richie has played that way most of the year and its worked. we play with three up front really. anyway agree wasnt a good quality grand final, we battled hard but came up with nothing. a few of bonos big boys stood up and that was the difference.
was a decent crowd, a good day (result aside)- even if we had a long trip home!
our fans turned out in good numbers which was pleasing, im sure had we scored we would of blwon the roof off the joint but wasnt to be.
bring on 2014!

Richie wasnt happy getting replaced so
early I would of kept him on for the full
ninety minutes

i reckon if rockdale didn't have such a shit first halk and conceded in the first 10 minutes or so , may well have been a different result, i can't remember a worse first half of football this season.....stage struck? nerves? lack of big game experience.... and bonnyrigg the masters of the fall.....go down easier than a $10 hooker.....

id expect him not to be happy when subbed. youd be more worried if he didnt care coming off! anyway, he wasnt having a good day so the right call by the coaches me thinks,.

Anyone see what happened at the end of the game
This is where Avala Boys where sitting


lol lol lol

What happened im curious


FUNNY but so true

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i was few rows above from it....... i believe it was a Rockdale supporter who got angry at the Serbs chanting "Ellas Ellas Makedonija" and the guy hit back with "Shiptari" chant

Big Serb biker bloke confronted him..... stopped watching when i heard the Whistle blow

Heard Serb supporters had brang banners to the ground but everything was deemed to be Ethnic and confiscated by FNSW Officials.... saw the Active supporters arguing with Security and Police

If im honest Sunday was a very great day, woudnt mind Panthers stadium being permanent venue.... was 7-8 thousand in Attendance... entire grand stand was full

Pity that these people cant come to the ground during the season
Lots of bandwagon fans there
Im sure 80 per cent of the people wouldn't be able to name more than 5 players
from both teams

Why don't people come during the season proper
They all claim to love there club

Coming to a game once a year doesn't mean you love the club
Folowing the team in good times and bad


I only wish all these NSW Premier League could average 1000 people
per game

Honestly its a discrace when we can get 8k 5k 10 k people in the last
threegrant games and we can even get 1000 people in a season proper game

Your thoughts
We should be playing Summer People thoughts

Why do us ethnics who claim to love our clubs would rather follow the A league
and not follow the club our parents grew up with

TUnit guess that was your first game of the year for you Like many I guess

Edited by macedonia: 18/9/2013 04:34:58 PM

Edited by macedonia: 18/9/2013 04:35:59 PM

I don't think it's just an NPL issue, or even a soccer issue. Its the same all over australia, unless its a 'derby' the crowds are crap. nrl, afl, hal, all the same. once finals come along, a bit more interest, and like all the other popular sports, the finals are either sold out, or have a far inflated number, as people want to see the GF live, regardless of who's in it.

I think there would have been quite a few neutrals in the crowd, not going either way, yourself included there macedonia. i'm guessing you didn't go their purely to watch olympic and probably would have gone anyway?

And i guess the main reason these neutrals don't turn up to games is mentioned a few posts above. To have the serbs chanting racist things, the macos chanting racist things back, ethnic banners confiscated, etc, it's simply time to leave that stuff behind, wear your colours, bring colourful banners, sing, make noise, but leave the racial stuff behind.

Plus that sort of stuff is likely to keep the "so called" lovers of the club away, if they think they're going to be subject to racial abuse or potentially violence, it's not exactly a good look.

Neutrals lets say 1000 out of the 8k crowd if that


Its sad thats all im saying

Us ethnics are our own worse enemy

Do u whats made Wanderers so good
Us ethnics and we can do the same to our State League teams


So next time you go to a game try to brings a mate
As for the trouble 5 or 20 people misbehaving well
thats what we have security there for
D

from what i have heard they had all their banners confiscated..... the banners all said the teams name, the supporter groups name and such.... nothing racist if you ask me..... but they brang a Greek flag lol i honestly think that was for provocation

Probably not racist, but goes against what fnsw permits, ie, identifies with a foreign region, etc.

I agree re wanderers, but it's a melting pot and doesn't identify with any particular group. The only fanatical supporters you'll get to the ethnic clubs are people of that same ethnic background, unless the club makes a concerted effort to move away from the ethnic ties and rebrand, which it won't, as that is what the regular weekly supporters are. Sure there are supporters that aren't ethnic in any ethnic club, but I bet if u asked the 2 supporter groups what their backgrounds were, they'd all tell you either macedonian or Serbian.

Edited by Big Wally: 18/9/2013 06:31:29 PM

Good to see some decent searching points finally of wishing to gain more support.

