Giants fans will outnumber Swans fans

[31 hard at it]

Issy Folau is let off - no suspension.
Good for the Swans - I hope they give him lots of game time

[Bas]

Well why are you here when you could be in the GWS forum?

He's here because when its the Swans home game, i suspect he'll be in a Swans cap whilst sitting in the Swans members area.

As it were I think a lot of Swans fans will be on board both sides. I'm not comfortable with that myself but we've all just got to respect it.

The GWS forum doesn't have Cheer Squad posting there and I always love a good conspiracy theory.

[Bas]

Then you should have quoted this other post as well.

I'm going under cover, just so tthat SCG lobby doesn't recognise me. They're everywhere you know.

[mcs]

Issy Folau is let off - no suspension.
Good for the Swans - I hope they give him lots of game time

I watched him closely on Saturday at Manuka. He seriously has no idea at all imo. He kicks the ball ok, but he has no idea how to lead, no idea how to put pressure on without the ball, and really looks to me like he struggles to read the game at all. Got caught under the flight of the ball 7 or 8 times on Saturday where he simply misjudged the flight of the ball by a big margin. The guy to me is nothing but a big $$$ publicity stunt for the AFL. I hope he gets better, I really do, but he really looked completely out of his depth on Saturday, against what I thought was an ordinary Tigers team as well.

[Wazza]

I think GWS competition will be healthy for the swans and I understand why some will opt for dual membership, Im a foundation Crows member which I renew every year even though I havent been to footy park (aami whatever) for 10+ years
Im full family swans member but my first luv is my old local team in SANFL Central Districts who I still purchase membership for but havent been to a game for 15 years plus.

I enjoy going to Homebush I have great seats and it is easier to get into and out of the carpark than at Moore Park. A big crowd at SCG is fantastic but there were some very flat games at the SCG last year where atmosphere was definately lacking.
Im not sure if the food is better at the SCG the pies and chips taste the same to me ... what else would you eat at at the footy!!


So I sorta agree and disagree in parts with everyone I think the important thing is we all get out and support AFL in NSW either team it will be a win win.

Cheers

Waz

[Wazza]

I watched him closely on Saturday at Manuka. He seriously has no idea at all imo. He kicks the ball ok, but he has no idea how to lead, no idea how to put pressure on without the ball, and really looks to me like he struggles to read the game at all. Got caught under the flight of the ball 7 or 8 times on Saturday where he simply misjudged the flight of the ball by a big margin. The guy to me is nothing but a big $$$ publicity stunt for the AFL. I hope he gets better, I really do, but he really looked completely out of his depth on Saturday, against what I thought was an ordinary Tigers team as well.

I watched the Hawks GWS in Tassie and after 1/2 time he did some very nice things but he wont have the consitency from what i saw I wouldnt mind him running around our fwd 50.

Cheers

waz

[mcs]

I watched the Hawks GWS in Tassie and after 1/2 time he did some very nice things but he wont have the consitency from what i saw I wouldnt mind him running around our fwd 50.

Cheers

waz

I can only go on what I saw on Saturday as I didn't see him play at all last year, but he looked utterly clueless to me. Too often when the ball was 50-60 metres away, instead of looking for a lead and moving his backman around to try and create space, he literally just stood there waiting for the ball to be delivered. Perhaps its on instruction from sheedy, but if he plays consistently like that, then any good backman (As the Richmond guy did a number of times on Saturday) will just position himself so that Folau ends up going under the flight of the ball and basically out of the contest. There is no doubt he has the physique to make it in the game, but whether he can develop the understanding I'm not so sure. TBH, on what I saw on Saturday, I wouldn't want him in our forward 50 as I think he currently offers very little to zero as a key forward. I have no doubt he will improve with experience and time, but he looks a very long way from even being a moderate level afl footballer.

[Kirkari]

As I understand it, the AFL have an agreement with ANZ stadium, not us. Having said that, they will continue to schedule 1-2 blockbusters a year for us there - we will pull larger crowds than the Giants for the forseeable future, and the AFL will want to maximise crowds for the big games - collingwood, Geelong, Essendon.

