ryan2000 wrote:
I know of a few people that have not renewed their membership for certain reasons.
Pagan for one. The clubs constant drama's another. etc, etc, etc.
I don't aggree with their ways of sending a message to their club by not renewing.......................but i can understand it.
I'm a paid up and passionate Victory Memeber, but it's never gonna stop me from being a Carlton member. The blues, no matter how massive the world game gets in this country, will ALWAYS come first!
But i think overall, Victorians & football fans in general, have realised that there is plenty of room for both codes in this country.
And as for people like this Tina woman............................well i wonder if she was a Victory supporter last year when we finshed 2nd last - i'm thinking she wasn't!
Ryan 2000- I like the fact that the Blues come first...and I know you post many worthwhile posts on this site, but can I ask you a couple of questions about soccer (oh. sorry...it is called football now as i have been instructed to call it by sunrise news in the morning)
re: plenty of room for both codes... so that would mean if you were a sponsor (let's say dan murphy's for point of example) and you saw 50,000 people going to soccer matches and 40,000 to carlton - maybe you would think of diverting sponsorship away from Carlton and to soccer.
Do you think this is a reasonable scenario?
All these people that say it is possible to support Australian Football - (am i still allowed to call it australian football ? or is that what we call soccer now?... ) and soccer in equal measure are fooling themselves.
yes they are played in summer vs winter but what about when you have kids - do you want them to play footy (australian footy) or soccer (or football as we now told to call it?)
Another thing that irks me is the labelling - eg -soccer (sorry!! football) is the so-called "beautiful game" but the most "beautiful" thing i have seen is a long range shot at goal. You get that in Aussie Rules too.. but from 60 metres out.
As far as I am concerned,
the most "beautiful" thing i have seen in any football code is Jezza, sos's and buzz's marks...
I guess I must just be delusional and should immediately fall in line with the marketing gurus that tell me that soccer is "beautiful".
Oh that's right.. pele.. he dodged a few blokes in the 1970 world cup - that is supposed to be better than
Jezza's mark.. I forgot. I will obey.
I think the difference between us and americans is that americans don't obey. They believe their culture is the best... did you watch the pomp and over the top cheesyness of the superbowl? and as far as they are concerned soccer is soccer. Football is american.