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NTRabbit posted:Looking forward to someone finally having enough of his cheap sniping and face kicking bullshit and running through Toby Greene so hard he completes a mid air 540 and wakes up in Jacobean Scotland Ah the "Ballantyne defence".
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2019 14:00 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:50 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I have mixed feelings about this AFLW season. Obviously I want us to win, but it would also be pretty rough on Daisy for us to miss out on the grand final by percentage two years running and then do it when she's having Daisy Junior. Does it crush your soul that Melbourne has been denied the opportunity to add another glorious ALFX trophy to the premiership trophy cabinet?
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2019 21:22 |
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drunkill posted:Round 1 AFLW teams are in: https://womens.afl/news/15786/aflw-teams-giants-speedster-races-into-history-books Does Kayo allow you match replays and the fox footy programs? WatchAFL does so im kind of leaning on keeping that going.
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 03:22 |
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NTRabbit posted:St Kilda still has their pick though Even if we dont go well this year we will still win about 6 or so games minimum. We play Carlton and Gold Coast twice remember.
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 15:01 |
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NTRabbit posted:The Swans have been perennial finalists for a long time, seemingly defying the notion that an aging team needs to have a few bad years to rebuild through the draft, largely through astute (and sometimes scandalous) recruiting from other teams. 2018 may have been the closest they'll get to a down year, as they underwent some generational change through the midfield, and put minutes into potentially good young players, while still making the finals. Whilst this is all true I do honestly think they are nearing the end of their ability to keep the elastic band stretching. Their exit from finals last year was extremely uncharacteristic and overall their home and away performance wasnt really exception either.
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 17:49 |
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Azza Bamboo posted:So I can't expect to see a good chance soon, but what I might see is a team that nurtures its young talent and comes back swinging a few seasons from now. Accurate mostly. The question is really how good that talent is on a consistent basis. I doubt they will hit the real lows but then that might be half the issue.
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 06:45 |
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Anyone else able to stream the Geelong/Pies game? Its just throwing up a connection error.
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 09:20 |
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The commentators just mentioned 8 weeks of pre-season only for the women's comp. How exactly are the skills meant to improve properly with such a tiny amount of prep time?
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# ¿ Feb 9, 2019 07:58 |
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drunkill posted:Skills improve for the players who play during the VFLW season, but since there is a cap on AFLW listed players playing in that competition... yeah, skills don't improve for everyone. The restrictions make me honestly wonder if the actual best players are actually playing in the VWFL and the like rather then AFLW. The fact there is an actual full season at state level really would make up for a lot of the reduced payment they might receive.
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# ¿ Feb 9, 2019 08:53 |
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Quantum Shart posted:https://twitter.com/CarltonFC/status/1094448532885360641?s=19 Oh Carlton, dont ever stop being the shittiest team in the comp for all the reasons.
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# ¿ Feb 10, 2019 08:37 |
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NTRabbit posted:The AFL, displaying their incompetence again? It's unthinkable These people are legit loving morons. I swear its almost being treated as a lip service that will "pass by in a bit" but forgot to tell all the clubs and all the supporters. You jackasses AFL house.
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# ¿ Feb 10, 2019 12:17 |
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Sorry to break this to you but thats how we have always done ladders in Victoria. The AFL just obviously cant be bothered putting the SA version of the website up anymore due to lack of interest.
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 15:42 |
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drunkill posted:https://twitter.com/NicNegrepontis/status/1096708625282682880?s=19 When does this raiding recruitment style stop? I know its really to just get the teams setup and the like but eventually its going to undermine the poo poo out of the comp if you have no player retention.
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# ¿ Feb 16, 2019 14:45 |
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snaeksikn posted:hang on now, you havent seen the latest version of aflx yet But the AFLW actually means something to some people.
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2019 16:47 |
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Periphery posted:Apparently the Hawks new training facility at Dingley is going to cost $135m. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-18/hawks-set-to-unveil-grand-plan-for-new-dingley-fortress Dingley will be the Hawks "seaford move" but with more horrid odours and at 10 times the price.
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2019 11:24 |
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gay picnic defence posted:Hopefully the land subsides and puts a bunch of lumps and hollows in their ground, and some big cracks through their shiny new buildings Im banking more on a methane buildup and a colossal explosion lighting up the night sky.
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2019 14:06 |
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-19/new-rules-will-mean-more-hammerings-says-scott Kind of interesting and I was thinking similar things last night with the new kick in rules. Good teams are going to be able to clear that ball from the backline a LOT easier I think which is going to to make kicking behinds a real risk now. I really hope it doesnt result in more pastings of bottom teams, its just not fun for anyone. Honestly I dont think the AFL has really considered the outcomes of these rule changes thoroughly at all.
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2019 05:07 |
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Diet Crack posted:That list assessment is so off the mark it's not even laughable. How the gently caress is our list worse off than Brisbane's? Honestly, just loving how? Same old 'No More Priddis, Wooden Spoon' nonsense as last year. What exactly is confusing about that? Our season last year was poo poo but brought on by a bunch of reasons of which many have been rectified. Have you actually looked at Carltons list?
