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gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
https://x.com/herbatron23/status/1905123612165624280

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snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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Just signed what a 6 or 7 year deal with a million a year? What a clown

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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Hope the Dees win this weekend cos I don't want us to be shitter than Essendon

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
Well I sure as gently caress didn't see that coming at 3/4 time. Also, I now love Saad El Hawli very much

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

thepokey posted:

Well I sure as gently caress didn't see that coming at 3/4 time. Also, I now love Saad El Hawli very much

He looks pretty exciting, that's for sure!

Without meaning to stereotype, he really reminded me of Bachar Houli.

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.

cmndstab posted:

He looks pretty exciting, that's for sure!

Without meaning to stereotype, he really reminded me of Bachar Houli.

Supposedly he's the first graduate from the Houli academy so i guess it's not too far a stretch given he was mentored by Houli

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




thepokey posted:

Supposedly he's the first graduate from the Houli academy so i guess it's not too far a stretch given he was mentored by Houli

Houli Douli :dadjoke:

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the ring, and then I start eating garbage!
Bulldogs should have traded away English back when he had value, I have never seen a ruck more terrified of contact. And his work around the ground isn't even there anymore either, we'd have legit been better off playing fat & out of shape Crossley.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
This is a fun read imo http://thisweekinfootball.great-site.net/?p=1

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.

Testekill posted:

Bulldogs should have traded away English back when he had value, I have never seen a ruck more terrified of contact. And his work around the ground isn't even there anymore either, we'd have legit been better off playing fat & out of shape Crossley.

Think Will Minson could get a run next week?

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the ring, and then I start eating garbage!

thepokey posted:

Think Will Minson could get a run next week?

He'd be better than English, that much is for sure.

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
Excellent choke by Carlton

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Carlton play Collingwood next Friday night lol. Basically the biggest stage to possibly go 0-4.

Side note I was in Perth this week and Optus Stadium looks sick. Keen to get back there for a game.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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My nickname for Tim English is the Frankenmormon

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

This site doesn't seem to load, and also my anti-malware software is throwing up complaints. What is it?

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

cmndstab posted:

This site doesn't seem to load, and also my anti-malware software is throwing up complaints. What is it?

Huh, loads fine for me.

The abc footy guys are collating a weekly grab bag of short footy pieces.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

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Works for me

Also, the Dees are bad

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Malwarebytes blocks it for me

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Saints making heavy work of the Tiges today I see

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the ring, and then I start eating garbage!
Dee's fans going to return to the traditional September home of Mt Bulla

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Testekill posted:

Dee's fans going to return to the traditional September home of Mt Bulla

Snow’s pretty thin by then, September is more for the mediterranean trip imo.

monolithburger
Sep 7, 2011

harperdc posted:

Saints making heavy work of the Tiges today I see

That was a helluva second half :eyepop:

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

It loving SUCKS being a team on the way down. My whole adult life Melbourne have either been really poo poo, pretty poo poo, coming up, or really good. So I was either excited about maybe getting a win, or excited about playing finals and competing for flsgs.

This is my first time in the way down and it's awful. There's nothing to look forward to.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

monolithburger posted:

That was a helluva second half :eyepop:

Steadied the ship in the second quarter in fairness, put the foot down and earned some percentage in the second half.

Maybe Crom are also just good this year (or have extra superpowers at Adelaide Oval), or Richmond are really just bad-bad, but hey, I’ll take it.

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
Not a big fan of Hawks winning ways. The 3peat was too recent and gently caress Sam Mitchell. This isn't good!

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Windmill Hut posted:

It loving SUCKS being a team on the way down. My whole adult life Melbourne have either been really poo poo, pretty poo poo, coming up, or really good. So I was either excited about maybe getting a win, or excited about playing finals and competing for flsgs.

This is my first time in the way down and it's awful. There's nothing to look forward to.

I think we’ve got a good set of really promising young players, and the fact that we debuted 5 (plus a club debut) in round 1 suggests to me that internally we had some recognition that this year was about the future more than the now.

We traded out our first round pick this year, which sucks, but it was to double up on what we thought was a more promising draft last year rather than to get a ready to go player. Would we have expected it to be a potentially top 3 pick we were giving up rather than a 8-12? Probably not, but it’s not entirely disastrous.

