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  • Thunder Shaker
    Aut vincere aut mori
    • Apr 2004
    • 4246

    #31
    We should form the Red Army! Chairman Roos has enacted his Five Year Plan, he has led us to the end of the Long Drought, we have won a glorious revolution, and our factories produce more than ever!
    "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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    • The Undertaker
      On the Rookie List
      • Oct 2004
      • 517

      #32
      Originally posted by Big Al
      Don't care where your from or when you joined the bandwagon, everyone is more than welcome. HOWEVER its very bad form to hop off the when the wheels get a bit wobbly.
      Very true.

      IMHO,Sydney has the bigger bandwagon however the Swans bandwagon really got going after 96.

      It pisses me off more when people get off the bandwagon when the wheels do get wobbly.I've seen it happen at the Swans between 2000-02 and i am witnessing it now with my beloved Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

      If the Swans struggle next season,i think we will still have a decent supporter base here in Sydney even if some of the bandwagoners disappear.

      Rugby League has a much worse bandwagon s and if the West Tigers do happen to struggle in 2006,i'd be susprised if all their bandwagon supporters do stick around.
      Well done Craig Bolton for getting the co- captaincy in 2008.

      Your determination,your tenacity and your under-rated skill is why you have become my favourite player!

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      • Destructive
        Football Terrorist
        • Jan 2003
        • 976

        #33
        Melbourne.
        The Destructive Dan Experience - Featuring Teal.
        Add me on Facebook - Danny Pinsuti (Except Suzi Olsen and her split personalities.)
        238 AFL Games.

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        • Schneiderman
          The Fourth Captain
          • Aug 2004
          • 1615

          #34
          As long as the bandwagon/s is full, who cares.

          I love it when the SCG packs out, but if I am the only one there when we play, so be it.
          Our Greatest Moment:

          Saturday, 24th Sept, 2005 - 5:13pm

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          • numbnuts
            On the Rookie List
            • Nov 2005
            • 7

            #35
            Sydney probably does have more newer supporters, but that base of newcomers is about 10 years old now so I dont see why anyone supporting the team should criticize them.
            I grew up in Melbourne supporting the Swans, I stood in the rain on the old concrete steps and watched South lose game after game, season after season. What I dont recall is large crowds of support, is this because we were losing and Mebourne based fans fell off the "bandwagon".
            For 10 years I have lived in Sydney and crowds of 30000+ at the SCG in a rugby league/union state is common,I have converted quite a few rugby league supporters over to full club membership of the Swans.
            New supporters/members should be welcomed not criticized because they have seen the light!
            Who cares, Melbourne or Sydney - Two great cities, One fantastic Team - One AFL Premiership Cup

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            • westernswan
              On the Rookie List
              • Jul 2004
              • 222

              #36
              Without a doubt sydney

              2003 afl prelim 70,000 swans...very home game r2 at SCG against freo in 2004 drew 21,000 (thats almost 50,000 fans MIA)

              sydney fc drew 28,000 for their first a-league game , within 10 weeks they managed to get only 9,000 against newcastle( almost 17,000 MIA)

              sydney kings vs razorbacks game at SUPERDOME last year, drew a record 14,000..mind you the following kings home game got 3100, and the razrobacks got 2100 ( nearly 10,000 fans MIA)
              2004 - SUBIACO
              2005 - SYDNEY
              2006 - SUBIACO
              2007 - ?????


              * Perth Glory till i die *

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              • satchmopugdog
                Bandicoots ears
                • Apr 2004
                • 3691

                #37
                My bandwagon wheels will fall off when they are used to wheel my coffin to the crematorium.
                "The Dog days are over, The Dog days are gone" Florence and the Machine

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                • goswannie14
                  Leadership Group
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 11166

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Go Swannies
                  What! I'm using my tartan scarf as a dashboard throwrug in the Range Rover.
                  I thought this poll was to do with Sydney or Melbourne based Swans supporters...not Melbourne Demons supporters in their Range Rovers
                  Does God believe in Atheists?

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                  • BonBon
                    BMT2144
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 2190

                    #39
                    Perth?
                    Vicky Pollard: Oh my god I so can't believe you just said that this is like the time I threw Anita's nokia in the canal as a joke and she's like you have well got to buy me another one and I'm like get over it and then Paul came over who's adopted anyway and started saying that I fancy Mark Bennett but oh my god just because I have sex with someone doesn't mean I fancy them.

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                    • OldE

                      #40
                      On GF weekend, I swear I met 2000 people claiming to have been loyal members in the early 80s. Either I have an amazing strike rate, or the Melbourne bandwagon is rolling on.

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                      • goswannie14
                        Leadership Group
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 11166

                        #41
                        Originally posted by eirinn
                        On GF weekend, I swear I met 2000 people claiming to have been loyal members in the early 80s. Either I have an amazing strike rate, or the Melbourne bandwagon is rolling on.
                        Or there are actually a lot of us out there

                        ...or you met the same 20 people 100 times
                        Last edited by goswannie14; 14 November 2005, 07:15 AM.
                        Does God believe in Atheists?

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                        • Go Swannies
                          Veterans List
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 5697

                          #42
                          Originally posted by goswannie14
                          I thought this poll was to do with Sydney or Melbourne based Swans supporters...not Melbourne Demons supporters in their Range Rovers
                          Dees supporters - aren't they all at the snow?

                          Up here we need the 4WD to get across the bridge and the bullbars are really handy when shopping in Pymble. But the traffic throught the harbour tunnel is a horror when the Swannies are playing at the SCG on a Sunday afternoon.

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                          • ScottH
                            It's Goodes to cheer!!
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 23665

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Go Swannies
                            Dees supporters - aren't they all at the snow?
                            I know it gets cold in Victoria, but Snow in November????

                            Well, yes there is still snow but I don't think they can ski on it.

                            All the Range Rovers will be preparing for the hazardous trip to the mornington peninsula, for the summer.

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                            • THERBS
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 133

                              #44
                              Out of each crop of bandwagoneers there's a group that will stick.
                              Happened with me during the Eddleston era and now its at the stage where we'll never go back to the sparse crowds of the early nineties. The more bandwagons which roll out, the more true believers we end up with.
                              Leo Barry, You Star!

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                              • Nico
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 11348

                                #45
                                Re: The Bigger Bandwagon

                                Originally posted by ROK Lobster
                                New Sydney point clappers or old true 'bloods' fans, coming out of the woodwork...
                                What have they been putting in the water up Canberra way lately ROK?

                                Of course it's Sydney. Maybe % wise it Canberrians if there is any such thing.

                                You should know the biggest bandwagon jumpers down here are
                                aints supporters.
                                http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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