AFL 2018 - the darkest timeline is yellow and black

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Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

thepokey posted:

I love how mad Essendon fans are getting over the eSports team. So many "this is why we can't win premierships anymore, we spend all our time on computer games!" and when Raz played a game against a pro there were lots of "great strat by the club, playing games rather than being out on the park practicing goal kicking". How do people not stop to think "ok I'm sure players are allowed to have some down time and don't train 24/7, and we haven't won a flag in 18 years, and the esports team has been around for 6 months, so it's probably not the reason we haven't been winning flags".

Also, the esports logo looks better than our main logo

logo is also the shape of most gaming mice

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 19:49

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 17:48

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

If you're not smuggling in vodka to help keep you warm during the season proper then you've been doing footy wrong.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2018 12:01

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Nutsngum posted:

15 minute quarters are one of the reasons why the scoring is garbage. You have literally half the game time of the mens league. Double that score and suddenly two of the four games have reasonable score lines.

Seriously, was there any real desire from the players or coaches or teams to shorten quarters like that? Or make the footy a half size smaller? Or put in the loving idiotic boundary changes? Heavens forbid AFL House just let the girls plays the game. It'd almost be worth keeping AFLX around if they kept all the stupid rule changes confined to that and left the real matches alone.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2018 23:52

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

This is so poo poo. Commentators have given up even trying to talk about the match and are just fellating the fact this is GREAT for internationals because the ground.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2018 10:41

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

hiddenmovement posted:

There's a decent number of domestic cricket grounds in sa and India, reckon we could by just whacking some goal posts in

By 'international' the AFL mean China and USA. Heavens forbid they try it places where you might actually get a field to play on.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2018 07:02

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

So the AFL didn't make a rules change and instead had to gently caress about with poo poo this way huh

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 06:44

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Short term loans but limited to country leagues might actually be a fun thing to watch.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2018 02:04

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

And the proper club song at the end too, eat poo poo AFL house.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2018 12:34

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Diet Crack posted:

Wow Essendon are poo poo. Top 4 side my arse, beaten by a team that didn't even show up last week.

Interstate matches never count, lid is still off, premiership contenders for sure, etc.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2018 17:49

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Testekill posted:

https://i.imgur.com/stLJjAs.gifv

Which is funnier, this or Taranto last week? Riewoldt is always the winner since it was in a grand final and it was a monumental gently caress up by a champion player but which takes second place?

Daniher is a sack of spuds that should never take shots at goal so passing it off was the right move imo

# ¿ Apr 10, 2018 06:56

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

drunkill posted:

Vic Bias altert

AFL Grand Final to be hosted at the MCG until 2057.

$500m for stadium upgrades from the Andrews government in next months budget.

$10m for Princes Park upgrade.
MCG capacity boost to the southern stand.
Eureaka Stadium stage 2 in Ballarat
Casey Fields upgrade (and probably a Clyde rail extension and station nextdoor to casey fields announced in the next two weeks)
Docklands upgrades
Kardinia Park final stage

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/andrews-government-set-to-splash-cash-on-footy-stadiums-20180412-p4z9bg.html

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-12/gf-at-mcg-until-2057-as-part-of-500m-megadeal

So is this better than theNSW govt. Sydney stadiums stuff or worse or what.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2018 13:44

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

snaeksikn posted:

richmond has 90,000 members

Legit members or like, in total with all the one match a year members and baby members and make my cat a member bullshit ones?

# ¿ Apr 13, 2018 06:44

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

everything after Sheedy was a mistake

# ¿ May 1, 2018 14:42

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

wasn't that mostly due to huge salary cap rorts they mostly got away with?

# ¿ May 1, 2018 16:31

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

The Deadly Hume posted:

Alternatively, this sort of "rationalisation" was tried in rugby league with Super League and look how that turned out. It hasn't ever really recovered, and even the heat the VFL took in trying to get the Footscray-Fitzroy merger to happen probably had a bit to do with it. Blame stupid WAFL all you like, it's quite likely the VFL teams would've forced their way back into your ideal scenario once the membership drives got underway.

yes but counter point - Victorian Illuminati Cabal.

# ¿ May 13, 2018 05:17

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

The problem is Victorians go out and see matches in person, where are the ratings in that!?

# ¿ Jun 3, 2018 02:28

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

i like the big hits and the big goals

# ¿ Jun 6, 2018 15:18

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Because local ratings for the tennis are through the roof, especially after the first round when all the Aussie inevitably crash out. loving Ch7

# ¿ Jun 7, 2018 13:00

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

scalloped potatoes are a totally different loving thing to potato cakes god drat it

grilled flake is also where it's at, crumbed is fine but gtfo of here with any of that terrible batter poo poo

# ¿ Jul 14, 2018 01:13

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

All forcing set players to be in their zones at stoppages will do is make forwards/backs do loving beep tests all game every game. Sprint back to the 50, sprint back out. gently caress AFL house

I'd rather take the idiotic old man 'it was better in the 70's' poo poo than these new ideas to 'fix footy'.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2018 02:38

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

ABC has like, 3 or 4 channels right now. Could totally show all AFL womens matches a week and have WAY better commentators as well. And I'd kill for SBS to be able to actually show Matilda matches.

gently caress CH7 is what I'm saying.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2018 06:37

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

BJ looked totally cooked his last few matches so it's not that surprising

# ¿ Aug 21, 2018 06:42

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

cmndstab posted:

Ryder was obviously a coup, but beyond that they've either attracted players whose clubs were happy to let go, or who came from other interstate clubs.

Ryder wasn't really due to FA anything, that was all on Essendon doping drug drama.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2018 17:22

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

The answer is Sam Pang.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2018 06:14

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I just shuddered when reading that. gently caress the flood and the boring football it lead to

alt universe - AFL House radically reinvent the rules to fix the flood back in 2002 and we've been playing with zones for a decade+ now

# ¿ Sep 24, 2018 02:56

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

sure sure, massive player numbers, grassroots supports, club support, community support, all that

but have you heard of AFLX!

- the actual argument from AFL house

# ¿ Sep 28, 2018 07:01

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Now watch the dodoro magic happen and GWS to get utterly hosed

# ¿ Oct 9, 2018 04:22

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

gently caress the AFL for killing the much maligned skill of kicking the ball back up to yourself. If defenders can't do that what the hell are we paying them for?

# ¿ Oct 11, 2018 07:41

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

He was out this entire season with injury wasn't he?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2018 08:05

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

if every match is the grand final then every match will get 100k+ attendance

# ¿ Nov 16, 2018 09:07

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

If you're going to force clubs to release their star players for stupid scratch matches, bring back state of origin.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2018 18:05

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

Solemn Sloth posted:

This is going to be a disaster even by the AFL's lofty standards of incompetence

make this retroactive and put it in the year 2000 so essendon can have the flawless season TIA

# ¿ Dec 6, 2018 15:10

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 17:48

Robodog: Oct 22, 2004; ...how does that work?

hiddenmovement posted:

Get drunkill to do this years op but make it an indepth preview of the womens season instead of the mens

100% do this one

# ¿ Jan 14, 2019 06:47

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