AFL 2016
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A brilliantly run and promoted game with a real willingness to foster grassroots and full participation for all the family.
Amazing spectator numbers, (and at trainings) and atmosphere. Probably too hyped for the off field stuff (skanks on the Brownlow red carpet) but that's part of the territory.
Great game to watch live and superb skills an fitness levels on display
but (there had to be one
)the preponderance of cheap shots will always be a question mark for me. Nothin tough in taking someone out who's looking the other way
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@barbarian The swans are not hated in melbourne as such , many of the die hards still see the South Melbourne connection , the bloods and all that stuff,
But GWS are seen as something of an AFL project rather than a real club , but the shit hasnt really hit the fan yet, wait till they start playing in GF after GF with all that talent they were given.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2016:
@barbarian The swans are not hated in melbourne as such , many of the die hards still see the South Melbourne connection , the bloods and all that stuff,
But GWS are seen as something of an AFL project rather than a real club , but the shit hasnt really hit the fan yet, wait till they start playing in GF after GF with all that talent they
were givenstole from Richmond.Fixed.
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The one thing with the AFL is the Victorians fucking hate it when other teams take what they think is theirs by right.
They hates the Lions (wll, not now that we suck). They whinged about the Swans and their cost of living allowance. They begrudgingly accept SA and WA as they are at least AFL states, but they hate the rugby states having success.
And so we come to the GWS, a team put together by the AFL in an emerging market, who are a win from a GF. And predictably, the calls have started about "tainted", and being "handed a flag". Ignoring of course the basket case on the Gold Coast given the same concessions, and having the games best player, but never even threatening a finals run, let alone a tilt at the flag.
Sheedy deserves a lot of credit for the ethic and culture he built in to that place from day one. They have used their draft concessions really well, to bring in talent, or trade for wise heads to lead their kids around. Then they pick up Stevie J because no one wanted a punt on him, and of course he's been awesome. It's a smartly run organisation who are well ahead of their expected development curve (anyone who says they saw them in a GF in their first 5 years is fucking lying). I reckon AFL house will be quietly chuffed with this one.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
(anyone who says they saw them in a GF in their first 5 years is fucking lying).
Or even a top 4 appearance.
Really, you can have a bunch of shit handed to you, but its what you do with it that matters. Look at the Waratahs - should be the best-resourced rugby franchise in just about the world but just 1 title in 20 years? Fark...
Victorians can suck ALL the dicks.
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I dont think the average Victorian footy fan , hates the interstate teams as much as people would like to think , I think alot of it is media driven
Most are just selfish pricks though who want their own club to have success ,
I would even say , given the choice, most would hate a traditional cross town rival to win it , such is the rivalry, more so than an interstate team
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Carn the Dogs/Giants
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Well if it's an all Sydney final: good. (Go Swans)
If Swans v Dogs: go Doggies
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Let's go
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
Carn the Dogs/Giants
Yeah quite nice to have two teams that equally would be good news if they won
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I would like to see the battlers get there , I know a few old Bulldog supporters , 2 grand finals and 1 flag in their whole history , its been lean times for them
probably the least glamorous club in the competition , but they play an exciting brand of football
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Go the Bulldogs!!!
That last quarter was awesome. Desparation. Desparation. Desparation.
First Grand Final since 19-sixty-fucking-one !!
I've found my team for the GF.
Great shots of Tony Liberatore in the stands.
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What a game.
Well done Doggies.
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