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Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« on: May 28, 2011, 11:09:00 PM »
All thats happened tonight is

1) the players confidence has been shot
2) the players were taken half way around the country so the club could make some money
3) the momentum has been smashed and it could result in the end of our season IMHO.
4) the supporters missed out on watching our team play at the G
5) 4 points because whatever people say we would have won at the G IMHO.
6) our players had to play at a rabble ground.


THE CLUB ADMINISTRATION SHOULD APOLOGISE TO THE SUPPORTERS AND THE PLAYERS. I DONT BLAME THE PLAYERS. THIS 4 POINTS WAS DONATED BY OUR ADMINISTRATION TO PORT. ITS A DISGRACEFUL DECISION THAT HAS JUST ABOUT WRECKED OUR SEASON!

IF THEY HAD ANY HONOR AT ALL THEYD APOLOGISE TO BOTH THE PLAYERS AND THE SUPPORTERS!


JUST A QUESTION - HOW MUCH MONEY WILL IT COST US NOT TO MAKE THE FINALS? H

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 11:11:57 PM »
What ever money amount we made from this game should be distributed to the members.

Sorely missed Grimes tonight
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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 11:13:08 PM »
why if OUR home game, has ports major sponsor got banners around the outer side on the fence, its our home game isnt it :banghead

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2011, 11:13:56 PM »
I reckon it is harsh on the admin to blame them for the game being played in Darwin or the loss.

Obviously our finances haven't been great and they are trying to get them back into a state to allow us to be sustainable as a strong club with resources to compete with the Collingwoods etc....

Fact is we should beat Port if the game was played anywhere, anytime.  

I don't like selling games either but we struggled to find a major sponsor this year so the $400,000+ or what ever this is worth is pretty significant.
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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2011, 11:14:25 PM »
The fact that they had to start late due to light towers not working is simply not good enough.

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2011, 11:15:54 PM »
If you can't beat the Power you're not playing finals full stop
Power beat us last year at etihad, pure guess work that we beat them in melb.
We were outplayed tonight and I suspect not much would've changed had this happened in Melbourne tonight
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2011, 11:17:08 PM »
And my supporting evidence against this proposition is that I bet Caro Wilson belts the club for playing in Darwin on Footy Classified.
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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2011, 11:18:15 PM »
One word

Unprofessional.

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2011, 11:20:27 PM »
We would have won in Melbourne! When you are broke, you make deals with the devil, it cost us tonight!

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2011, 11:21:35 PM »
One word

Unprofessional.

I think the unprofessional comes in when you consider Port were in Darwin a day early while a couple of our boys were in TV studios.
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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2011, 11:22:51 PM »
One word

Unprofessional.

I think the unprofessional comes in when you consider Port were in Darwin a day early while a couple of our boys were in TV studios.
Too true!

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2011, 11:24:08 PM »
One word

Unprofessional.

I think the unprofessional comes in when you consider Port were in Darwin a day early while a couple of our boys were in TV studios.
That's ordinary :banghead

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2011, 11:26:36 PM »
If you can't beat the Power you're not playing finals full stop
Power beat us last year at etihad, pure guess work that we beat them in melb.
We were outplayed tonight and I suspect not much would've changed had this happened in Melbourne tonight

I disagree all year Hardwick has been talking about our 19th man. He was hardly there tonight.
Sellout is the club. Why sell your home game and then another later in the year to play in substandard stadiums just to promote the game. Thats the job of sh1tty poor clubs like Norf and the Dogs.

Club has failed here. In hindsight on the back of last week if the game was at the Dome or G we would have had 40K there and psychologicaly Port don't put a line in the fixture to prepare for this game differently from weeks out. Furthermore we don't have to prepare mentally and psysically either being a game in Melbourne and we can stick to our normal routines instead of promoting this game in the Top End.

Lame effort. I agree Flagman. Admin of the club have been remiss. By the way how much has been raised in the FTF?
Let me question this in this way what would you rather have right now 4 points or 500K in the club coffers?
Right now I want the 4 points and 500K mean nothing to me in the club coffers. Even if we are a regular finals side two years from now I see nothing to be gained at it unless we are in a financial abyss which we are not.
This was more of a home game for them rather than us as they have always played in each game that has been played there. Shocking. Very frustrated at the club right now not the team.

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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2011, 11:29:26 PM »
could only happen in darwin, how on earth they saw fit to fixture a game in that third world two horse town is beyond me. NEVER again, I'm as mad as hell right now :banghead
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Re: Club Should Apologise for the Darwin Farce
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2011, 11:29:55 PM »
One word

Unprofessional.

I think the unprofessional comes in when you consider Port were in Darwin a day early while a couple of our boys were in TV studios.

Thursday Night, Daniel Jackson was watching a band till late at the Corner Hotel, Lids was on the Footy Show, and Jack was at the Greyhounds at Sandown Park.
Port players had a training session from 8pm till 10.00pm at the ground on Thursday Night, say no more