World Cup 2026 Australia thread

[melbcityguy]

Grow up

I just want to say sir no matter if I'm right or wrong you argued poorly. Do your own research he says. Do better good sir

 

[patjennings]

2019 grand final

 

[patjennings]

It took me 30 seconds. I was wasted more time with you. What else do you deny. The moon landing?

 

[HonestSpursFan]

It took me 30 seconds. I was wasted more time with you. What else do you deny. The moon landing?

The robot reptilians are the reason for Melbourne Heart becoming City. Think about it: why so many seagulls?

 

[tsf]

What’s up with this defeatist ‘we deserve it attitude?

Ffs it’s like the drips
on social media complaining we need to turn a big profit or ‘stand on our own two feet’

Yet turn a blind eye to afl getting billions in government support

 

[tsf]

The lesson here should be we are actually strong if together and we should do more pushing.

 

[melbcityguy]

It took me 30 seconds. I was wasted more time with you. What else do you deny. The moon landing?

You said AFL fans were throwing flares where when???

Also how r we wasting time I'm enjoying your company

 

[Cunningstunt]

Problem is, those dickheads will for sure let off lots of flares. Sigh…………

This issue around fan behaviour and flares in particular, is something which will continue to come up. Fans are determined to set them off and police hate them.

I was at one of the initial meetings in Parramatta when the Wanderers were forming. Lyall Gorman said flares will always be a problem and there is no way do have them done that will ever be acceptable to police, venues, mainstream normies, political figures etc. I think he was and still is correct about this.

I was in the RBB the first few years when flares were going off, blokes were starting fights, police were getting involved and there were bans on limited evidence. Police and venues will never accept it happening, it is such a visual and explicit 'fuck you' to them. It is also pretty impossible to actually identify the guys doing it (from outside looking in), so the only option they have it to come down on all fans collectively or ignore it. It will never get ignored.

So then you end up with things like this with Fed square or over policing, bans without evidence etc. Is it unfair? Yep. But at the same time I know for a fact that some of the guys who did get banned back then, were setting off flares. Because I saw them do it or they boasted about doing it. So they cry about there being no evidence, despite actually having done the thing in the first place. I doubt anything has changed since then.

The whole thing holds the game back. It gives the other codes easy leverage and a free kick to cause us problems politically. Causes massive over policing at games which in turn sees people drift away from supporting the sport.