AFL Finals - Week 2

[Demon Dynasty 15,163]

5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

14,000. Lowest final attendance in 100 years.

Slow clap for the AFL. Nailed it.

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The AFL dont care as long as GWS  make the GF.  Richmond will have to beat more than GWS next week to get in.  Expect a very lop sided free kick count that will see GWS up by 5ish goals at half time.  Put the whistle away after that most likely as their job will be done.  

 

 

[Delusional demon 82 1,196]

The GWS team song sounds like an Eastern European circus band 

[Demon Dynasty 15,163]

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

Worst finals I can recall. 

And might be about to get even worse.  Imagine an Adelaide v GW$ GF.  Will be lucky to get 85k and the ratings, outside of Adelaide, could be the worst in many years.  I certainly wont be watching those two play off.

[Diamond_Jim 11,670]

1 hour ago, biggestred said:

If you bounce the ball while being tackled its holding the ball against you as you havent disposed of it properly. Incorrect disposal 

it was a hypothetical...

when Bartlett did it... it was within the rules......they changed the rules because of his tactic

[Deemented Are Go! 3,581]

6 minutes ago, Delusional demon 82 said:

The GWS team song sounds like an Eastern European circus band 

It's based on a Cossack song, I kinda like it.

[Return to Glory 7,681]

20 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

14,000 tonight. What a disgrace

I know why GW$ were created and i think it $tink$. 

Sydney people are watching NRL tonight

Meanwhile we must endure watching the most talented kids playing for this soulless waste of time

hope you are happy Vlad

 

Spot on. And I've noticed that the 7 commentary team has tried to slot in back stories about GWS players. Tonight for instance it was along the lines of 'yes, they were given massive draft concessions but Matt De Boar is in the team and he was originally pick 19. It's such a tale of perseverance against the odds'.

The whole saga makes me puke.

And Cameron Ling is beginning to make Dwayne Russell look impartial. I just assume he rubbed Stevie J's buttocks during the half time break.

 

 

[Diamond_Jim 11,670]

Off to watch qualifying for the Singas Grand Prix

Can't be more boring,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, at least they will have a crowd

[dees189227 10,700]

I could handle adelaide gws gf. I wouldn't mind if the crows won it. I think with what they have been through the past few years and I reckon there fans would love to stick it up tippett and danger.

I would laugh if Richmond fell over in a prelim. There fans think its in the bag already. 

I reckon Port would have put up a better showing. In hindsight its a shame they lost last week. 

Edited September 16, 2017 by dees189227

[Willmoy1947 3,758]

Foxtellie rang me at full time, and asked what game i was watching in some survey or something. I said i turned the AFL Game off at halftime because it wasn't worth watching and they said, good on you, we don't know why we Televised it either and i won a prize and then......

[Dee Zephyr 17,296]

If Leon Cameron can't get it right next week after seeing Richmond twice this year already it will make up my mind he's not even remotely close to being a good coach.

Have a feeling the GWS stars might just turn it on next week, then again I had a good feeling going into round 23.

[rjay 23,846]

Just a little side note on the umpiring. I noticed that Shuey got caught in in tackle the same as last week (tackled correctly, moved his arm to push the tackle high) but called play on this time.

I wonder how they would justify this one.

[Sir Why You Little 34,405]

1 hour ago, Return to Glory said:

Spot on. And I've noticed that the 7 commentary team has tried to slot in back stories about GWS players. Tonight for instance it was along the lines of 'yes, they were given massive draft concessions but Matt De Boar is in the team and he was originally pick 19. It's such a tale of perseverance against the odds'.

The whole saga makes me puke.

And Cameron Ling is beginning to make Dwayne Russell look impartial. I just assume he rubbed Stevie J's buttocks during the half time break.

 

 

Ling should never do anything with a Jeelong player involved!

it just shows what a true proffesional Lou Richards was along with other Commentators from his era. 

It has been a BOG ? ordinary Final Series so far

Last Years was brilliant...

[Cards13 9,117]

8 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

Spot on. And I've noticed that the 7 commentary team has tried to slot in back stories about GWS players. Tonight for instance it was along the lines of 'yes, they were given massive draft concessions but Matt De Boar is in the team and he was originally pick 19. It's such a tale of perseverance against the odds'.

The whole saga makes me puke.

And Cameron Ling is beginning to make Dwayne Russell look impartial. I just assume he rubbed Stevie J's buttocks during the half time break.

