Giants lose narrowly to ACT

It's not only bad news but the ABC's short article about the Giants' defeat at the hands of a combined A.C.T side is a little contradictory.

It starts off by telling us that the team "lost their first trial yesterday and then informs us that the result "puts the Giants on a 1-1 record, having notched their first victory in a 60-minute practise match against an under 21 Sydney Swans outfit." 

I suppose that for 8 cents they could have expressed it a bit better but really, if these kids are struggling to beat a scratch team from Canberra, why are they being thrown to the wolves in a NAB Cup fixture next week?

I travel to Sydney frequently, and as many will know AFL barely rates, and is swamped by Sunday papares articles on NRL and anything else.

That's after the recent heroics of the Swans.

GWS is a car crash unfolding.

Has AFL management seriously been into the western suburbs of Sydney?

It's a world away from the audience of theatr-goers of the SCG.

Giants lose narrowly to ACT

It's not only bad news but the ABC's short article about the Giants' defeat at the hands of a combined A.C.T side is a little contradictory.

It starts off by telling us that the team "lost their first trial yesterday and then informs us that the result "puts the Giants on a 1-1 record, having notched their first victory in a 60-minute practise match against an under 21 Sydney Swans outfit." 

I suppose that for 8 cents they could have expressed it a bit better but really, if these kids are struggling to beat a scratch team from Canberra, why are they being thrown to the wolves in a NAB Cup fixture next week?

I was at this game yesterday for the first three quarters and GWS looked very ordinary. They will be murdered in the NAB cup. They are and they played like a bunch of 18 year olds.

It was interesting though, getting to stand around the huddle listening Sheedy and Choco give their addresses at the end of the quarters. Something us Canberrans don't get the opportunity to witness very often.

The stand out for GWS was #24 - Stephen Clifton. Needless to say that he is also the oldest player on thier list. Folau didn't play.

i was really hoping that the topic of this was in referance to Skully knocking back a GWS contract and resigning with the Dees

GWS is only playing to even up the numbers.

I can't see them scoring against Sydney.

GWS is only playing to even up the numbers.

I can't see them scoring against Sydney.

They're in the Sydney group so GC can get a win.

Yep, GWS are there so Gold Coast can get a win, likely a high scoring thrashing, and be a better shot at making it through to the next round.

The AFL is handling GWS so badly it simply boggles the mind. Minimal grass-roots investment, minimal school-based investment. All bells and whistles, no product.

The Western Sydney Football Club could have been a real success, even a point of shared feeling amongst the astonishing polyglot community that is Western Sydeny. But they simply haven't invested in any substantial community connections either.

"If you broadcast it, they will come" seems to be Demetriou's plan. Where really they need to be up to their elbows in community events, dragging in supporters a dozen at a time, visit after visit, function after function, sausage after sausage, and yes even felafel after felafel.

It was interesting though, getting to stand around the huddle listening Sheedy and Choco give their addresses at the end of the quarters. Something us Canberrans don't get the opportunity to witness very often.

That's something most Melbournians don't get to witness very often...