Dylan Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 If there is a god, South Melbourne will lose to Edgeworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Just now, Dylan said: If there is a god, South Melbourne will lose to Edgeworth. When is the match televised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 tonight, 7:30 fox etc etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Forza hellas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 die south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, Dylan said: tonight, 7:30 fox etc etc Are fox leaving the full games replays up on their site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellenic Hero Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Come on south 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 After that performance, put South Melbourne in the a league, kick victory out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Chanting "Hellas Hellas" throughout the match. Yep! Definitely what the A-league needs. In ya go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 6 hours ago, Tony999 said: Chanting "Hellas Hellas" throughout the match. Yep! Definitely what the A-league needs. In ya go. I get amused when Hellas is brought up and they say," oh that changed years ago". As if just (slightly) changing the name changes the culture and suddenly makes the club multi-cultural. Going to take years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 They always chant hellas, what they don't do is chant in Greek, big difference. Pretty diverse crowd last night, atmosphere top notch, nsw visitors a bit unlucky though particularly in the 1st half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 i go to my fair share of npl games and defo hear greek chants from that lot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Was it just me or did the crowd look really underwhelming on tv? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 2,600 was the crowd, seats up the front were wet and many decided to stand up the back of the grand stand instead, 2nd largest crowd between 2 npl clubs in the ffa cup and I believe the largest in the round of 32, fair effort, home tie against an A league side would be very interesting, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Geo400 said: 2,600 was the crowd, seats up the front were wet and many decided to stand up the back of the grand stand instead, 2nd largest crowd between 2 npl clubs in the ffa cup and I believe the largest in the round of 32, fair effort, home tie against an A league side would be very interesting, Meh, for a club who's supporters keep telling us they'll out-pull City in their first year i'm not that impressed at all tbh. City v Sydney in Ballarat pulled 2900 on a 2 degree night fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 3 hours ago, bt50 said: Meh, for a club who's supporters keep telling us they'll out-pull City in their first year i'm not that impressed at all tbh. City v Sydney in Ballarat pulled 2900 on a 2 degree night fwiw. City v Sydney with 22 pro players on the field valued at millions compared with 2 current npl clubs of semi pros is hardly a realistic comparison. Would city v edgeworth have attracted a larger crowd last night if played at aami park? Doubt it. Which is why I laugh when people take the on field component of the ffa cup so seriously, as if any of those south players from last night would ever feature in a south A league team. They're are npl players for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Geo400 said: City v Sydney with 22 pro players on the field valued at millions compared with 2 current npl clubs of semi pros is hardly a realistic comparison. Would city v edgeworth have attracted a larger crowd last night if played at aami park? Doubt it. Which is why I laugh when people take the on field component of the ffa cup so seriously, as if any of those south players from last night would ever feature in a south A league team. They're are npl players for a reason. I'm 100% City v anyone in a competitive game at AAMI would have got more. Prob around 4-4.5k imo. I get the quality thing you are saying, but i also think thats a bit of a jump to say that they'd get x amount more if they were in the top div. They might well, but imo a lot of South fans think they have all these chickens in the bag before theyve hatched yet. You're 100% with onfield thing, I'm more commenting on the off-field, which imo is very underwhelming for a club that is making a concerted effort as to why they should be admitted to the A-League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Put these current south players in city shirts and it would be lucky to be 1200. I was there last year at the wanderers game the cahill debut..slightly over 5k. South would get over 5k against wanderers with its current scrubs let alone if they had name players. Basically lets just wait for a potential encounter with an A league team and then judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 South has got their local Melbourne Forum spinners out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 South are the more superior club, best club in Victoria, maybe even Australia. It's a joke they aren't in the a league, they are more professional then half the teams in the a league, Hellas in, CCM out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, Dylan said: South has got their local Melbourne Forum spinners out Couldn't even care less at this stage. They can claim they're as big as they want, but the simple fact of the matter is that in the current Australian football landscape they're pretty much irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, Embee said: Couldn't even care less at this stage. They can claim they're as big as they want, but the simple fact of the matter is that in the current Australian football landscape they're pretty much irrelevant. Ultimately this is the problem with Australian football, not enough clubs are relevant , even some that are in the A league now, and the ffa are sending the code as a whole down the path of boring oblivion, at least last night was refreshing, I mean all the cup games not just the south one. And South aren't irrelevant in Victoria, they top the league in every age group from juniors, women's team right up to the men's seniors. They would be even more dominant if the npl didn't have a cap which means they are forced to play sh1tcvnts like Matt Millar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Polak Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 I'm just waiting for the day South would draw either melbourne or sydney based a-league clubs and then we can see the attraction power of this fixture tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Geo400 said: Ultimately this is the problem with Australian football, not enough clubs are relevant , even some that are in the A league now, and the ffa are sending the code as a whole down the path of boring oblivion, at least last night was refreshing, I mean all the cup games not just the south one. And South aren't irrelevant in Victoria, they top the league in every age group from juniors, women's team right up to the men's seniors. They would be even more dominant if the npl didn't have a cap which means they are forced to play sh1tcvnts like Matt Millar. 