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BC wrote:

mikeh wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote:

Larry Bird wrote: Top four best supported clubs this season with one game left.
1. EP 43,060
2. WP 42,488
3. EF 41,015
4. SF 40,300

Carefull LB you might disturb the fanatical backslapping circle jerk that's going on in the Swans thread!! Plus they will quickly point out it's the swans travelling supporters that flood other teams home games that create those numbers.

That 'Circle Jerk' as you call it SS was actually triggered by an ABC commentator who is actually a Claremont supporter who stated that his trip to Bassendean Oval was the highlight of his sports broadcasting career. Hardly a biased backslapper now eh? You can hide behind numbers all you want but you can't quantify passion and that's what Swans fans have in bucket loads.

remind me to raise at this years AGM that Subi needs to recruit a gaggle of goateed, toothless abusive pissheads so we can be known as "passionate" supporters.

$ubi would be happy with any support especially if they didn't need the aid of a gopher or walking frame for a change!

we wouldn't take our gophers or walking frames to bogandean that's for sure...they'd last about 2 minutes before getting knocked off and listed on Gumtree

BC wrote: we wouldn't take our gophers or walking frames to bogandean that's for sure...they'd last about 2 minutes before getting knocked off and listed on Gumtree

All fool you being a weak as water Kent who doesn't attend games at the premier venue/home of football Bassendean and missing out on scenes witnessed on Saturday by passionate supporters and players as one ..good to see Robbo & Twomes were back at a real football club on Saturday night amongst fans around their own age and not their great grandparents vintage!

mikeh wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote:

Larry Bird wrote: Top four best supported clubs this season with one game left.
1. EP 43,060
2. WP 42,488
3. EF 41,015
4. SF 40,300

Carefull LB you might disturb the fanatical backslapping circle jerk that's going on in the Swans thread!! Plus they will quickly point out it's the swans travelling supporters that flood other teams home games that create those numbers.

That 'Circle Jerk' as you call it SS was actually triggered by an ABC commentator who is actually a Claremont supporter who stated that his trip to Bassendean Oval was the highlight of his sports broadcasting career. Hardly a biased backslapper now eh? You can hide behind numbers all you want but you can't quantify passion and that's what Swans fans have in bucket loads.

Thanks for stepping out of the circle for a moment for your comment, yes Corbin has been great with his comments on the WPFC/WAFC fiasco but it's more about you boys "overwhelming" reaction to the comments, anyway they have been holding your spot for you so back in the circle sport.

why would I want to risk life and limb to go to bogandean and watch a game i have little or no interest in? if you want proof of what I'm talking about go onto the WAPOL website and have alook at the stats yourself. so far this year there has been 175 assaults, 94 burgs and 27 m/v thefts in Midland. In Basso there's been 84 assaults, 113 burgs and 28 m/v thefts. In leederville, the home of the mighty Lions there's been 26 assaults, 11 burgs and 9 m/v thefts. it's not rocket science to work out that I'd be 3 times more likely to be assaulted, 10 times to have my home broken into and 3 times more likely to have my car knocked off if i went to bogandean than leederville....

BC wrote: why would I want to risk life and limb to go to bogandean and watch a game i have little or no interest in? if you want proof of what I'm talking about go onto the WAPOL website and have alook at the stats yourself. so far this year there has been 175 assaults, 94 burgs and 27 m/v thefts in Midland. In Basso there's been 84 assaults, 113 burgs and 28 m/v thefts. In leederville, the home of the mighty Lions there's been 26 assaults, 11 burgs and 9 m/v thefts. it's not rocket science to work out that I'd be 3 times more likely to be assaulted, 10 times to have my home broken into and 3 times more likely to have my car knocked off if i went to bogandean than leederville....

BC please explain how going to Basso rather than Leederville increases your chances of your home being burgled? Could it be a non sequitur or do you often use hyperbole to try to make a point which can't be substantiated through facts?

mikeh wrote:

Bazza wrote:

mikeh wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote:

Larry Bird wrote: Top four best supported clubs this season with one game left.
1. EP 43,060
2. WP 42,488
3. EF 41,015
4. SF 40,300

Carefull LB you might disturb the fanatical backslapping circle jerk that's going on in the Swans thread!! Plus they will quickly point out it's the swans travelling supporters that flood other teams home games that create those numbers.

That 'Circle Jerk' as you call it SS was actually triggered by an ABC commentator who is actually a Claremont supporter who stated that his trip to Bassendean Oval was the highlight of his sports broadcasting career. Hardly a biased backslapper now eh? You can hide behind numbers all you want but you can't quantify passion and that's what Swans fans have in bucket loads.

