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Hey welcome to the Australian Football League 2018 thread, the thread about Australian Rules Football, for 2018, the year of our saviour Jesse Hogan. What’s the game about : a 360 degree, high scoring, full contact, bureaucratically officiated mess of a rolling brawl played on a stupidly big field. Watch this for an explainer by an over-excited voice over guy for more information (a code of football which has kicking?? What a world!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0 The game has been around in Australia for over 150 years, but the AFL is a national competition that was made by bolting on new interstate teams to the existing Victorian Football League, which is why the Victorian teams claim premierships from a hundred years ago as a way to make themselves feel better whenever they’re poo poo for a decade. Interstate teams in the same situation just get to keep themselves warm with their massive inferiority complexes instead. All you really need to know: 18 teams, 23 rounds of football (including 2 byes for each team), the top 8 teams get to play in the finals. The top 4 teams on the ladder get a double chance to stay in if they lose in the first week, and everyone else does elimination finals from the get go. The final 2 teams play in the Grand Final for the Premiership. The best player of the year is awarded the Brownlow medal, which is voted by the umpires. The reigning Brownlow medallist is Richmond’s future cautionary tale of fame and excess, Dustin Martin. The AFLW (the womens league) also kicked off its first full season last year, with Adelaide taking out the inaugural premiership. The game is rapidly developing to try and secure what sporting talent it can while competing with the other professional womens leagues popping up, and the league’s style of play has an entertaining 80’s-style crash and bash mentality which evaporated in the mens game decades ago. At the moment only 8 teams hold licenses, with 2 more teams to come next year I believe. THINGS TO CARE about : Richmond managed to win the premiership. The perennial kings of mediocrity won the 2017 premiership. Will they back it up this year? Almost certainly not. Is their name in the records books for all of eternity as the 2017 Premiers? *checks records books* well... there they are. They sure did win that premiership. The womens footy is almost back, kicking off on Feb 2nd. In its second year now, Adelaide will be looking to back up their maiden premiership, while musical chairs between the other team’s lists will see which competitors will be able to challenge. Don’t get too attached to your favourite players! The mens 2018 season kicks off on March 22nd. Who will improve? Who will get worse? Who will be new to the finals? Who will be unable to back up their surprise premiership win by crashing to a bottom 4 finish?? It’s a mystery that will only be told in time. The indigenous round jumpers are always cool. The absurd amount of close games in the 2017 home and away season. THINGS TO NOT CARE about : The JLT Community season. The pre-season competition is a good opportunity for clubs to give their players a run in hot conditions in country towns for meaningless games so they can get all their ACL injuries out of the way nice and early. It kicks off on Feb 24. Western Bulldogs drought breaking 2016 premiership. Get out of here doggies, there’s a new feel good (or feel something, at least) premiership story in town. The Footy Show. Football fan’s ideas on race relations. That the 2017 finals series, apart from one cracking game, being heavily lopsided the way through. Predominantly white Clash jumpers (Carlton and Fremantle excluded). The teams, in order of 2017 ladder, and thus as good an indicator of importance as any heading into this season:  ADELAIDE CROWS First AFL season: 1991 Premierships: 2 - 1997, 1998 Make fun of them about : Not even bothering to turn up to the grand final. A 48 point loss was pretty poor against a side that probably won’t be remembered as one of the better premiership teams in history, especially when Adelaide had thrashed Geelong by 10 goals the week before. Their fans insistence of Victorian conspiracy theories at every chance. That nobody wants to live in Adelaide, but only when playing for the Crows.  GEELONG CATS First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 9 - 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011 Make fun of them about : Being a walking midfield with the depth of a kiddie pool. Being blown out of the park in the first quarter of the prelim against Adelaide. Losing to Collingwood, Gold Coast and Essendon in consecutive weeks. Tom Hawkins surprise at finding out you can’t punch other players in the face.  