9/10 football fans in this country (and even that might be too low) couldn't give a toss about South Melbourne and probably couldn't even name more than 1 of their players, they're irrelevant. Other team's have won the NPL outside of South in the last few years, they don't have some kind of almighty strangle-hold that's never broken. Great, if the A-League didn't have a cap we'd probably be dominant too, but we it does and we aren't, so tough luck really. Edited July 27, 2017 by Embee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 3 hours ago, Embee said: 9/10 football fans in this country (and even that might be too low) couldn't give a toss about South Melbourne and probably couldn't even name more than 1 of their players, they're irrelevant. Other team's have won the NPL outside of South in the last few years, they don't have some kind of almighty strangle-hold that's never broken. Great, if the A-League didn't have a cap we'd probably be dominant too, but we it does and we aren't, so tough luck really. Most football fans in this country are eurosnobs who would struggle to name you an A league player let alone someone from the npl. You only have to see the crowds the exhibition games get with touring teams to see where the real interest is. I took a mate to our game against sydney fc last year and he asked me why del piero wasnt playing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Geo400 said: Most football fans in this country are eurosnobs who would struggle to name you an A league player let alone someone from the npl. You only have to see the crowds the exhibition games get with touring teams to see where the real interest is. I took a mate to our game against sydney fc last year and he asked me why del piero wasnt playing lol. The point remains true though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Geo400 said: 2,600 was the crowd, seats up the front were wet and many decided to stand up the back of the grand stand instead, 2nd largest crowd between 2 npl clubs in the ffa cup and I believe the largest in the round of 32, fair effort, home tie against an A league side would be very interesting, You're Greek obviously. Bottom line: shithouse crowd and chanting "Hellas Hellas" all night. Stay where you belong Sth Melbourne. Right in the VPL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Attendances were: 556 at Bankstown; 879 at Hills United; 2622 at Lakeside; 928 at Sorrento (Perth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: Attendances were: 556 at Bankstown; 879 at Hills United; 2622 at Lakeside; 928 at Sorrento (Perth). Bankstown to be granted HAL license Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 South would last 5 years in the aleague. Greeks are fucking tightasses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Heidelberg pitch playing like downtown Syria. Perth looking very uncomfortable, decent chance of an upset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Kenny Athiu with a tidy finish in the top corner.......give this bloke a mature age rookie contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Congratulations to Heidelberg United! Handed Perf their heads. Bit of cup magic right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I don't understand what most of you guys have a against South and the Greek community? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Inferno said: I don't understand what most of you guys have a against South and the Greek community? I thought South weren't a greek club these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Just now, bt50 said: I thought South weren't a greek club these days? That's a load of bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 50 minutes ago, Inferno said: That's a load of bull. Not according to south supporters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 See that tackle by Tom Doyle? I heard Muscat nut all the way from Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo400 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, n i k o said: Not according to south supporters South fans get offended by the idea that the club can't be Australian because it was formed by Greek migrants half a century ago. I'm not Greek and I've been a fan since the early 90s, people love and respect the history of the joint, it is what it is, it doesn't have to define the future though. I remember waking up on those mornings in 2000 when south were in the world club championships and the games were televised on sbs, the commentators always referred to the club as Australian, I recall a south official actually trying to explain the clubs origins to the local media over there and the response was basically "Yeh nice history but your still Aussies". The club is often accused of being self hating Greeks and selling out its heritage, that couldn't be further from the truth, it's simply a natural change as generations pass. Great result for Heidelberg last night, dominated the game and are clearly the best team in Victoria as of this moment, ever since south smashed them at aami park in June they have been on a great run. Edited August 1, 2017 by Geo400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 44 minutes ago, Geo400 said: South fans get offended by the idea that the club can't be Australian because it was formed by Greek migrants half a century ago. I'm not Greek and I've been a fan since the early 90s, people love and respect the history of the joint, it is what it is, it doesn't have to define the future though. I remember waking up on those mornings in 2000 when south were in the world club championships and the games were televised on sbs, the commentators always referred to the club as Australian, I recall a south official actually trying to explain the clubs origins to the local media over there and the response was basically "Yeh nice history but your still Aussies". The club is often accused of being self hating Greeks and selling out its heritage, that couldn't be further from the truth, it's simply a natural change as generations pass. Great result for Heidelberg last night, dominated the game and are clearly the best team in Victoria as of this moment, ever since south smashed them at aami park in June they have been on a great run. You know most people just give it to South because they are so easily rustled right? For example its rare you see other ex-NSL club fans posting on other forums about why they should be let into the league etc. I don't think most people actually give a fuck what their roots are, other than to say there are plenty of people that don't want a return to the off-field turmoil of NSL days. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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