AFL 2022
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Also if Berry gets a week for that i will be fucking livid.
Narrator: Berry did not get a week for that, justice was served.
Prelim weekend is always tasty. A weekend for the footy fans before the corporates take over for GF day.
Two rested sides waiting around to fulfill their destiny. One playing a side that had a very close loss, but bounced back for a convincing win. A side that doesn't really know when they are beat, and will make Sydney work right to the wire.
The other playing a side that entered the finals with what looked like the worst form, and the worst morale. A side that has then won two close finals, both times overcoming late deficits.
Most years Prelim weekend throws the form book out and the games are crackers (last year Melbourne just fucking smashed their way through the finals). For Brisbane's sake i hope this happens. The first GF back in Melbourne for a couple of years being Sydney v Brisbane would be pretty funny.
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Can Essington please do as they appear likely to, and hire James Hird back? A shit coach with a dirty black mark beside his name who last coached properly in 2013. And whose record is awful without Bomber Thompson telling him what to do.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
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Can Essington please do as they appear likely to, and hire James Hird back? A shit coach with a dirty black mark beside his name who last coached properly in 2013. And whose record is awful without Bomber Thompson telling him what to do.
This smacks of a couple of things - is the club inviting him to go through the process just so he can lose and try and put this thing to bed (well at least until the next guy fails), or do they think that 9 years in the wilderness is enough for the favourite son to now come back. And if he had even the slightest bit of success it will be played as one of the “great redemption stories” of this generation.
Bad PR around Essendon, long may it continue.
Just on that period, I think Bomber Thompson was the biggest problem. He bought the Weapon with him and obviously had his own demons that he had kept masked (from the public but not footy insiders), which was ultimately impacting his judgment on things.
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carn the Lions!
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This game is ridiculous
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Pendle’s has taken over.
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Fucking come on the Swans
If Danger never wins a flag I'll be happy
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Fucking come on the Swans
If Danger never wins a flag I'll be happy
fluffybunny should have stuck with the Crows ...
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Exciting Brownlow (just like the season) and a deserved winner in Cripps.
The cream rose to the top - Neale, Miller, Brayshaw, the two Demons players.
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@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2022:
a deserved winner in Cripps.
loool
if i believed in conspiracies
Somehow gets off the most clear cut suspension ever
Polls 3 votes in two losses late in the season to win by a point
Why are the AFL so set on making Carlton relevant?
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up the fucking bloods
...and where will i be watching....magnetic island....booked a trip to somewhere warms months ago...oh well...will still be better than sat when watching with my pies mate....he was unhappy
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big game!
Geelong looked fucking ruthless on Friday. Smashed the Lions everywhere. If Hawkins didn't have an uncharacteristic shit night with the boot that is even uglier (than 12 goals already is, eeesh)
Sydney deservedly get the other spot. I hope they have one more big effort in them.
Good season lions. In or around the top 4 all year. Won 2 more finals than i expected. Some serious re-work needed in the offseason, as the hallmark of all our bad losses this year was getting intercept marked to death. But at least we are competing with the best teams and not talking about draft picks. except, oh look, we get the best player in the draft this year. Father/Son, how good?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2022:
a deserved winner in Cripps.
loool
if i believed in conspiracies
Somehow gets off the most clear cut suspension ever
Polls 3 votes in two losses late in the season to win by a point
Why are the AFL so set on making Carlton relevant?
furthermore, here's a stat
Carlton polled the 3rd most Brownlow votes as a team. And finished 9th.
Nah, nothing to see here...
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@mariner4life for a decently high scoring game...there was a period of 36 min between goals for the swans...was getting very nervous...we were 1.1 in the final quarter
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
@mariner4life for a decently high scoring game...there was a period of 36 min between goes for the swans...was getting very nervous...we were 1.1 in the final quarter
would have been a nervy finish!
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@mariner4life if anything i think it made it much worse for my mate...think he had almost given up at 3/4 time and was about to just enjoy the game...and then those mother fuckers gave him hope
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
@mariner4life if anything i think it made it much worse for my mate...think he had almost given up at 3/4 time and was about to just enjoy the game...and then those mother fuckers gave him hope
it's the hope that kills you
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@mariner4life it’s not unusual for the Brownlow though to have high pollsters in mid-table teams because it’s often only 3-4 that dominate.
Agree on the non-suspension, but in those losses he was best on ground from watching. In particular that Pies final game, he was on another level.
Check this, Carlton got the Brownlow and Coleman medalists but didn’t make the finals - haha sucked in Blues (pretenders)
