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When does the footy-tipping start? Will there be a goon group for both AFL and AFLW? Howsabout Supercoach?
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Jan 11, 2018 02:46
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Given he is contracted for 2018, do the swans still pay him, even though he is not playing?
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Jan 22, 2018 07:04
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Given that international markets, (China, India, US, wherever), will most likely not care about the sport nor will people be clamoring to play a bowdlerized version of a foreign game merely because they have a ground shaped for it , I would posit that AFLX is less about getting them to care or watch proper AFL, and more about giving cable providers in these markets product to fill their 24 hour sports channels. Although if that truly was the intention, then why not just sell them actual AFL, or AFL highlights? I seem to remember them doing something similar to this a while back. This would get eyes on the product, is easier to sell, ("hey look at this weird game Australians play, isn't it exciting and fun?" etc.), and would translate a lot better to getting people into actually watching and playing AFL seriously.
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Feb 16, 2018 07:17
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Another thing, that I am sure has been said about AFLX is how stupid it is to be running it during the womens comp. A womens comp that is building steam, building popularity, has athletes that are taking it seriously, and are having a crack. Instead of focusing on that, the AFL decides to spend it's marketing money, and tv time, and efforts on a bullshit hit and giggle that nobody cares about and is over in less than a week.
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Feb 20, 2018 04:57
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Periphery posted:So he has a horribly drawn lion with filigree coming out of it's head? At least he's consistent. It looks to me like the lion has antlers, and said antlers are steaming.
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Mar 2, 2018 09:10
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cmndstab posted:That sounds like a terrible decision. Watching the players come out and kick the ball at the goals is one of the fun parts of the pre-match What? You like watching the athletes/sportspeople you came to see practice their athletic skills? Nah mate, we'll give you a D grade celebrity with a mic on the big screen trying to get someone to wave on camera for the chance to win a free pie. That'll get the fans engaged.
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Mar 5, 2018 04:41
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Periphery posted:I don't really see why anyone would care if clubs can't warm up 40min before a game? Particularly if it means we get more VFL games beforehand. [b]More fan engagement I can live without though.[b] That's my issue with it. They are taking poo poo away to make room for the horrible, tone deaf attempts at bullshit "hype" that the AFL does so badly.
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Mar 5, 2018 09:35
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I thought Tippett's retirement was a Salary thing. As in because he is retired, they only have to pay out a percentage of the last year of his contract. Hence why a bunch of the big monster long term contracts are back-loaded. But I could be very very wrong on this.
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Mar 7, 2018 09:08
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In even stupider news, Eddie McGuire says something stupid. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/en...307-p4z36p.html gently caress the both of them.
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Mar 8, 2018 02:57
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Schneider Inside Her posted:The weird thing is that there are heaps of people with well thought out football opinions out there but they have Sam Newman and Eddie McGuire on there The Footy Show isn't about well thought out football opinions though. It hasn't been for a long time. And I think one of the reasons they won't ever let it die, is to let it die is to admit defeat. To admit that Newman and McGuires brand of blokey matey misogyny and buffoonery has had it's day. The people at Channel 9, (and Eddie and Sam in particular), will never want to admit that until the bitter end. So when it does die, (becauase of lack of ratings = lack of profitability), the few people/mouthbreathers left watching will blame PC culture and the bloody gay muslim foreign reffo sheilas for killing it, when it has been dead and irrellevant for at least 4-5 years.
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Mar 10, 2018 09:03
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So, I have gone and bought an international watch AFL season pass, and have donated it to one of the pubs here. This is so I will have somewhere to watch the football, and also so I won't have to do what I did last year, and watch the GF alone on my laptop in my office at school. I tried it out yesterday for the first time, and it worked OK, and was only a little bit spotty at times though. But the $149 US is a small price to pay for bringing footy to Fuzhou.
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Mar 12, 2018 03:43
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What was the reason for teh new songs? Was it a license thing? Do the AFL want to own the rights to the music played at games, and not have to pay fees? If it is that, do the AFL, or Port pay the license fees for "Never Tear Us Apart"?
