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I believe I have heard an American sports reporter refer to Hawthorn as Hawkthorn. I am okay with this.
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Feb 2, 2016 00:59
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gabensraum posted:whoa we have 50,000 members that's crazy I'm p sure this is actually people buying those lovely $5 memberships Collingwood was using to get to 100k.
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Feb 2, 2016 05:29
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There's just been intense pressure on Newbold, after Hawthorn went winless from November through January.
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Feb 2, 2016 13:36
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What is actually stopping the WAFC who own Perth Stadium Managment, the WAFL and the Eagles/Freo from just going "well, you guys have fun with your empty stadium... we're just going to be chilling over here in Subi"? Other than the whole "cutting off nose to spite face" thing. I can't wait to discover how the operators of noted amazing-AFL-Dream-ground ANZ Stadium manage to run the new Perth Cake Tin into the ground. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Feb 8, 2016 13:21
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I actually enjoy watching Steve Dangles video blog*, so I'd be keen to listen to an AFL podcast even if it is the Carlton and Geelong show. *= (he's a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, they haven't won the cup since 1967 and I think they've only made the playoffs once in the last 10 years; they're actually worse than being the Melbourne of the NHL because they haven't even made the final round of the playoffs since 1967, but their excuse for it was being saddled with one of the worst owners in Professional Sports history for something approaching 30 years. Two years ago they lost 15 games in a row to crash out of playoff contention, and that streak was amazing viewing.) Half the pleasure of being a goon is being able to justpost lovely opinions about sportsball without having to do it in a place like HFBoards or BigFooty. We'll ignore the cricket thread for now though. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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Feb 10, 2016 14:38
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cmndstab posted:Is it really that strange? They don't control what happens at other grounds, but they can control what happens at their ground. Given the choice between a terrorist attack at the MCG and someone else's stadium, I'm pretty sure they would prefer the latter. Waiting for over an hour to get into the ground for a game is going to really suck in the middle of July.
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Feb 15, 2016 09:32
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thepokey posted:On an unrelated note, Essendon team photo was today and I am surprised that I am still surprised when I remember Cooney is an Essendon player. Every time I've watched Essendon, he's been totally invisible.
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Feb 15, 2016 12:37
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Also a Smart-TV from 2010 is not terribly smart by 2016 standards.
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Feb 18, 2016 03:03
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Chairchucker posted:Sounds like the first game of the preseason was pretty bad, not that sad it's not on FTA, now. Isn't the entire pre-season generally pretty bad?
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Feb 18, 2016 13:02
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BrigadierSensible posted:My mum is nominally a Melbourne fan, so when I, (as a dutiful son), would take her out to the football to watch Hawthorn v Melbourne, I have memories of seeing Jeff Farmer obliterate us, whilst I sat next to my cheering mum trying not to swear. YAY for family bonding. I went to watch Essendon play ?West Coast? at Manuka in a ?Preseason game?. There is no amount of family bonding that is worth going to Manuka in February.
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Feb 19, 2016 01:10
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It looks like a weak as piss call at first glance, but if you watch it again he pushes off the ruckman into Griffiths and appears to collect him high. There's a video of it here.
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Feb 22, 2016 13:06
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ZombieJesus posted:It's like saying don't use Celsius because Kelvin is more scientific Well it's a shade under 305K in Bendigo today, which means it's a wonderful day to go out and hit a round of golf or have a hit of tennis..
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Mar 1, 2016 03:46
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Testekill posted:You are histories greatest monster. When you add in Miles and Gallons I guess they want to feel extra extra special.
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Mar 1, 2016 06:16
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snaeksikn posted:which if i understand it right would mean an extra 200k+ the dees have to throw to jesse hogan. unrelated but tom mcdonald is out of contract this year too so it might make things easier to juggle. Is there a max you can offer players? The NHL and NBA (I think the NBA has one, it might just have weird rules about salaries also NFL iirc) all have salary caps and part of that is that no one player could be paid more than a certain percentage of the cap.
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Mar 2, 2016 08:37
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Periphery posted:Just imagine how bad a hawks version of press red would be. "Press Red for Jeff"? I'm waiting for Noted Good Bloke Hodgey to retire so he can be in the Hawks press red, and can tell me about how "<insert player here> had it coming".
