Rudest/Nicest player you've met?

Remove this Banner Ad

Philth said:
Your mate is correct.

Footy is nowhere near as ingrained over here in WA. ( I moved here 20 years ago).

In my office building there are about 40 people. I can talk footy with about 5 of them, max. And a lot only know about WCE/Freo.

I know plenty of blokes who like to watch the footy, but don't have a team. That would be unheard of in Vic.

I laugh when I hear WA described as a "footy mad state". It's not.
Click to expand...
Where are most of your workmates from? Plenty of people from the UK, NZ, SA etc. In fact Perth has more UK born than Sydney or Melbourne despite being much smaller.
 
Philth said:
Your mate is correct.

Footy is nowhere near as ingrained over here in WA. ( I moved here 20 years ago).

In my office building there are about 40 people. I can talk footy with about 5 of them, max. And a lot only know about WCE/Freo.

I know plenty of blokes who like to watch the footy, but don't have a team. That would be unheard of in Vic.

I laugh when I hear WA described as a "footy mad state". It's not.
Click to expand...
Also on the flipside, I moved here to Melbourne years ago and none of the Melburnian friends I know even watch footy or have a team. Or most of the people I meet. Partly the type of people I meet or hang with. Remember meeting someone from Perth here...asked him if he was Eagles or Dockers and he replied: 'I'm a nerd, so neither', with the assumption being nerds aren't into footy. Which is mostly true. Same with the hipster arty arty types.
 
THEYSEEMEROLLIN said:
My sister-in-law is mad Pies supporter and her favourite player was Darcy Moore. He was at NBL game sitting in front of her and my brother near courtside. At the end of a quarter, she said "hello" to him. He said to her "go on, take your selfie and then f*ck off!" She didn't want a selfie and was disgusted. Just said to him "I'm good, thank you!" Her favourite player is now Charlie Curnow.
Click to expand...
Lying Pants On Fire GIF
 

Log in to remove this ad.

People in WA do care about football. people love it, particularly out in the country and particularly for the Eagles.

It's just way more of a social engagement in Melbourne. plenty of people who are barely arsed about the sport will still go to a game once a year or so and own a scarf to go along with it; people might be more open to watching a game on Friday night with their boyfriend or something.

It's just a more casual engagement and that's probably due to the ease of attending matches.

For nearly two decades, you could barely get a ticket to an Eagles game. I went to school in a footy-mad town and kids were astonished I'd go to a real, live game at Subiaco. it was really only because I was a Freo supporter and you could always get a ticket sitting with the morons in the death trap three tier stand.
 
errant bounce said:
People in WA do care about football. people love it, particularly out in the country and particularly for the Eagles.

It's just way more of a social engagement in Melbourne. plenty of people who are barely arsed about the sport will still go to a game once a year or so and own a scarf to go along with it; people might be more open to watching a game on Friday night with their boyfriend or something.

It's just a more casual engagement and that's probably due to the ease of attending matches.

For nearly two decades, you could barely get a ticket to an Eagles game. I went to school in a footy-mad town and kids were astonished I'd go to a real, live game at Subiaco. it was really only because I was a Freo supporter and you could always get a ticket sitting with the morons in the death trap three tier stand.
Click to expand...

This is an issue then, so many people have been priced out of attending, which typically takes you from an ok casual fan, to a full on footy nuffie. It's why Perth 3 could be seen as important though, because it opens access to a whole lot of locked out people.
 
From personal dealings with these guys.
Flog - Wayne Carey
Top Bloke - Fev, Caleb Daniel, Jez Cameron, Croad
 
mightypowerrrr said:
I saw Sam Draper and Charlie Comben at Touch of Thailand on Burnley Street, Richmond, earlier this year.
It was 10:30pm on a Tuesday night.

I have a feeling they enjoyed their 'massage' ..
Click to expand...
they might have had a tough training session that finished in the evening then after dinner went for a rub down??? hahahhaahha
 
PenAndPaper said:
From personal dealings with these guys.
Flog - Wayne Carey
Top Bloke - Fev, Caleb Daniel, Jez Cameron, Croad
Click to expand...
When I met Caleb Daniel I couldn't understand him until I recorded his voice on my iPhone, adjusted the pitch to as deep as it could be and then played it back

I also couldn't see anything but the top of his head, because I'm 6'4 - so hard to say whether or not he was a good bloke

Think he might have been?
 
