to tell a club what they call themselves.
Okay, then, let's change it to a right to state what our competition should consist of: if Port are going to call themselves Port Magpies, then they have to use Port Magpie players in the finals rather than Power squad members
Once the Power's season is over, Power squad members don't need the match fitness and conditioning that is the key purpose (according to the Power) of having their players play for the Magpies. After all, their contract is to Port Power, they have no contract with the Port Magpies.
Personally, I would think it fairer that they just change their name, but have it your way!