AFL 2021
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it was terrible watching two teams i hate play turgid shit football, all the while having to listen to Bruce, BT "Duck" and Lingey tell each other what a great job they are doing with the call.
The only refreshing thing was it was Richmond v Collingwood and i didn't have to listen to 85,000 mouth breathers yell "BAAAAALLLLL!!!!!" every time there is a tackle, and have someone tell me it's "atmosphere"
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Nah I bloody loved it. Thursday night, glass of red in hand, nice eye fillet, and some footy on TV? Heavenly.
The game was shit quality, but it was always going to be. News flash: all the other games this weekend will be shit as well. Probably next week's games too.
But I don't really care, because I just enjoy watching the game and forgetting about all the other shit going on in the world for a few hours.
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@barbarian the NRL flew out of the blocks, i expected the same from the AFL.
Having two games to flick through wasn't bad though.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@barbarian the NRL flew out of the blocks, i expected the same from the AFL.
Having two games to flick through wasn't bad though.
I don't think playing your first game back as a night game in the middle of winter in Melbourne (during the coldest week of the year so far) was great planning.
NRL were smart to have their first game back in winterless Queensland (as are Super Rugby Aus by the way) and Super Rugby Aotearoa smartly went with a roofed option for their first game back.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@barbarian the NRL flew out of the blocks, i expected the same from the AFL.
NRL were helped by a change in officiating that was genius in hindsight.
Best AFL ratings in 10 years for Channel 7, so clearly the masses were happy with whatever they could get.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@barbarian the NRL flew out of the blocks, i expected the same from the AFL.
NRL were helped by a change in officiating that was genius in hindsight.
Best AFL ratings in 10 years for Channel 7, so clearly the masses were happy with whatever they could get.
see the NZ rugby crowds for the weekend...
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
Shit game. Just trash.
The Ch 7 commentary team is fucking awful and getting worse.
Is Bruce McAvaney on Ch 7?
He is, but he doesn’t do every game. They’ve also got Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Hamish McLachlan, Luke Darcy and Basil Zempilas as their main callers plus a bunch of ex players for expert comments - Wayne Carey, Hodge, Richo, Ling, Lethal, Tim Watson etc
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
Shit game. Just trash.
The Ch 7 commentary team is fucking awful and getting worse.
Is Bruce McAvaney on Ch 7?
Gordon Bray on steroids.
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The Dees hung on by a point after Carlton came back at them in Q4. I think we were up by around 23 at the last break and only added a behind for the entire quarter, or something like that. The final quarter coincided with the second half in the rugby so I only saw the very end. It was 54-53 I think, which you never would have expected after the Dees got out to a relatively early 33 point lead.
There was a goal Christian Pettraca scored against the run of play in Q3 which ultimately was the winning of the game. He was actually kicking it to a guy in front of goal but it was too long and bounced between the sticks instead. Shows how fortune can swing a result.
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Qld 2 -WA 0
Lions was expected (if a little close) but i love it when the Suns get up. And smashing the Eagles is massive. Good on them
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
Qld 2 -WA 0
Lions was expected (if a little close) but i love it when the Suns get up. And smashing the Eagles is massive. Good on them
The eagles are a great team When up and running , but they seem to have a lacklustre performance In them every now and then against the odds
That Disappointing loss at home To the hawks on the eve of the finals last year, which caused them to drop out of the 4 was odd given what was at stake .
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Crows.
Got nothin
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@shark seen it described as simultaneously being the most Melbourne win ever, and the most Carlton loss ever.
32-0 up in the first v Carlton and then to only score another 20 points and win by 1 is a tough way to do it.
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Crows.
Got nothin
Been in freefall since the 2017 GF , and they were great that year,
Blindfolding them , driving around in the team bus, listening to the richmond team song is one of the most bizzare methods ive ever heard to deal with a loss,
Cant help but think some of those young men were scarred for life, you couldnt blame them for wanting a fresh start somewhere else.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Crows.
Got nothin
Been in freefall since the 2017 GF , and they were great that year,
Blindfolding them , driving around in the team bus, listening to the richmond team song is one of the most bizzare methods ive ever heard to deal with a loss,
Cant help but think some of those young men were scarred for life, you couldnt blame them for wanting a fresh start somewhere else.
You can see the amateur psychology perspective; "this'll make them hate the Tigers and seek redemption". Young player outcome; "well the only difference if I moved to the Tigers is I'd have a pennant."
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@antipodean said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Crows.
Got nothin
Been in freefall since the 2017 GF , and they were great that year,
Blindfolding them , driving around in the team bus, listening to the richmond team song is one of the most bizzare methods ive ever heard to deal with a loss,
Cant help but think some of those young men were scarred for life, you couldnt blame them for wanting a fresh start somewhere else.
You can see the amateur psychology perspective; "this'll make them hate the Tigers and seek redemption". Young player outcome; "well the only difference if I moved to the Tigers is I'd have a pennant."
Then when the story broke in the media, tex the captain sent aggressive texts to all the players saying whoever leaked that story is going to cop it if he finds out who did it .
Then the story of the text got leaked too
, playing group was fractured . -
Tex is a flog and s bit of a shit player too.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@shark seen it described as simultaneously being the most Melbourne win ever, and the most Carlton loss ever.
32-0 up in the first v Carlton and then to only score another 20 points and win by 1 is a tough way to do it.
A fair summation.
