Interestingly enough a lot of Fitzroy people did unofficially merge with Melbourne back when Oakley sent the bones of our old club to Brisbane. I've met quite a few up in the Redlegs. Melbourne was the obvious choice being the over all name of the city we lived in. I for one have never regretted that choice and i'm a Gold member now.
Did a Melbourne player kick Denhams mother in the guts when she was pregnant with Greg ? The man has a pathological hatred for our great club. He needs pyschological help.
We as a family came over from Fitzroy after a year of indecision about the Brisbane so called merger in 1998. We wanted to support a club that represented the city we lived in which was obviously Melbourne. All the other clubs represent suburbs and to be honest we didn't want that. Who in their right mind would want to support a suburb like collingwood. Most of the people that support collingwood have never been near the place and if you gave them a map and a compass they still wouldn't be able to find it.
I'm a gold Trident member now and i've never looked back. And yes I maybe a lunatic but in my heart I reckon success and strength is coming to the team in the red and the blue.
I wish us old draft resisters had a song like Khe Sanh. And spelling it wouldn't be a problem either. Oh well might as well stick with the Internationale or Red is the East.
You mean the wanna be Keef that went to a private school and grew up quite priviledged and is now faking being from the wrong side of the tracks Tim Rodgers. Another fake of the same perverted genre is dear old Nick Cave, Caulfield grammer I believe.
I must admit football is boring me lately. Soon very few people will remember how great the VFL was in it's grace and simplicity. The national league started the decline and the corporatisation of the game will eventually kill off any semblance of the wonderful game it once was. I must admit I buy my membership more in support of a wonderful old institution than the game itself. So go international I don't care, neither will the Kiwis I suspect.
Paul Roos was one of the rats that jumped off the sinking Fitzroy ship first. When the Roys needed stability to survive Roos went running off to the fake Sydney franchise to make himself a hero in the eyes of the AFL commission. Not to mention the South supporters that had bent over and let the AFL have their way with them.