Colless sets Tiger boss straight

[GoBloods]

its the same old victorian mentality .....victorian competition , only victorian clubs should win the comp , how dare 'interstate ' teams win the vfl/afl comp....
Dear Gary , how many times have Richmond stood up in the last 31 seasons ? twice .... two finals appearances in 31 years ....maybe you should tend to your own backyard before you voice opinions about other clubs , especially successful clubs.
Gary , please keep allowing the clowns to run the richmond circus, because we , the swans will win more games , more finals , more flags
Gary , the swans have been successfully managed/run/administered by champions such as Ricahard Colless . In the last 17 years , we have played finals 14 times and won two flags ......so Gary .Piss off

[giant]

You'd think if you were the President of a chronically under-achieving mob like the Tiges, you'd be looking at a club like the Swans and thinking what can we learn from all the brilliant things they do on and off the field in an effort to get even the modicum of success they've had, instead of rehashing the mantra of the Bigfooty brain-dead that it must simply be because the AFL has paid for it. Staggering...

[goswannie14]

Absolutely the beginning of the end. Bloody VFL and everything it stands for I despise. The whole VFL centric nature of the AFL comp is what I hope one day will be a thing of the past.

I agree with you, but it will only happen as some of the constant under perfroming clubs either merge (unlikely given the media deals) or relocate interstate. Whilst we still have 10 clubs (more than half) in Victoria, this attitude will not go away. It is these clubs that receive the most support from the AFL, but we don't hear these Bozo's complaining about that.

[DamY]

You'd think if you were the President of a chronically under-achieving mob like the Tiges, you'd be looking at a club like the Swans and thinking what can we learn from all the brilliant things they do on and off the field in an effort to get even the modicum of success they've had, instead of rehashing the mantra of the Bigfooty brain-dead that it must simply be because the AFL has paid for it. Staggering...

It's probably due to the success that they get so green-eyed. Last year, hardly anyone could name our midfield except Goodes, maybe O'Keefe and Bolton. Hanners maybe after the Grand Final oh and JPK. To have the third least members and not much visibility in Melbourne to snatch the GF is a shock to the other clubs.

[aardvark]

......so Gary .Piss off

Hear hear!

[Mr Magoo]

its the same old victorian mentality .....victorian competition , only victorian clubs should win the comp , how dare 'interstate ' teams win the vfl/afl comp....
Dear Gary , how many times have Richmond stood up in the last 31 seasons ? twice .... two finals appearances in 31 years ....maybe you should tend to your own backyard before you voice opinions about other clubs , especially successful clubs.
Gary , please keep allowing the clowns to run the richmond circus, because we , the swans will win more games , more finals , more flags
Gary , the swans have been successfully managed/run/administered by champions such as Ricahard Colless . In the last 17 years , we have played finals 14 times and won two flags ......so Gary .Piss off

Our success over that time is all due to the cost of living allowance we get. If not for that we would be exactly like Richmond.

[wolftone57]

Swans are a expansion club now? Who knew?
I think this clown, Eddie and co will only be truly happy if AFL reverts back to VFL days, the rich Victorian play in a English Football Premiership style competition and the rest of us play in a reserve level comp where the winner gets the spoils of playing the glory boys for a season.

That is exactly what they want. They are the ones hassling for two conferences East & West or more likely North and South. South would mean Melbourne and if a new Tasmanian team came in they would also play. North would be the rest. Typical of Eddie and his mates in the other Victorian clubs to suggest this. Yes we will play two Conferences and the Northern Conference would have the majority of good teams in it and get better and the Southern Conference would have duds like Melbourne, Norf and Saints and simply get worse until the sponsors dropped off.

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It's probably due to the success that they get so green-eyed. Last year, hardly anyone could name our midfield except Goodes, maybe O'Keefe and Bolton. Hanners maybe after the Grand Final oh and JPK. To have the third least members and not much visibility in Melbourne to snatch the GF is a shock to the other clubs.

They still don't know Luke Parker's name, to their detriment.