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Dirty Weekender wrote:

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Dirty Weekender wrote: Every club needs a Neil Randall type who has the means and the know how off the field to get things done on behalf of his club. Smart operator regardless what you think of the man personally. I do know the man and have seen first hand the passion and efforts he has gone to for the good of his club. Having men who can get shit done behind closed doors is a must for all clubs. Can't begrudge Subi for utilising the skill sets of their people. We need to learn from the bastards if we are gonna defeat them

You make a good point DW ...although he has now been a Commissioner for some time and should not have any one club ties anymore!

Yep BH I still believe he acts in the best interests of Subi first and foremost even as a commissioner ...that's kinda my point...he's getting shit done in his role that benefits his club...it's not that I condone the method just acknowledging the results achieved for Subi...I'm still yet to see any direct influence that has made the comp greater, don't think that is really part of the agenda despite the job title. Hard to begrudge a man for using his capacity to help his club...wish I had that ability

You and me both mate.

Freezin wrote:

Dirty Weekender wrote: Every club needs a Neil Randall type who has the means and the know how off the field to get things done on behalf of his club. Smart operator regardless what you think of the man personally. I do know the man and have seen first hand the passion and efforts he has gone to for the good of his club. Having men who can get shit done behind closed doors is a must for all clubs. Can't begrudge Subi for utilising the skill sets of their people. We need to learn from the bastards if we are gonna defeat them

Fark DW...I wish the other Swannie whingers and a few other WAFL club supporters had your insight and intellect mate....if the shoe was on any other foot bar a Subi one, this endless and I mean farking endless, whinging from a few on here wouldn't even exist...get over it people, business is business....dont think any Swannie fan or any other fan would be blinking an eye if their club was in Subi's shoes right now....wish some folk would move on from this apparent travesity of justice...it's boring, it's repetitive

SPOT ON Freezer. fair dinkum this site is like De Ja Vue I'd swear people have alzeimers as they repeat the same old themes every 3 to 6 months over and over and over again, the blame game on the future of the WAFL, the situation with Subi, what happened when the eagles entered the VFL, etc etc etc....

yes its funny how we didn't hear them whinging in 2010 when the situation with Subi was exactly as it is today...

BC wrote: yes its funny how we didn't hear them whinging in 2010 when the situation with Subi was exactly as it is today...

The most annoying thing is despite giving factual answers to the same old chestnuts, the same old false accusations incorrect histories get regurgitated on a 6 monthly basis, its like a parallel universe of selective abnesia.

Its little wonder the catch phrase fakenews is now rampant.

The other thing that helped drag Subi out of the financial mire was the massive transfer fee the club negotiated from the Hawks for Buckenara, cant recall the amount but it was a sizeable 6 figure amount. Through the efforts of Kevin Merrifield and the very capable smart business men that followed him as club presidents, the club was pretty much debt free by the time the Weag's came along.

BC wrote:

Tiger of old wrote: Boothead you are new to this site, don't worry all of us here (aside from the $ubi supporters ) are well aware and absolutely displeased with the financial advantage subi have and how much it has effected the integrity of the comp for a long, long time but it has remained such a constant that we have just had to live with it

and what financial advantage would that be ToOL? do you mean having social premises at Domain which allows them to offer AFL game day packages and run a bar? if that's what you're talking about then it's not some gift from the WAFC, it's a historical fact that Subi played out of there for 90 years, built the social club themselves and use it to their own advantage. wouldn't Claremont do the same if roles were reversed and AFL games were played at Claremont Oval?

It isn't limited to AFL game packages either, how about big concerts like last years ACDC gig alone where the turnover in $ubis old bar was around 6 figures I was reliably informed by a WAFL club President #fairness

Swandog wrote:

BC wrote:

Tiger of old wrote: Boothead you are new to this site, don't worry all of us here (aside from the $ubi supporters ) are well aware and absolutely displeased with the financial advantage subi have and how much it has effected the integrity of the comp for a long, long time but it has remained such a constant that we have just had to live with it

and what financial advantage would that be ToOL? do you mean having social premises at Domain which allows them to offer AFL game day packages and run a bar? if that's what you're talking about then it's not some gift from the WAFC, it's a historical fact that Subi played out of there for 90 years, built the social club themselves and use it to their own advantage. wouldn't Claremont do the same if roles were reversed and AFL games were played at Claremont Oval?

It isn't limited to AFL game packages either, how about big concerts like last years ACDC gig alone where the turnover in $ubis old bar was around 6 figures I was reliably informed by a WAFL club President #fairness

I'm sure SD used to do well out of the music festivals held at Bassendean for a number of years...why aren't you still doing them?

you would need to ask the council, its their venue not Swans.
Swans got to run a can bar at those gigs, the upstairs area was for the bands to party in.