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On 14/08/2016 at 7:59 PM, Clint Bizkit said:

I'm watching the replay and I'm convinced that the rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adeliade is completely fake the way Mark Ricciuto fawns over the Port Adelaide players.

I'm sure he hates them. Was just trying to hide it, but in doing that, he overcompensated. There's no way an Adelaide supporter is every going to say anything nice about Port, otherwise.

Posted
19 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

When we were 8 goals to 1 up you could just see Roo and Brereton begging and hoping for them to come back.  Derwayne is just as bad when he commentates our game, a comeback would be 'massive' in his books.

Watched the replay.

The commentary was appalling, not calling the game, just going on with twaddle with Brereton being the worst. Was he even sober?

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20 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I'm watching the replay and I'm convinced that the rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adeliade is completely fake the way Mark Ricciuto fawns over the Port Adelaide players.

Clint I have been on sabbatical over here this year, and I can tell you the rivalry between the die hard fans is not fake. They hate one another more than they hate the Vic clubs. Many South Aussies have a Victorian club as a second team. The hatred has a long history but was intensified at the time leading up to the Crows formation. The belief of Crows fans is that Port betrayed the other SA clubs by trying to broker a deal with the VFL to be the inaugural club when all the clubs had signed an agreement not to go it alone. Ports attempts failed and the Crows were very quickly formed as a response to Ports actions as all the non Port clubs would not have a bar of Port becoming the inaugural club. May be an over simplification but that is what Crow supporters tell me with heated breath. The betrayal has never been forgotten. And the Port supporters see themselves as the authentic Magpies, one of the oldest clubs in the country and a genuine footy club unlike the Crows. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, radar said:

From Da Nang I listen to 5 AA.

One commentator - suggested remedy for their predicament was maybe "Trade out an Ollie Wines" for draft picks. 

Not that we have any. 

How about we try and convince him to ask for a trade to the MFC? ;)

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Can't remember enjoying an away game more  - standing on the hill with the ferals - the stuff getting yelled out was actually quite funny at times

there was a decent turn out by Dees fans - and the Port fans went quiet by 15 minutes in as you could sense how the game would go.

The Casino was pumping with delerious Dees fans after the match.  the last thing I remember is a dude in a Dees scarf getting kicked out of the palace for falling asleep/passing out on a chair

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38 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Clint I have been on sabbatical over here this year, and I can tell you the rivalry between the die hard fans is not fake. They hate one another more than they hate the Vic clubs. Many South Aussies have a Victorian club as a second team. The hatred has a long history but was intensified at the time leading up to the Crows formation. The belief of Crows fans is that Port betrayed the other SA clubs by trying to broker a deal with the VFL to be the inaugural club when all the clubs had signed an agreement not to go it alone. Ports attempts failed and the Crows were very quickly formed as a response to Ports actions as all the non Port clubs would not have a bar of Port becoming the inaugural club. May be an over simplification but that is what Crow supporters tell me with heated breath. The betrayal has never been forgotten. And the Port supporters see themselves as the authentic Magpies, one of the oldest clubs in the country and a genuine footy club unlike the Crows. 

I recall it. The high and mighty SAFL was too good for the nasty Victorian "Australian" Football League. They wouldn't have a bar of it. Rejected all overtures. They were never going to enter it.

They renamed the SAFL as the SANFL as their pitiful revenge. That really showed us!

They were facing being locked out of the national comp due to their trivial spite. Locking themselves out, that is.

Then when they found out Port was making secret overtures the facade dropped and the rubber hit the road. Boom, the South Australia Adelaide Football Club was born 9 months later. Shotgun wedding.

Had the side effect of killing off interstate football as they could get their jollies every week instead of once every couple of years. (Although the VFL/AFL coaches did a great job of putting it on life support first.)

As for the local fans, rellies in SA tell me that the general mood is, they'd rather a Vic club wins than the "other" SA club. Now that's hatred!

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10 Max Gawn (Melb)
7 Dom Tyson (Melb)
4 Nathan Jones (Melb)
4 Tom McDonald (Melb)
3 Bernie Vince (Melb)
1 Jared Polec (PA)
1 Ollie Wines (PA)

Another perfect 10 for Max from the Coaches!! 