The agreement is between the Swans and ANZ. I understand that it works very well for the club in keeping the SCG Trust from treating us with COMPLETE disregard (still pretty close to complete but apparently better than pre the ANZ deal).

I don't know if there's really an SCG lobby but I really can't sympathise with fans who won't go to Homebush. If you're committed, you don't act to damage the club. You find a way to get to games. That's what makes for some of the most incredible fan stories (we used to walk 10 miles uphill both ways through the snow, and chewing on an old chop bone, etc., etc.) isn't it? The state of AFL in Sydney is up to us as fans and if a long bus ride to Homebush is too much for a club that's been here 30 years to ask from its fans, then no wonder Melbourne teams laugh at our "commitment" (as I am told they do).

As to Giants fans outnumbering Swans fans, I'll believe it when I see it. I say no chance.

[Cheer Squad]

I don't know if there's really an SCG lobby...

If in doubt, ask Richard Colless.

[Kirkari]

If in doubt, ask Richard Colless.

Ha ha! I will accost him at the very next opportunity. (I'm sure he'd enjoy THAT conversation... )

Apart from that, I am really questioning whether "lobby" implies rather more organisation and plotting than really exists. I am more inclined to believe that varying degrees of apathy, a sense of entitlement and/or lack of individual accountability is at play than a grand conspiracy.

Before anyone gets out the pitchforks, I am sure that there are a small number of people who GENUINELY can't make it to Homebush. But I am saying there are plenty who just don't want to inconvenience themselves in the slightest, which is a real shame.

[erica]

Issy Folau is let off - no suspension.
Good for the Swans - I hope they give him lots of game time

I'd love to see him bounce off Mumford. THEN he'd really know he was playing AFL.

[ugg]

Hi Guys,

I'm a long term swans member, but won't go to Homebush. It's too far away, it takes too long to get there, the seats are bad and the food is too expensive. I live in the inner west.

I hate it.

Especially when I can see the game live on TV.

As for travelling from the Northside. Last time my elderly mother who lives in Manly went to Homebush- for the cricket, she got home around midnight.

She won't go there to see the swans either..

Inner west to Olympic Park is far??
Food is expensive at both stadiums
Depending on your seats, there are some poor ones at the scg too but I guess what you're really referring to is the distance from the action

[Bas]

I think GWS competition will be healthy for the swans and I understand why some will opt for dual membership, Im a foundation Crows member which I renew every year even though I havent been to footy park (aami whatever) for 10+ years
Im full family swans member but my first luv is my old local team in SANFL Central Districts who I still purchase membership for but havent been to a game for 15 years plus.

I enjoy going to Homebush I have great seats and it is easier to get into and out of the carpark than at Moore Park. A big crowd at SCG is fantastic but there were some very flat games at the SCG last year where atmosphere was definately lacking.

So I sorta agree and disagree in parts with everyone I think the important thing is we all get out and support AFL in NSW either team it will be a win win.Cheers
Waz

Unfortunately, its hard for some to understand this.

On League Teams, Dermie said that he has been employed to help Izzy with his positioning and play just as he did for a young J Brown from Brisbane.

It will be a steep learning year but when it clicks for him, that GWS FF and CHF combo will put the cleaners through a few teams.

[Bas]

Inner west to Olympic Park is far??

Proof of the SCG lobby in action !!!

Travelling down from the Central Coast, it's so funny to read how Inner West to Olympic Park is too far. I just give my camel a few extra drinks before we leave.

[wolftone57]

I think if you are a true supporter you will go to any game within reason. I don't mean going to Bris, Melb, Adel,Perth or Tassie. But to say you won't go to Homebush is really not supporting your team. I am a pensioner and I am going. To say that Homebush is a long way from the inner west is absolute rubbish. I live in Lilyfield and I don't find it too far. I also trecked out to Doonside on the weekend, now that was a long way for me as I am using public transport. I will get a bus to Strathfild to my friend's house and then we will get a train or bus to the stadium (Coronation Parade sometimes has Olympic Park buses going on Game day).