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Mar 17, 2016 00:58
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snaeksikn posted:conca out for 10 weeks, yarran out for 6. the year is starting well for the tigers This way they can power their way back into the 8 in the last 5-10 weeks en-route to their predetermined 100 point loss in round 1 of the finals.
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Mar 17, 2016 06:45
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Solemn Sloth posted:I propose a new stadium inside the members stand Would an artificial ski slope be a suitable addition?
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Mar 17, 2016 22:28
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realbez posted:not having Shiels was our biggest out I think. In any case we are looking pretty weak with all these injuries now, it is going to be a long month. I'm considering joining the Geelong bandwagon just to see if my terrible luck can follow me over there. I mean, I figure a season-ending injury to Danger has got to see them finish a win outside the 8.
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Mar 30, 2016 03:50
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They're still right in the race for the spoon; Essendon wins over Melbourne tell you as little about how Essendon are going as Melbourne wins over Essendon. I'm happy that Carlton, Essendon and Brisbane are at least going to put up a bit of a fight on their way down to the cellar, the worst thing is when you're a fan of a team that has basically lost every game by quarter time.
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Apr 5, 2016 00:59
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Solemn Sloth posted:2006 - Melbourne lose to eventual wooden spooners Carlton All it's gonna take now is a loss to Carlton and Brisbane to make the race interesting.
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Apr 5, 2016 01:30
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Solemn Sloth posted:The AFLs jumper policy is bizarre and has no real consistency to it whatsoever. Case in point, 2013 AFL Grand Final between Hawthorn and Fremantle. Freo had to wear their away jersey because Purple clashes with Gold (see also: Yellow) and Brown some how.
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Apr 5, 2016 05:03
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Seltzer posted:I'm struggling to see what's "American" about names on jerseys. I think every sport I've watched at a high level has players with names on jerseys. I have some new sports channel that airs all types of awful stuff like Russian hockey and Chinese basketball and they have names on their jerseys. It's not an American thing... it's a common sense thing, especially when there are about 60 players on a pitch. Maybe names on Jerseys did start here but who cares, good ideas are meant to be adopted. I find that Australian sports broadcasting is very similar to the American style. Commentators are often given a lot more leeway (through access to the stats guy) to talk about why they think x team is winning or what y team can do to get back in the game, much more like pundits than simple commentators in sports like Soccer. The Promotion/Relegation thing has more to with the fact that literally no-one else in the world plays ARE GAIME, and Collingwood successfully argued that football should be a full contact sport back in the early 1900s when those fucken pansies from places like Melbourne argued it should be a more gentlemanly affair. Having said that, the relative lack of ad and game breaks and the complete lack of "I WENT TO <College>, GO <Mascot/Nickname>!" stuff would be totally foreign. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Apr 5, 2016 05:50
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Frogmanv2 posted:You mean the ad breaks after 99% of goals? The number of ad breaks in a game of AFL (20 goals a game, 100 minutes in a game, an ad break every 5 minutes or so) does not quite stack up with the NFL's ad breaks (20 mandated ad breaks over 60 minutes, or an ad every 3 minutes or so). The numbers aren't infallible, and there are a stupid number of ads in the AFL, but it's not as silly as the NFL (The NHL is super weird with it's ad breaks - they seem to be during some breaks in play, but sometimes the play can drag on for a bit and imho it feels like they pile more ads on to make up the difference, I don't watch enough NBA or MLB to know any of either of those). redweird posted:Furthermore, it's good that Hodge got off light & easy for heroically pushing Wingard out of the way of the goal post See I'm glad more non-Hawthorn fans are finally starting to get this. Diet Crack posted:From a merchandising point of view, names on guernseys make sense. It's not absolutely pointless, but it helps the casual fan a significant amount more than any other kind of fan. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Apr 5, 2016 14:12
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BrigadierSensible posted:Maybe I'm in the minority re: names on jumpers, but i don't really care either way. I'm 90% sure noone in here actually gives a poo poo either way, it's part of what is making this argument so ridiculous.
