AFL 2019
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Taking a holiday to Tasmania next month and having a few days in Melbourne on the way home, so thought I'd take in an AFL game on the Saturday. Since there's a game at the G, I thought I'd go. I mean, how bad can a game between 14th-placed St Kilda & 16th-placed Carlton be?
What? "Very bad", you said? Oh well.
It would still be cool to go to as you will get to see how feral those crowds really are.
I remember my first ever live football match in England. Millwall v Ipswich. Eye opening to say the least and I loved it!
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@Smudge probably still a reasonable crowd.
Been to two AFL matches.
Richmond v Essendon back in 2001 at the G. (Last round of regular season, 4th v 1st, Essendon defending champs and eventual runners up when beaten by Brisbane in the first of their 3 championships, Richmond won unexpectedly, big crowd, about 80,000.)
And Port v Somebody at Footy Park in Adl in about 2009. (Port won, can't remember much else, but Rodin played well.)
Much preferred the live experience to watching on tele. You could see what they they were trying to do, who they were kicking to, especially from high up in the G.
Didn't find the too feral.
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Taking a holiday to Tasmania next month and having a few days in Melbourne on the way home, so thought I'd take in an AFL game on the Saturday. Since there's a game at the G, I thought I'd go. I mean, how bad can a game between 14th-placed St Kilda & 16th-placed Carlton be?
What? "Very bad", you said? Oh well.
Should be a decent game with quite a few sub-plots. Both teams have sacked their coaches during the season. Saints interim head coach is a former head coach of the Blues that was sacked whilst still having a decent record. Blues have been far more competitive since sacking their coach.
Both teams have players that are playing for their futures.
Good fan base so will draw a crowd.
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Almost the biggest game of the regular season tonight, Richmond v Collingwood. Both teams eyeing off finishing in the top 4. While a loss for either is not terminal, it has the finals-type "statement" game about it.
Richmond are on the up, and have a lot of people tipping them for the GF now. Collingwood have the wobbles.
Crowd should be massive as well, should make for good TV
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Media are a bunch of bandwagoners,
Worth noting Collingwood have won 2 in a row against the tigers and stopped their all time record of consecutive wins at the g, burst their bubble and have been their recent bogey team in the process.
This game is harder to pick than many think, massive for Richmond , I would go as far as saying, season ( premiership possibilities) on the line . I don’t think they recover from another humiliating loss to them .
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
Media are a bunch of bandwagoners
No! really? pffft whatever...
I was joking , don’t want them jumping on us , they always jinx us , rather fly under the radar
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It’s a cold ol’ wet night in Melbs. Game not over yet and just went past Richmond train station and plenty of Pie fans waiting to get home early.
Caning.
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happy with how they are building, but still have concerns Alex rance may still be the missing piece of the puzzle when it counts
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How on earth are Adelaide still in the 8?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
How on earth are Adelaide still in the 8?
Because the teams below them are going backwards as well.
Lions with a good win but drop to 3rd because West coast had a better win
Top 7 looks almost sorted, then you have 2 teams on 36 and 4 teams on 32 (including my Saints).
Saints play Adelaide next week and then the blockbuster against the Blues.
Do you believe in Miracles....
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Hearing some not so good stories on Dane beams,
Looks like Brisbane dodged a bullet there exchanging him for 2 first round picks. -
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
Hearing some not so good stories on Dane beams,
Looks like Brisbane dodged a bullet there exchanging him for 2 first round picks.wonder if they are the same ones i have heard?
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
Hearing some not so good stories on Dane beams,
Looks like Brisbane dodged a bullet there exchanging him for 2 first round picks.I can't read that any other way but "Blame Deans"
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Interesting weekend really. Richmond belting Collingwood (the final score flattered the Magpies) finally has everyone thinking they are a lock for at least a prelim again.
Adelaide lost, and are now looking over their shoulder. The bulldogs are coming home fast, and Ratten has the Saints up and about as well. And look, Adelaide host the Saints on the weekend, delicious. The Bulldogs are coming to the the Gabba.
Geelong came back to life, and should have a lock on a top 2. GWS actually have 4 games left they would bank on winning, so aren't out of top 4 calculations yet.
Good to see the Suns put up a fight yesterday, when most had assumed they had packed up for the year. If they can keep this team together they have enough talent to turn things around within a couple of years.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
Hearing some not so good stories on Dane beams,
Looks like Brisbane dodged a bullet there exchanging him for 2 first round picks.wonder if they are the same ones i have heard?
They reckon when he was at Brisbane he had over a million dollars debt to gambling ,
Collingwood paid out his debt to secure him on top of his big salary, and now within a few months he is back in the same sort of debt plus has other issues -
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
Hearing some not so good stories on Dane beams,
Looks like Brisbane dodged a bullet there exchanging him for 2 first round picks.wonder if they are the same ones i have heard?
They reckon when he was at Brisbane he had over a million dollars debt to gambling ,
Collingwood paid out his debt to secure him on top of his big salary, and now within a few months he is back in the same sort of debt plus has other issuesyep, that's pretty much exactly what i heard.
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Also heard Eddie is pretty pissed, Dane promised him this and that if they helped him , and went against his word,
Eddie doesn’t like it when things don’t go his way
