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thepokey posted:gently caress it, just make AFLX: Battle Royale AFLX 2019: Getting shivved by Toby Greene disguised as a bush.
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Pretty bullshit that we don’t get a public holiday for the AFLX Didn’t even put a marathon of previous AFLXs on channel 7 overnight
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Feb 22, 2019 01:21
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Or we don't get a parade consisting of a confused/embarrassed Patracca walking down Spring St carrying the X trophy by himself with a police escort.
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Feb 22, 2019 01:50
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Went down for a bit of the Dees/Pies practice match. At one centre bounce there was a bit of push and shove, then a fairly light gut punch was thrown. Instant whistle and free kick paid. This is going to piss off a lot of fans while the players get used to not doing it anymore, but it's a very very good thing long term.
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Feb 22, 2019 02:08
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Windmill Hut posted:Went down for a bit of the Dees/Pies practice match. 
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Windmill Hut posted:Went down for a bit of the Dees/Pies practice match. I am wondering who is dumb enough to throw a punch in a practice match now that Tom Bugg is retired
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Feb 22, 2019 04:19
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Is the trophy for tonight's AFLX the same as the ones for last year?
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BrigadierSensible posted:Is the trophy for tonight's AFLX the same as the ones for last year? They’ll have to pry it like franking credits from our cold dead hands
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Feb 22, 2019 04:42
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Windmill Hut posted:Went down for a bit of the Dees/Pies practice match. Yeah, it's something that hopefully sticks around from now on (even through finals).
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Feb 22, 2019 05:00
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Solemn Sloth posted:They’ll have to pry it like franking credits from our cold dead hands Surely you can find something else to prop up that dodgy couch in the membership centre break room? Also https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-21/podcast-is-dan-hannebery-leadership-material Its a day old but one has to wonder what the gently caress Barrett is smoking to get the idea that the club that had Hannebery as a vice captain would be even remotely surprised he was appointed to another club's leadership group? Apparently he got told to "gently caress off and dont come back" in not so many words by StKilda's (and likely others) admin last year so he must have a bee up his rear end.
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Feb 22, 2019 05:49
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aflx is trash but what is hilarious is someone hosed up bigtime, they have boundary side greenscreen advertising which is obviously awful but sadly one teams colour is green so they're invisible when they run along the boundary. https://twitter.com/matt_rabey/status/1098858230170640385 drunkill fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Feb 22, 2019 |
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Feb 22, 2019 09:15
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The Gaff has done it tough story being rolled out again by idiot commentators 
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Feb 22, 2019 09:46
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My uncle got free tickets for tonight’s AFLX, so I’m here. Yet to see the impact of Gatorade Game-changing.
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Feb 22, 2019 10:00
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Gardening Australia is on ABC. It's pretty good.
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Feb 22, 2019 10:02
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Internationals: wow this Aussie Rules is brutal! They don’t wear helmets and pads and they go in hard! This is kind of interesting! AFL: ok lets market this to the overseas market, let’s not chase and tackle and go in hard, they’ll love it!
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Feb 22, 2019 10:05
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Why are some of these goals worth 10 points?
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Feb 22, 2019 10:14
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This surely proves that open spaces and end to end scoring is not a better product Either way, I'm out, I gave it 3 games and thats all I could stomach.
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The Gatorade Game-changer just kicked a goal, but they’re still playing AFLX.
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thepokey posted:This surely proves that open spaces and end to end scoring is not a better product They just went and made basketball footy knowing that kids are massively into the NBA at the moment
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Dr. Dirt posted:Why are some of these goals worth 10 points? Because  SUPER GOAL
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so did it suck? or is it still going?
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realbez posted:so did it suck? or is it still going? yes
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Feb 22, 2019 11:29
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Lol 23k in the crowd
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Feb 22, 2019 11:33
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The best part of this is the wild pack of kids behind the goals fighting for every ball that gets out the back
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I honestly kind of liked it. It is a silly hit and giggle that no-one involved with is taking too seriously. All the players are laughing and having fun. I liked Cripps/Riewoldt kicking a goal Charlie Brown style. Was it worth the money/time/marketing put into it? gently caress no. Should they have spent some/all of that on the Women's league? Hell yes. Will anyone remember these games beyond a day or two? Not a chance. What was it's purpose? Who can tell? But as a silly kick and giggle with shiny colours and stupid rules, it was OK.
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Leigh Mathews suggested making AFLX a state of origin event
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I watched 1 game and turned it off but was out driving and flicked to sen and they were bagging the poo poo out of it and actually being somewhat funny.
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Feb 22, 2019 11:56
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Ten more minutes. I’m pretty sure I’ll be hearing the words “Gatorade Game-changer” in my sleep tonight.
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Solemn Sloth posted:I am wondering who is dumb enough to throw a punch in a practice match now that Tom Bugg is retired Shane Mumford https://twitter.com/morteinmooie/status/1098745741244170240
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Only three good things happened in AFLX. Multiball happened, apparently. Zac Fisher arrived in scrubs after working a full shift at the hospital https://twitter.com/CarltonFC/status/1098852577238691841 And Cripps taking a placekick: https://streamable.com/iflhe https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1098887972089262081 drunkill fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Feb 22, 2019 |
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Feb 22, 2019 13:21
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harperdc posted:Sounds like you need to see Jon Bois of SB Nation's 17776 Football article.
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As usual you can rely on Bigfooty to have at least one worst take of all time, this time with somebody saying that AFLX is much better than actual football because it's "more like footy was back in the 80s and 90s". I don't even know where to begin with that one.
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Feb 22, 2019 15:47
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at least this worthless publicity stunt raised a decent amount of money for charity
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Hopefully it never happens again. It was literally a joke.
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I’m just glad Fyfe’s legs are both intact
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It's kind of an interesting discussion question though, if you were required to propose a set of rules for rectangular stadiums, what would you come up with? As a reminder these are the two previous AFLX attempts: 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5nbnq9eeas 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWb_dZ9USI&t=12s
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drunkill posted:And Cripps taking a placekick: this, one of the players trying to juggle a mark forward about 10 meters (which the ref immediately said "nah son you can't" to) and the running gag of Alex Rance refusing to move off Full Forward are the funny sort of things they should encourage more of. oh and Fyfe on the headset asked "Are you gonna make yourself the GameChanger?" to which he responded "That might be a bit much..." but Tex Walker on commentary was absolutely loving dire. he's either a bit weird socially or doesn't know how to translate his usual relationship with guys into TV broadcast-able terms.
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harperdc posted:but Tex Walker on commentary was absolutely loving dire. he's either a bit weird socially or doesn't know how to translate his usual relationship with guys into TV broadcast-able terms. My favourite bit was when a commentator (Brayshaw?) asked him to "call it Tex", meaning say whether or not the player was going to kick the goal, but Tex thought they meant that he should literally commentate on the goal instead.
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Rastor posted:It's kind of an interesting discussion question though, if you were required to propose a set of rules for rectangular stadiums, what would you come up with? I'm not sure small rectangle grounds are compatible to an acceptable degree with AFL so I'd probably tell them not to bother.
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Periphery posted:I'm not sure small rectangle grounds are compatible to an acceptable degree with AFL so I'd probably tell them not to bother. In countries with less space/no tradition of cricket, small rectangular grounds is all you’ve got though. We play on soccer/rugby sized pitches with a 30m center square, rounded cutting off of the corners (basically from the behind posts), and nine players a side. Of course, AFL quality players would eat this up but it’s a format that needs to be decided and agreed upon to help grow the game. Of course when you can a full-size pitch and 16 to 18 a side is best, but that’s not always available.
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