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58shark wrote: Just had a peek at the WCE v Scott's whingers. Looks as though they have picked up an injury to Nat. Gets worse for their reserves, doesn't it?

Whingers?? Nic Nat was crap before the injury anyway. Nic Nat may well be a legend of the game in years to come. I still think no matter what his attributes, he is still a very lazy footballer.

Time For a Flag wrote:

screemar wrote: I think the EPFC re think the alignment position. its not good for the club, either you win games or lose games, its not authentic. I hate the ferals but I love the wafl and the wafl is not the same without a bunch of authentic ferals.

Succinctly put screamer. I couldn't agree more. But as i always said no one but Jardine agreed with my proposal of Freo taking over Peel completely and calling them the Mandurah dockers (with same jumper)and WC forming a new team and calling them the North Beach, Scarborough or Joondalup Eagles (with same jumper. Both teams playing the traditional eight teams twice but in a different comp like the BHP or Chevron cup.

This would have left the traditional eight alone.

Nowhere near as simple as that TFAF.

Trouble is, each time the alligned teams lose The WAFC says "Told you they wouldn't dominate. This system is fine"

Problem is that they will be available to play finals.

If wc have another year like last injury wise their reserve side wont make the finals!

OK Tiger of Old. Not as simple as it sounds but it is doable and a dam site lot better than what we have now.

Traditional Eight left alone.

10 team comp with no byes.

WC and Freo playing in their own stripes and therefore garnering more interest from AFL followers.

WC and Freo not playing off in the WAFL finals. (Ive got answers to the problems that could cause WC and Freo btw.

Traditional Eight left alone.

Only introducing one new team.

Time For a Flag wrote: OK Tiger of Old. Not as simple as it sounds but it is doable and a dam site lot better than what we have now.

Traditional Eight left alone.

10 team comp with no byes.

WC and Freo playing in their own stripes and therefore garnering more interest from AFL followers.

WC and Freo not playing off in the WAFL finals. (Ive got answers to the problems that could cause WC and Freo btw.

Traditional Eight left alone.

Only introducing one new team.

Not this shit again.

You like what we have atm Pete?

Roman wrote: Problem is that they will be available to play finals.

They have to make it there first.

Chickens coming home to roost.

I have argued the point relentlessly with EP people who are dumb enough not understand this whole thing. The fact we have a side predominantly made up of players on the Eagles list, and might I add many just average WAFL players in my opinion. They don't train with the group, they don't affiliate with the group, they adhere to a personalised individual programmes that best suit the welfare of the Eagles themselves. The whole thing is absurd. The result on Saturday will not even come up in any discussions with the West Coast Eagles and Brian Dawson. But how the Eagles individuals went certainly will.

I have been criticised for turning my back on my club by some people. I see it another way. I am a supporter of the EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB. This is the club that was actually the EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB without the WEST COAST EAGLES money, coaches, players and rules.

I therefore am one of the few people who actually stood up for the EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB by making a stand against the takeover. You people in essence are the ones who turned their backs on my club. I fought and continue to fight for what is morally right for my team the EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB, you people have in fact supported the demolition of my club. You all think you are loyal, you are all in fact contributors to the demise of what we have stood for, for 100 plus years.

And isn't it a fascinating coincidence that after 100 plus years of battling the arch enemy West Perth, now 320 games later we suddenly now lose to them for the first time ever by over 100 points. It has never happened in over a century, now we have this state of the art set-up, money rolling in and an abundance of elite players the other clubs cannot get access too. Now straight up after 100 years of history, it is ruined with a garlic muncher record breaking demoralization.

You people who support this insanity can take the full responsibility for this. You went the easy option of simply saying you would support the club no matter what. Thinking incredibly naively like you were being some kind of saints standing on a royal pedestal or something. You are the ENABLERS of ruining the club.

I have been pleading with EP people to stand up and fight for the EPFC, not the other version that masks itself as such. How any of you cannot see the damage you are causing by being so naïve about this, is beyond belief. You all poke your chests out like pidgeons saying "stuff everyone else because they hate us anyway", was the absolute last way the supporters needed to handle this. You are all blinded and seduced by Bronte's aura. What we needed was an across the board response that made the club understand this would kill our spirit. And what I have loved about this club (THE ORIGINAL & REAL EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB) was the spirit we had. It was everything and even when as a club we had to fight for scraps and we were in the dark abyss, we still had spirit and a code engrained in the Coat Of Arms, that is now void of attachment.

I am one of the few who I class as the "Real" supporter of East Perth. I will stand here and say that with full confidence. You can keep telling yourselves you are all loyal and black & blue, by following the Eagles infiltration. That result on Saturday is something you should all be proud of. It took 100 plus years for it to happen, and you were all there to witness it first hand. That lifeless and empty chested display is one of little surprise to those of us who did the right thing and stood firm. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

With a league side relying on a chunk of Eagles players who are suddenly not there, the "UNDEFEATED" Reserves side is then raped & pillaged. The end result is a reserves also losing by 100 points, and lets not forget this is a reserves side that was undefeated and playing a WP reserves side that had not won a game!!! And a league side that play like a bunch who don't know each other and also lose by 100 points. Who did not see this happening ? Remarkable.

I want to thank you all for turning your back on my club, that is what you have all done. And I say all of this because I don't care one bit about your opinions that amount to nothing. This side may make the finals, they may win a Grand Final. They may even now afford some good air conditioning in the clubrooms. You are all kidding yourselves if you think any of it is a result of it being East Perth.

What would now be an insult is if you people who did not stand up for the original EAST PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB, now suddenly complain about what is happening to the club. You have given up your rights to complain. You gave up those rights the day you criticised people like myself, and labled us traitors. You are the traitors and the reason we have a wall between us all.

And us real East Perth people don't thank you for it.