Official Team Thread 🐍 Ophidian Old Boys FFC S34 🐍 Serpens iratus est in braccas 🐍

[Elton Johns Wig]

You didn't need to quote me, I've already said i support the new team.

Must have had a thought, wasn't intentional.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Must have had a thought, wasn't intentional.

Sounds dangerous

 

[Robertio]

Must have had a thought, wasn't intentional.

No problems mate.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Sounds dangerous

Wait until you see my intentional thoughts,,,,wowsers!!!

 

[Tigerturbulance]

Jesus ... I'll get back to you on this one ... lots of ponderings

Lets keep it to how YOUR bid is going to BENIFIT the SFA

More active? Your team will be ... at the cost of ...what?

Another "Boys Club" lol ... we have had that before.

How will you "retain" your rookies? Like how you did it at the Furries? Or are you going to take a new slant to retention?

What is so special about your bid that we should fu** a fixture up and start teams not included on a week by week basis?

Also I told you about the bye thing 2 months ago via PM .... I said, despite what you think it was hinged on 2 successful bids ... my opinion ...

I accept you don't want a bye and you think somehow our recruitment is at the expense of weaker clubs, your entitled to that view, it is a fantasy league after all!

As for how is our bid going to benefit the SFA, if you cant see it by looking at the bid, the playing list and the banter that has gone on in this thread, you will never get it.

 

[TJASTA]

It was a failure … krakouers didn’t win the EKA

I was nah around t' see it in action, but I will take yer word fer it.

 

[damicky]

It sounds like the sticking point for most of us is the dreaded bye

Tigerturbulance - will your elite college arrange extracurricular activities to entertain us in bye week?

 

[kdavva]

It sounds like the sticking point for most of us is the dreaded bye

Tigerturbulance - will your elite college arrange extracurricular activities to entertain us in bye week?

I would say you could just log out of the site and do something else for a few days but I dunno if you’re capable of that

 

[damicky]

I would say you could just log out of the site and do something else for a few days but I dunno if you’re capable of that

You could stop stalking my BF activity

I am actually trying to be constructive in this expansion debate

 

[kdavva]

You could stop stalking my BF activity

I am actually trying to be constructive in this expansion debate

I can be constructive, there’s nothing wrong with a bye, we don’t all need to be coddled 24/7

 

[damicky]

I can be constructive, there’s nothing wrong with a bye, we don’t all need to be coddled 24/7

Fair enough

My personal opinion is that the bid should be successful if the only downside is a bye

Why don’t you want to coddle me?

 

[ImissFrosty]

You could stop stalking my BF activity

I am actually trying to be constructive in this expansion debate

Are you a fan damicky?

Seems like you'd fit in well at the OOB. A wide array of posters there, seems like they have plenty of interests and will attract all types

 

[damicky]

Are you a fan damicky?

Seems like you'd fit in well at the OOB. A wide array of posters there, seems like they have plenty of interests and will attract all types

I need to get through all the current clubs before joining an expansion club

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I can be constructive, there’s nothing wrong with a bye, we don’t all need to be coddled 24/7

did you ever meet this poster called kdavva?

 

[kdavva]

did you ever meet this poster called kdavva?

Kdavva? I barely know her!

 

[Supersuns]

Fair enough

My personal opinion is that the bid should be successful if the only downside is a bye

Why don’t you want to coddle me?

Because you'd backstab him and join whatever team PMs you instead?

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Kdavva? I barely know her!

You are not missing anything!

 

[kdavva]

You are not missing anything!

I actually really miss kdavva74 hope he’s doing alright

 

[Metalcrusher]

I accept you don't want a bye and you think somehow our recruitment is at the expense of weaker clubs, your entitled to that view, it is a fantasy league after all!

As for how is our bid going to benefit the SFA, if you cant see it by looking at the bid, the playing list and the banter that has gone on in this thread, you will never get it.

OK .. discussion ended ... No worries mate.

I'll take this back to the LG and Bomber members then

Good luck with your progression.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

I actually really miss kdavva74 hope he’s doing alright

You'd be the only one .

 

[kdavva]

You'd be the only one .

Another stunning argument BAT, keep up the good work.

But for real what happened to our roommate bond?

 

[Metalcrusher]

You already complain about "bye" rounds, yes? Oh, this team doesn't banter, that team doesn't banter....

What you have here with the new bid is a guaranteed super active week.



A compelling reason?

So, the main issues last time were:

Posters not good enough/bids too weak - has this been addressed? Why yes, yes it has. Comfortably.


What about the weak clubs? The weak clubs, think of the weak clubs. Ok, on this, point me to a time there were no weak clubs? Any time, any season? You can't. Even after the 2 failed bids last time which saw an influx of quality, the same number of teams stayed weak. They always will. You could put off expansion for 20 seasons, and there will be strong teams, and weak teams. No expansion? Weak teams. Expansion? Weak teams.

It has been very carefully addressed and constructed that weak teams were not approached/attacked (we'll leave that to others). It was actually important to the bid that the talent was not taken from some areas, and never too much from any.


Reasons FOR expansion. There's firstly, an increase in banter. Levels are up because of the new entity. The match thread experience will improve, because for all the reasons you want to try and knock the bid, the core is strong, and the team will be a quality opponent. So that's one less dead week, and the quality offsets the bye I believe.

Also, new posters. We saw with the 2 failed bids last time that there were a lot of rookies/posters who have stuck around and enriched the league. Well, you get another big influx with the bid. This has more than one impact. Firstly, it's new blood to interact with. Also, it increases the pool of players. We know player movement is ongoing. So there is no way every one will stay with the new bid, it never works like that. So these "struggling" clubs will have a bigger pool of players from which to recruit. The new bid will also be recruiting ongoing, bringing MORE people into the league.

If we look at RL, just to make a comparison, does anyone want to argue that the VFL expanding and including teams like WC, Freo, Port, Adelaide etc has been a bad thing? No, it has enriched the competition. New storylines, new rivalries. The same will happen here.

Does anyone seriously want to go back to the 12 team VFL? Hell, I don't. We're not talking of an unbalanced, too speedy expansion here. It's one side.

There will be more media, which in turn means more engagement again. Naturally most teams produce some level of media through their posters, and the new team would have a couple of posters renowned for it. Again, adding to, not taking away.

So, the Bombers, they're after more activity yeah? Well, this new bid provides it in spades.

BEEZ season hasn't started yet .. pipe down campaigner.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Another stunning argument BAT, keep up the good work.

But for real what happened to our roommate bond?

I can't remember what I had for breakfast mate.

 

[Metalcrusher]

I would say you could just log out of the site and do something else for a few days but I dunno if you’re capable of that

 

[Callums_Guns]

Because you'd backstab him and join whatever team PMs you instead?