Where to for Glenelg

[therisingblues]

Get rid of Chiggy and I'll buy a membership.

I've had Sturt, South and West memberships over the years, will be hard to stomach a Gunelg one, but for the greater good....get rid of Chiggy!

If they reversed their stance on the reserves situation, I too would buy a Gunelg membership.

[therisingblues]

Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?

Sarcasm removed with respect to later discussion.

[cracka]

Id noticed why someone mentioned your reading difficulties .. I've said numerous times the current setup makes perfect sense for the AFL clubs so perfectly understandable from their perspective. WHUFC post spelled it all out, sure one can haggle over figures but it gets the point across regardless. As to who's to blame, 6 club directors are right up there and no one here has denied it. But the commission taking the soft option and the Crows selling a furphy are almost impossible to argue with adwell I would have thought.

Nah man I can read good.

That pretty much sums up my schooling. 7th grade, the best 3 years of my life

[norwood8]

Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...

Was definitely threatened.

[Jim05]

Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...

Was definitely threatened.

Who gives a **** if he was threatened or not. He is a spineless POS!

[cracka]

Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...

Was definitely threatened.

Can you say with what or will that get you into trouble.

[therisingblues]

Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...

Was definitely threatened.

Hearsay, or do you know something I don't. In which case I will go back and delete all the laughing faces.

[therisingblues]

JK wrote: Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...

Was definitely threatened.

Who gives a **** if he was threatened or not. He is a spineless POS!

Maybe, but threats were made publically. At that stage Joe was still out and about saying that there is no way Norwood would vote YES. A little while after that he changed his tune.
If threats were made privately, they must have been pretty significant to upstage the ones made publically.
If such threats were made... that might go someway to explaining the eerie code of silence adopted by all YES clubs on this issue, despite numerous requests for an explanation (eg. WSbowes' annual "please explain" to the SFC). May also explain why there was NO CONSULTATION with members by any of the YES clubs.
I think even Cracka and BOTB would admit the complete lack of an explanation from any of the clubs, or the SANFL, in the face of the public backlash and obvious problems is very strange.

[norwood8]

Have heard stories from quite a few different people that have a lot to do with the club that he and possibly his business interests were threatened.

That's all I know mate, I was one off the first to dismiss it as rubbish until I was told by multiple people. Definitely not a fact but I don't doubt it's true.

[Pseudo]

If they reversed their stance on the reserves situation, I too would buy a Gunelg membership.

So would I.

[therisingblues]

Sounds like a pretty reasonable process of deduction. Pretty heavy accusation all the same.
Sounds pretty plausible though, Crows were like a raging bull at the time. There was a mystery scribe appearing on here under the guise of the AFC at the time, trying to convince us. Trigg was in the media making comments like "you can't explain sense to some people" or words to that effect. Promises of 4000 extra supporters, a laugh of a shot as soon as it left the bat! Then there were the public threats of taking sponsors and trying to elevate another league (such as amateurs) above that of the SANFL. The Crows propaganda machine was in full swing, and the recent 8-0 NO vote just seemed to steel their resolve.
As I said earlier, it would explain the lack of an explanation...

[Magellan]

The Crows propaganda machine

And here is rare footage of it in action, dealing with those who dare stand in its way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJNXtQ-4SU

[Booney]

There's no way in hell we would have got 8 pages talking about the Bays without getting this far off topic.

( Bays are broke > Joe had the SAN-mafia standing over him )

[therisingblues]

There's no way in hell we would have got 8 pages talking about the Bays without getting this far off topic.

( Bays are broke > Joe had the SAN-mafia standing over him )

Well if you DON'T interrupt we were about to start discussing Caligula without the sexy bits.
See what can be achieved if you just go with it Booney?

[RB]

Get rid of Chiggy and I'll buy a membership.

I've had Sturt, South and West memberships over the years, will be hard to stomach a Gunelg one, but for the greater good....get rid of Chiggy!

If they reversed their stance on the reserves situation, I too would buy a Gunelg membership.

I've always been a big fan of Gunelg.

[therisingblues]

Get rid of Chiggy and I'll buy a membership.

I've had Sturt, South and West memberships over the years, will be hard to stomach a Gunelg one, but for the greater good....get rid of Chiggy!

If they reversed their stance on the reserves situation, I too would buy a Gunelg membership.

I've always been a big fan of Gunelg.

Yes, it's the only team in the SANFL where if you spell it backwards it actually comes out Glenug.

[stan]

[quote="JK"]Don't reckon that's right Stan, Joe was vehemently against it, but someone got to him. As to who, well, there's plenty of theories, but none of them make it right.

That's how low the Crows are and what they were prepared to do to get in. Threatening Joe was a gutless act by a gutless organisation.

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Was he threatened or just offered incentives?
Norwood supporters...[emoji38]

Was definitely threatened.

Who gives a **** if he was threatened or not. He is a spineless POS![/quote]
I dont think threatened is the correct word. I feel maybe incentives would be better used but alas I have no idea.

He was against it as we all were and then backflips with **** all reason why. Seriously has anyone actually got an answer as to why?

[therisingblues]

Booney reckons it was the SANmafia standing over him.
I'm inclined to agree, based on norwood8's comments.
Joe's not alone in failing to provide a why.

[Magellan]

There's no way in hell we would have got 8 pages talking about the Bays without getting this far off topic.

( Bays are broke > Joe had the SAN-mafia standing over him )

Well if you DON'T interrupt we were about to start discussing Caligula without the sexy bits.
See what can be achieved if you just go with it Booney?

There's no better analogue for the Crows' delusional sense of self-importance than Emperor Caligula. The comparison would be even more accurate if the CEO decided to appoint a horse to a senior management position.

Then again, Nigel Smart does have a role there...

[Panther Pack]

Get rid of Chiggy and I'll buy a membership.

I've had Sturt, South and West memberships over the years, will be hard to stomach a Gunelg one, but for the greater good....get rid of Chiggy!

Reckon it might be time for you to renew that South membership Booney get on board big fella!!!!!