MATCH THREAD - West Coast vs Swans round 17

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  • Doctor
    Bay 29
    • Sep 2003
    • 2757

    Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
    And yes, at least we know after today Jetta won't be going to play with the KKK. Let's remember, a lot of people in Perth are ex-South Africans who left because they were disappointed by the end of apartheid.
    Hmmm. And they all barrack for the Eagles and go to the footy? While I have no time for the Eagles fans or their ridiculous style of "support", I don't think your comment is all that helpful.
    Today's a draft of your epitaph

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    • ernie koala
      Senior Player
      • May 2007
      • 3251

      Seeing Heeney perform as well as he did, with little support other than Goodsey, gives me hope we can still be a force in September, with some injury luck...


      It could read....

      Rohan Franklin Heeney
      McGlynn Tippett Goodes

      If we can get this forward line together and firing, we could still be a real contender this year.

      I also hope they stick with Nankervis, to share the rucking duties with Tippett.
      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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      • i'm-uninformed2
        Reefer Madness
        • Oct 2003
        • 4653

        Ok, fair enough. Picking on the ex saffers was unfair.

        But what we saw - or actually, heard - today was flat out wrong and vile. The WCE fans are knuckle dragging racists, only behind the Hawthorn fans that began all of this.
        'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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        • stevoswan
          Veterans List
          • Sep 2014
          • 8543

          Originally posted by crackedactor
          What has never played forward got to do with anything????? His job is the forward coach regardless of where and when he played. Maybe he needs to coach the backs/reserves or whatever, if he has never played in the forward line. But this is not my decision to make.
          I believe Nico was actually agreeing with you. The 'oxymoron' is a backman being a forward coach, which adds weight to the 'worst forward coach in history' claim. And ATM, he could well be, !!

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          • stevoswan
            Veterans List
            • Sep 2014
            • 8543

            Originally posted by barry
            These losses are bad but we are outright 4th and have an easy run for the rest of the year. We just need to find a way to win those and build to full strength.

            Its a long shot, but the opportunity is there.
            Spoken with extreme optimism, but I like your thinking. A few truth and honesty sessions, a bit of the '05 Bloods spirit rekindled, best team on the park, fully fit, and some serious mirror gazing from our coaches( and this is probably the most important point!), and anything is possible. This of course, is 'best case scenario', and my confidence in the current team management to make it all happen is being tested. WTF is Tom Harley doing? I thought he would really make everything in that area gel nicely, but as you hint at, it's not too late to turn it all around........

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            • crackedactor
              Regular in the Side
              • May 2012
              • 919

              ditto

              Originally posted by longmile
              The Heeney shrine in my bedroom is coming along
              I hate to place pressure on a 18 year old kid that has played a handful of games, but the only time I saw him live was when he played one and half quarters against Melbourne (Before injury) but boy did he amaze me with the things he did!!

              If we crumble to the 7th or 8th (or worse)over the next few games, at least I will enjoy watching him.

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              • Bloodthirsty
                On the Rookie List
                • May 2013
                • 607

                Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
                Ok, fair enough. Picking on the ex saffers was unfair.

                But what we saw - or actually, heard - today was flat out wrong and vile. The WCE fans are knuckle dragging racists, only behind the Hawthorn fans that began all of this.
                They cheer Nic Nat though. To them he must be like a useful slave working the cotton fields of Subiaco.

                I think the aboriginal presence is the best part of the game. Take that away and the way the game is going it's like drunk rugby with no offside rule.
                "Take me down to the Paradise City where the grass is green and the Swans win pretty."

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                • stevoswan
                  Veterans List
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 8543

                  Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
                  And yes, at least we know after today Jetta won't be going to play with the KKK. Let's remember, a lot of people in Perth are ex-South Africans who left because they were disappointed by the end of apartheid.
                  That's what I've always thought. Closest Oz city to South Africa. Figures.....

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                  • stevoswan
                    Veterans List
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 8543

                    Originally posted by Doctor
                    Hmmm. And they all barrack for the Eagles and go to the footy? While I have no time for the Eagles fans or their ridiculous style of "support", I don't think your comment is all that helpful.
                    But it definitely has some merit, that coupled with the 'faraway outpost' mentality of the west, it is quite plausible and also, only an opinion.

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                    • Bexl
                      Regular in the Side
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 817

                      Originally posted by stevoswan
                      But it definitely has some merit, that coupled with the 'faraway outpost' mentality of the west, it is quite plausible and also, only an opinion.

                      In my opinion west coast has the worst supporters in the comp and has for a long time, they boo even the most easy too see frees to their opposition. A stat in the paper the other day showed that w c has the most frees for at their home ground than any other team and that stat was over a number of years. My son says they are smart because it helps their team but I say they are just a@^* holes.

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                      • frankee
                        Pushing for Selection
                        • May 2014
                        • 94

                        The eagles crowd was ridiculous. They are around 50 points up, and it is just a constant booooo.

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                        • andy0414
                          Pushing for Selection
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 71

                          Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
                          And yes, at least we know after today Jetta won't be going to play with the KKK. Let's remember, a lot of people in Perth are ex-South Africans who left because they were disappointed by the end of apartheid.
                          Is this the level of thinking that RedandWhite has sunk to?
                          Where's the remote?

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                          • Doctor
                            Bay 29
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 2757

                            Originally posted by stevoswan
                            But it definitely has some merit, that coupled with the 'faraway outpost' mentality of the west, it is quite plausible and also, only an opinion.
                            No argument about the 'faraway outpost' mentality, and there certainly are many ex-pat South Africans there but to blame it on them is also racial profiling and also (and more importantly) lets the rest of their boorish, one-eyed racist fans off the hook. Freo fans are nothing like that.
                            Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                            • mcs
                              Travelling Swannie!!
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 8149

                              Originally posted by Bexl
                              In my opinion west coast has the worst supporters in the comp and has for a long time, they boo even the most easy too see frees to their opposition. A stat in the paper the other day showed that w c has the most frees for at their home ground than any other team and that stat was over a number of years. My son says they are smart because it helps their team but I say they are just a@^* holes.
                              Its no surprise when you get WAFL standard umpiring over there every time West Coast play there. Hence why its going to be incredibly hard to win at Subiaco in September (as we learnt in 05/06 - that 06 qualifying win would be remembered as fondly as the Nick Davis game if we had of won the flag in 06).

                              West Coast fans have always been absolutely feral, particularly at Subiaco - no surprise they get more frees at home than anyone else. Their booing of Goodes was absolutely disgraceful, but completely expected. Glad to see Jetta stand up to them, and at least we know he won't be going to play for the Weagles if he does leave.
                              "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                              • Plugger1300
                                Warming the Bench
                                • Feb 2010
                                • 310

                                Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
                                And yes, at least we know after today Jetta won't be going to play with the KKK. Let's remember, a lot of people in Perth are ex-South Africans who left because they were disappointed by the end of apartheid.
                                You understand this tripe makes us no better than them. Pull your head in

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