Every club has passion , SDFC certainly dont have a mortgage on that, one club that amazes me is Perth 30 odd years of failure yet they have the busiest thread on this board.

I beg to differ. I doubt if you would have seen scenes anything like what happened at Bassendean on Saturday at any other WAFL ground, with the possible exception of West Perth.

Mik, if you happened to have been alive when Subi broke it's 49 year premiership drought like I was back in '73, you would have seen passion and emotion beyond description and only understood by those passionate Subi people who endured decades of mediocrity on and off the field, so please take the blinkers off and recognize that football does exist beyond the boundary fences of Bassendean oval.

mikeh wrote:

Bazza wrote:

mikeh wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote:

Larry Bird wrote: Top four best supported clubs this season with one game left.
1. EP 43,060
2. WP 42,488
3. EF 41,015
4. SF 40,300

Carefull LB you might disturb the fanatical backslapping circle jerk that's going on in the Swans thread!! Plus they will quickly point out it's the swans travelling supporters that flood other teams home games that create those numbers.

I beg to differ. I doubt if you would have seen scenes anything like what happened at Bassendean on Saturday at any other WAFL ground, with the possible exception of West Perth.

Come on mikeh I reckon if Perth won in a similar scenario to SD on Sat, then those celebrations would surely more than match the scenes you boys describe at SD on the weekend......

BH it really sounds to me you would rather the likes of EF SF and EP didnt have those luxuries thus impacting not only their attendances but people actually watching the WAFL overall just so you SD boys can get all the popularity recognition you obviously are so desperate to have.....perhaps SD and WP can piss off and form their own comp then.....who gives a shit who attends the most, isnt more important that people are actually attending the WAFL ?

swan42 wrote:

BC wrote: why would I want to risk life and limb to go to bogandean and watch a game i have little or no interest in? if you want proof of what I'm talking about go onto the WAPOL website and have alook at the stats yourself. so far this year there has been 175 assaults, 94 burgs and 27 m/v thefts in Midland. In Basso there's been 84 assaults, 113 burgs and 28 m/v thefts. In leederville, the home of the mighty Lions there's been 26 assaults, 11 burgs and 9 m/v thefts. it's not rocket science to work out that I'd be 3 times more likely to be assaulted, 10 times to have my home broken into and 3 times more likely to have my car knocked off if i went to bogandean than leederville....

BC please explain how going to Basso rather than Leederville increases your chances of your home being burgled? Could it be a non sequitur or do you often use hyperbole to try to make a point which can't be substantiated through facts?

its just an indicative fact 42...the others as you well know are very relative...here's the link

www.police.wa.gov.au/Aboutus/Statistics/...bid/998/Default.aspx

Senior Seagull wrote:

mikeh wrote:

Bazza wrote:

mikeh wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote:

Larry Bird wrote: Top four best supported clubs this season with one game left.
1. EP 43,060
2. WP 42,488
3. EF 41,015
4. SF 40,300

Carefull LB you might disturb the fanatical backslapping circle jerk that's going on in the Swans thread!! Plus they will quickly point out it's the swans travelling supporters that flood other teams home games that create those numbers.

That 'Circle Jerk' as you call it SS was actually triggered by an ABC commentator who is actually a Claremont supporter who stated that his trip to Bassendean Oval was the highlight of his sports broadcasting career. Hardly a biased backslapper now eh? You can hide behind numbers all you want but you can't quantify passion and that's what Swans fans have in bucket loads.

Every club has passion , SDFC certainly dont have a mortgage on that, one club that amazes me is Perth 30 odd years of failure yet they have the busiest thread on this board.

I beg to differ. I doubt if you would have seen scenes anything like what happened at Bassendean on Saturday at any other WAFL ground, with the possible exception of West Perth.

Mik, if you happened to have been alive when Subi broke it's 49 year premiership drought like I was back in '73, you would have seen passion and emotion beyond description and only understood by those passionate Subi people who endured decades of mediocrity on and off the field, so please take the blinkers off and recognize that football does exist beyond the boundary fences of Bassendean oval.

SS that was 40 years ago and WAFL footy was worlds apart from what it is now. I am not suggesting Swans fans have a mortgage on passion and every club has its passionate supporters in different forms. I was merely replying to your 'circle jerk' comment to say that the discussion since the weekend about Swans fans were sparked by a Claremont supporter making an observation about how great the atmosphere was there. If you want to get all defensive and precious about it, your choice.