Cheer squad v Dees

[lescygnes]

red rag to a bull though mate....sorry if this has caused a scene but i just gotta say what i gotta say!

[lescygnes]

MAJOR APOLOGIES TO ANNISWAN

sorry should have said "anne"

you could see where i screwed up there.

but im man enough to apologize to all involved for my misquote

ta
john

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by lescygnes
MAJOR APOLOGIES TO ANNISWAN

sorry should have said "anne"

you could see where i screwed up there.

but im man enough to apologize to all involved for my misquote

ta
john

Typical interstater

[anniswan]

Originally posted by lescygnes
MAJOR APOLOGIES TO ANNISWAN

No worries, I just got a tad confused.

[lescygnes]

ahhh australian humour

missed it heaps

but take that avatar ROK and put it where the sun dont shine!!!!! he he he he he

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by lescygnes
ahhh australian humour

missed it heaps

but take that avatar ROK and put it where the sun dont shine!!!!! he he he he he

LOL

[dann]

The CS was great on Saturday night. We were sitting on the second level the bay next to the Garnier area - and the swans CS were much louder than their melbourne counterparts. A few times on the radio, the local Melbourne MMM commentary noted that the crowd was lax and that "Yes that is the Sydney cheersquad you can hear in our effects mic."

My brother is a member of the CS - and one thing I noted to him, is that the CS seems to be bigger and more aggressive in Melbourne than Sydney - which seems odd to me. Apparently that is because the Melbourne Swansmembership is about 4 times greater.

Though my days as a floating Swans CS member have come and gone (sigh @ 89/90) it would be good to see the numbers increase with the Sydney based Swans cheersquad. Surely we could come up with a clever marketing angle to woo potential cheerererers.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by dann

Surely we could come up with a clever marketing angle to woo potential cheerererers.

"Join the Cheersquad. The best way to become a hero to children everywhere without wearing your underpants on the outside". Just a thought.

[Mark]

[Nico]

Originally posted by anniswan
No worries, I just got a tad confused.

Don't worry too much Anni, tads often get confused.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by dann
Though my days as a floating Swans CS member have come and gone (sigh @ 89/90) it would be good to see the numbers increase with the Sydney based Swans cheersquad. Surely we could come up with a clever marketing angle to woo potential cheerererers.

I think the only way to cultivate things here is to have the club re-market everything and put a "Supporter Army section membership" in the membership renewal brochure for next season. Tell them what it is involved, why it is good to be involved, what you get for being involved. And make it is financially benefitial to get involved.

In Melbourne the enthusiasm comes naturally. In Sydney it is extremely hot and cold. Hence you have to approach people WHEN they are renewing their memberships.

I have given up beating my head against a wall trying to improve things myself. It is just all too hard, and wrecks my enjoyment of something that is supposed to be a release from the weekly grind. It only leads to myself losing the plot with stress, something a person like me can ill-afford right now.

I just rock up to games,hold the banner up, cheer my team on, lose my voice, sing the club song, pack the stuff away, then head over the Aussie Rules club.

Yeah, going to the footy in Melbourne is way way more enjoyable to be honest. People just 'get' what I'm trying to do. Why do you think I'm so addicted to all those away trips. Even if Peter does end up giving me his lovely throat problem from time to time.

JF

[ScottH]

Originally posted by dendol
i must have been sitting very close to you then. Was this the same guy who was standing up behind all the seats in aisle 1 or 2? The abuse was something I've never experienced before (first game in melb) but I must say that, despite it all, I love the passion shown by all supporters.

I even get abused (jokingly) at work for being a Swans supporter - its great cos we're sitting in 4th on the ladder!

I'd definately consider sitting closer to the CS again next time the Swans play down here. It was awesome to get amongst the singing and laughing.

Yep, we were btw aisle 1 and 2. He then started ranting on about "where's wally". I thought he was talking abt himself.

[Tooth Fairy]

Originally posted by lescygnes
oh some of you just dont get it.

interstaters, like pakeha in NZ is not a term to describe others, its a form of nationalism.

i personally find it insulting, thinking that this is AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!

arent we the same country??????

Oh don't you worry, I get it. Yeah we are the same country and I totally agree, however I tell u what mate, you must have your /beep\ head in the sand. I am totally bewildered and tired of people bad mouthing Victoria. It's like a penis envy thing I reckon.

I mean seriously, over here in WA just yesterday on talk back radio, the conspiracy theories were flying thick and thin just because 4 people with Victorian links are the ones that sit on the match review panel. I mean seriously what the /beep\ does it matter where we come from? When it was pointed out that one of the reviewers was actually from SA the response was "Yeah but he played for a Victorian team." Get a life you sad imbociles!

We Victorians do not care if there are no Victorians in the GF. We don't see it as us vs them, and you know why that is? Because we have more Victorian teams in the competition and everyone else is just jealous of that fact. It's a case of "Let's get up those Victorians because they think it's the VFL." If it's doing your head in that much, don't watch AFL.

And Lescygnes, I must add that only the first paragraph is in direct reference to you, and please don't take the swearing or the context personally as being insulting. But it just goes to show how ridiculous this whole us v them mentality is. It's not the Victorians that are whinging, it's those damn interstaters And all I can put the whinging down to is jealousy.

edit: expletives removed for the kiddies

[ScottH]

Well put TF, the only whole in your rant is that most ppl don't think like you. A lot of Victorians actually still resent the fact it is AFL, and not VFL. (Tho it is becoming less).

And, having moved from Sydney to Melb 16 yrs ago, I still get sick of the anti Sydney (or whichever capital/state) crap.

[Foreign Legion]

Originally posted by lescygnes
anniswan.......i am not about to re-open old wounds here.

.....i still love my family and friends down in mexico way)

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john

Ho Ho, the Mexico quote is really smoothing over the waters - so original!

And where does Brisvegas come from - those two cities have SFA in common.

One is the entertainment capital of the country and the other is a city?