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est47 said:
Apart from CT and them adding a new star to their badge every year and the whole fv thing.

Whats the lore? Is simply them jealous of south and trying to be mates but then when push comes to shove they turn the other way?
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They are the "TRUE GREEK" club in Melbourne we are dinosaurs according to the husky turds that spend all day drinking frappe at Vanilla ... until we play in a higher division , then the Wogleigh scarfs get put back in the back of the closet and the old South ones come out .... I saw more 20- year old Hellas merch on Friday than I at any other time during the season...
 
southmelb said:
On field yes.

Off field still in same predicament. Our supporters live too far from where we play.

I'd say we have Preston covered for sponsorship and corporate appeal...beneath that the foundations are very rocky.
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Thats too much of an excuse now .... Fact is we have stagnated, relied on past glory and arrogance to promote the club...

Its getting to the point were we have to either put up or step aside ....
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Love the episode AND the atmosphere.. Preston are doing tremendous things, the only comment I would make is that they are leaning ALOT harder on their North Macedonian identity than perhaps is wise... Flares were cool (although if that was South or Knights we would have copped points deduction) but the Greeks-Turks bullshit and maps of northern Greece with red suns all over them where supposed to be a thing of the past?

Anyway congrats to the club, the players and the fans, they put on a hell of a show .. Im sad we lost but pleased the "spark" is still there in this derby .. They have been missed...
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And we respected the one minute silence....
 
southmelb said:
I dont think Altona have ever openly been hostile to Preston, if anything its the opposite and Altona still sucks up to them. I think the community respects that Preston is the top dog.
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Preston have been a bit hostile to most other decent Macedonian clubs. Altona, Geelong, Sydenham are all more friendly with eachother. I wouldn't say suck up. There's still hostility but it's nothing compared to Greek/Italian clubs and it's only between Preston and Altona/Sydenham.
 
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southmelb said:
They seem to be very complimentary of Preston on socials. I do know a few Altona people who claim Preston have always been arrogant towards them. 20 years ago some Preston supporters would refer to them as "JUST" lol. Being on the other side of Melbourne i think Altona are in their own little world. I doubt many from the west go to Preston games either.
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Altona suffer from their area. I live in the area, but most Altona fans drive 15-30 mins to get to home games. People here go to Preston games but they're not dedicated Preston fans, local clubs come first
 
superpolska said:
Preston have been a bit hostile to most other decent Macedonian clubs. Altona, Geelong, Sydenham are all more friendly with eachother. I wouldn't say suck up. There's still hostility but it's nothing compared to Greek/Italian clubs and it's only between Preston and Altona/Sydenham.
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A Preston fan once told me that the perception was that Altona were not and i quote "macedonian enough" for their liking. This was a while back but i'd remember they'd call Altona Serbs (hence the JUST reference).

I gathered at the time that Altona was pretty much on decent terms with all the Greek clubs (still are) and the Preston faithful saw that as weakness that they couldnt match the same level of fanaticism as them.

Preston was formed by people that are literally from the same villages as heidelberg supporters where as Altona arent so they have little motivation for politics, and for many decades been neighbours at Paisley park with Altona Paok.
 
fixture changes,

NPL SA: Adelaide United v FK Beograd now Thursday 8.45pm AEDT (8.15pm Adelaide) was originally scheduled Friday 4.30pm AEDT, 4.00pm no longer at Coopers Stadium held at ServiceFM Stadium also no longer Isuzu UTE A League Men’s curtain raiser.

NPL VIC: Dandenong Thunder v South Melbourne - moved to 8.15pm Saturday Night (originally Saturday 7.00pm).

both due to extreme weather policy is in place for Adelaide on Friday and Melbourne on Saturday.
 
southmelb said:
A Preston fan once told me that the perception was that Altona were not and i quote "macedonian enough" for their liking. This was a while back but i'd remember they'd call Altona Serbs (hence the JUST reference).

I gathered at the time that Altona was pretty much on decent terms with all the Greek clubs (still are) and the Preston faithful saw that as weakness that they couldnt match the same level of fanaticism as them.

Preston was formed by people that are literally from the same villages as heidelberg supporters where as Altona arent so they have little motivation for politics, and for many decades been neighbours at Paisley park with Altona Paok.
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Excellent analysis .... you know what I would love? Some journalist to interview a family that has some member's supporting Preston ... and other's supporting Heidelberg!!

Oooohhhh ... how juicy that would be!!
 
Son of Sam said:
Excellent analysis .... you know what I would love? Some journalist to interview a family that has some member's supporting Preston ... and other's supporting Heidelberg!!

Oooohhhh ... how juicy that would be!!
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Would be fascinating for sure. I daresay both Preston and Heidelberg pool a lot of their fans from the same northern corridor (Thomastown through to Epping). A lot of Preston supporters have Greek surnames. I knew a guy that played at Lalor Florina (Greek macedonia) and he said it was the more bizzare experience ever, the people would flip flop between Heidelberg and Preston, and shared examples of even siblings being split between the two, and then they'd inexplicably change again lol. Then you've got the club that came later Plenty valley lions (Lerin)

Whole thing is a mess. Hated all that bullshit when i was a kid, picking South was an easy choice. South just wanted to win, who could forget that audacious attempt to sign John Markovski!
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Thats too much of an excuse now .... Fact is we have stagnated, relied on past glory and arrogance to promote the club...

Its getting to the point were we have to either put up or step aside ....
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1) the product we dish up is boring

2) connected to 1, whose driving an hour to watch that shit?

3)we hands down have the worst social club in Victoria, no food available to supporters post game, we play friday night games the past few years and do nothing to entice the fans to stay back, we dont even turn the tvs onto the afl! Thats basic melbourne social club etiquette!

We are essentially run like an A league franchise. Whats the point of a South membership when the club plans to join 5 different leagues and the first the members hear of it is from some article on the net. We dont get consulted on anything.

The only people that matter at South are those corporate big wigs that watch the games from the vip balcony. The rest of us are peasants.

Then to top that all off you arrive to the most recent home game and we are engaging in borderline match fixing with our lineup, at the point you question packing it all in.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
They are the "TRUE GREEK" club in Melbourne we are dinosaurs according to the husky turds that spend all day drinking frappe at Vanilla ... until we play in a higher division , then the Wogleigh scarfs get put back in the back of the closet and the old South ones come out .... I saw more 20- year old Hellas merch on Friday than I at any other time during the season...
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Nobody from Jokeleigh was there on Friday night, they're too scared to travel to the other side of town lol.

Most of them were locals.
 
southmelb said:
1) the product we dish up is boring

2) connected to 1, whose driving an hour to watch that shit?

3)we hands down have the worst social club in Victoria, no food available to supporters post game, we play friday night games the past few years and do nothing to entice the fans to stay back, we dont even turn the tvs onto the afl! Thats basic melbourne social club etiquette!

We are essentially run like an A league franchise. Whats the point of a South membership when the club plans to join 5 different leagues and the first the members hear of it is from some article on the net. We dont get consulted on anything.

The only people that matter at South are those corporate big wigs that watch the games from the vip balcony. The rest of us are peasants.

Then to top that all off you arrive to the most recent home game and we are engaging in borderline match fixing with our lineup, at the point you question packing it all in.
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Your preaching to the choir mate .... agree on all points ...
 
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