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realbez posted:O’Brien had the better game though Yeah I mean at least O'Brien did what he tweeted he was going to do, which is beat him around the ground.
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cmndstab posted:Crows at least somewhat entertaining to watch at the moment, just unable to actually convert any of their good play into goals. Fortunately, they managed to remedy this issue by eliminating their good plays.
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realbez posted:The turf at giants stadium is starting to look pretty chopped up. I wonder if we’ll get some good mud pit games later in the year. I think the drainage is going to be too good for any mud, it'll just end up being a divot filled minefield
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Windmill Hut posted:I want Ross Lyon.  Bennell
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Definitely gotten into AFL during covid, as a big fan of American football I’d much rather watch this than rugby Unfortunately only ~3 games per week air in the US, and a lot of them have been total first half blowouts Adelaide vs GWS is one of the first close games I can remember this whole season
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Yeah this season has been weird. Stick around and hopefully next year is good and normal. There are a few more games broadcast in the USA, although on varying channels. ESPN picked it back up during covid lul in sports, who knows if they'll keep it going forward though. The usafl account has a US schedule each week (normally on wed or thursday) https://twitter.com/USAFL1997/status/1280653123472809987
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Squinky v2.0 posted:
Those two teams haven't played this season. I thought you might've meant Port Adelaide vs GWS, but they haven't played either. EDIT: wait, they just did.
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Chairchucker posted:Those two teams haven't played this season. Yeah that’s the one I meant, just ended E: as far as I can tell Fox Sports treats AFL as their planned programming every weekend (from 11 PM - 3 AM, and again at like 6 AM on the east coast) but for espn it gets bumped by UFC and Korean Baseball in the prestigious red-eye time slot Squinky v2.0 fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Jul 12, 2020 |
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The amount of absolutely wrong calls this weekend really makes me re-think if the AFL should be honestly investigated by an independent body. If you had fifa/cricket umpires actively misinterpret the rules like they have been doing they would be investigated for potential match fixing. Its always been in a somewhat grey area with poor umpiring but Ive never before seen them actively ignore the rules as written before. Either someone is negligent with all this or they're on the take.
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Nutsngum posted:The amount of absolutely wrong calls this weekend really makes me re-think if the AFL should be honestly investigated by an independent body. If you had fifa/cricket umpires actively misinterpret the rules like they have been doing they would be investigated for potential match fixing. It's almost as if the game has become needlessly complex and could only possibly be officiated by full time umpires who are expected to do a good job and are paid accordingly. But that would be crazy.
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cmndstab posted:It's almost as if the game has become needlessly complex and could only possibly be officiated by full time umpires who are expected to do a good job and are paid accordingly. Are yOu INSAne??? For the record I dont actually think there's literal match fixing going on but it seems to be the umpiring "fraternity" is full of egotism and big heads who think they can dictate the game at will and have no issue in "punishing" people like Clarko who criticise them. The rule book needs to be re written to remove as much grey area as possible in my opinion. Also, Eddie Betts!
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Oh good I’m glad someone else wrote that Clarkson is being punished before I melted down about it itt That meltdown is coming
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drunkill posted:Carlton in the 8 with a percentage over 100 while eddie kicks a (small) bag? All this talk of "well the amount of teams that change out of the 8 from round 6 is blah blah blah" just seems crazy to me. This season is utterly unpredictable and with no double ups I think the top 8 could change considerably over the next 6 weeks. *edit. I really think that article posted before about how the footy media and commentary is its own worst enemy in how it portrays the game doesnt go far enough. The AFL itself is rife with it. I know its only a small thing, but the "9 things we learned" on the AFL site is an awkward photo of Carlisle either getting falconed or copping the rebounding football in the face. The AFL is meant to be representing each club fairly and equally, not showing embarrassing photos that arent really going to be taken in good humour by a hurting fan base. I get it, i'm obviously still annoyed over a loss and it is a very minor thing, but the last thing I really enjoy is going onto the league's own website and being made to feel worse by it. Why not actually attempt to support the fanbase instead of belittle it? Nutsngum fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Jul 12, 2020 |
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Nutsngum posted:All this talk of "well the amount of teams that change out of the 8 from round 6 is blah blah blah" just seems crazy to me. This season is utterly unpredictable and with no double ups I think the top 8 could change considerably over the next 6 weeks. It's St Kilda, you wouldn't see the AFL doing it to one of the big clubs
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Spedman posted:It's St Kilda, you wouldn't see the AFL doing it to one of the big clubs Which is even more hilarious when you consider that it's in the AFLs interest to not undermine the small clubs at every chance given they funnel $10s of millions into those clubs each year. Not to say that the Saints didn't deserve to be called pretenders as a result of their performance on the weekend but I'm not sure the AFL themselves should be doing it.
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thepokey posted:In before we give Adelaide their first win You haven't watched the Crows play this season, have you?
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Periphery posted:Which is even more hilarious when you consider that it's in the AFLs interest to not undermine the small clubs at every chance given they funnel $10s of millions into those clubs each year. That one really rubbed me the wrong way. At what point were we pretenders? By winning some games? thepokey posted:In before we give Adelaide their first win Had we beaten Freo I would think that Adelaide would be a real danger game as it would just be perfect for us to catch them on a good day and they beat us but the players should have an absolute rocket shoved up their rear end after that embarrassing display. Ive been super happy with all our recruits for this year but Hill has just been so loving lacklustre. I wouldnt drop him but gently caress me he needs to lift.
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cmndstab posted:You haven't watched the Crows play this season, have you? We are exactly the team that a poo poo team like the crows will beat though, our record against bottom-tier teams is pretty dire
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Nutsngum posted:Had we beaten Freo I would think that Adelaide would be a real danger game as it would just be perfect for us to catch them on a good day and they beat us but the players should have an absolute rocket shoved up their rear end after that embarrassing display. Apparently that post-game rocket was a derivation of “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed,” (Ratten’s words were apparently “Who do you want to be?”) which we all should know is the real one that cuts deep. Hill might’ve just been seeing red against an old team. The whole squad put in one quarter then took their foot off the gas, it was beyond frustrating. Almost better to lose that than sneak it in under the wire.
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