@mariner4life Not to mention if someone racked up a line of Colombia’s finest while the offensive skit took place they’d be entitled to confidentiality and privacy as they received support from the AFL!
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The Hayne stuff is pretty gross, but is a 9/11 joke considered offensive these days? It's a little edgy but I don't have a problem with it...
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Yeah I agree. This is always a dead zone for sports and the trade period is like the Brownlow - the stupidity is it genius. AFLW is happening but that can be hit and miss as far as viewing goes.
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Yeah it's pretty savvy from Carlton. But some people are celebrating as if they've won the flag. You've still got to draft the right kid, bring him in etc. Looking at the history of pick 3 there are certainly some stars (Dusty, Judd) but plenty of fizzers too (including the last time Carlton had 3 and took Paddy Dow).
But hey I suppose it's mildly entertaining, which is all you need at this time of year.
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NFL is top tier entertainment. Watched most of redzone with a couple of mates yesterday, on the couch with beers, chips and tortilla. Games that looked a bit 'meh' suddenly came to life. Favourites got upset. Shit it was fun. I am enjoying the hell out of it once more.
Rugby could learn from knowledgeable commentators who aren't afraid to critique players.
It's probably a discussion for another thread but I've been thinking a bit about stoppages in NFL vs rugby. How is it that NFL has no continuity or flow, games take 3+ hours and it's the most watched sport in the US, and yet we complain if a scrum stoppage runs longer than 90 seconds?
I don't know what the answer is and I think it's a cultural thing about how we watch sport, but it's interesting.
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What a way to go out. Tip my hat to him, he was the type of person that made you tune into a game (for better or worse). I wish there were more like him.
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Can't see Sydney being gutted. They are still a very strong club with a lot of depth. Chad Warner may go west but that won't be until 2026. Papley might go to Victoria. But I can't see a mass exodus like Richmond.
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More money, more playing time, longer deal. I can understand it from the perspective of an ageing player trying to wring all that he can from his career.
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All the froth and bubble about guys (with one or two exceptions) that are the definition of fringe players. It's AFL at it's purest - we literally had the GRAND FINAL three days ago and it's a virtual afterthought as we consider where Jayden Laverde will land.
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To me this is the best part of the AFL season. So much time to whinge and gripe and speculate free from all that pesky football.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
At this stage the flag winner will come from Geelong, either of the Sydney teams, and maybe Carlton or Melbourne. No one else has the game to beat these 5 teams.
Everyone else is seriously flawed and making up the numbers@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
I hate AFL 2024, just so much.
That is the Lions done for the year. And i am pissed about it. That list should not be missing finals despite the injuries.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2024:I'd give some thought to trading Joe Daniher as well. Unsure of his contract situation, but I don't think his best days are ahead of him.
A few lessons in those comments. Such a long season these days, feels like timing your run is more important than being generally the best team through the first four months.
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2024:
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2024:
the burden of being top of the table and having so many outstanding players taking votes off each other
(yes im going to milk this until at least sat afternoon)
the first few rounds for sydney were funny as the same guys polled votes in different order.
another year where a gun player had an almighty drop off in form that seemed to coincide with him become ineligible for the Brownlow.
yeah, the cynic in me says they deliberately dont vote for him so as not to risk him winning but not being eligible...but more likely he let his head drop for a couple of games
His form did drop off after the ban, but so did the Swans generally in that six week block. I definitely think the umps had his ban in their heads, but I don't know if it actually cost him many votes.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
Cripps and Daicos were the two best Brownlow medal players in the competition. High usage midfielders in middle of the table teams is a sweet spot for a 3-2-1 vote system. Umpires see them heaps, no one takes votes off them.
Come on now, I'd have those two and Bont as the three best players in the comp. They are the only three who can just pick up a game by the scruff of the neck and drag their teams to the line. I like Heeney, I like Neale, I like Serong but they are all a clear level below at this point.
Those three dominated the Coaches award as well, and the Players Association MVP. It's not just a Brownlow thing. It's a midfielders comp.
Now they clearly should have a 'best defender', 'best ruck' and 'best forward' award (which is what they do in the NRL) to acknowledge that those guys just don't get a look in when votes are cast.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
Mark tonight as the moment the Brownlow officially lost all relevance.
I disagree. It's more relevant than ever.
The madness is its greatness. Other awards don't have nearly the same level of interest. The Dally M is voted by journos and gets it right pretty much every year, but where's the fun in that?
For all the criticisms of this year's count, realistically it's just the number of votes they got a bit wrong - Cripps and Daicos were the best two players in the competition. Maybe not by that margin, but they still got it more or less right.
Next year we might get one of those Ollie Wines/Matt Priddis years where somebody left field wins it, and the outrage will continue. Then we'll revert back to the superstars but they will get that somehow wrong too.
Which is the greatness of the whole thing. People say they want some boring, impartial award but in their heart of hearts they yearn for the wild chaos that only the Brownlow can provide.
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My thoughts: what a weird game.
It felt like watching the Wallabies vs Georgia, except the ABs were the Wallabies and we were Georgia. A few soft early scores and the foot was clearly taken off the gas.
Then the plucky minnows rally and for a while you think 'well at least they are making a game of it' until it starts to get a little too close. You keep kicking to the corners instead of taking the points. You're still throwing flick passes but the game is still fkn alive. Just kill the bastards.
And now you're giving away dumb penalties, and they start to get a bit of self belief. 'They couldn't win this' becomes 'oh god they might actually win this' until you just hang on and think 'by god how did they almost win that'.
Credit to our blokes for showing a bit of ticker but the ABs blew at least four rolled gold tries and should have won by 30.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies I:
The overlooked one will be Ardie
We had them on the rack and were showing patience and he tries to bulldoze through 3 or 4 Wallabies - predictably he is held up and it's a goal line drop out.
With the goal line drop out rule it was a poor decision by one of the old heads.
He's an awesome player but I was at the ground and that all took place near me. I couldn't believe they didn't pass from the ruck. It was a brain melt and a blown try for sure, especially now you don't get the 5m scrum for being held up.
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I like the team Schmidt has chosen. It's close to our strongest so far.
I don't think we will win but I wouldn't underestimate this team either. They are solid at set piece, a bit limited around the ground but they will give a good account of themselves.
I'll tip the ABs by 15 but it might be close at HT and I'd look at the odds of a Wallabies/All Blacks HT/FT double if you are that way inclined.
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Weird NFL story I completely missed. Clyde Edwards-Helaire is on the IR because he's suffering PTSD from when he killed a guy in self defence five years ago. Throws up so bad he's hospitalised with dehydration.
Only in the NFL...
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Was a cracking win. Very happy. In Argentina, in those conditions, in this economy? Brilliant.
Our pack was superb. Lineout and scrum functioned perfectly, and they muscled up at the ruck.
We're low on game-breaking talent but we are oversupplied with heart and brains at the moment. Generally the last ten years have been reversed in those categories.
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Andrews is unlucky for sure. How West Coast got two players in is beyond me. Take out McGovern for Andrews and take out Waterman for Curnow. I know who key forwards/backs would prefer to play on out of those four.
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