RICHMOND TIGERS First VFL season: 1908 Premierships: 11 - 1920, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980, 2017 Make fun of them about : Man, this topic used to be never ending. Most 9th place finishes than any other club in the last 30 years. Having lost 3 games in a row by a goal or less TWICE in the space of 5 years. Their history of horrific drafting blunders. Finally making the finals in 2012 after a string of 9th finishes only to lose after being in front at 3QTR time to a side that actually finished 9th that year but were granted a spot after Essendon were banned from competing in the post-season. I mean I could go on, but *checks record book* 2017 Premiers, Richmond Tigers. Huh.  GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY (GWS) GIANTS First AFL season: 2012 Premierships: none Make fun of them about : Being openly run by lizard-brained vampires, as opposed to other clubs which are only secretly run by lizard-brained vampires. Their club colours and jumper have all the charisma of an off brand cereal package. Drafting a bunch of fuckwits. Toby Greene being inevitably charged with some heinous thing on or off the field at some point only for the club to stand by him and talk about what a good bloke he is.  PORT ADELAIDE POWER First AFL season: 1997 Premierships: 1 – 2004 Make fun of them about : Fans who keep getting banned from games for hurling racist abuse at players. Their president’s outspoken ‘everybody’s fault but mine’ philosophy. If their ‘kid in a candy shop’ recruiting spree backfires horrendously, then that too. The fact that a lot of them are actually proud to represent the bogans of Adelaide. Just imagine. They still have Jimmy Toumpas on their list.  SYDNEY SWANS First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club (as South Melbourne) Premierships: 5 - 1909, 1918, 1933, 2005, 2012 Make fun of them about : Their soft players. Can’t even take a punch to the jaw while looking away, what wusses. Losing the first 6 games straight. Finishing the year with a wet fart of a performance in the finals after looking like the form side of the competition in September.  ESSENDON BOMBERS First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 16 - 1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000 Make fun of them about : Running a club sanctioned performance enhancing injection program in 2012. Losing a game to Sydney in one of the most creative chokes ever seen. Their fans insistence that the club is still a powerhouse despite the glaringly obvious evidence to the contrary. Picking up Jake ‘cheats on his pregnant missus with a schoolgirl’ Stringer from the Doggies.  WEST COAST EAGLES First VFL season: 1987 Premierships: 3 - 1992, 1994, 2006 Make fun of them about : The fact a not small amount of their premiership team from a decade ago enjoyed the nose candy a bit too much. making GBS threads the bed last time they made the Grand Final in 2015. Winning one of the all-time great elimination finals against Port Adelaide before getting blown off the park the next week against the Giants. Their constant home ground umpiring advantage and their fans insistence it’s not true and the umpires are in fact screwing the Eagles even when they win the free kicks 24-10.  MELBOURNE DEMONS First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 10 - 1900, 1926, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964 Make fun of them about : Their womens team missing out on making the final by 2 goals. Their mens team missing out on making the finals by 2 goals. Being the worst team of the modern era, the same era which has seen 2 new expansion clubs created from scratch. Once losing a game by 186 points, then following that up two seasons later with a 146 point losing margin. Now trying to add ‘dirtiest team in the league’ to their repertoire (picking up Jordan Lewis was a success!).  WESTERN BULLDOGS First VFL season: 1925 Premierships: 2 – 1954, 2016 Make fun of them about : After winning the premiership from 7th on the ladder in 2016, their 2017 tactic of trying to win it from 10th backfired horribly. Trying to fix their forward line problems with Travis Cloke. Tom Liberatore’s raging premiership hangover.  ST KILDA SAINTS First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 1 – 1966 Make fun of them about : Making a big old step backwards in 2017, especially compared to the sides around them in development. Picking a captain who wouldn’t make it in most club’s best 22 – man up and give it to Jack Stevens, or at least give co-captaincy for Jack Stevens and Jack Steven’s mullet (RIP). Tim Membrey’s Jimmy Buffet wallpaper tattoos. Winning a wooden spoon (last place finish on the ladder) approximately once in every 4 years of their existence.  