AFL 2016

mariner4life

He's a complete piece of shit and the perfect leader of his club

NTA

Holden now reconsidering their sponsorship of Boganwood.

mariner4life

Siam

God, the TV "celebrities" have too much exposure over here.
 
In the main "TV People" should be recognised as some of the lowest forms of life in the planet. Why should we take notice of what they say, place importance on what they say and let them define what society is all about?
 
That Caroline Wilson (another TV person) is milking this all the way to the bank.
 
If a talkback caller made the same unfunny joke would there be uproar?
 
It's a shit fight between two TV people, which should be lower on the "meh" scale than 2 homeless people fighting over a new shopping cart
 
Major problem in the western world is listening to and placing importance on what TV people say - the fluffybunnies are glorified ad space salesmen

NTA

Eddie complicates this by being a media person AND the President of the club. He's never been short of bitching up a storm when he thinks Collingwood (or Melbourne in general) isn't being a fair go.
 
The fact that he's an unedifying clusterfuck of a human is just the icing on the cake

Mokey

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Eddie in shit ... again ... this time for wanting to drown Caroline Wilson. 
Gives the half arsed "I'm sorry IF you were offended" non-apology.
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That was a truly gross conversation. Wouldn't matter who they were talking about, joking about paying money to drown someone is fucking disgusting. The fact that it is a bunch of wankpuffin old boys dissing a female journalist again makes a mockery of steps football orgs in Australia are taking to stamp out sexism and general shitty behaviour. The head of the AFL must have been spitting tacks when this went down so soon after the positive good news story of the Women's league setting up.

kiwiinmelb

The thing about Caro Wilson that upsets people , she isnt the usual bimbo type that seem to be working in sport these days , that is all smiles and speaks cliches 
 
She is a tough old girl that knows her footy , isnt afraid to step on toes to get out a story , and not intimidated by the likes of Eddie

mariner4life

The Richmond Tigers will boycott all media with Triple M this week in protest over the incident. Apparently they are a real leader when it comes to women's rights.
 
Dustin Martin probably has a different view, after that ban he got for threatening that woman in a restaurant. oh, wait...
 
 
PR bullshit pisses me off. Especially hypocritical PR bullshit.

antipodean

Collingwood accepts Eddie's apology.

NTA

I'm shocked. Said no one.

Siam

This one has really stuck in my craw. (whatever that means but I think it's the same as pisses me off)
 
Wasn't the original funny joke aimed not at her gender but more at the fact that she's an annoying journo who doesn't kowtow to the "stakeholders" of the game?
 
No? It was completely and totally about domestic violence? Really?
 
So what, people actually thought these guys were going to drown a person (a woman even!) on TV at a huge charity event? And that's the proof that this sort of thing impels a pissed up fuckwit with massive insecurity issues to swing at his poor suffering wife (not "wife" Siam, we're all "partners" now, until the alimony money is due).
 
I call bullshit.
 
I get the message about not encouraging Roy Chubby Brown "jokes" demeaning people. I used the same rationale when Goodes was going through his tumult, but a poorly thought out comment about drowning a journalist is all about domestic violence??? Really?? umm ok then, whatever.
 
And because I've ranted so long I'll repeat my new found philosophy for life in a 1st world country
 
Don't ever fucken ever take Cunnts on TV seriously, ever! They're not real, don't exist in a real medium and only exist to make us buy steak knives, new cars, phones and dishwashing liquid - that is their sole purpose.
 
Bah fucking humbug

antipodean

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booboo

Don't quite follow ... sorry ...

mariner4life

Essendon have the best part of their list suspended, and still the Lions are the worst team in the comp. 
Underskilled, rudderless, with a plan that doesn't work. Their effort has gone now as well. Something needs to change. 
The Tigers are currently giving them a right touch up.

ACT Crusader

SAINTERSSSSSSSS. 
What a win. Was flicking through it during the Aussie test, but then watched it in full afterwards. Very proud of the young Saints. We used pace early on and stunned the Cats. 
The class of the Cats came to the fore in the 3rd qtr and they hit the lead. I thought we were gone. But what a finish. Was pleasantly surprised to see us composed at the death.

mariner4life

The cats hammer good teams and then lose to mid table ones. 
The form of Carlton and the saints makes me yearn for change at the Lions

booboo

Ablett gooorne for the season. Some whinges about his value at a mill a season given injuries. He'd be a great grab for any team and still worth huuuge money. 
Kieran Jack's mum is odd. Why play out internal family dramas on Twitter? 
Crows in third :) 
Distinct break between the top 8 and the pack. 1st (Hawks) on 48, 3 teams on 44, 4 on 40. 9th-13th 3 wins out of it on 28. 7 games left.

mariner4life

8 is sorted, and has been for 3 weeks. Lots of calls to rejig the fixture list to add some meaning to the last couple of months of the season. Problem isn't the fixtures, it's the gap between the good teams, and the shit ones. The draft is supposed to equalize, but free agency has killed that. 
 
Comp itself is still wide open, and will depend on who gets hot at the right time. At different points of the season the favourite has moved between the Cats, the Swans, the Dogs, North, and the Hawks. Don't count out GWS if they can get their talls playing well up front. And yes Booboo, i guess the Crows, but they are shit on the MCG, so that kinda fucks them for September. 
 
Hawthorn are looking ominous again though, quietly gone about getting themselves to the top of the pile again. 
 
 
That Jack family thing was fucked up, but then his old man was always a bit of a fuckwit. Send Ian Roberts around to have a word...

mariner4life

Oh, and on the Gazza thing.
 
Not worth it? Any club in the comp would want to have him. He gets hurt because the Suns rely on him to do fucking everything. And it's not like his salary is leaving them short of talent, they have heaps of that (albeit injured a lot), their problem is a rubbish culture that resulted in them being forced to flick important pieces of the puzzle (like Charlie Dixon, who is killing it at Port), and made them unattractive to other talent.
 
Footy in Qld is fucked. The Lions are a basket case, the Suns aren't much better. 
 
But the situation in Qld is showing how hard it is to climb the ladder.

antipodean

What a miserable season this turned out to be for Tigers supporters. We were supposed to be improving but the game's moved on from our list we've been building.

The Silver Fern

AFL 2016