V Peel, how good was Johnson, 22 Kicks, 22 on the chest, 100% percent hitting targets. What about young Sprigg, 8 hit outs against two ruckmen that accumulated 55 hit outs. Peels inability to play low ground football showed, they didn’t like man on man stuff, it was old fashion football that paid off for WP. Living in the southern suburbs and a love the Kenwick football club with a soft spot for the Perth Demons, FFS, common Demons and knock of the hand baggers, common Swans and knock off Peel. Go West, Perth and Swans.
there are some seriously high odds that would see Perth beat Claremont and turn the finals on their head
not to say it can’t happen
but
Firstly you were spot on with your observations of the Peel game Winger.Johnson was superb with his disposal and a shout out to Darcy Dixon as well.Faded a little after half time but has real talent and will be a good player on an ongoing basis.Secondly Southerner you are right about those big odds for WP,P and SD all winning.It seems WAG is our resident odds supplier but even that might be a big job to track odds for those 3 teams winning.Mind you I would put a tenner on it - not because i’m confident it would happen.It’s just the odds would be so big it might pay for a cruise!
i dont think its going to happen for us this year, tall order for swans and perth to win, no disrespect to those clubs but anything can happen. as long as we pull down the ferals pants by 10 goals ill be happy.
[quote=“screemar post=230349 userid=1120”]i dont think its going to happen for us this year, tall order for swans and perth to win, no disrespect to those clubs but anything can happen. as long as we pull down the ferals pants by 10 goals ill be happy.
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I’m surprised you blokes who have lived in an alternate universe the last 30 years,and actually believe your de facto Joondalup club is still the actual old West Perth f.c.,are dismissing the possibility of Perth beating Claremont,or Swans smashing Peel.by 12 goals which would enable your nomadic club to leap frog into the 5 at the 11th hour,but the good news is if you don’t quite make it,I noticed that Red Dot are selling 16 pack Cedar mothballs for $3 so a couple of packets ought to cover the whole squad.
yeah strange old paradox it is
East Perth have actually been more nomadic than West Perth
and East Perth is now located in West Perth
[quote=“Southerner post=230352 userid=1210”]yeah strange old paradox it is
East Perth have actually been more nomadic than West Perth
and East Perth is now located in West Perth
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Yes we’ve been very nomadic doggie man,we’ve moved from Wellington square,the WACA, Perth oval,and Leederville a grand total of about 6 kilometres in the last 117 years.,so it’s a wonder how we’ve been able to keep the majority of our traditional metro zones,which is the backbone of any WAFL club,which is something I’m sure even your canine brain can comprehend.
Genuine question RL because I’m interested in your perspective.If after a lengthy due diligence it was discovered that your football club had no prospects of long term survival in its current physical position what would you have done if it was EP?Clearly that was our situation prior to 1993 .Sorry if it sounds off topic but in reality it relates because if WP had stayed at Leederville there wouldn’t be a game on this weekend.
yeah
problem with being too nomadic is that risk of becoming the old haddock that no-one wants
[quote=“TheFeds post=230356 userid=3849”]Genuine question RL because I’m interested in your perspective.If after a lengthy due diligence it was discovered that your football club had no prospects of long term survival in its current physical position what would you have done if it was EP?Clearly that was our situation prior to 1993 .Sorry if it sounds off topic but in reality it relates because if WP had stayed at Leederville there wouldn’t be a game on this weekend.
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Mr Ness I have no issues with the circumstances that forced you to re locate,which were similar to the North Perth cricket club who also decided to uproot themselves and take advantage of the burgeoning and sprawling new northern corridor,although you can correct me if I’m wrong,your club was in a precarious financial position,and the WAFL board or commission of the day had promised to help or wipe off any accrued debt,on the basis you set up stumps in the new growth area,which was something that made practical sense then fair enough.I don’t know if the North Perth cricket club rebadged themselves as the Joondalup district cricket club straight away,but they eventually made the common sense decision,and if my club who are apparently debating the merits of moving to Whiteman Park due to the increased traffic of teams using Leederville oval,decide to go that way and lose the east Perth area to say the Perth F.C.,then I believe we should forfeit the right to call ourselves the East Perth football club and would have to call ourselves the Whiteman or Brabham Royals,and would see no problem merging the new and old history’s together.
Here’s one for you RL.
North Perth Cricket club formed in 1898.
Played on the Esplanade Perth city Till 1909.
Relocated to Lotons Park North Perth in 1910.
Stayed at Lotons Park for 88 years.
Relocated to Joondalup in 1999,24 years ago
On relocation they changed there name to Joondalup Regional Cricket club.
Sorry Falcon fans off topic.Just clarifying the Cricket move up North
[quote=“gtrxuone post=230359 userid=2215”]Here’s one for you RL.
North Perth Cricket club formed in 1898.
Played on the Esplanade Perth city Till 1909.
Relocated to Lotons Park North Perth in 1910.
Stayed at Lotons Park for 88 years.
Relocated to Joondalup in 1999,24 years ago
On relocation they changed there name to Joondalup Regional Cricket club.