HAWTHORN HAWKS First AFL season: 1925 Premierships: 13 - 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Make fun of them about : Being the mustache twirling Bond villains of the league for the last decade. Their horrendous club colours. Paying through the nose to pick up Jaeger ‘The Albatross’ O’Meara from Gold Coast. The Ty Vickery experiment didn’t last long with him retiring early, but we can still get some good jabs in if we hurry.  COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 15 - 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010 Make fun of them about : ‘Biggest club in Australia’ they say, similar to how melanoma is the biggest cancer in Australia. Giving a $2 million 4 year deal to Chris Mayne, which will never not be funny. The constant lack of basic skills they displayed for most of 2017 kept their clown car crash of a season interesting for neutrals.  FREMANTLE DOCKERS First AFL season: 1995 Premierships: none Make fun of them about : Picking up perennial gently caress up Harley Bennell from Gold Coast. Harley Bennell’s tattoo. Trusting Ross Lyon, a man known for his ‘blood out of a stone’ approach to list management, to rebuild their list. Losing 3 games by over 100 points in 2017, including back to back 104 point losses. Cam McCarthy’s haircut and mustache combo.  NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS First VFL season: 1925 Premierships: 4 - 1975, 1977, 1996, 1999 Make fun of them about : Their coach’s legendary level of whinging. Their general air of irrelevance, like that weird loner at the bus station who talks loudly about how much of a badass he is despite the fact he clearly still lives with his mum at the age of 40. The fact their best player literally looks like Sideshow Bob.  CARLTON BLUES First VFL season: 1897 - foundation club Premierships: 16 - 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995 Make fun of them about : Thinking the coach was the problem in 2012. Being unable to kick a score over 100 points at any point in the 2017 season. At least their ‘sometimes to get better you have to get worse’ philosophy is working. They are certainly getting worse.  GOLD COAST SUNS First AFL season: 2011 Premierships: none Make fun of them about : Bizarrely enough, being the first group of fans who decided to start booing Adam Goodes in 2015. Having the most aggressively bland club logo and colour scheme. Beige would have more character than what they put together. Their general air of irrelevance. Coughing up pick 2 to trade a fringe 50-game player just because he won’t want to move somewhere else.  BRISBANE LIONS First AFL season: 1997 (merger of Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears) Premierships: 3 - 2001, 2002, 2003 (8 as Fitzroy - 1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944) Make fun of them about : That nobody wants to live in Queensland, although that’s not so much weird as its basic common sense. The very worst thing of all: being harmless. Even Luke Hodge feels sorry for them and its been scientifically proven he has no soul. snaeksikn fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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See drunkill's post below for more info on AFLW TIPPING FootyTipping hasn't rolled over yet for some reason but if you were in it last year you should be automatically entered in it this year. If you're new or got purged the link is thus: http://www.footytips.com.au/comps/SASTips pw: goons snaeksikn fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Jan 11, 2018 |
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Jan 9, 2018 07:05
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Fox footy is saying Thompson was arrested in regards to an investigation into drug trafficking
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Jan 9, 2018 08:06
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how come the crows won't have to cough up players to the other aflw teams? south australian bias!! logos also updated in op
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Jan 9, 2018 09:15
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harperdc posted:Good loving god you give it to two separate players for having lovely tattoos and don’t even mention Jake Stringer’s lion-belly? Shameful. I only had room for one nickname per player and I felt the schoolgirl diddling out ranked his amazing tattoo
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Jan 11, 2018 03:42
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Looking like a couple of Dr Seuss characters
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Jan 12, 2018 11:35
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Was Clayton Oliver injured?
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Jan 14, 2018 04:38
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First complaint about umpiring for the year, footy is back!