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Apr 6, 2016 02:30
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Chairchucker posted:I have tipped the Bulldogs primarily because I really want that. TG-Chrono posted:I'll fite u oval office
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Apr 6, 2016 02:51
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hiddenmovement posted:Nicknames are good to a point, but in general I think shortened or just casualized names are the way to go. For instance Bartel having Jimmy on his back would be very Australian and most casuals would still immediately get who he is and when he's being referred to by commentators. But his nickname around the club is Nudge, which is super obscure and would put off everyone. A bunch of school groups do the "VCE/HSC/Whatever the gently caress Queensland, WA and SA do! Congrats!" shirt thing. A bunch of them let the person buying the shirt pick what goes on the back. I'm sure it means something to all the people in that school who are friends but, as a guy riding the bus home from Uni, they all look like colossal fuckwits. It is a terrible idea. Last names or nothing.
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Apr 6, 2016 07:41
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Volkerball posted:yeah it's about that time of the year for the hawks to crush all our dreams and make it clear that they are the inevitable flag winners You had to wait until after the bye to witness our majesty last year, so there's still a few weeks until we crush your hopes and dreams.
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Apr 8, 2016 06:02
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Cloud the Cat posted:Dreamteam question: This isn't that time of the year. A couple of years ago it was, but that was when everything was nice and smooth on the gravy train. The team is older, slower and the injury list right now is not pretty. I'm not saying I don't think the Hawks will come out on top, I think they will. But the Dogs are going to give a hell of a lot more than they did this time last year. If you're looking for a safe replacement, anyone from Geelong, North Melbourne or - potentially - Port could be a safe pick up this week.
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Apr 8, 2016 08:55
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Solemn Sloth posted:Wow almost as if all that talk of Essendon being competitive just because Melbourne went and Melbourne'd was a load of poo poo Who're the Pies playing this week? EDIT: I don't think they will lose to the Saints unless they were sculling the press coolaid.
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Apr 8, 2016 11:10
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hiddenmovement posted:Mr. Weller has been around for at least 3 season hasnt he? according to wiki he was a sun from 2011, got delisted and rookie drafted by the Saints in 2013. Sidebar: HOLY poo poo COLLINGWOOD.
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Apr 9, 2016 06:35
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Just got back from the Hawks-Dogs game. That was a heart destroyer. 10 minutes would go by without any score and then they'd just go kick-for-kick. Dogs really had our total lack of pace exposed for large parts of the game, but I feel the Hawks were just more clinical when they needed to be. Great game, great atmosphere. I don't know if the better team won, but the score difference definitely feels right. EDIT: Confirmed ACL for Bob? That really sucks. I hope it's not career over for him, always seemed like a genuinely good bloke.
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Apr 10, 2016 10:47
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I remember that. Daniels (I think that's his name) got high, but Ceglar didn't really jump much. Memento posted:I definitely recall he said that this would be his last tilt at it, and that if he got another major injury, he'd rehab it then call time. If true that's a huge blow to the Dogs, and a huge blow to footy in general. Good bloke, good player.
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Apr 10, 2016 11:06
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snaeksikn posted:Adelaide are proving to be considerably less bad than everyone thought so far this year When you take a teams superstar out of the lineup a few things can happen. Everyone picking up the slack is one of them and, aside from credit to the Crows so far, the comp is better for it. The Geelong-Adelaide game is going to be interesting.
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Apr 11, 2016 03:59
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Solemn Sloth posted:The most loved people in football: I think there are so many Collingwood fans that you have to Lenny off and add Pendles or Swan.
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Apr 12, 2016 11:54
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hiddenmovement posted:EDIT: Which really begs the question why in fucks name would you put a coach, any coach, on a 5 year contract? Doubling down on your double down?
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Apr 13, 2016 03:41
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hiddenmovement posted:Lets all pitch in to get him google glass or a similar device, the stream would be incredibly incriminating ftfy.
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Apr 14, 2016 01:32
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As the people who would have purchased his equipment, wouldn't we technically be liable as accessories to the production of child pornography?
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Apr 14, 2016 01:51
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pkid posted:They're going to pay a poor club to give up one of theirs. North Melbourne, your time has arrived.
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The Deadly Hume posted:Well you're still pretty bad on the field but at least the off-field stuff has improved. A bit. They're a lot better on field as well now. They're still outstandingly inconsistent, but they've added small doses of "we can beat teams who aren't at what is clearly their lowest ebb/aren't gunning for the wooden spoon in round 10" to their repertoire. Unfortunately, they've also lost their ability to beat Essendon, but that was always going to happen.
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