AFL 2016
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<p>For those at a loose end tonight the season opening Richmond v Carlton match is on channel 23 for Sky NZ subscribers and may also be on one of TVNZ pop up sports channels, try freeview channel 13. Nine minutes left in the first quarter and Richmond are ahead 13 - 09 for what it is worth.</p>
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<p>The ground looks to be pretty full and at the MCG that equates to something like eighty to ninety odd thousand - a remarkable attendance for a first round club fixture.</p> -
Pretty competitive first half. Blues gameplan looks good. Tigers gifted a couple of goals from 50m penalties.
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<p>Not a great performance, but the important part is coming away with the win.</p>
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<p>The surprising stat for that game with carlton supposedly in a rebuild, </p>
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<p>, carlton average games per player 84.5,richmond 73.7</p> -
See that story about how many collingwood players have failed illicit drug tests? Half the squad apparently. Filthy bogan druggos
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<p>Nah i try to avoid the AFL media. They're so busy chockablock up each other, like the NRL media. The difference is AFL will at least criticise the game.</p>
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<p>But the drug thing doesn't surprise me. It appears to be rife. I saw some post on twitter about AFL players having a 6-week period of riding pingers or something last night, which made me chuckle.</p> -
Not Collingwood's issue according to Eddie. Err really?<br><br>
Bloody Crows blew a lead last night. Watched tbe last qtr waiting for the Bangles match to come on (didn't realise i could have pushed the red button ... not a biggie as only missed the nz batting and that would have frustrated the life out of me) and got to watch the Roos just out efficient them.
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<p>Doggies thump the dockers, could be an interesting year for the dogs, they have some exciting young talent </p>
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<p>Interesting weekend. Some teams assumed to be shit showed a bit. Carlton put in a shift against Richmond, the Saints put a mighty scare through Port, the Lions got drubbed, but still kicked 100 points (something that would have been unheard of last year), Melbourne upset GWS. </p>
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<p>I, and a few experts, had written Sydney off, but thought Collingwood were a finals team. Saturday put that in serious doubt. And what the fuck Freo? 5 goals? And a hint that the game might have changed away from Ross Lyon's go-to game plan.</p>
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<p>Yesterday Patrick Dangerfield showed how one player can impact an entire team. A massive debut for Geelong and a great win over the premiers. </p>
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<p>I love a round 1 kneejerk reaction..</p> -
<p>There were quite a few big margins in the first round. Will be interesting to see if this is just slow starts or some teams have really dropped off in the off season. My tipping took a hit, only got 4/9 this round.</p>
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<p>No ANZAC game in NZ this year. But it's good to see that TVNZ have picked up some coverage.</p> -
There appears to be a new shift towards fast paced frantic like risk taking to quickly get your self into scoring position on turn overs (while opposition defences aren't set ( almost sounds like rugby ) <br><br>
Teams like the doggies are stacked full of pace and flair and look to be heading in this direction , I have concerns for my side the Tigers , coach Hardwick spent his apprenticeship under Clarkson and at times appears a little obsessed with trying to mimic the Hawthorn game , without the same cattle . -
The Crows giving the Port bogans a fearful touch up. 58-8 at the start of the 2nd quarter
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Haha Melbourne lost to essendon. Embarrassing
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The Freo and Suns game is pretty exciting. Suns already with 105 on the scoreboard with a quarter to go.
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Suns with a huge win! Fuck off Freo.<br><br>
Strange start to the season -
Ross Lyon and his negative footy lose again. Love it. <br><br>
Was flicking back and forth between the Chiefs game, but Gazza seemed to be having a good game. -
Ah collingwood. Just keep giving. Anti-muslim banners and verbal abuse of Bachar houli last night. <br><br>
Filthy fucking bogans the lot of them