Sorry Falcon fans off topic.Just clarifying the Cricket move up North
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Most of that history is correct GTR but they actually played out of Charles Veryard in North Perth between 1974 to 1999 before they were forced to vacate,and head up North to Joondalup.
Thanks for clarifying your comments RL.It seems you weren’t against the move per se just the name change.Don’t want to hijack the topic because this name discussion has been gone over many times but I see it as a transitional thing in that the “Joondalup “ tag will be added at some time in the future and then eventually used exclusively.It is just a question of timing.I think it is too early to cut our ties with the WP link simply because we have too many current supporters who associate with that brand.Yes we should incorporate with the district we play out of and as has been mentioned before the WP/Joondalup FC makes sense.I don’t see that happening for a while though.Eventually when the current generation of supporters is no longer with us there probably will be a move to be the Joondalup FC.Who knows.If it happens I only know that the JFC didn’t win the premierships in a rich history of over 100 years.
Sorry to go on and go off topic.It’s just replying to a good point from RL.But back to the game and really looking forward to probably the best Perth derby for a long time.So many side issues with the game - EP need to win for a good ladder position,WP need to win to have any hope of finals(with a little help from it’s friends),possibly DH’s last stand,maybe last games(due to retirement) for some players and maybe more.Should be a ripper and good luck to both sides (but come on the Falcons of course!).
West Perth Football Club trading as the Joondalup Falcons. Footscray did similar, they are still the Footscray FC but trading as the Western Bulldogs. That should keep everyone happy.
Oh and for 2 weeks in a row I’ll be hoping the Fowlcoons have a win 
Head to Head
West Perth 174 v East Perth 174
- 6 draws.
[quote=“TheFeds post=230377 userid=3849”]Thanks for clarifying your comments RL.It seems you weren’t against the move per se just the name change.Don’t want to hijack the topic because this name discussion has been gone over many times but I see it as a transitional thing in that the “Joondalup “ tag will be added at some time in the future and then eventually used exclusively.It is just a question of timing.I think it is too early to cut our ties with the WP link simply because we have too many current supporters who associate with that brand.Yes we should incorporate with the district we play out of and as has been mentioned before the WP/Joondalup FC makes sense.I don’t see that happening for a while though.Eventually when the current generation of supporters is no longer with us there probably will be a move to be the Joondalup FC.Who knows.If it happens I only know that the JFC didn’t win the premierships in a rich history of over 100 years.
Sorry to go on and go off topic.It’s just replying to a good point from RL.But back to the game and really looking forward to probably the best Perth derby for a long time.So many side issues with the game - EP need to win for a good ladder position,WP need to win to have any hope of finals(with a little help from it’s friends),possibly DH’s last stand,maybe last games(due to retirement) for some players and maybe more.Should be a ripper and good luck to both sides (but come on the Falcons of course!).
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Fed and RL, the club did extensive research into the name change and you will remember we were Joondalup in print media for a season or two and it didn’t bring us any gains in the sponsorship dept so we decided we weren’t going to change the name if no support was coming from local business and I agree with that decision. Even today the local Business Community dont put out !
Good win and finish to the season with 6 straight wins and momentum into next season. The cream on top was beating RL’s Ferals and relegating them to 4th where they won’t win their first legitimate flag since 78
[quote=“Whinnen post=230406 userid=3741”]Good win and finish to the season with 6 straight wins and momentum into next season. The cream on top was beating RL’s Ferals and relegating them to 4th where they won’t win their first legitimate flag since 78
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That’s alright Whinnen,that’s still 3 years more recently than your clubs last legitimate flag your club won in 1975 when Graham Campbell was your coach,by the way did you get your cedar mothballs from red dot??
third quarter was a bastard, we kicked the first three and the ferals came back with eight unanswered. feel sorry for them relegated to forth so they can be eliminated by the hand baggers. you would think a team would fight to ensure a win to hold third place but no, a manufactured team does not have heart / spirit / passion and you cannot buy a grand final. you have been trying for years to buy a grand final to no avail. west have consistenly been in the finals and its time for the west lads to have a rest, take stock for next season, look back on their sucsess for history is great foundation for the future and the poor old ferals will be stuck in 1978. poor bastards, i feel sorry for them, my heart bleeds.
Why does your heart bleed for us Salvatore??the last time i looked your season ended today and we have a finals game to play next week so I’m not really sure why we would be upset.Also Salvatore I know it was traumatic day for you when your defacto Joondalup West Perth falcon club got slaughtered in front of 31500 witnesses in 2002 ,the biggest Grand Final crowd this century,so i can understand how your trying to block it out of your mind,which is a common theme of traumatised people. I can tell you I personally had a great day,especially the return back to your “spiritual ground”where I swear I could feel the crunching of “Old Garlic Cloves”below my beer stained sandshoes,and commented to a fellow Royal if you reversed the situation and have our club consigned to Northern woop woop,and the Garlics knocking us off and returning to Perth Oval to celebrate,I would detour around Lord and Bulwer st for the rest of my life.so if it’s helping you cope,stay in denial Salvatore as denial has and always will be your clubs favourite default position.