Rucci = boring

[Mitch Power]

Steady Rick, you are beginning to write like a cows supporter. Rucci is spot on and we have to cop it on the chin.

 

[portentous]

Should the mods create a "rooch" sub-forum for all of this?

FWIW I'm happy for him to bag us when we're playing crap. Would hate to end up as precious as the cows whenever a journo is critical of us. We deserve what we cop at the moment-chokers, downhill skiers, soft ..........the whole lot.

 

[dreamkillers]

Should the mods create a "rooch" sub-forum for all of this?

FWIW I'm happy for him to bag us when we're playing crap. Would hate to end up as precious as the cows whenever a journo is critical of us. We deserve what we cop at the moment-chokers, downhill skiers, soft ..........the whole lot.

just don't give him the recognition for the dribble that makes up most of the articles.......sure we deserve criticism but some actual valid ones would be good.......the interstate media do a much better job reporting on what 'actually' happens with Adelaide's two AFL sides.......

 

[Fergus]

Sorry but that Dynasty book was a shocker. Well meaning? Yes. Well written? NO NO NO!! A thousand times no!

Michelangelo was clearly found out by the demands of writing something longer than a newspaper article and he was badly let down by his editor who should have fixed the aimless meanderings backward and forward in time and many other faults besides.

The pity of it is that there was wonderful material there for a great book. That book will likely never be written now because Rucci's appallingly inept effort got in first.

I hope you're reading this Michelangelo because I've got an autographed copy of the book having lined up with thousands of others the day Fos and the rest of the Williams clan were signing them. It sits in my bookshelf and when I see it there I think bad thoughts of you.

Edit:- Having got that off my chest I hope this board isn't going to get frequent threads about Rucci's latest article. Apart from anything else he may be a loose cannon with some of his nonsense but there's truth there also. If he's causing some introspection at Alberton he's making a good contribution.

I'm glad someone from Port has said this. I bought that book having played at the Port Magpies and was really looking forward to it. I just found myself wondering where it was going next and to be honest a let down. It didn't do the story and family justice.

 

[*PAF]

I read his article with interest today, not sure if it's online yet. But I am sick and tired of him in most articles now referring to Port and Choke.

Yes we lost, highlight we lost if you want but stop referring to it as a choke in every article. It is getting quite repetiticous and boring. For a guy who is supposed to follow Port this attempt to get into the pyschy is quite over the top. I understand he is supposed to be neutral, but he is going beyond taht.

I agree with his player assessments however, but they are quite easy to indentify, interestly, he didn't assess the coaching panel, I thought tht was interesting.

He also made reference that Port should be trialling the younger players for 09, to which I agree, regardless of what people think and the club, I think our season is gone, if it isn't this week it will be when we lose to the Dog's in Darwin. I would much rather see, big Fabian, Thomo (I can't believe I am bringing him up here), Lower, Thomas, show us their stuff than Peter B, Ladey and Wilson. We should be planning for 09 and structuring our team for 09 also so we can get an idea where the boys are headed.

On a side not we appear to tracking similarly to the Dogs. 06 was a good year, 07 a drop off and then 08 a good season, 2009 will be quite an interesting year for us I believe.

Rick

Crows board.

 

[FishingRick04]

Steady Rick, you are beginning to write like a cows supporter. Rucci is spot on and we have to cop it on the chin.

Mitch, come on you to PAF. Don't insult me

I'll cop it but I disagree. (Slowly creeping into a corner in the dark)

 

[PowerKat]

Should the mods create a "rooch" sub-forum for all of this?

FWIW I'm happy for him to bag us when we're playing crap. Would hate to end up as precious as the cows whenever a journo is critical of us. We deserve what we cop at the moment-chokers, downhill skiers, soft ..........the whole lot.

Personally, I wouldn't like to see him given that level of prominence on this board

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Don't worry it's not going to come to that. Anyway, I have some sympathy for Rooch. He has two teams to write about, the crows are travelling ok we're not, so we cop some attention. It's getting a bit repetitive, but there's a simple solution if you're not happy with what he's writing. Don't read it. No one forces you to. Heck, one of the reasons I like these message boards is I learn a heap more here about football and Port in particular than I do reading the tiser. And at least MR gives our grievances a bit of public airing.

 

[PowerForGood]

This is my point, lose a couple of games and it is now recycled everyweek even though since 04 it hasn't appeared.

It's use is feeble and cheap, not just by Rucci but by opposition supporters and the like.

I just don't think it should be accepted so easily by fans with ohh well we lost two we should have won we deserve it.
I reckon it's B.S, our club has been fantastic over the years, made many finals series, won almost the most H & A fixtures a couple of GF's in 10 years. It's insulting to have a crap tag associated.

