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NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

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

bitches




Ian Callinan had a stroke at home in Tasmania, he's only 37

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monolithburger
Sep 7, 2011
Don't bottle this, Adelaide.

(they're gonna bottle it)

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

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

bitches




Just saw Toby Greene cop a knee to the back of the head and it was good

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

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

bitches




We did our part, so did the dogs, can Melbourne stop constantly bottling it please

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
https://twitter.com/sirswampthing/status/1303275217863675904?s=21

Diet Crack
Jan 15, 2001

lmfao GWS is garbage

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
DA BLOOOOS!

A poo poo goalless first quarter and win with a great mark and goal.

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




Relegate Hawthorn and GWS IMO.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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Membership figures release, Lions haven't cracked 30k despite being in the top 4 all year and Qld getting the grand final, but the Roos have 38k and the Dees have held onto 40k.
Eagles have broken the 100k members mark.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

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

snaeksikn posted:

Membership figures release, Lions haven't cracked 30k despite being in the top 4 all year and Qld getting the grand final, but the Roos have 38k and the Dees have held onto 40k.
Eagles have broken the 100k members mark.

Held onto 40k but had an almost 30% drop from last year. Essendon the only other club that had remotely that big a drop in %

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
Been sad all day with the rumours of Kreuzer retiring and then having it confirmed this morning.

We've missed him so much in games, we've got TDK and Pittonet coming up but Kreuz is still our #1 ruck. He'd be playing his final season next year too if it wasn't for list size reductions.

He never had a proper run of consistency, except his ~55 game unbroken streak from debut, played only 180 games, missed 100 potential games via injury and kicked almost 100 goals, he never gave up. Should be a 200+ gamer with an AA or two (they gave it to Ryder one year over Kreuzer because he did well against Carlton, when Kreuz wasn't even playing, Matthew Lloyd admitted)

And I fear Simpson will be forced out this year too, while in his peak these past two seasons.

gently caress 2020, a lot of players with a season or three left in them will be forced out by clubs if the list size rumour of 40 is correct. And most fans won't get to go to farewell games.

And I watched the bryce gibbs retirement presser, he's being forced out by the crows against his wishes, he obviously wants to play on and has a year on his contract. It just didn't work out for him there, played out of position right as the crows began their downfall. Obviously they have to play the kids, but he could have helped a struggling team this year in a few more matches. He never wanted to go to SA, he could have walked the year before the crows made their first offer, he signed a contract extension instead. He returned home for family/off field matters.

That presser was hard to watch.


Anyway, how good is footy?

https://twitter.com/RPCVic/status/1303963106326884352

drunkill fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Sep 10, 2020

monolithburger
Sep 7, 2011

drunkill posted:

Anyway, how good is footy?



Nup.

Diet Crack
Jan 15, 2001

AFL can gently caress off making the WA hub obsolete then making the WA teams play with multiple 4 day breaks while everyone else gets 5+

Eat a bag of dicks Gil

Diet Crack
Jan 15, 2001



No, Seriously Gil, gently caress off.

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Diet Crack posted:



No, Seriously Gil, gently caress off.

I'll honestly give up on AFL if this happens.

This season has proven to me that 17 games is the way to go. Play every other team once. Alternate home games every second year, or roll it over a 4 year period or something so it evens out.

I usually get footy fatigue around Rounds 14-18 where I just don't care about any teams except my own. If your team stinks and is gonna miss finals by this point of the season then generally you'll be checking out too.

Sure, it's less money, but that's also less wages paid in the form of match fees. If the AFL set up a proper reserves league, surely they'd get more viewers for the reserves game, and can use that as leverage in bargaining agreements?

Periphery
Jul 27, 2003
...
Shorter quarters than what we currently have? I'm not sure that's going to make for great footy.

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!
Shorten the season and start it later, and extend the AFLW season accordingly.

And make the quarters the length they were before this year you maniac.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
8 minute quarters, 3 rounds, all rounds occur on the same night followed by a grand final

Periphery
Jul 27, 2003
...

Solemn Sloth posted:

8 minute quarters, 3 rounds, all rounds occur on the same night followed by a grand final

Build 9 footy ovals in a big chain so they are joined at the end and share goal posts. Play all games simultaneously and when a goal or point is kicked the ball transitions to the new ground meaning we can finally have a true chaos ball in the game. If a ground does not have a ball on it then play is stopped until a new ball enters play via a score being kicked on an adjoining ground.

I have not thought this plan through but I'm sure it will work and that I have given it the same level of thought as AFL HQ gives all their decisions.

The Deadly Hume
May 26, 2004

Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.
One word: M-M-M-MULTIBALL

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads
If 2020 has thought me anything, it’s that short quarters are bad.

Make it a 17 game season with two extended bye rounds, and proper long games. Make a wildcard 8th spot if need be to get some more games in.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
17 rounds but 40 minute quarters

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

Solemn Sloth posted:

8 minute quarters, 3 rounds, all rounds occur on the same night followed by a grand final

Gunning for another AFLX premiership, I see.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

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

cmndstab posted:

Gunning for another AFLX premiership, I see.

It’s all I’ve loving got can you blame me?

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Solemn Sloth posted:

It’s all I’ve loving got can you blame me?

You had your time. It's Riewoldt's Rampage time to shine!

Diet Crack
Jan 15, 2001

Can we just loving leave things alone (reverting back to the normal)?

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
If we just go through all of this 2020 season BS just for Richmond to win another loving flag...

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

thepokey posted:

If we just go through all of this 2020 season BS just for Richmond to win another loving flag...

If it means we get to see Dangerfield lose one…

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
Danger is bad, but he's not "worse than the Tiger Army" bad

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

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

thepokey posted:

Danger is bad, but he's not "worse than the Tiger Army" bad

I agree, but I’m also honestly not sure richmond can get more insufferable with one more flag, but Geelong/Dangerfield/Chris Scott definitely can

realbez
Mar 23, 2005

Fun Shoe
Power or brisbane please anything else is unthinkable

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
Based on the current say top 10 who could be in the finals the order of who should win goes:

Brisbane
Saints
Melbourne
Dogs
GWS
Port
West Coast
Collingwood
Geelong

Richmond

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
This jumper loving sucks

Much like this football club

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads
Mumford getting a nice kiss on the dick from the umpires

Spedman
Mar 12, 2010

Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

Solemn Sloth posted:

I agree, but I’m also honestly not sure richmond can get more insufferable with one more flag, but Geelong/Dangerfield/Chris Scott definitely can

This is exactly my thinking

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
https://twitter.com/timrosen35/status/1304721670356172800

:cripes:

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Only way I’ll be satisfied from this game is if someone puts Mumford in hospital

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Only way I’ll be satisfied from this game is if someone puts Mumford in hospital

Someone kneed Toby Greene in the face. Surely that's something?

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

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

BrigadierSensible posted:

Someone kneed Toby Greene in the face. Surely that's something?

Yeah was a solid effort by Melksham, needed a lot more force behind it though

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snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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Good old Demon's, only perform when there's no expectations

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