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TG-Chrono posted:After 10 years in the job, Andrew Demetriou resigned from his post as the AFL chief executive officer. While his tenure ended on a sour note due to the protracted Essendon supplements saga, his legacy will resonate in the game for generations to come. Under his reign, the game underwent unprecedented growth and change. Mainly for the positive. ...except in Tasmania, where he'll forever be loathed for handing the 18th license to West Sydney rather than Tasmania, economic sense be damned. Great OP and
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cpaf posted:As a relatively recent Tasmanian migrant it's becoming increasingly apparent to me that not following a team or AFL in general is a borderline criminal offence. Those that will continue speaking to me after discovering this fact inform me that a good choice of team would be the Kangaroos. Is there an AFL equivalent of that footy banter app Richard Ayoade uses in the IT crowd, else, can someone provide me with a short list of important terms and phrases that will let me participate in communication in this region of Australia? Yeah the Roos are a good choice, they're on the way up and of the two teams who play in Tassie, they have a smaller and less violent/drunken/racist fanbase (in Tasmania, Hawks fans are barely better than Pies fans) and play in the better end of the state.
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Volkerball posted:I don't remember it last year. I watched a few games tho. It's been around in preseason for several years now. It's one of those weird situations where I'd be uncomfortable with it ever making its way into real AFL, but I quite like its presence and the dynamic it adds to the preseason comp.
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Feb 26, 2015 11:14
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I wonder how long it'll take for anyone to usurp Ballantyne as the No. 1 player everybody loves to hate. He's held it for longer than anyone else I can remember in the modern game. e: i suggest a gif of this video for the av if someone can get it down to size https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L53r8fLr2E
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hiddenmovement posted:Ballytyne is hateable in a purely amusing way, even when he's making GBS threads on Steve Johnson I still find him funny. Yeah that's what I mean by the "love to" bit. He's an entertaining troll, while someone like Milne is just a straight grub.
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TG-Chrono posted:I'm going to a distillery in Essendon to kill myself by drowning in booze after Carlton's pissweak effort yesterday. Starward?
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oh good we lasted precisely one and a half games before entering "gently caress MELBOURNE FOREVER" land that's a new record. at this rate we might last two games of not playing like absolute poo poo around 2020
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Apr 11, 2015 07:26
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that quarter time score, though. holy gently caress boys
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Spacman posted:So... That would be Fremantle top of the ladder, one game clear of everyone else, after facing three quality teams and West Coast. And it's not like that is under threat next weekend either. If it is, the weird year just got a whole lot weirder.
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Apr 26, 2015 15:54
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Your graphs are the best, Hume.
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Shmoses posted:What is late capitalism exactly? capitalism running to school with toast in its mouth
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Actually speaking of weird draws, having noticed that Melbourne are playing St Kilda twice in as many months (Round 11 - June 14, and Round 17 - July 26) - which, uh, okay? - I've realised I have no idea how the multiple match-ups are handled or decided. Is there a particular system or mechanism, or is it largely based on feelpinions/getting the most amount of people to games/ensuring exciting match-ups happen more often decided in some smoky backroom in Collingwood? Is there a minimum amount of rounds which can pass between teams facing each other again - and if not, have teams ever faced each other twice in a month (outside of finals) or even two weeks in a row?
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May 25, 2015 05:42
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melbourne what the gently caress was that last minute collapse
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May 30, 2015 06:22
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dear melbourne: the word "quarter" means there are four of them, please take this into account when deciding how many of them to bother turning up for
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has this been posted yet
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that's some beautiful art, dickwit
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gabensraum posted:shel be back i'll find green frog canon
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Doctor Cave posted:Excerpt from Alex Rance's B&F speech: didn't bcr try doing this
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I follow the Boston Bruins in the NHL and the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL (Green Bay Packers seemed the logical socialist choice, but they had also just won the superbowl the year I started following American Football, meaning I couldn't just jump on the bandwagon). Never ended up picking teams in the NBA or MLB.
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where's oystertoadfish when you need himthepokey posted:Although I don't follow quite as closely as I used to, especially when living in Ireland, but Armagh is my GAA team, they have the dubious honour of having only made the All Ireland Football Final 4 times since 1888 with only 1 win from those 4 and that win was by 1 point. Touch of St Kilda about them there. where do you watch gaelic from? I've always wanted to get into it, it seems like a fuckin cool sport
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i wonder how many people pick their teams in leagues they start following as teens/adults based directly on the team they started following as a kid. it isn't for most of my teams but in the case of a couple (Boston Bruins, FC Barca) it was a bit of an influence.
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half expected to see skis on the feet but the ragged boots are an excellent touch
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salt and vinegar is the ideologically correct flavor of chips (crisps) and the ideologically correct topping on chips (fries)
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pkid posted:That poo poo was awesome. ...anybody who's ever eaten salted caramel? (which to be fair it tasted like at its best)
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Nov 26, 2015 13:09
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One, two, three - gently caress the ALP.
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Frogmanv2 posted:Robert? Richard? Fuckit close enough. also, he's a Richmond fan
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Dec 15, 2015 14:04
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it's almost as if a country which covers over 32 degrees of latitude will have people acclimatised to different weather who would cope differently when they travel to another part of the country for my part mid-high 20s is pretty perfect so as usual tasmania is the best part of the country to be in during summer, though i didn't mind being able to hang out outside in a tank top and board shorts at 3 in the morning when i was in melbourne a few weeks ago
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TG-Chrono posted:Melbourne also has this thing called kulcha mayte pretending you are in europe when you are in australia is not just bad culture it's anti-culture
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monolithburger posted:DAIRY me, I wonder when he'll be back in the JERSEY? m8 this is afl it's called a guernsey (seriously the pun still works why use the wrong word)
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