AFL 2016
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The first half WAS close with GWS and the Swans.
BUT they didn't give Buddy a single metre to move in, and he kicked something like 0.3. Tippett was also injured early (turns out it was a hairline fracture of the jaw) and while the Swans fans were jumping up and down about thuggery on twitter, Tippett's was a complete accident by the looks.
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Watched highlights of the Crows v Roos match and it was the Eddie Betts show. Crows like GWS have a high powered attack and I'm not sure if the Swans can stop it.
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@ACT-Crusader Swans looked bloody ponderous on the weekend. If the Crows keep Buddy quiet, they'll advance
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Is it slightly insensitive of me to only laugh at Shane Mumford saying to Buddy Franklin's face "good to see you aren't on holidays this year"?
Apparently will escape sanction, and good too.
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I've been flicking back to this game and it's been great. Hawks in charge early but they're in a power of shit now, Dogs by 6 goals halfway through the last quarter
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Holy shit the Champs are out in straight sets. How the fuck are the dogs this good with their injuries?
And so one of the Bulldogs or the Giants will play in the grand final
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It's not going well @booboo
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I'm a little underwhelmed by the teams left.
Cats v Swans
Giants v BulldogsPart of me would love to see an all Sydney final just to piss the Vics off
But fuck the Swans for beating the Crows, and the Giants have this manufactured synthetic feeling about them. Sure you've got to start somewhere but .. you know ... there's no 90 yo supporters who have been living their footy club awaiting an outside chance at a Premiership.
Geelong sorted their demons a couple of years ago ... and have had more success since.
Sydney have settled South Melbourne's woes.
So I'm leaning Bulldogs.
Which fucks them.
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@booboo I've sort if had the cats as my 2nd team since the Lions stopped playing finals, and Geelong were great to watch at a time when the Swsns and Eagles were playing anti-footy.
So even though it would be on the back of a huge purchase I will be backing them.
Of course if the Swans get up I'll be hoping for the underdogs from the other prelim in the GF
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Just finished Bomber Thompson's book. It's pretty good, reads like how he speaks. Incomplete sentences you know?
Lots of ground to cover, from his playing days through to the coaching. Lots of pages given to the Essendon saga.
If you saw his interview on "Open Mike" you know he's not afraid to share his opinions, and this is quite open, his opinions on Essendon, and what happened at Geelong after he left. Last chapter is just his musings on the current game, with a couple of pages on how to beat Hawthorn, which seemed funny when i read them a couple of days after the 'dogs knocked them out.
Pretty handy footy read, i mostly enjoyed his opinions and philosophies on coaching, especially in the pro era
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@mariner4life do you reckon people just can't help getting into AFL if they live in Oz ? I lived in Sydney for 9 months but during that time the Warriors got into the NRL final and the 2003 RWC happened in their own backyard then there was all the hooplah about Steve Waugh retiring so in amongst all that I can safely say I never watched a game in my life.
My cousins and a few other mates live in Melbourne and they are serious fans now. One mate of mine who is Brazilian freely admitted to hating rugby when he lived here ( fair enough, it's not for everyone ) but fucken LOVES AFL cos it's "so exciting, so fast moving, the guys are such better athletes than Rugby players" etcetc.
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@MN5 i don't know if "can't help it" is the right term, i have plenty of mates who fucking hate the game. They are all die-hard rugby code blokes though. Maybe if you move here it's different? And if you are in Melbourne you could never escape it.
I didn't have much time for the game when i first got here, and for a relatively simple game, it actually takes a little while to wrap your head around it. But i love it now, and over the past couple of years i have watched more AFL than any other code (that said, i reckon this has been the best NRL season for a while, and i have watched a bit more of it having gone right away over the past few years).
I like the skill involved, especially the ability to drop a 50m kick on the exact spot to advantage your player, while on the run, and under pressure from all directions. The running is very impressive as well, fucking fit those blokes. And i don't know if their is a sport that does a grandstand finish like AFL, if the game is within a goal with 20 seconds to go, no matter where the ball is on the field, anyone can still win it. And the crowds are great.
It's a great product, and the media coverage is excellent as well.
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Part of me would love to see an all Sydney final just to piss the Vics off
But fuck the Swans for beating the Crows, and the Giants have this manufactured synthetic feeling about them. Sure you've got to start somewhere but .. you know ... there's no 90 yo supporters who have been living their footy club awaiting an outside chance at a Premiership.
So the tradition generally is the winning team has the cup presented to them by a legendary ex-player.
For GWS there is really only one candidate... Israel Folau!
But seriously, if they win it will probably be presented by Kevin Sheedy, which would be weird in and of itself.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
I like the skill involved, especially the ability to drop a 50m kick on the exact spot to advantage your player, while on the run, and under pressure from all directions. The running is very impressive as well, fucking fit those blokes. And i don't know if their is a sport that does a grandstand finish like AFL, if the game is within a goal with 20 seconds to go, no matter where the ball is on the field, anyone can still win it. And the crowds are great.
It's a great product, and the media coverage is excellent as well.
And being at the ground is awesomeness squared. The only rugby game I've ever been to that came close for atmosphere was the Lions Third Test in 2013, and that wasn't due to Wallabies fans.
