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pies, 7 goals down with 5 mins to play, score last 2. Score 90 points, lose by 5 goals.

 

Tigers, 7 goals down with 5 mins to play, score last goal. score 92 points, lose by 6 goals.

 

Eddie everywhere "St Kilda victorious over Pies, while Adelaide demolish Richmond.

 

Wish they would get rid of this [censored] from all football commentary 

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From the Pies game...

Pendles cops a knock to the ribs and is called "heroic" for getting of the ground and 'composing' himself to kick a goal. Can't remember who said it, but it happens way too often in way too many games. Look up the term heroic, commentators before using to describe a guy kicking a goal.

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I know why we didn't win this afternoon...we were too tired from playing Friday night as well!

Pressing red for the Fox Sports news gives the scores for the round's games. Not only do they have the correct score for today, they have Port defeating us on Friday night as well.

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Didn't want to start a new thread for this, but has anyone else seen this weeks top 10 moments on the afl site? Number one is James Sicily taking an uncontested mark while Bob Murphy does his knee in the background, I  kid you not. I realise the moment includes Sicily kicking the game winning goal, but pretty poor taste to include the Murphy injury in the edit.

 

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On 9 April 2016 at 6:17 PM, Maple Demon said:

From the Pies game...

Pendles cops a knock to the ribs and is called "heroic" for getting of the ground and 'composing' himself to kick a goal. Can't remember who said it, but it happens way too often in way too many games. Look up the term heroic, commentators before using to describe a guy kicking a goal.

Well, it is getting into late April.  Maybe they are warming up their rhetoric for the "wonderful heroes" from Collingwood and EssUndone "upholding the Anzac spirit" on Anzac Day.  Hearing that actually makes me spew, not that I will because I do not watch or listen to EssUndone games.  

All it does is indicate how little the commentariat know about the horrors of war. 

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9 hours ago, monoccular said:

Well, it is getting into late April.  Maybe they are warming up their rhetoric for the "wonderful heroes" from Collingwood and EssUndone "upholding the Anzac spirit" on Anzac Day.  Hearing that actually makes me spew, not that I will because I do not watch or listen to EssUndone games.  

All it does is indicate how little the commentariat know about the horrors of war. 

Fotball commentators could learn something from Richie Benaud. Different sport, but same principles. In particular, number 4 and especially number 5 on this list.

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