For me though I’d largely given up on the idea of us ever winning a flag so I’ve got a hell of a lot I can look back on with joy from this patch. We’re not as well positioned as Richmond pre-Tassie but I’d rather be in our spot than say Collingwood who while they’ll be better than us this year, I don’t think are going to challenge for a flag, and have some massive gaps to fill on their list by the time the draft will be most compromised.

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

Windmill Hut posted:

It loving SUCKS being a team on the way down. My whole adult life Melbourne have either been really poo poo, pretty poo poo, coming up, or really good. So I was either excited about maybe getting a win, or excited about playing finals and competing for flsgs.

This is my first time in the way down and it's awful. There's nothing to look forward to.

This was me over the last few years. I started following football around 2001 and the Crows were always either pretty good, or else their time in the wilderness was quite short (missed finals in 2004, minor premiers in 2005, had two bad years in 2010/11, made a prelim in 2012, two average years in 2013/14 followed by several good years in a row). But by the time 2020 came along it was clear that we were going to be near the bottom of the ladder for years to come, and that proved very true. The preseason camp destroyed our team culture, most of our team had retired or chosen to leave, our spiritual leader in Walker was busy learning how to not be an overt racist in public, and our on-field performances were abominable. And we didn't even have a premiership from that time period to look back on.

Still, there was some enjoyment in watching the likes of Thilthorpe, Rachele and Soligo come in and show something. And then with good picks we were able to go after the likes of Dawson and Rankine, and "win" some trade weeks for once. And there was at least the AFLW team to keep my love for the club alive when the men's team was giving me nothing.

Focus on enjoying watching the debutants as they come in, watching the deck chairs shuffle in the coaching group, and death-riding your rival teams. Once your team is finally good again, the embers will spark up pretty quick.

cmndstab fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Mar 29, 2025

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

cmndstab posted:

and death-riding your rival teams.

If I’m right about the pain Collingwood is in for this will absolutely help sustain me. If I’m wrong well then I guess it’s time to be an NFL guy again.

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

Solemn Sloth posted:

If I’m right about the pain Collingwood is in for this will absolutely help sustain me. If I’m wrong well then I guess it’s time to be an NFL guy again.

Having your rival team be terrible is good fun and all, but having them be ostensibly good and yet repeatedly fall over themselves when it really counts is even better :allears:

thepokey
Jul 20, 2004

Let me start off with a basket of chips. Then move on to the pollo asado taco.
I'm death riding Melbourne this year so more than happy for them to channel the Neeld years

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
In Adelaide on a family holiday so decided to come to the game today and Adelaide oval is rad.

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Watching ANB get around for the Crows has made me realise the value of glue guys. Brayshaw at the start of 2024 then ANB last offseason, clearly the two biggest on and off field glue guys for the Dees. Now look at us.

Not saying it's the only reason but clearly a big factor.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Windmill Hut posted:

Watching ANB get around for the Crows has made me realise the value of glue guys. Brayshaw at the start of 2024 then ANB last offseason, clearly the two biggest on and off field glue guys for the Dees. Now look at us.

Not saying it's the only reason but clearly a big factor.

On top of that we didn’t seem to realise we were in fact losing Gus (which doesn’t speak well to our management) when we let James Jordon walk for better opportunities at Sydney.

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Suns vs Crows being game of the round next week is not something I would've expected

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
It’s time to ask the question: can the crows go undefeated this year?

Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Seams posted:

It’s time to ask the question: can the crows go undefeated this year?

Mozzed

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Sep 16, 2003

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Seams posted:

It’s time to ask the question: can the crows go undefeated this year?

More and more people are saying it

cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!

Seams posted:

It’s time to ask the question: can the crows go undefeated this year?

Gold Coast will start favourites against us next week.

Them along with Geelong and GWS in the next few rounds will let us know where the Crows are really at.

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib

Windmill Hut posted:

It loving SUCKS being a team on the way down. My whole adult life Melbourne have either been really poo poo, pretty poo poo, coming up, or really good. So I was either excited about maybe getting a win, or excited about playing finals and competing for flsgs.

This is my first time in the way down and it's awful. There's nothing to look forward to.

https://i.imgur.com/IEKWVk0.mp4

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Windmill Hut
Jul 21, 2008

Have a few cheeky lines, ya banned oval office.

Concuss someone playing the game? Ya banned oval office.

Bash someone off field? All good mate, play on.

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