BringFevBack2021 said:
When I met Caleb Daniel I couldn't understand him until I recorded his voice on my iPhone, adjusted the pitch to as deep as it could be and then played it back

I also couldn't see anything but the top of his head, because I'm 6'4 - so hard to say whether or not he was a good bloke

Think he might have been?
Click to expand...
Did he have his helmet on?
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

mightypowerrrr said:
I saw Sam Draper and Charlie Comben at Touch of Thailand on Burnley Street, Richmond, earlier this year.
It was 10:30pm on a Tuesday night.

I have a feeling they enjoyed their 'massage' ..
Click to expand...
I bet you do… Do you still work there?
 
mightypowerrrr said:
I saw Sam Draper and Charlie Comben at Touch of Thailand on Burnley Street, Richmond, earlier this year.
It was 10:30pm on a Tuesday night.

I have a feeling they enjoyed their 'massage' ..
Click to expand...
I had one of those massages last time I was in Thailand, and all that I could think of while she sat on top of me massaging was I hope that’s my erection that I can feel.
 
Cleric said:
One of the nicest guys I met was Tony Modra.
You would have thought he was up himself and arrogant, but he was just a really down to earth country guy.
Man, to have been Modra in the 90s. He had the city to himself.
People outside of Adelaide, or who wernt around at that time just do not know how big he was. No other footballer in Australia has been that big in the state he played in.
Click to expand...
He thought the same when he went to Freo and decided to call the Raunchy girls in a Wharfies pub "Wh**es" and "S**ts". He was with his teammates who when the music stopped and the lights went on, scuttled away from Modra as the head Raunchy girl told him to pull his head in, or the show would be cancelled, and he'd cop a flogging. As she said it, she pointed to the wharfies and seafarers watching the show, he shut his mouth, the show re-started, and the Freo boys all left fairly quickly.
 
Elroo said:
He thought the same when he went to Freo and decided to call the Raunchy girls in a Wharfies pub "Wh**es" and "S**ts". He was with his teammates who when the music stopped and the lights went on, scuttled away from Modra as the head Raunchy girl told him to pull his head in, or the show would be cancelled, and he'd cop a flogging. As she said it, she pointed to the wharfies and seafarers watching the show, he shut his mouth, the show re-started, and the Freo boys all left fairly quickly.
Click to expand...
nikki sixx GIF by Mötley Crüe


I bet Mods still got a sticker.
 
Elroo said:
He thought the same when he went to Freo and decided to call the Raunchy girls in a Wharfies pub "Wh**es" and "S**ts". He was with his teammates who when the music stopped and the lights went on, scuttled away from Modra as the head Raunchy girl told him to pull his head in, or the show would be cancelled, and he'd cop a flogging. As she said it, she pointed to the wharfies and seafarers watching the show, he shut his mouth, the show re-started, and the Freo boys all left fairly quickly.
Click to expand...
He had them lining up for him in Adelaide. I could have sworn we would have had a few dozen Modra FSs at Adelaide with a few DNA tests.
 
Nicest I've met. Luke Power, Michael Voss, Leppa, Shane Crawford, Lenny Hayes, Ron Barassi, Taught Kenelly Shaun Burgoyne.

Dakota Davidson and Bre Koenen are also lovely

Rudest James Hird, Michael Roberts

Most stuck up Mark McViegh although he was young and may have changed.



From other sports.

Most Storm boys are lovely especially Jahrome Hughes, Billy Slater, Antonio Kaufusi and Cam Smith

Most netballers I've dealt with in recent times have been lovely although was at the same bar as sone about 20 years ago that were acting like they owned the joint.

Cricket Brad Hodge was always pleasant. Back in the day sledging Joe Scuderi and Mark Ridgeway at shield games was a laugh as they'd get seriously stirred up.
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Rudest/Nicest player you've met?

Similar threads

BrodeeKF
Injury Worst/most gruesome injury you've seen
2 3
Replies
59
Views
3K
Altum Volantes
Altum Volantes
Cleansweep17
Most & Least Greedy Fwds you’ve seen?
Replies
5
Views
585
Back One Out
Back One Out
PowerfulPies2023
Top 20 Past Players you've seen in your life time?
2
Replies
48
Views
2K
PowerfulPies2023
PowerfulPies2023
austinnn
Which current players do you predict will have post-player media roles?
2
Replies
44
Views
2K
hawkman
hawkman
Lingsface
One player each team -1st xv111
Replies
14
Views
760
black is White
B
tropicaltiger
Best 3 players last 50 years under 70kg
2
Replies
25
Views
1K
PiCkLeJuiCe
PiCkLeJuiCe
RAPPA
Your team’s 3 key players that’ll shape 2025
2 3 4
Replies
79
Views
4K
Schauermann
Schauermann

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top