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Jan 20, 2018 12:18
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i thought if you retire then you arent entitled to the full amount of your remaining contract? or maybe it depends on the terms of each contract
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Jan 22, 2018 07:14
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demons have found some retro inspiration to replace their white clash strip i don't hate it at all, and its the same jumper as my first footy club the aranmore cardinals the dees will also retain the redback strip they picked up from the womens team, marking a rare occasion where all 3 of the clubs strips are pretty sweet. plus we've had a good record with the indigenous round jumpers as well on top of that. snaeksikn fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Jan 22, 2018 |
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Jan 22, 2018 10:15
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We'll be wearing the redback design against the dogs and eagles, with the royal blue clash strip used in all other away games
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Jan 22, 2018 12:51
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we should be up there, we won 5 games out of the 7 last year, (with one of those losses being by 5 points after kicking 1.9 against GWS) and we've held onto all the key players in the list. the dees have one of the strongest nucleus groups in the league, the biggest thing they were missing was a high quality marking forward which we've now got having been gifted bianca jakobssen from carlton, plus went for a few extras in the draft. daisy pearce is one of the best womens players in the country, we have effective flankers and wings in paxman, phillips and o'dea, and some really talented smalls like kat smith and lily mithen. despite a relatively low profile our ruck lauren pearce was really influential last year as well plus jayden hunt personally vouches for one of the new recruits http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-01-24/aflw-the-day-jayden-hunt-got-torn-to-shreds
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Jan 24, 2018 14:00
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Was it the angle of the replay or did she just straight kick her in the crotch?
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Feb 2, 2018 11:02
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The bulldogs player doing commentary is jacked
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Feb 2, 2018 11:42
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the crowd was still pretty healthy
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Feb 2, 2018 12:10
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50m penalties are pretty harsh in the women's comp
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Feb 3, 2018 07:42
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Our disposal efficiency is somehow higher than GWS
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Feb 3, 2018 08:02
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Hore obviously is a bit nervous with her finishing but she's had like 3 shots on goal so far which is a good sign
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Feb 3, 2018 08:17
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That was great composure and execution from Cranston
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Feb 3, 2018 08:34
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We're gonna lose
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Feb 3, 2018 08:44
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We're not gonna lose
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Feb 3, 2018 08:47
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Chairchucker posted:OH, Erin Phillips is out? Well then. Here's where my tipping gets screwed probably. Quad injury at training
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Feb 3, 2018 09:14
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D'Arcy offered 2 weeks for kicking Hosking in the crotch. Too soft.
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Feb 5, 2018 04:07
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I'm now more optimistic that the game is going to involve multiball segments and at least one player using a scooter on field
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Feb 6, 2018 11:13
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Solemn Sloth posted:i'm having a zooper dooper right now, how many points do i score A several game suspension from your MCC membership
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Feb 6, 2018 20:04
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Chairchucker posted:I still don't 'get' AFLX. 20Twenty cricket makes sense as a way to make a boring as hell sport somewhat interesting, but AFL is already fast paced enough. Agreed, the first 10 minutes of most footy games are usually the worst parts until the players find their rhythms
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Feb 6, 2018 20:05
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Dees are gonna go undefeated and lose the grand final imo
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Feb 11, 2018 20:51
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Lol they're going to change the footy over to the yellow version. Who knew a graphite coloured ball was a bad idea???
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Feb 15, 2018 10:17
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A lot of people in the US talk about watching the VFL on ESPN back in the day, surely the AFL could look at putting it back up on one of their sports channels for the US audience again? At a guess I'd say nostalgia alone would get a bump in viewership out the gate. Disclaimer: I have no idea if the AFL has actually been trying to do this in the last few decades or not
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Feb 16, 2018 07:39
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Lol Norf looks like they picked about their best possible team
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Feb 16, 2018 10:02
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I'd prefer to keep him on the field
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Feb 16, 2018 10:43
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Hopefully he turns to commentary after he retires in 10 years time with 5 premierships as a one club player
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Feb 16, 2018 10:44
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Jetta looking like he's keen to get suspended there
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Feb 16, 2018 11:50
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lol the ground is basically empty at the aflx today
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Feb 17, 2018 07:31
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Yeah they do
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Feb 17, 2018 08:18
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Lot of players burning a lot of energy so far
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Feb 18, 2018 08:41
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Apparently Jordan Lewis is one of our Vice Captains now??
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Feb 20, 2018 08:11
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AFL have announced no rule changes for this year. 2nd year in a row they've decided the 50m penalty for protected zone infringement is reasonable. Cool, cool cool.
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Feb 21, 2018 04:58
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werent the demons the previous holders of biggest win in aflw?
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Feb 23, 2018 10:42
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lochland is a midget e: imagine if brennan was out there
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