I'm ok with Danny getting moved on, the schtick had run its course IMO. But kowtowing to sponsors/AFL/our Disney overlords etc without any member engagement is only going to further disenfranchise the fanbase.
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I'm ok with Danny getting moved on, the schtick had run its course IMO. But kowtowing to sponsors/AFL/our Disney overlords etc without any member engagement is only going to further disenfranchise the fanbase.
Memory suggests Danny departed before Bains joined the fold.
Perhaps Danny's handiwork saw senior figures at other clubs get their noses out of joint. Senior figures with thinner skins but more pull at AFEL House than us. Perhaps we asked Danny to tone it down a bit and he said stuff that. Or perhaps his management upped his 'price' on the back of his success. Will we ever know? Him walking away with no explanation's a genuine head scratcher.
It is a timely example though of effective, smartly-executed innovation. It wasn't just us applauding his work, it was the whole AFEL community to the extent some even began to mimic what we were doing, albeit shabbily.
Can't see too many but the marketing masterminds applauding this ridiculous childish jumper but best I pull up there before I become triggered again.
Dogs wore the ‘Thor’ one off strip at open training this afternoon and the jumper looked surprisingly good when viewed on the whole team...
I may be on my own, but I like the concept of the jumper.
Let’s hammer the swans.
We wore Robodog every week for 15 years.
Looks quite good I think.
Dunkley training photo
PR guys have been busy getting their hands up the butts of their puppets. The aggressive sales pitch / shut down from JJ earlier in the week and the slightly tempered, sheepish diplomatic sell from the Bont today on SEN.
Not going to change now, the club has made it clear they don't care. The Thor jumper looks shit, is a genuinely bad idea and cheapens us as a group. We'll carry the shame and embarrassment forever. It's damaged my view of the Club's back of house staff greatly, for whatever little that's actually worth.
Aside from that I am going to try not let it ruin my day at the footy from this point in.
Based on the shots of the blokes faffing about in 'Thor' at training, from any distance grater than 5 yards it looks like greasy, non-descript mess. They really should've added the helmets for full effect, and I'm sure the AFEL would've at least paused to consider it.
I did hear Gillon mention that every club may propose *one* novelty jumper per year and one only, so at least the season remainder will be unsullied by shitty showbag trinkets.
I just want to check if the jumper we wore tonight was a major concern to your GameDay experience? Never have I seen so much ado about nothing.
I thought the jumpers from a distance (my seat on level2) weren’t toobad. I also think they should be burned. Whenever someone came nearer, or they were on the video screen, I got a good look. It is a shocking jumper.