AFL 2016
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Did you ever live in an AFL state? My mates who that spent time in Melbourne love the game.
But I just can't get into it. Tried to watch the final before, but gave up. I believe it's great to watch live, but meh.
They do a bloody excellent job of promoting it though. It's also much cheaper to play and the kids even get free Lions tickets.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel nah mate, FNQ only. Don't really know how i got into it to be honest, I've only been to half a dozen live games in various cities, and make sure i go to the annual Suns game up here every year.
The junior Auskick program is head and shoulders over every other junior sport program in the country. The AFL know what's up
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
@Rancid-Schnitzel nah mate, FNQ only. Don't really know how i got into it to be honest, I've only been to half a dozen live games in various cities, and make sure i go to the annual Suns game up here every year.
The junior Auskick program is head and shoulders over every other junior sport program in the country. The AFL know what's up
Maybe the Lions were killing it at the time you moved? They obviously suck now but they made 4 finals in a row didn't they. I remember when they were the Brisbane Bears but played nowhere near Brisbane in Carrara.
I think a huge growth factor here is the massive number of Mexicans from down south. They've obviously sustained that with (as you mentioned) a junior programme that shits down the necks of anything any other code has to offer.
Fair play to them. Unlike league back in the 90s they didn't have delusions of grandeur and have been careful and focussed with their expansion tactics. As I said I don't like the game but for a code that has absolutely no international season or any kind of world competition they've done astonishingly well in a very crowded market place.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel yep, the first game i ever watched was the middle of the Lions 3-peat. It was a handy introduction, which has made the following 12-odd season harder to take.
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A brilliantly run and promoted game with a real willingness to foster grassroots and full participation for all the family.
Amazing spectator numbers, (and at trainings) and atmosphere. Probably too hyped for the off field stuff (skanks on the Brownlow red carpet) but that's part of the territory.
Great game to watch live and superb skills an fitness levels on display
but (there had to be one
)the preponderance of cheap shots will always be a question mark for me. Nothin tough in taking someone out who's looking the other way
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@barbarian The swans are not hated in melbourne as such , many of the die hards still see the South Melbourne connection , the bloods and all that stuff,
But GWS are seen as something of an AFL project rather than a real club , but the shit hasnt really hit the fan yet, wait till they start playing in GF after GF with all that talent they were given.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2016:
@barbarian The swans are not hated in melbourne as such , many of the die hards still see the South Melbourne connection , the bloods and all that stuff,
But GWS are seen as something of an AFL project rather than a real club , but the shit hasnt really hit the fan yet, wait till they start playing in GF after GF with all that talent they
were givenstole from Richmond.Fixed.
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The one thing with the AFL is the Victorians fucking hate it when other teams take what they think is theirs by right.
They hates the Lions (wll, not now that we suck). They whinged about the Swans and their cost of living allowance. They begrudgingly accept SA and WA as they are at least AFL states, but they hate the rugby states having success.
And so we come to the GWS, a team put together by the AFL in an emerging market, who are a win from a GF. And predictably, the calls have started about "tainted", and being "handed a flag". Ignoring of course the basket case on the Gold Coast given the same concessions, and having the games best player, but never even threatening a finals run, let alone a tilt at the flag.
Sheedy deserves a lot of credit for the ethic and culture he built in to that place from day one. They have used their draft concessions really well, to bring in talent, or trade for wise heads to lead their kids around. Then they pick up Stevie J because no one wanted a punt on him, and of course he's been awesome. It's a smartly run organisation who are well ahead of their expected development curve (anyone who says they saw them in a GF in their first 5 years is fucking lying). I reckon AFL house will be quietly chuffed with this one.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
(anyone who says they saw them in a GF in their first 5 years is fucking lying).
Or even a top 4 appearance.
Really, you can have a bunch of shit handed to you, but its what you do with it that matters. Look at the Waratahs - should be the best-resourced rugby franchise in just about the world but just 1 title in 20 years? Fark...
Victorians can suck ALL the dicks.
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I dont think the average Victorian footy fan , hates the interstate teams as much as people would like to think , I think alot of it is media driven
Most are just selfish pricks though who want their own club to have success ,
I would even say , given the choice, most would hate a traditional cross town rival to win it , such is the rivalry, more so than an interstate team
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Carn the Dogs/Giants
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Let's go
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2016:
Carn the Dogs/Giants
Yeah quite nice to have two teams that equally would be good news if they won
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I would like to see the battlers get there , I know a few old Bulldog supporters , 2 grand finals and 1 flag in their whole history , its been lean times for them
probably the least glamorous club in the competition , but they play an exciting brand of football
