AFL 2021
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Good win to the Dees yesterday over Freo. Could have been a wider margin had they been more accurate in front of goal, but also credit to Freo for hanging in there and staging a couple of decent fight backs. Was an entertaining game.
And all the more reason to support New Zealand's team, Melbourne, with those two 'Kiwis' in their side, especially big Maxy Gawn. I'll have to look them up on Wiki. Dustin Martin's parentage is well known due to his Kiwi Dad having been deported but I suspect the other guys are similar ie Australian born and a Kiwi parent involved.
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Ok big Max has two Kiwi parents, was born in Australia when they migrated but did return to Greymouth as a baby before moving back. So to be fair, it's a reasonable link. I'm sure he considers himself to be an Aussie but the parentage is unquestionable and I'd wager there is a pic around somewhere of Max as a giant child wearing an All Blacks or possibly Crusaders jersey.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
wait I've just paid attention to that graphic. Max Gawn and Dustin Martin are kiwis? Get the fuck out. That's cringey as fuck.
Possibly not as cringey as the NBA game where Adams was marking Baynes and the comms referenced how rare it would be to see two New Zealanders playing each other in the NBA. Baynes was born in Gisborne but plays for the Boomers FFS.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
wait I've just paid attention to that graphic. Max Gawn and Dustin Martin are kiwis? Get the fuck out. That's cringey as fuck.
Possibly not as cringey as the NBA game where Adams was marking Baynes and the comms referenced how rare it would be to see two New Zealanders playing each other in the NBA. Baynes was born in Gisborne but plays for the Boomers FFS.
Baynes is from up here
Also fucking Lions. Sydney? Really?
And I thought Geelong was the team everyone would be laughing at today
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I can’t remember the last time we scored over 100 and three different guys with three goal so not relying on Papley to have a blinder , I enjoyed that
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
wait I've just paid attention to that graphic. Max Gawn and Dustin Martin are kiwis? Get the fuck out. That's cringey as fuck.
Possibly not as cringey as the NBA game where Adams was marking Baynes and the comms referenced how rare it would be to see two New Zealanders playing each other in the NBA. Baynes was born in Gisborne but plays for the Boomers FFS.
Baynes is from up here
Also fucking Lions. Sydney? Really?
And I thought Geelong was the team everyone would be laughing at today
Are you adding or correcting? From Wiki:
Baynes was born in Gisborne, New Zealand to two Kiwi parents in 1986. His family moved to the relatively small Australian town of Mareeba, Queensland when he was three years of age
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Really entertaining round. Seems like North will be the only easybeat team this year, with the other 17 teams all with a shot of winning on any given Sunday.
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
Also impressed by the Suns, even though they lost. I think the competition for the 7th and 8th will be pretty intense.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
exactly this, ive had a look around the boards and there is a lot of excitement but also the reality we had three on debut and its one thing to fire when winning but how they handle being under the pump against someone like richmond or geelong is yet to be seen
booting your first AFL goal on the run from 50 is a bloody good start though
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
Really entertaining round. Seems like North will be the only easybeat team this year, with the other 17 teams all with a shot of winning on any given Sunday.
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
Also impressed by the Suns, even though they lost. I think the competition for the 7th and 8th will be pretty intense.
as usual, the Swans drafted well, and their kids are jets right off the bat. But yes, expect inconsistency all year
I'm still pissed by the Lions though, that was shithouse. Daniher better not be one of those guys who comes in as a name, plays pretty well, but somehow fucks the team up. I'm looking at you Fev.
Some really good games. I thought the Suns, for a young side, did well to get themselves in to the game after giving up 3 goals in a minute and a half away to a team that is on a premiership hunt, having not even touched the ball.
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I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
i get that, but there doesn't seem to be an awful lot going on to keep those players either. They have had an awful lot of talent there and done not much. Proving that winning a GF is actually really freaking hard.
I like the Dogs as a club, and like Beveridge as a coach, so i hope they go alright. But i think their youthful endeavor still isn't good enough to beat the best sides.
Doesn't help that their best player and major possession winner is actually a pretty ordinary kick. That's gonna hurt this year.
