Finals Week 1; the other games. Tasmania, home of football!
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But of course, I'm also late to the game, so perhaps the born and bred supporters from the game's heartland, feel the rivalries more intensely than I do.Comment
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Yes, England, but rarely went to games as there was no local first division | premiership team. Plus for a while there (a couple of decades) it got really dangerous and unpleasant. The separation of the fans was to stop them killing each other. It still amazes me how AFL and NRL fans mingle happily without significant issues.I doubt if many of us are particularly serious about hatred for other clubs. Maybe there's the odd grudge that we hold, and the moments of schadenfreude. But at the ground or going to and from the ground, I will happily chat away to any opposition fans, if they happen to be sitting next to me. I just tend to think: same religion, slightly different interpretation.
Possibly not a great analogy?
When you say that you were originally soccer and came late to AFL, does that mean that you're from Britain? Because I have the belief, that the physical separation of fans at British soccer grounds, would only exacerbate the rivalry, into something beyond friendly.Comment
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Are you guys happy to sign off on this statement.
If we don’t win the cup, it has to be the Demons?
Ps - Scotches are going well.Comment
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Bit of a choker Hawkins
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BTW Didn't BT get taken to hospital yesterday. Glad to hear RB's uncle is OK
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Can't wait to see Scott's miserable face when geriatric Geelong lose. Wow, I am a haterComment
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Yes, but I would argue (without much knowledge of English football and social history) that the caging off of fans, to keep them away from each other, would do two main things. It would reinforce the concept that those people are your enemy and that you have such limited self control, that you need to be kept away from them. But now that the football has started, it's probably not the time for a sociological discourse.Yes, England, but rarely went to games as there was no local first division | premiership team. Plus for a while there (a couple of decades) it got really dangerous and unpleasant. The separation of the fans was to stop them killing each other. It still amazes me how AFL and NRL fans mingle happily without significant issues.
First goal Motlop. Go Port.Comment
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Yes, a few Swans fans might be missing Aliir. Perhaps less so for Rohan?
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Yes, their scores have largely been umpire gifts.Comment
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[QUOTE=dejavoodoo44;829327]Yes, a few Swans fans might be missing Aliir. Perhaps less so for Rohan?
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I was just thinking that there is only given this final's series. As much as I liked him when he was playing for us, that Rohan would go missing. So far, he's not disappointing with his all too familiar lack of disposals.
Allir on the other hand ...Comment
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