Just my sentiments

I don't like it and I don't think we deserve it tarnishing our club's great history, but we have done it a few times in our 12 years in the AFL, and everyone is looking for something to hang on us given our far better than expected first 11 years.

Every club has something:
Colli-wobbles.
Carl-tank.
St Kilda "potential"
"Ninth"-mond
"Chardonnay-set" Crows

 

[FishingRick04]

I don't like it and I don't think we deserve it tarnishing our club's great history, but we have done it a few times in our 12 years in the AFL, and everyone is looking for something to hang on us given our far better than expected first 11 years.

Every club has something:
Colli-wobbles.
Carl-tank.
St Kilda "potential"
"Ninth"-mond
"Chardonnay-set" Crows

LOl some of those are funny

Do they get thrown around as much though? But good point.

 

[tribey]

I'm glad someone from Port has said this. I bought that book having played at the Port Magpies and was really looking forward to it. I just found myself wondering where it was going next and to be honest a let down. It didn't do the story and family justice.

Jon Harvey!

 

[tribey]

Every club has something:
Colli-wobbles.
Carl-tank.
St Kilda "potential"
"Ninth"-mond
"Chardonnay-set" Crows

Melbourne 'Off to the snow'
West Coast 'West Coke'
Sydney 'protected species'
Fremantle 'Fremantle'

 

[subaru]

If the Crows were in a similar position to us and he was writing this stuff, they would be tearing down the Advertiser's front door, because on the whole their supporter base is thin skinned and immature (despite their average age being 68) but Port supporters should be better and more knowlegable than that.

As I said before if the cap fits, we have to wear it.

With all due respect......we have had to read the cr#p he wrote about the Crows for years. no-one has torn down doors - we have tolerated his garbage because he is a weak journalist that takes his quotes from either the radio or other people's articles. There was a game against St Kilda in 2005 where in his article, the first 24 paragraphs were about how bad the Crows were and 4 about how good they were - they actually played one bad quarter and won the game by 5 golas.

Now that someone down at Alberton has upset him, he is on the warpath against you lot - and your getting all misty ?

Well , from our experience - suck it up - take it like a man - coz the only way it will stop is if you start winning and keeping your mouths firmly shut - eg - best team to be 0-4, spread the love, double page spreads on Chad, revolutions, at least we made the Grand Final blah blah etc etc.

PS - Most of my friends are Crows supporters - as are their kids - average age of our group of about 20 people - 26 years old.

 

[*PAF]

With all due respect......we have had to read the cr#p he wrote about the Crows for years. no-one has torn down doors - we have tolerated his garbage because he is a weak journalist that takes his quotes from either the radio or other people's articles. There was a game against St Kilda in 2005 where in his article, the first 24 paragraphs were about how bad the Crows were and 4 about how good they were - they actually played one bad quarter and won the game by 5 golas.

Now that someone down at Alberton has upset him, he is on the warpath against you lot - and your getting all misty ?

Well , from our experience - suck it up - take it like a man - coz the only way it will stop is if you start winning and keeping your mouths firmly shut - eg - best team to be 0-4, spread the love, double page spreads on Chad, revolutions, at least we made the Grand Final blah blah etc etc.

PS - Most of my friends are Crows supporters - as are their kids - average age of our group of about 20 people - 26 years old.

You're right, no doors were torn down.

Settle down every one and let's behave in a civil manner like our cousins down the road.
Has the time come to boycott the Advertiser yet or do we have to wait for a few more articles first?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

With all due respect......we have had to read the cr#p he wrote about the Crows for years. no-one has torn down doors - we have tolerated his garbage because he is a weak journalist that takes his quotes from either the radio or other people's articles. There was a game against St Kilda in 2005 where in his article, the first 24 paragraphs were about how bad the Crows were and 4 about how good they were - they actually played one bad quarter and won the game by 5 golas.

Now that someone down at Alberton has upset him, he is on the warpath against you lot - and your getting all misty ?

Well , from our experience - suck it up - take it like a man - coz the only way it will stop is if you start winning and keeping your mouths firmly shut - eg - best team to be 0-4, spread the love, double page spreads on Chad, revolutions, at least we made the Grand Final blah blah etc etc.

PS - Most of my friends are Crows supporters - as are their kids - average age of our group of about 20 people - 26 years old.

With all due respect, the ignorance of this topic you've displayed in this post is astonishing. Here's a challenge for you. Go to the Adelaide Board, search for 'Rucci' and have a read through the returns you get. You don't have to read them all, after a few hours you'll get the picture. Then maybe you'll be qualified to comment on how well Adelaide supporters have 'taken it like a man' and come and tell us what to do. Until then, spare us the sanctimony.