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 04:57 |
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mactheknife posted:I don't understand quite how this is supposed to capture the international market. Is it because traditional AFL is, well, Calvinball but real? I know that when my friends and I stumbled onto the 2010 Grand Final on tv here at like 1am that's what we intriguing to us. It was kind of inscrutable at first but that was the appeal. I almost feel like if I watched AFLX and was like "gently caress yeah" and then tuned into regular AFL I'd be even more confused? Yeah it makes little sense to me. I mean, from the beginning the name is an issue. The code is still "Australian Rules Football" despite the AFL doing all it can to basically rename it. I'm not a think tank but surely something that gave an idea about what the hell it actually is to begin with might help. Oz Footy 7s or something that described what it was all about might help. I guess there is some sort of transition to regular footy but making overseas audiences take it on enmasse is basically impossible. China might be the best bet due it to still being a young market but the rest of the world has Soccer and American Football to fill that winter sport need.
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 18:07 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:They’ll have to pry it like franking credits from our cold dead hands Surely you can find something else to prop up that dodgy couch in the membership centre break room? Also https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-21/podcast-is-dan-hannebery-leadership-material Its a day old but one has to wonder what the gently caress Barrett is smoking to get the idea that the club that had Hannebery as a vice captain would be even remotely surprised he was appointed to another club's leadership group? Apparently he got told to "gently caress off and dont come back" in not so many words by StKilda's (and likely others) admin last year so he must have a bee up his rear end.
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2019 05:49 |
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Steven is taking time off due to a family related issue.
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# ¿ Feb 26, 2019 13:43 |
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realbez posted:Stratton is captain of Hawthorn. Good pick I think. The guy half passed out on the couch at 4am at Revs heartily endorses this decision.
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2019 05:45 |
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Richmond, bad?
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 07:14 |
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Bulldogs, wooden spooners???
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 09:56 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:Bit low class imo Mixers are the swill of the proletariat frankly.
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 11:09 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I feel like this should be a free against Preuss for incorrect disposal Insert Bane vs Batman jokes here.
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 21:29 |
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The runner issue is the most overblown issue right now. If they are genuinely being used to block space then tighten the rules about them being on the ground without dallying. Its not like its impossible to have a secondary interchange steward paying attention to the runners and notifying when necessary.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 09:23 |
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Spedman posted:I remember being at the Sydney/North game at Docklands last year, and when it was getting tight the Sydney runners were constantly filling space, directing players around them to work with them, it was incredibly blatant and obvious from the stands. I’m glad they’re dumping them. Then simply make them have to run out and back in a direct fashion otherwise a free is paid. People complain about runners out of one half their mouth then would bitch when coaches are unable to make tactical changes when needed. Footy fields are loving big, its hard even to convey proper messages 50meters away let alone on the opposite wing. Rather then wasting thousands on stupid message boards that cant be read, employing one extra staffer to stop runners loving around seems like a far better idea.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 10:25 |
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As bad as Essendon are tonight they pale in shittyness to Geelong's pre-season tshirt.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 11:35 |
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realbez posted:A whiteboard is like ten bucks at Kmart. The runners can still come on between goals it’s not like the players and coaches are cut off for the entire quarter. They are pointless regardless. Anything more complicated then a 5 letter word is going to be illegible from the distance you could shout at anyway. Look im not sure how many of you blokes still actually play football but the game is far to dynamic in my opinion to restrict messages to "after goals". I have played in games that were won only because player positions were changed up to deal with a specific issue.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 16:15 |
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NTRabbit posted:Well what was the alternative response to Sydney having gamed the gently caress out of the system non stop for nearly a decade? We got the new interchange system because Sydney were routinely playing 19 on the field at critical junctures too, remember. Start awarding free kicks or even 50 meter penalities for hanging out on the field then. They will very quickly stop using runners in that fashion if they are penalized in game for it.
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 04:15 |
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Spedman posted:So the solution is to just create more confusing free kicks? And ad more officials into the mix? Then just have the steward ban the runner for 15minutes each time they waste time of the field rather then free kicks. I just dont really understand you people sometimes, you want your coaches having less influence over your team at important times?
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 15:22 |
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Spedman posted:I personally want opposition runners having less influence on the game during important times Ah the old "my coach is poo poo so gonna make sure every coach is poo poo" defence.
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2019 14:38 |
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drunkill posted:thanks disney i hate it Imagine being an 18yo first gamer and having to debut in that, lol.
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# ¿ Mar 12, 2019 14:59 |
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Carlton fudging numbers again I see.
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# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 11:48 |
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Have the clubs checked any local bankvaults for the missing members?
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# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 16:16 |
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drunkill posted:And the head of the membership department at Richmond the past 8 or so years is now the ceo of Carlton. Saints have done a similar thing, all done in house, and managed to add on 10k in members over the last 4 rather lean years. The start to this season will really dictate if we can push that further.
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# ¿ Mar 14, 2019 10:50 |
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In positive football news, the kid who egged Fraser "Hitler" Anning in the back of the head is an under 19 at my footclub. Post congratulatory messages to pass on at next training session here >
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# ¿ Mar 16, 2019 16:11 |
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drunkill posted:Fox running a 360 ad with robbo saying "we couldn't get gay married" during the pride match. Of course. So by "we" he means "myself and a bottle of Whisky"?
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# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 06:41 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:50 |
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Bad time for the forums to go haywire when Richmond is warming up 9th spot already.
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# ¿ Mar 21, 2019 13:41 |