Do remember that rebrand? Myself and some other members sent a joint letter to steves. Lots of people did. Ours was the only one to get a call back, asking for us to come in and meet steve R.
He was very pleasant yet adamant about his position. We were the same.
The message was very clear. The rebrand was about new supporters and members, not the old ones, and the Chevs were a throwback to the True Freo history (souths, you know... the place they call home, until they ditch it and move...) not a made up Anchor symbol.
They knew about people like us, the rusted ons - we'd be there no matter what, so our opinion didn't matter. $$ was what it was about, and history was expendable.
Without that rebrand we'd still have made a GF, still had Lyon and still been in the member position, and mess we are now. All they did was piss off and alienate their core supporters. Pretty dumb, because when the wins dry up and economic times get hard, the fair weathers and corp sponsors will leave. Check the Roberts Rd boxes...
