What a GREAT banner

[AndrewP6]

I’m more than happy for them to get the on field stuff right in lieu of humorous banners.

[bornadog]

I’m more than happy for them to get the on field stuff right in lieu of humorous banners.

Admin has never been better with strong leadership, no debts and able to support 4 teams.

[ledge]

Admin has never been better with strong leadership, no debts and able to support 4 teams.

Exactly if you look at the big picture we would have to be the most successful club off the field and on it the last few years , innovation and forward thinking have been huge . We also have more redevelopment of the whitten oval coming.
This club is building for a long term future and strength , the flags will come but let's get the club on a concrete footing first.
The old saying build it and they will come.

[Murphy'sLore]

It wouldn't be a surprise to me if it was a head office thing, to be honest.

Anything that isn't entirely vanilla makes them uncomfortable. Everything about the AFL experience that is already vanilla is in the firing line for being watered down further.

Very happy to blame it on AFL House, along with everything else! That would actually make some kind of twisted sense.

[Topdog]

I’m more than happy for them to get the on field stuff right in lieu of humorous banners.

Pretty sure Danny making humorous banners didn't impact the players.

[Greystache]

I’m more than happy for them to get the on field stuff right in lieu of humorous banners.

Are the two mutually exclusive? I'm pretty sure there's different people involved in the process of training and develop players, and the people making the banners.

To say we can't do one while doing the other is like saying I can't clean my house because my car's overdue for a service.

[Twodogs]

Are the two mutually exclusive? I'm pretty sure there's different people involved in the process of training and develop players, and the people making the banners.

To say we can't do one while doing the other is like saying I can't clean my house because my car's overdue for a service.

I can't think and breathe at the same time. You can always tell when I'm deep in thought because I am laying in the ground and going blue in the face.

[bornadog]

Pretty sure Danny making humorous banners didn't impact the players.

Are the two mutually exclusive? I'm pretty sure there's different people involved in the process of training and develop players, and the people making the banners.

To say we can't do one while doing the other is like saying I can't clean my house because my car's overdue for a service.

I will let Andrew explain what he means.

[AndrewP6]

Are the two mutually exclusive? I'm pretty sure there's different people involved in the process of training and develop players, and the people making the banners.

To say we can't do one while doing the other is like saying I can't clean my house because my car's overdue for a service.

Pretty sure Danny making humorous banners didn't impact the players.

What I meant was I don’t think the banner issue is our biggest problem, and couldn’t care less what is on them. No they’re not mutually exclusive, but IMO the banner is a non issue while we are rubbish on field.

[bornadog]

What I meant was I don’t think the banner issue is our biggest problem, and couldn’t care less what is on them. No they’re not mutually exclusive, but IMO the banner is a non issue while we are rubbish on field.

I knew what you meant.

[The Underdog]

It’s Friday night and we’re fighting fit
But since we fired Danny
Our banner’s are Shit

[LostDoggy]

And they don't even show the fans on the Doug Hawkins wing what they say!!!!

[bulldogtragic]

It’s Friday night and we’re fighting fit
But since we fired Danny
Our banner’s are Shit

'Twas just thinking about best all time banners, and you can't go passed the GWS Prelim; Our club was born of blood and boots, not in afl focus groups.

I think it set a tone/trend for the night. I know I and others laughed, but then got fired up about this self indulgent bullshit plastic club, handed everything by the AFEL, arrogant to think winning was deserved as per the newspapers on our seats. So we all booed the shit out of GWS as they came out. Then at the cheer squad end we gave Davis & Shaw a 10 minute spray, who heard us and clearly didn't like it (gosh darn it). So we did it to them both quarters they played back. Did the banner effect the result, who knows, maybe. Did it amp us all up to 11 and make it tribal as hell and 'us against them' to the point we were louder for our boys for 4 quarters? Yep, no doubt.

A part from laughing for all of Danny's banners week in and week out, and tv shows showing them each week and free promotion for the club, I think reflecting on the GWS banner and imagine if there was some vanilla 'hot dogs' reference, whether we'd be deprived of a great banner (which we are now) and the opportunity to really rile up the fans for the greater good. It really is a shame that this club will exist forever now, but that the best game day banners we will ever have are firmly in our past already. I can't recall one from 2018 that stuck in my memory.

But it what it is, and we move on. I was just reflecting on the GWS game and great banners.


P.S. I love the work the cheer squad put in and they do a great job with what they can. But if Mick Jagger quit the Rolling Stones and was replaced by a bag of fortune cookies as lyrics and song writing, The Stones would just never be the same again.

[westdog54]

I thought the GWS banner was a marked change of direction for Danny.

While most of his previous work had been light-hearted banter, I saw this as a real shot across the bough.

The phrase I had in my head when I read it was 'shots fired'. He was having a red hot dig, and such was the venom that had developed between the two clubs.

Its a right shame that Danny no longer writes the Banners. I thought it generated some great PR and social media traffic, and you should never underestimate the value of positive social media.

[westbulldog]

McGinlay's banners were clever, refreshing, humorous and at times inspiring. The new CEO in this instance had a choice - dare to be different or dare to be boring, bland and pedestrian.