digby wolf

I don't know about wearing a guernsey, last time I wore mine I was called a ' sad old man ' by one of the those foxy young at heart cougars up at the Redlegs.

I think he blows his own trumpet far to much. But seriously I think that old school sort of thing actually gives people like the 'silly old fart a beens' more stereotypical behaviour to beat us with. Being a Marxist i'd like him to take off his cravat and don a pair of overalls and play my favourite tune the internationale.

Are you kidding ? The AFL don't care what the fans think, they care what the corpoRATs think and after them the TV moguls. They know quiet well that the fans will follow football wherever they take it because most fans live in the past when football was about the community. Lets face it we are the suckers they take us for.

You prove the point wrathchild you probably know more american history ( especially sport ) than any other country in the world. The reason of course is that they own most of our TV coverage and have done so since the 1950s. Ok we have Murdoch but last time I looked he became a yank so he could buy in there. And dude if you don't think we are americanised listen to an aussie crowd when they appreciate something whooping like they've got something stuck up their collective clackers... need I say it, just like in the movies.

Ok then the ' GCAFO ' Gold Coast Afl Franchise Outlet . Maybe McDonalds colours with the McDonalds clown as a mascot. I'm sure McDonalds wouldn't mind there're nearly as commercial as our AFL. The supporters of this pretend football club could dress up as McDonalds clowns on match days. ' Go clowns 'could be heard all over the Gold Coast. It's not as ridiculous as it sounds. Us dumb Victorians accepted the AFL and gave away our football league with barely a whimper. We now watch advertisements after goals are kicked in Perth or Adelaide. We don't miss going to the footy like we used to every second week because we have all these products to buy at bunnings et al etc.

There's a rumour that the new franchise in Queensland will be called the the Gold Coast Suns. Can we possibly become more americanised in this country ? Are we so culturally stupid that we can't think of our own nicknames. It's nearly as ridiculous as the North Queensland 'Cowboys', or up in Ned Kelly country Albury Wodonga calling your local basketball team the Border ' Bandits ' when Bushrangers would be the obvious choice. How dumb and obsequious can we get? We probably need an Australian football heritage commission that advises teams on the history of the game which is an integral part of our history not the history of the united states.

I've often said an essendon supporter is just a collingwood supporter... minus a sense of humour.

And it could be even worse than that she could be a crows or power supporter after all she comes from Adelaide. But like a lot of people with Labour party affiliations when they arrive in this state they automatically think they have to barrack for a so called working class team such as the Bullies or Collingwood not realising that the latter of the two is actually lumpen proletariat and full of criminals, racists and other declassed elements.

I read his attitude as being p**ssed off that we didn't win that game rather than being just knackered.

John Terry... Chelsea legend and pantsman. Also not a bad defender.

I live down here in Geelong and find the opposite. I talk to lots of people in my job on a daily basis and most Geelong people are very gracious about their footy club. Ok the Addy can be over the top but don't forget it's owned by murdoch so there's nothing surprising there. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Thompson a couple of times as well and unlike someone like Kevin Sheedy he's a complete gentleman. Not an ounce of arrogance. If I ever do meet any Geelong supporters that have a poke at the Demons I remind them how many flags we've won. And I congratulate them for catching up to Fitzroy in premierships. That shuts them up straight away.

I've always said ( for what it's worth ) that Sheedy would be a nobody now if all those years ago he'd had the guts to coach Footerscray or Fitzroy. And wouldn't that be nice no Kevin Sheedy in the Hun every second day.

Roger Merrett ?

Should have been a ball up instead it was a... wait for it... 'balls up'.

I agree we should be waiting for the club to give us the details.