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Mar 19, 2018 09:41
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Solemn Sloth posted:Lol so Dangerfield is in and we are missing Viney, McDonald and Oliver, this sure is hard to tip and will be a hard fought contest lol Look on the bright side. At least now Melbourne aren't favourites to win. In that case you'd be screwed.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:25
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ewe2 posted:
Two words prove you wrong here. Jeff Kennett. (Yes, I am an old man who lived through his reign. Fight me.)
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Mar 20, 2018 10:01
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realbez posted:On watchafl this round: there’s a thread on bigfooty about it now with a lot of people reporting the same issues. Unwatchable stream and that lovely trick where it decides to punt you back an hour randomly. Hopefully it gets fixed since it is widespread. I had the same issues in the bar I watched the game in. Very spotty, gives you 3 seconds and then buffers, then jumped back to the first quarter for no reason. It wasn't happening for teh AFLW games I watched last week and the week before, so hopefully it was a one time thing.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:06
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realbez posted:“Collective Mind” lmao Didn't they have a hit in the early 90s with 'Gel'?
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Mar 28, 2018 10:25
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I think is is the most Richmond thing ever that their fans were crowing that thy were guaranteed to go back to back after one win, and are now certain they will be wooden spooners after one loss.
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Mar 30, 2018 05:35
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hiddenmovement posted:What if the Suns who have now dispatched 2 opponents handily are actually kind of alright??? Who knew it was the bald headed god-botherer that was holding them back?
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Mar 31, 2018 06:30
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Divorced And Curious posted:one of the only good things to ever come from the footy subreddit was the rumour that sicily was a white supremacist Was it based on his stupid 'shave teh sides of my head' haircut? Coz among all his faults, this is the one that shits me the most.
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Apr 4, 2018 05:45
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The umpiring in the North v Melbourne game is atrocious. Goldstein elbows a bloke in the head and gets a free kick for his trouble
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Apr 7, 2018 05:36
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I'm not saying anything new, or shocking here, but Eddie McGuire is a bad commentator, and a bad person, and I dislike seeing him and hearing him on my screen.
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Apr 7, 2018 06:39
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NPR Journalizard posted:Doesn't change the fact he is still a poo poo person Um no. I think you'll find that if you can kick a leather ball between two big poles multiple times then it excuses any and all bad stuff you have done.
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Apr 16, 2018 04:09
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On the Bomber Thompson stuff: As much as the "good bloke" defense will shorten his jail time, surely the easiest defense is just for him to roll over on his bikie roommate and/or claim he was being threatened/stood over. That should cut a few years off, and depending on how much of an arsehole he is, (answer: very much so), surely he could claim mental distress due to the Dank saga fallout. I mean he even has public statements corroborating that. So that could also help him come sentencing time.
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May 3, 2018 05:48
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3rd quarter = premiership quarter. Also, I reckon that last goal was after the siren. BrigadierSensible fucked around with this message at 07:10 on May 5, 2018 |
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May 5, 2018 07:05
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BT is whinging about Hannan's socks.
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May 6, 2018 06:52
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Spedman posted:It'd be like any other large org, full of people wanting to climb to the top not wanting to spoil their chances, plus it's a relatively small industry and you don't want to be the whistleblower. I'd bet this plays a huge part in it. Notice how much of an old boys club it is. If you get sacked from a position at one club, you just slide into a different position at another club. People move from AFL house to club back to AFL house in various administrative roles. Everybody knows everybody else, and you don't want to ruin your chances of promotion by pissing off those above you by revealing their secrets. I'd also argue there is a "what happens on footy trip stays on footy trip" mentality among the male ex-players, as well as a "you never played footy, you wouldn't understand" culture that thinks that the football industry has different rules to normal corporate and workplaces.
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May 11, 2018 00:25
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Completely apropos of nothing: I was listening to Australian hip-hop artist Drapht's song Jimmy Recard where there is the line "like Wirrapunda on the ball" It got me thinking, what other popular songs intentionally use the names of footy players in the lyrics? Up there Cazaly is an obvious choice, but I can't think of any others off the top of my head.
