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BC wrote: a bit harsh there southerner imo...Howson has been a long time supporter/sponsor of the filth although I do agree he's sold out this time around. i'm also staggered by Larry's suggestion that flags aren't important...try asking players and supporters of non-aligned clubs if premierships don't mean alot. ask your passionate Perth supporter if at the end of the 2014 season they'd rather have coin in the bank or a flag on the wall...sounds like justification from Larry for getting into bed with the wet toast for mine.

I think the fact that there are so many passionate perth supporters ( still ) pretty much proves that flags arent important.

Larry Bird wrote: Perhaps not BC if you had read the entire thread. A couple of posts before it was mused that EP would swap the money for the flag. My post was in response to that point, I would keep the money thanks.

Dead right, the way souths finances are now , if they said you had a choice between a flag and a million in the bank,,I'd take the Mill in a flash.

BC wrote:

58shark wrote:

chaddy22 wrote:

BC wrote: I noticed in the Worst that the feral eagles have posted a profit of $356k for season 2014. That's pretty well unheard of in the WAFL. Just goes to show how much you can save when not paying coaches or the majority of players...plus attract sponsors that want to be associated with the wet toast. Makes a nonsense of other clubs who survive by chook raffles etc.

A bit of jealousy.Apparantly had a $80,000 saving by having control of the bar.Profit built on savings as revenue was pretty static.

Jeez, we've seen some crap on this site, but this is beaut. Bring back Le Victim

hear hear 58...savings where chaddy? player, support staff and coaching payments perhaps? with all those weagles listed players and their access to physios, surgeons, doctors, sports science gurus, strength and conditioning staff, player welfare advocates and so on.. EP would only need a first year nursing student to hand out aspirins and band aids for the local guys....oh, and other medicaments to a player who shall remain nameless for fear of a certain Claremont poster coming on and threatening legal action .

we didn't have to shell out for whitegoods like some clubs.

Sad state of affairs when us WAFL diehards are suggesting that the we should just be happy to participate in a compromised comp.

Not this black duck. Winning a flag is the bottom line

Larry Bird wrote: Flags are largely irrelevant in my opinion and a good proportion of the members I speak with. Was very impressed with all the renovations at the club. The Gym and wet room with state of the art ice bath facilities certainly a fortune being spent.

So why do we play a whole season for? If flags aren't important then there really isn't any need to play 20 games plus finals is there?

Grump wrote:

BC wrote: what freebies are you talking about grump?

lunchesm, merchandise etc that the new CEO put a stop to ....... .

not a lot of $'s but a few k every year, taking over the bar and some of the food. Apparently the bar take went from 10K to near 100K.

How did the bar takings rise that much Grump?

First of all flags do matter !!!!!
That's why the Perth supporters are passionate, they're living in hope !!!!!!!!

What a frigging joke, proves how much money that West Coast are spending and still the assistance to Peel continues.
If only somehow the seven clubs could stand alone, unfortunately that is but a dream.

However, in a bad year for the Club, this makes the $112k profit of of the Perth Football Club even more credible.

Similar turnover to EP by the sound of it yet, the Perth Football Club pays for it's own players and coaching staff.

Unfortunately not as many coaches and they are not getting paid anywhere near as much. Just have a look at our assistants. Most of them probably don't get paid.

Any EP supporter who does not see this as a farce is blind or just bloody stupid.

Friggin bloody joke.

Well done PFC !!!!

No wonder PFC is amongst the most viable Clubs financially.

Larry Bird wrote: Perhaps not BC if you had read the entire thread. A couple of posts before it was mused that EP would swap the money for the flag. My post was in response to that point, I would keep the money thanks.

No doubt that making a profit is important but I reckon if you surveyed majority of team sports, supporters whilst wanting both would predominately lean towards a premiership.

Bird's post is the absolute crux of why they are the AFL reserves side , the very reason they are known as the Corner whores of the WAFL