 

[*PAF]

With all due respect, the ignorance of this topic you've displayed in this post is astonishing. Here's a challenge for you. Go to the Adelaide Board, search for 'Rucci' and have a read through the returns you get. You don't have to read them all, after a few hours you'll get the picture. Then maybe you'll be qualified to comment on how well Adelaide supporters have 'taken it like a man' and come and tell us what to do. Until then, spare us the sanctimony.

Hehe.

A few hours will be needed just to read the thread titles, let alone contents.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Hehe.

A few hours will be needed just to read the thread titles, let alone contents.

When Rucci has a crack at the camries, about the only man more than a few of them take it like is Bobby in Deliverance.

 

[Eddie Woloschek]

Sorry but that Dynasty book was a shocker. Well meaning? Yes. Well written? NO NO NO!! A thousand times no!

Michelangelo was clearly found out by the demands of writing something longer than a newspaper article and he was badly let down by his editor who should have fixed the aimless meanderings backward and forward in time and many other faults besides.

The pity of it is that there was wonderful material there for a great book. That book will likely never be written now because Rucci's appallingly inept effort got in first.

I hope you're reading this Michelangelo because I've got an autographed copy of the book having lined up with thousands of others the day Fos and the rest of the Williams clan were signing them. It sits in my bookshelf and when I see it there I think bad thoughts of you.

Edit:- Having got that off my chest I hope this board isn't going to get frequent threads about Rucci's latest article. Apart from anything else he may be a loose cannon with some of his nonsense but there's truth there also. If he's causing some introspection at Alberton he's making a good contribution.

Spot on. One of the most badly written and edited tomes of the 20th century.

 

[subaru]

With all due respect, the ignorance of this topic you've displayed in this post is astonishing. Here's a challenge for you. Go to the Adelaide Board, search for 'Rucci' and have a read through the returns you get. You don't have to read them all, after a few hours you'll get the picture. Then maybe you'll be qualified to comment on how well Adelaide supporters have 'taken it like a man' and come and tell us what to do. Until then, spare us the sanctimony.

That was not my point - I am simply saying that going on the way the Crows have been treated, cracking it isn't going to change a thing - all the fuss made by some supporters changed nothing. I never said Crows supporters didn't cut crook - what I am trying to say - is don't give him the ammunition and don't give him the attention - He will dig his own hole - as he has with Scotty's counter - he is running out of angles to justify that garbage even being printed .

I was not having a shot - but we live in a one paper town - neither Crows nor Port fans have any choice - tearing down doors won't help. We have had this experience for years and it is wasted breath and we have finally come to the conclusion ourselves that the only way to deal with it was to "suck it up" Just trying to save you some angst.

 

[noddy]

When Rucci has a crack at the camries, about the only man more than a few of them take it like is Bobby in Deliverance.

Ouch !!! but was a very good movie.

Please remember that Mr Rucci luvs yuse all & is only writing such articles for the betterment of the PAFC.

Plus his ego.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

That was not my point - I am simply saying that going on the way the Crows have been treated, cracking it isn't going to change a thing - all the fuss made by some supporters changed nothing. I never said Crows supporters didn't cut crook - what I am trying to say - is don't give him the ammunition and don't give him the attention - He will dig his own hole - as he has with Scotty's counter - he is running out of angles to justify that garbage even being printed .

I was not having a shot - but we live in a one paper town - neither Crows nor Port fans have any choice - tearing down doors won't help. We have had this experience for years and it is wasted breath and we have finally come to the conclusion ourselves that the only way to deal with it was to "suck it up" Just trying to save you some angst.

no-one has torn down doors ... we have tolerated his garbage

These are your words. If you want to say we shouldn't listen to him, say that. But don't set up the crows fan base (yes I know, an element not all) as the paragons of Rucci-virtue to which we should aspire. We've all seen some spectacular cracking of the sads about Rucci on the Adelaide Board, and he has commented on radio about threats he and his parents have received after he has written critical articles about the crows.

If you read through the whole thread I think you'll find that the majority of posters have said Rucci is justified in making the comments he has about Port. And that we've made similar comments (and probably harsher) ourselves before he has. Even the poster you chose to quote said we have to wear the cap if it fits.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Ouch !!! but was a very good movie.

Please remember that Mr Rucci luvs yuse all & is only writing such articles for the betterment of the PAFC.

Plus his ego.

That's right noddy. Just like when he praises the crows (and the crow fans notice) it's only to set them up so he can sink the slipper harder when they stumble.

 

[blackdiamond]

For the amount of time subaru spends here one would think she is a closet Port supporter, I think I will name her Mrs Williams.

 

[portentous]

Jenny??

 

[subaru]

For the amount of time subaru spends here one would think she is a closet Port supporter, I think I will name her Mrs Williams.

I love yous all too......