From the outside looking in here many times, I'm born here from Italian/Crow parents, naturally we grow up as aussies but the blood runs euro, not fanatical but blood is blood but I just can't stand the spoilers/wankers in the crowd from the ol nsl clubs - used to follow Apia back in the good ol days but once it got out of hand that was it it ruined being a supporter who just wanted to sit and watch a good game.
Now having my own kids (first 2 football playing boys just as I still playing at 53) near on 21 13 I won't take them to any PL games what for, hence were SFC from its start, not a hassle or concern though mind you the new crowd are already getting up my goat, as mentioned thats a melting pot waiting to happen sadly !
I'd really like to revisit PL but not until they identify its time to get up with the modern world, new supporters don't want to be around unsettling scenarios whilst your watching a game of football - we are not like the origins of the past, the old timers are getting older where is the new breed of supporters coming from to watch these games and help it grow ?
2nd 3rd generation who behave as some of their relos of the past, seriously these clubs need to open their eyes minds for one day soon even local sponsers will dry up for lets face it their own business's one day sell off to new migrants who are not from the same kind possibly.
Nowadays you need to offer extra value to entice new supporters - what actually do PL clubs do different from 10-20yrs ago ? the game or any for that matter needs to offer more just as any commodity in this day and age.

Until head office fixes the Premiere leauge especially in NSW , linking community clubs with the elite competition eg: top park soccer team play against PL1 and PL2 clubs to determine a champion, there is no link at the moment between park soccer and the Elite level .

Right. So why do people have issues with State League supporters but then praise the RBB/NT/Yarraside etc who cause a lot more problems?

I'm glad you dont attend State League games. You sound more like the type who'd feel at home at the golf or tennis

Unsettling scenarios at NSWPL games? :lol: haven't been to many have you? The most unsettling scenario I've seen or been involved with at a NSWPL game in the last few years is when they ran out of Cevapi at King Tom last Sunday.

Let's not forget a few things though. Aside from a few signs that never made it into the stadium, there was absolutely no issues. No arrests, no fights, just people supporting their teams, or their to watch some decent standard football. And dring all of the previous rounds, this has not been an issue anywhere.

I'd prefer it stayed that way. It's just this season that we're starting to move on slowly from some of the indiscretions of the past and allow supporters. But that's only 2 games out of the whole season. 99% of the rest of it has no issue, and has had no issue for as long as anyone can remember.

Lets not shy away from the fact that the GF had a bumper crowd and was a generally enjoyable day for all, except for the scoreline for the rockdale supporters.

mate the day was great, result aside. no ejections, no issues, friednly atmosphere.

the only issue was a few of the serb boys tried to birng in a greek flag, it got confiscated, end of story. a few chants by the serbs didnt bother us in the slightest.

great ad for the world game if you ask me. if only fnsw put the cameras on the other side!

FYI and to sc58 - I never stated anything of recent PL games :lol:#-o
I suppose my issue is with the past sc - I should revisit todays PL game, for the record I have no praise for the rbb/nt/yarraside, others may but I'm not with them.
I'll disappoint you and attend some games next season, specifically yours :) I do play golf weekdays \:d/ tennis bores me nowadays but for the top shelf pros.
Anyway back to proceedings I'm not out to rock any boat just put my POV across not out to be flamed over discussion.

Was funny when the ground security tried to get the Rockdale kids with the flags at the front to sit down. Supporters nearby started putting it on the security shouting "leave the kids alone!" They left them alone.

same happened to our supporters mate

except the complaints were from Rockdale supporters lol...... honestly very sad when 5 security guards and 2 police officers need to come intervene, calm the situation which at start was nothing but escalated into something bigger.... idiot security and fnsw management

If you're not talking about recent PL games then why are you talking at all? So you're basing your entire stance on history?

That's like me saying I wouldnt attend a Champions League game because of Heysel... or that I wouldnt attend an FA Cup game because of Hillsborough. There's no relevance

If vocal crowds bother you then you can always attend Manly/Blacktown City/Blacktown Spartans games.

People like yourself just look for excuses/justifications not to go to games. If you're not interest in State League that's fine, nobody says you have to go. But don't run around spreading bullshit to make yourself feel better about your apathy

Manly wouldn't be a good fit aswell, heard they have a redneck attitude on dark skinned players..... Keifer Dotti would know best :lol:


Edited by srbin22: 20/9/2013 10:00:08 AM

=d> :lol: - making judgement over 2 posts ridiculous but all to its own, so much for rational discussion :lol: its 442 #-o

I'm making judgements based on your first post:

1. I just can't stand the spoilers/wankers in the crowd from the ol nsl clubs
2. used to follow Apia back in the good ol days but once it got out of hand that was it it ruined being a supporter who just wanted to sit and watch a good game.
3. Now having my own kids (first 2 football playing boys just as I still playing at 53) near on 21 13 I won't take them to any PL games what for
4. (in regards to SFC) the new crowd are already getting up my goat
5. I'd really like to revisit PL but not until they identify its time to get up with the modern world, new supporters don't want to be around unsettling scenarios whilst your watching a game of football - we are not like the origins of the past, the old timers are getting older where is the new breed of supporters coming from to watch these games and help it grow ?

I wont bother continuing.

Your post basically says "Something happened back in the day that I didn't like so I dont attend State League games anymore. Because of the past, I make assumptions about the present and dont take my kids to the games"

My judgement is based on your own post. I'd say the judgement is pretty spot on

LOL, you commenting on the current situation based on past experience (10-20 odd years ago) isn't ridiculous at all, right?

So a group of idiots try and stir up trouble by invoking a Balkan dispute, get a Balkan insult in response and get offended?

Was there even an IQ between them?