 

 

Hahaha what was that "pick 19" bulltish?! 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I am so happy that Sydney lost.

Their supporters are so smug and arrogant.

[old dee 22,802]

This year proves once again that the sides that finish 5-8 are there to swell the AFL coffers. Yes the Dogs won it from below four last year but that was an once in 50 year event. 

[monoccular 15,991]

21 hours ago, PaulRB said:

Swans gone... hahaha

and another year closer to their window being shut.

I hope it burns.  

 

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11 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

14,000 tonight. What a disgrace

I know why GW$ were created and i think it $tink$. 

Sydney people are watching NRL tonight

Meanwhile we must endure watching the most talented kids playing for this soulless waste of time

hope you are happy Vlad

 

All the way to the bank I suspect. 

[daisycutter 28,431]

another boring blow out final

only one close final and that was marred by poor skills

at least afl will be pleased with crowds in sydney, not

bring on the draft and 2018......until then i'll be watching the storm

[old dee 22,802]

2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

another boring blow out final

only one close final and that was marred by poor skills

at least afl will be pleased with crowds in sydney, not

bring on the draft and 2018......until then i'll be watching the storm

That makes two of us dc.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

14 hours ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

It's based on a Cossack song, I kinda like it.

its a bit hard to imagine it being played after the final siren at a GF tho....

[Bobby McKenzie 2,167]

14 hours ago, rjay said:

Just a little side note on the umpiring. I noticed that Shuey got caught in in tackle the same as last week (tackled correctly, moved his arm to push the tackle high) but called play on this time.

I wonder how they would justify this one.

And I had to laugh when Toby Greene was tackled head high(so obvious) and almost had his head pulled off and the Eagles player reckoned he ducked.LOL

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

16 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

14,000 tonight. What a disgrace

I know why GW$ were created and i think it $tink$. 

Sydney people are watching NRL tonight

Meanwhile we must endure watching the most talented kids playing for this soulless waste of time

hope you are happy Vlad

 

AFL should be fined for bringing the game into disrepute.....

[Macca 16,173]

36 minutes ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

And I had to laugh when Toby Greene was tackled head high(so obvious) and almost had his head pulled off and the Eagles player reckoned he ducked.LOL

In that incident Greene lowered his torso as a result of letting his legs collapse (so to speak) ... however,  like many other players,  he disguised it well. 

Hard to see in real time from a consistency point of view but nonetheless,  it goes on and it will only get worse. 

As for nearly having his head pulled off,  Greene suffered zero ill-effects and what we saw was a player milking high contact because he's allowed to do so.

Make no mistake, the high contact controversy is only going to get worse.

[daisycutter 28,431]

12 minutes ago, Macca said:

In that incident Greene lowered his torso as a result of letting his legs collapse (so to speak) ... however,  like many other players,  he disguised it well. 

Hard to see in real time from a consistency point of view but nonetheless,  it goes on and it will only get worse. 

As for nearly having his head pulled off,  Greene suffered zero ill-effects and what we saw was a player milking high contact because he's allowed to do so.

Make no mistake, the high contact controversy is only going to get worse.

yes but the difference being he didn't duck INTO the player, he legitimately tried to get around the player and evade the tackle by going under it. no rule states you just have to stand and cop the tackle. Anyway the tackle was a crude swinging arm and was always going to be high. 

Edited September 17, 2017 by daisycutter

[Macca 16,173]

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

yes but the difference being he didn't duck INTO the player, he legitimately tried to get around the player and evade the tackle by going under it. no rule states you just have to stand and cop the tackle. Anyway the tackle was a crude swinging arm and was always going to be high. 

It all amounts to the same thing in my eyes dc

I would only ever pay high contact if the tackler deliberately targeted the neck/head area.  And I have felt that way for decades.

High contact frees handed out are generally soft and often the contact is incidental and/or negligible.

In league,  union, the NFL even soccer, high contact penalties are only enforced when it's an 'obvious' infringement.  Incidental contact is let go (generally)

In our sport,  some of the most frivolous free kicks are given for the softest of high contact.  It's a part of our sport that I detest.

And now the players are out to exploit the ruling ... the Eagles did it in a game against us a few years ago.   Remember that?

The alarm bells should have been raised there & then.

[dl4e 5,578]

If Richmond apply the same sort of pressure to GWS as they did against Geelong then they will win by a big margin.