by Dogwatcher » Tue May 15, 2018 12:38 pm
by Lightning McQueen » Tue May 15, 2018 12:53 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Lol, corporate monsters.
I do laugh when Port supporters call the Crows a franchise, plastic etc.
Port are as much a franchise, a business and part of the corporate world as any club in the AFL.
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 12:58 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Lol, corporate monsters.
I do laugh when Port supporters call the Crows a franchise, plastic etc.
Port are as much a franchise, a business and part of the corporate world as any club in the AFL.
by Dogwatcher » Tue May 15, 2018 1:45 pm
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 2:12 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:So...to be a genuine footy club you have to be able to drink at a 'front bar'?
Because the rest comes with time and the development of history.
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 2:15 pm
by morell » Tue May 15, 2018 2:15 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue May 15, 2018 2:34 pm
Booney wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:So...to be a genuine footy club you have to be able to drink at a 'front bar'?
Because the rest comes with time and the development of history.
I think you have to have a home where members can gather, celebrate, commiserate, etc as all in all the members are what makes a club IMO.
Yes, time does develop history but where does that get shared, relived, enjoyed?
You've been in and around sporting clubs to know what a club environment feels like and the emotions and memories they invoke, some of which are intangibles.
by westcoastpanther » Tue May 15, 2018 2:52 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Booney wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:So...to be a genuine footy club you have to be able to drink at a 'front bar'?
Because the rest comes with time and the development of history.
I think you have to have a home where members can gather, celebrate, commiserate, etc as all in all the members are what makes a club IMO.
Yes, time does develop history but where does that get shared, relived, enjoyed?
You've been in and around sporting clubs to know what a club environment feels like and the emotions and memories they invoke, some of which are intangibles.
But...as an interstate Collingwood supporter, I don't get to do any of that. I still feel pretty damn connected to the Pies though. For me, that stuff's shared at the footy. Which I'd suggest is where Crows supporters share those moments and most Port fans.
How many Port fans actually get down to Alberton these days? I'm sure it's a lot, but it's nowhere near the 35k who pack out a home ground every second week. And that's why we have the 'Never Tear Us Apart' phenom, that's the modern version of invoking all of those things you talk about - making a club - and all clubs do it to some degree or other.
by Lightning McQueen » Tue May 15, 2018 2:55 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue May 15, 2018 2:56 pm
by morell » Tue May 15, 2018 2:59 pm
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 3:03 pm
westcoastpanther wrote:
Spot on DW, a few hundred go back to the club for a drink, the other 35k go home like Crows supporters do.
Port is a club because it has a bar where a few fleas on the dogs dick congregate after, give us a spell...
by Lightning McQueen » Tue May 15, 2018 3:05 pm
Booney wrote:westcoastpanther wrote:
Spot on DW, a few hundred go back to the club for a drink, the other 35k go home like Crows supporters do.
Port is a club because it has a bar where a few fleas on the dogs dick congregate after, give us a spell...
Do you have a local club mate, or do you go to Jimmy Dean's at Panther land?
If so, do you enjoy having the opportunity to, do you think it builds a sense of comradery among the people who go there?
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 3:06 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:
But...as an interstate Collingwood supporter, I don't get to do any of that. I still feel pretty damn connected to the Pies though. For me, that stuff's shared at the footy. Which I'd suggest is where Crows supporters share those moments and most Port fans.
How many Port fans actually get down to Alberton these days? I'm sure it's a lot, but it's nowhere near the 35k who pack out a home ground every second week. And that's why we have the 'Never Tear Us Apart' phenom, that's the modern version of invoking all of those things you talk about - making a club - and all clubs do it to some degree or other.
by westcoastpanther » Tue May 15, 2018 3:50 pm
Lightning McQueen wrote:Booney wrote:westcoastpanther wrote:
Spot on DW, a few hundred go back to the club for a drink, the other 35k go home like Crows supporters do.
Port is a club because it has a bar where a few fleas on the dogs dick congregate after, give us a spell...
Do you have a local club mate, or do you go to Jimmy Dean's at Panther land?
If so, do you enjoy having the opportunity to, do you think it builds a sense of comradery among the people who go there?
I think westcoastpanther would love the opportunity to drink at his club's local, it will only take half a week to get back home though.
by Dogwatcher » Tue May 15, 2018 3:58 pm
morell wrote:If you think human beings don't have an innate understanding and sense of place, then you don't understand human beings.
by amber_fluid » Tue May 15, 2018 4:48 pm
by Booney » Tue May 15, 2018 4:49 pm
amber_fluid wrote:You could always take someone else’s history and claim it as your own I suppose like the Power did.
by amber_fluid » Tue May 15, 2018 4:52 pm
Booney wrote:amber_fluid wrote:You could always take someone else’s history and claim it as your own I suppose like the Power did.
No Carlton posts this week mate?
Strange....
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