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Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Simon “Mark Neeld” Goodwin

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thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti is the best bloke and it cannot be argued with

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

:qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq:
Imagine going into round 1 with a forward line containing McDonald, Brown, Spargo and Langdon and being surprised why you can't kick a goal in a quarter of football.

Not a single one of those players are natural forwards.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

:qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq:
I think when football comes back it will be likely they'll cut a couple of teams and the women's league to try and recover financially

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

snaeksikn posted:

I think when football comes back it will be likely they'll cut a couple of teams and the women's league to try and recover financially

I volunteer as tribute

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

The Deadly Hume posted:

Man I really jinxed it with the thread title.

In the grim darkness of the present, there is no Footy

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

gay picnic defence posted:

I'd have preferred they just put all the players in bubbles and only let them out for games

Some galaxy brain genius in the US suggested this with a straight face. In case this is a callback to that, carry on.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

:qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq:
Simon Goodwin sits back, looking at his whiteboard, wondering if he should erase the message of "mindlessly bomb the ball into the forward 50 every chance you get"

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads
AFL still better than NRL

https://twitter.com/nrl/status/1241616628015480834?s=21


As for blood blokes, Rodger Hayden and Shane Parker

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!
Having the AFLW season just end like that feels like the biggest anticlimax :smith: I understand the reasons for doing it and even approve of the decision, but drat, that sucks.

Feel the most for Melbourne. This year I thought, at least there's no new way for them to get screwed out of a finals series. Oh well!

On the plus side, the Crows remain the reigning premiers :unsmith:

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

cmndstab posted:

Having the AFLW season just end like that feels like the biggest anticlimax :smith: I understand the reasons for doing it and even approve of the decision, but drat, that sucks.

I get the feeling they won’t be the last one that just has to finish, or cut things off short.

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

harperdc posted:

I get the feeling they won’t be the last one that just has to finish, or cut things off short.

Agreed, but most other sports won't be literally a handful of matches from finishing the season.

Largepotato
Jan 18, 2007

Spurd.
AFL / AFLW 2020 : In the grim darkness of the present, there is no Footy.

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




Congrats Port Power, 2020 minor premiers.

The Deadly Hume
May 26, 2004

Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.
The stupid thing is that when I did the thread, the virus was still this weird flu in China which I thought was going to be like SARS or whatever - serious enough that we might need to keep an eye on it, not something that would basically stop the world economy in its tracks and turn everyone into a hikikomori.

That was only two months ago.

snoremac
Jul 27, 2012

I LOVE SEEING DEAD BABIES ON 𝕏, THE EVERYTHING APP. IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING TAB.
I thought it was another reference to the dark timeline.

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
7/9 afl tips and 3/4 aflw tips.

Not bad...

https://twitter.com/taylaharriss/status/1241876237837979648?s=19

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
AFLPA have agreed to a 50% paycut for players, they will put this to the AFL for them to accept.

Most clubs have just cleaned out their staff lists, lots of layoffs today across the league.

https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1242011370268184576

realbez
Mar 23, 2005

Fun Shoe
Is every club going to survive this?

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

realbez posted:

Is every club going to survive this?

Not without assistance. Depends on how much money the AFL has lying around I guess.

They’re not going to get a cent from the vic gov because they were broke before this.

Maybe scomo plays up his sports dad routine by throwing the two leagues a bone to stop clubs going under

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




realbez posted:

Is every club going to survive this?

AFL are already propping up Gold Coast. I reckon they'll prop up a more established club if they can.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Guardian column suggested the figure of $120 mil in the bank for the AFL, but also suggested this could cost five times that amount.

I have a great deal of empathy for the clubs here because these are all proper sporting clubs (or under the banner of a regional admin ala Adelaide and SANFL or the WAFL), it’s one thing I like about the AFL. So fingers crossed they all make it through the other side.

realbez
Mar 23, 2005

Fun Shoe

drunkill posted:

AFLPA have agreed to a 50% paycut for players, they will put this to the AFL for them to accept.

Most clubs have just cleaned out their staff lists, lots of layoffs today across the league.

https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1242011370268184576

Is what Browne said here right? The players are suggesting a uniform 50% pay cut rather than 50% total with the higher paid players bearing most of the cost. So they want the dudes getting paid entry contracts to give up 50% as well. Classy stuff.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

realbez posted:

Is what Browne said here right? The players are suggesting a uniform 50% pay cut rather than 50% total with the higher paid players bearing most of the cost. So they want the dudes getting paid entry contracts to give up 50% as well. Classy stuff.

The AFLPA generally are a garbage union, so it wouldnt be surprising

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




They are led by future Liberal candidate for Geelong Patrick Dangerfield

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.

Solemn Sloth posted:

The AFLPA generally are a garbage union, so it wouldnt be surprising

We'll take a 50% haircut while you sack entire football departments

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

Quantum Shart posted:

We'll take a 50% haircut while you sack entire football departments

Average salary going from $371,000 to $185,500 (mean is obviously more meaningful)

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Rookies from $70k to $35k

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

Solemn Sloth posted:

Rookies from $70k to $35k

Brutal


You would think they would do it progressively with a threshold

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
To be fair, maybe they have. They just haven’t messaged that’s the case.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

:qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq:

Solemn Sloth posted:

Rookies from $70k to $35k

Good news is they can access the coronavirus payment now!

realbez
Mar 23, 2005

Fun Shoe

Solemn Sloth posted:

To be fair, maybe they have. They just haven’t messaged that’s the case.

Yeah I hope so and the reporters are just confused.

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.
https://twitter.com/lenphil29/status/1242001581622480897?s=19

Side by side get sacked together

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Good Old Collingwood forever,
They know how to clear the deck.

Side by side we queue together,
To obtain a newstart cheque

See the contractors all starving,
as all contractors should

Loyalty only goes one way
For good old collingwood

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Good Old Collingwood forever,
They know how to clear the deck.

Side by side we queue together,
To obtain a newstart cheque

See the contractors all starving,
as all contractors should

Loyalty only goes one way
For good old collingwood

:golfclap:

Also, roo been drinking too much of that yank neoliberal juice
https://twitter.com/RalphyHeraldSun/status/1242310173890244608?s=19

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I demand to be taken seriously

:aronrex:

NTRabbit posted:

They are led by future Liberal candidate for Geelong Patrick Dangerfield

He probably would be a tory scumfuck

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

Quantum Shart posted:

:golfclap:

Also, roo been drinking too much of that yank neoliberal juice
https://twitter.com/RalphyHeraldSun/status/1242310173890244608?s=19

Well he is married to a Texan

And lol thinking we’d have 18 people wealthy enough to own an AFL team and have it survive a season shut down

gabensraum
Sep 16, 2003


LOAD "NICE!",8,1
A large percentage of rich people who own VFL/AFL clubs eventually scarper to Majorca to escape the securities commission.

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harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

And it’s not like with-a-b billionaire team owners in the US sports aren’t finding ways to gently caress their staff out of paychecks already, right?

Oh. Right.

But they went back and said they won’t so that means it’s all okay, right?!?!

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