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May 15, 2018 06:15
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drunkill posted:Charlie free to play, appeal dismissed. As I understand it, Hawkins plead guilty to get the 1 week instead of the 2 he would get otherwise.
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May 17, 2018 08:25
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Max Gawn is both good at football, and is a charming motherfucker.
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May 27, 2018 07:58
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snaeksikn posted:Before the game yesterday the commentary mentioned the AFL told the crows they can wear their indigenous top this upcoming round. Yeah, they know the schedule, so they know who they'll be playing in indigenous round, so the designers should at least try to design something that won't clash with the oppositions colours. Or maybe get the designers from the two teams together and have a quick chat so this doesn't happen in the future.
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May 28, 2018 03:12
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In the AFL being arsehole news: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/in-despair-artists-take-aim-at-afl-over-indigenous-round-guernsey-20180602-p4zj25.html The artists who designed the Bulldogs indigenous jumper haven't been paid for it's inclusion in the AFL video game. And I doubt they are the only ones. I'm more inclined to think that this was an administrative oversight rather than actual malice. But it highlights some of teh things that have been said insomuch that the people in administration do not know how to administer the simple things.
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Jun 3, 2018 00:48
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Is he using the second St Kilda scarf as a leash so that she doesn't run away? Or is he a gentleman who knew that she would be cold in her lingerie, so he bought her a scarf to keep her warm at the football? Being careful to tie it around her waist so he can still see her sweet sweet cartoon boobs.
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Jun 10, 2018 05:13
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Periphery posted:They just said on Foxfooty that the Crows plan on keeping the Collective Minds program running as they can see the value in it. Couldn't the players just do a Melbourne and refuse to go? Who would blame them, given the details of what went on at the last one.
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Jun 14, 2018 10:03
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Periphery posted:Yeah, it'd be too hard to find replacements during the season. As far as I know almost every Saints assistant coach is out of contract at the end of this year. I'd expect them all to be gone. But if they keep the Head Coach, and clean out almost everyone underneath him doesn't that make his job all teh harder, now he has to work with an entire new team, and a team of people that aren't necessarily on the same page as him? Isn't a key part of Clarkson's success is that he surrounds himself with "his" guys. So by bringing an entire new roster of assistant coaches wouldn't the Saints be making a bigger rod for their own back?
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Jun 15, 2018 10:02
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As punishment for my sins in some former life, the only game of football I managed to watch last week was GWS murdering the Suns, and the only game of footy I will see this week is the Saints v Suns game happening now. I am watching on delay, and there was just a period of play where the ball went end to end without a Saint within a bulls roar of the ball let alone their man. It is amazing that they are making the Suns look good, given last week Gold Coast were insanely awful. To summarise, I agree with everyone above me who has spoken the simple truth: Saints bad.
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Jun 16, 2018 08:49
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It has been said before, but Max Gawn is a charming, and eloquent motherfucker.
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Jul 7, 2018 13:21
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Was thinking about Gawn. Re: his charming-osity and eloquent-ness. Even though it is counter -intuitive to hope that someone who is charming and eloquent doesn't have a post playing career in the media, I hope Gawn stays well the gently caress away from TV and/or radio. He is too beautiful and pure for the garbage fire that is Australian Sports Media.
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Jul 8, 2018 15:23
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Are Adelaide officially out of contention for the 8 now? Or are they still a statistically improbable mathematical chance?
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Jul 28, 2018 15:12
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Eddie McGuire just quoted Shakespeare, and Jake Stringer kicked a goal. What is going on?
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Aug 4, 2018 05:27
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They will offer 4-5 weeks, because of his "good bloke" defence, i.e. never been before the tribunal before etc. If they are stupid enough to try and appeal, he will get the full 8, hopefully more. Because that was a round armed haymaker thrown at a young kids face putting him in hospital. And poo poo like that has no place in the game, or at all.
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Aug 5, 2018 12:37
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