AFL 2022
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Incredible performance by Geelong. 16 in a row is very hard to argue with
Huge credit to their coaching staff who revamped how the played. It blows my mind how long tenured AFL coaches can suddenly change their philosophy.
I actually thought Joel selwood should have won the norm Smith. A warrior I admire in the Hodge mold
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turns out my dislike of Geelong is basically just the fact i can't stand Dangerfield and Cameron
Joel Selwood appears to be an absolutely first class human being.
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Geelong been knocking on the door for quite some time but couldn’t quite go the extra step when it came to finals .
I thought that was the destiny of this group tbh , but perseverance pays off in the end . This years side had a more ruthless look to it .
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@mariner4life had the chance to meet Hawkins and Selwood and both are good fellas.
I hated how Selwood played and the constant ducking and feigning for free kicks. He used to be a massive whinger too. Plus the whole Geelong v Saints rivalry from 10 years ago and the Chris Scott v Ross Lyon thing.
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well fuck...dragged Mrs Womble to a sports bar on magnetic island to watch on sat...they closed their kitchen at 2pm even though it was packed...so couldn't even get a feed and had to watch that shit
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
well fuck...dragged Mrs Womble to a sports bar on magnetic island to watch on sat...they closed their kitchen at 2pm even though it was packed...so couldn't even get a feed and had to watch that shit
yeah. ouch. As a neutral it was boring. As a swannies supporter it must have sucked
See the average winning margin of the past four grand finals is almost 12 goals.
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@mariner4life was texting my "AFL mate", at half time to check what the record loss was for a grand final...well short luckily but i think Geelong started celebrating early and took their foot off our throat a little
crowd looked amazing, im sure lots came down from sydney but also know a lot from south melbourne/ port melbourne etc woke up, probably not 50/50 crowd but didn't look far off it
was just sad how invisible...pretty much our whole team...was, completely outplayed in every aspect
Was saying we looked spent in the final quarter last week against the pies...and looked just as spent from the first bounce
The only team i support that has a better than average chance of winning something is the AB's and not only has that become less certain over the last couple of years...my enjoyment when we do win is diminishing....sport really can get ya down sometimes
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im sure Geelong supporters enjoyed it ,
I was at the Richmond GWS GF 2019 where we won by 90 odd points ,
it was pretty much all over early second quarter and I had people telling me later it was a boring game , and I totally get that for the neutrals ,
But as a supporter at the ground all the tension gets removed , the celebrations start early, its party time
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@Kiwiwomble yeah the Swans played their GF last weekend. They played brilliant footy in that first half and completely dominated the Pies. They did expend a bit of energy doing it and then just trying to hold on to just scrape home.
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If you watched the game on Saturday, then its comes as no surprise that Joel Selwood is retiring.
Great leader, great career, several records that will be tough to beat. Geelong club legend that will go down in folklore at the Cattery.
Fairytale finish to play that game, and win a flag. Not many get that opportunity.
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The Jordan De Goey saga continues. He’s a very good big body mid and Saints could do with one or two of those. But he seems a bit of an egg.
AFL do it better than any other sport in OZ and know how to stay in the news even after their big dance.
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@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2022:
The Jordan De Goey saga continues. He’s a very good big body mid and Saints could do with one or two of those. But he seems a bit of an egg.
AFL do it better than any other sport in OZ and know how to stay in the news even after their big dance.
I think that has a lot to do with the appetite to be in the news. There's no down side for having bad press for the sport, in the southern states especially. There's no competition. Fans will still love the sport, just develop more hate for the other club that is seen as the villain in this particular story.
So where say rugby may down play a transfer story, AFL will play it up.
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looooooool at Essington
They hire a new CEO. it automatically looks a shit hire given why he was rissoled from his last job (okay yes he "resigned" but come on)
Then it turns out he's a member of one of those pretty crazy churches with some outdated views. This pissed heaps of people off.
New CEO was gone after a day.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
looooooool at Essington
They hire a new CEO. it automatically looks a shit hire given why he was rissoled from his last job (okay yes he "resigned" but come on)
Then it turns out he's a member of one of those pretty crazy churches with some outdated views. This pissed heaps of people off.
New CEO was gone after a day.
unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much....
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
looooooool at Essington
They hire a new CEO. it automatically looks a shit hire given why he was rissoled from his last job (okay yes he "resigned" but come on)
Then it turns out he's a member of one of those pretty crazy churches with some outdated views. This pissed heaps of people off.
New CEO was gone after a day.
unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much....
yeah fair point
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i missed the best part. The new/former CEO led the review to hire the new CEO and selected himself!!
Fuck that's awesome.
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@mariner4life what?...was he brought in as a external evaluator or something and just selected himself?
