gnomey, whatever you are on I want some of....
League SOO is right up there with Carlton-Collingwood, Man U-Liverpool, Celtic-Rangers, Real Madrid-Barca, Arsenal-Tottenham derbies. REAL rivalries bourne out of decades, generations, OVER 100 years of rivalry and sometimes hatred....
Even the WC derby is based upon traditioanl Freo-Perth derbies built for over 100 years. The SA derby is based on the fact that everyone except Port supporters hates Port Adelaide.
I vividly remember SOO 1 when Beetson landed one on the Crow. That was real but it was symbolic, the rivalry was there for almost 80 years, SOO just released it based on the fact that we had been stealing their players for the last 15 - 20 years.
That the AFL can get a plastic team that no-one asked for, with no members, no backers and no history create a MEANINGFUL rivalry and passion apart from manufactured rubbish is totally absurd. For starters there will be no-one there......
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