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52,000 and rising!
Preliminary Final at Telstra Stadium, Saturday September 20 -- 52,000 tickets sold
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Lets just pray for fine weather and this time some decent cheering by bandwagoners please. I mean cmon what the hell was "11 quick claps - SYDNEY"- Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they've been given, than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing! -
I am tired of people complaining about "bandwagoners".
I understand the frustration, but it is a fact of life.
That sort of "us versus them" mentality amongst fans of the one team is tiring.
Good on them for coming along to see a game of Australian Rules.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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well said stellation. I say everyone is welcome. I was a "bandwagoner" of 1996 but since become a faithful fan. Sure i support them and if they win it makes my week but i don't like to go out there to see them lose.Comment
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Originally posted by red_avengers
well said stellation. I say everyone is welcome. I was a "bandwagoner" of 1996 but since become a faithful fan. Sure i support them and if they win it makes my week but i don't like to go out there to see them lose.
and if 5000 of them become members (as happened but in far greater numbers in 1996) it would add over $1m to the club coffersComment
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Today's bandwagoner is tomorrow's diehard!
Bandwagoners will put the Swans back in the black!
Bandwagoners will take the Prelim from the ordinary atmosphere to the extraordinary!
Bandwagoners will boost members of RWO!Last edited by Troy G; 11 September 2003, 07:40 PM.Comment
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Erm...?Originally posted by Troy G
Bandwagoners will put the Swans back in the red!
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Come one, come all, as far as I'm concerned. If you like it, come back again!
If we didn't make the finals I probably wouldn't have noticed the team. I got curious and went to my first game in 1997 to see what the fuss was all about. Since then, I've only missed 2 home games. I reckon that's not too bad for a bandwagonner!
Hell, if you're getting bandwagonners, you must be doing SOMETHING right
Saturday week is going to be MASSIVE
177th Senior AFL Match - Round 4, 2009 - Sydney vs Carlton, SCG. This is obviously out of date. I suppose I'll update it once I could be bothered sitting down with the fixture and working it out....
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Oops...got Red on the brain! I mean in the black of course! (edit done above to avoid further public embarrassment)
I'll consider it an omen!Last edited by Troy G; 11 September 2003, 07:43 PM.Comment
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It's not a bandwagon - it's evolution. The more who see the Swannies play - or see an AFL game live - the more who may become members. I only became interested in AFL (and, soon after, the Swans) three years ago when the club wasn't doing too well. Became a member the following year and will stay one.
I flew to Melbourne for the Tigers game and to Brisbane for the great win. Helped with the banner and the cheersquad there and took my new learning to Stadium Oz for the Pies game. Tried to whip the crowd up in my section but only succeeded after a couple of keen girls joined me. (I knew it was going to be hard when I heard someone on the train out say "well, they kick the ball a lot in this game.")
My suggestion for how fans can best help the players is to spend at least one game with the cheersquad, see how it's done and either stay there to swell the numbers or get everyone in your regular section on their feet and supporting. I think we've all seen us visible lift the team several times this season. Right now, that could be the difference in whether we get the premiership - and that would be an afternoon of ecstasy!Comment
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Most sense spoken here, "todays bandwagon jumper is tomorrows die-hard"
Most members since 1982 are 'blow ins' those previous are not....we all blew in Sydney, just by degree.
It has been along hard road since the early eighties,
crowds like Sheffield Shield games;
jibes from the RL fans, 'crap game and they always lose anyway'; the Edelsten years which promised so much;
then many wooden spoons;
The 22 or so games we lost in succession in the early nineties, ending with a defeat of the demons;
a paucity of useful draft choices;
the "save the swans" meeting at Darling Harbour when with Carlton circling our carcass (prematurely), we looked dead in the water with less than 1500 turning up;
then Barassi came gave us some self respect (not even a cliche in this context);
Kelly, Plugger et al a grand final (seriously never thought I'd see one at one stage);
and now here we go again!
Let's get the unbelievers in, convert some more every time we play and see that we develop the biggest powerhouse in the comp ..
Collingwood - Schmollingwood
Go Bloods!!Sports do not build character. They reveal it....Heywood Broun
I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures......Earl WarrenComment
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Make that 52,002
. I finally pursuaded my dad to fly up with me so we bought our tickets today.
Don't worry, I will be one of those supporters that cheers, yells and screams. Hopefully the people around me will follow.
At drinks tonight at work the theme is AFL. So we have to wear our team colours. I will get to wear my red and white with pride.
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This whole bandwagon thing confuses me a touch, so i need to ask a question ...
Would most people consider someone like me a bandwagoner ?
I wouldn't like to think so, seeing i left a team who played in a grand final, to join one who was tipped to win the wooden spoon .
But does it make me one anway ?Sit down or i swear to God i'll have you shot.Comment
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Who did you used to support?Sanford Wheeler 4 President!Comment
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CollingwoodSit down or i swear to God i'll have you shot.Comment
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