by bulldogproud » Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:18 pm
by MW » Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:33 pm
by PhilH » Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:46 pm
by zipzap » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:35 am
PhilH wrote:Meanwhile out West ... looks like the WAFL Grand FInal has been moved a week early .... could we say the same about the SANFL this Sunday?
https://thewest.com.au/sport/wafl/whoever-wins-between-subi-and-south-is-the-best-wafl-team---but-a-de-facto-afl-team-might-win-the-grand-final-ng-b88596779z
by Dogwatcher » Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:02 am
by Dutchy » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:03 am
by Apachebulldog » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:09 am
by Hazydog » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:04 pm
by therisingblues » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:26 pm
by LPH » Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:42 pm
by Pseudo » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:33 pm
by therisingblues » Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:23 am
LPH wrote:FWIW, I did drop that 'part of my life that meant so much' & there has been a hole in my heart since. I miss the weekly ritual with my Lad. I miss the friends we shared a decade with all over the City, at Suburban Grounds. I miss Grand Final Day (in October) starting @ 8am, regardless of who was playing. I miss the SANFL as a genuine alternative to the 2 'Corporate Monsters'. Unfortunately, I just can't bring myself to return to WWT. Does that make me fickle? I don't think so. Bitter? Probably, Yes. Fickle? No. My Lad turned 18 a couple of weeks ago. He wants to return next season; "We could go to a few games, Dad, hang out, like the old days except now I too can drink"... Whilst it sounds inviting, I just can't bring myself to do it whilst the Cows & PAPs remain in the Competition. Cutting off my nose, to spite my face? Perhaps, but there is still a place in the World for 'Principle', isn't there?
by Grenville » Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:44 am
Pseudo wrote:You're not fickle, LPH. Quite the opposite. There is the classic line when breaking up with one's lover: "it's not you, it's me". In this case, it would be perfectly correct to claim "it's not me, Eagles... it's you. It's definitely you."
by Magellan » Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:58 am
Grenville wrote:Pseudo wrote:You're not fickle, LPH. Quite the opposite. There is the classic line when breaking up with one's lover: "it's not you, it's me". In this case, it would be perfectly correct to claim "it's not me, Eagles... it's you. It's definitely you."
Agree Pseudo, you're not fickle at all lad. Nothing wrong with standing up for something you believe in, it takes more balls to do that than blindly follow like a sheep.
by LPH » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:42 am
by FlyingHigh » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:44 pm
therisingblues wrote:LPH wrote:FWIW, I did drop that 'part of my life that meant so much' & there has been a hole in my heart since. I miss the weekly ritual with my Lad. I miss the friends we shared a decade with all over the City, at Suburban Grounds. I miss Grand Final Day (in October) starting @ 8am, regardless of who was playing. I miss the SANFL as a genuine alternative to the 2 'Corporate Monsters'. Unfortunately, I just can't bring myself to return to WWT. Does that make me fickle? I don't think so. Bitter? Probably, Yes. Fickle? No. My Lad turned 18 a couple of weeks ago. He wants to return next season; "We could go to a few games, Dad, hang out, like the old days except now I too can drink"... Whilst it sounds inviting, I just can't bring myself to do it whilst the Cows & PAPs remain in the Competition. Cutting off my nose, to spite my face? Perhaps, but there is still a place in the World for 'Principle', isn't there?
Time to return LPH. Maybe just watch without you colours and without cheering for a few games, and let nature take its course. You're an Eagles fan and you have spent 4 years away. This act alone trumps anything that the schmucks on the Eagles board could possibly now say, except perhaps "good to see you back". I hardly believe they'd have expected an exodus of that duration. You have done all that honour could ask of you, and one day you are going to be at death's door and you might be thinking "I just wish I'd settled my quarrel with the Eagles sooner."
Life is short my friend.
by GMcG » Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:30 pm
LPH wrote:FWIW, I did drop that 'part of my life that meant so much' & there has been a hole in my heart since. I miss the weekly ritual with my Lad. I miss the friends we shared a decade with all over the City, at Suburban Grounds. I miss Grand Final Day (in October) starting @ 8am, regardless of who was playing. I miss the SANFL as a genuine alternative to the 2 'Corporate Monsters'. Unfortunately, I just can't bring myself to return to WWT. Does that make me fickle? I don't think so. Bitter? Probably, Yes. Fickle? No. My Lad turned 18 a couple of weeks ago. He wants to return next season; "We could go to a few games, Dad, hang out, like the old days except now I too can drink"... Whilst it sounds inviting, I just can't bring myself to do it whilst the Cows & PAPs remain in the Competition. Cutting off my nose, to spite my face? Perhaps, but there is still a place in the World for 'Principle', isn't there?
by whufc » Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:55 pm
by johntheclaret » Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:25 pm
whufc wrote:Yep can't bring myself to return to the SANFL
Watched both of Centrals finals on tv (didn't even consider going) and to be honest didn't have the passion of gone years.
Do I miss the weekly routine of going to watch the dogs, do I miss my life being scheduled by Centrals fixture, do I miss the banter on the hills at suburban games............bloody oath I do
Can I bring myself to put in all that effort, passion, expense in a competition that doesn't have respect or see a future for itself no ******* way!!!
The SANFL is well and truly did in my mind
by LMA » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:09 pm
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