Split view on Nathan and Tom.

Max must be a shoe in for the Bluey now.

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Unbelievable, the top ten highlights in the AFL site include the attempted mark by Rioli, has it got to that stage?  Maybe we can include any of his near miss goals in the goal of the week. 

 

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1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Can't remember enjoying an away game more  - standing on the hill with the ferals - the stuff getting yelled out was actually quite funny at times

there was a decent turn out by Dees fans - and the Port fans went quiet by 15 minutes in as you could sense how the game would go.

The Casino was pumping with delerious Dees fans after the match.  the last thing I remember is a dude in a Dees scarf getting kicked out of the palace for falling asleep/passing out on a chair

I know a Port fan who travelled from McLaren Vale and left at quarter time .......seriously. He had told me before the game that Port was gone and had no chance so I guess he had negative outlook before the ball was bounced. Now that sounds like a lot of Demon fans over recent years. How the wheel has turned.

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15 minutes ago, hemingway said:

I know a Port fan who travelled from McLaren Vale and left at quarter time .......seriously. He had told me before the game that Port was gone and had no chance so I guess he had negative outlook before the ball was bounced. Now that sounds like a lot of Demon fans over recent years. How the wheel has turned.

Except we are loyal masochists and would stay till the end and suffer through it:mellow:

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1 minute ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Except we are loyal masochists and would stay till the end and suffer through it:mellow:

I agree, remember a few years ago, we played Geelong in a night match at the G, it was pouring as well, a security guard came and sat with me and my lady, as we were the only 3 left in the top deck of the Ponsford

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43 minutes ago, Dante said:

Unbelievable, the top ten highlights in the AFL site include the attempted mark by Rioli, has it got to that stage?  Maybe we can include any of his near miss goals in the goal of the week. 

 

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24 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

I agree, remember a few years ago, we played Geelong in a night match at the G, it was pouring as well, a security guard came and sat with me and my lady, as we were the only 3 left in the top deck of the Ponsford

How romantic! I bet your missus is always coming up with excuses to go to the footy after that.

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We bought our tickets for the Geelong match this morning. So there are tickets remaining. Get on it.

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2 hours ago, Dante said:

Unbelievable, the top ten highlights in the AFL site include the attempted mark by Rioli, has it got to that stage?  Maybe we can include any of his near miss goals in the goal of the week. 

 

Not only that but they missed the Pedo specky, which was actually successful... unlike Cyrl's. 

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Just watched the first half again and was impressed with Bugg's work. A lot of it goes unoticed but his shepherds and blocks are great. Numerous times he sets up at the stoppages to stop Westhoff going 3rd man up and countless times he is a link in a chain of possessions. Knows where to run.

I reckon he is very under-rated around here. 

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Another perfect score for Max in the coaches votes

10 Max Gawn (Melb)
7 Dom Tyson (Melb)
4 Nathan Jones (Melb)
4 Tom McDonald (Melb)
3 Bernie Vince (Melb)
1 Jared Polec (PA)
1 Ollie Wines (PA)

 

So how the hell is not in the top 10?  

 

AFLCA LEADERBOARD
105 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) 
93 Rory Sloane (Adel) 
88 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
88 Dustin Martin (Rich) 
80 Luke Shuey (WCE)
77 Dan Hannebery (Syd) 
77 Luke Parker (Syd) 
77 Joel Selwood (Geel)
67 Tom Lynch (GC)
65 Sam Mitchell (Haw)  

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On 13/08/2016 at 11:59 PM, Je Roos Salem said:

Jetta had a hand in everything

I really hope Jetta is part of the leadership group next year. He is so consistant and reliable.

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8 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Just watched the first half again and was impressed with Bugg's work. A lot of it goes unoticed but his shepherds and blocks are great. Numerous times he sets up at the stoppages to stop Westhoff going 3rd man up and countless times he is a link in a chain of possessions. Knows where to run.

I reckon he is very under-rated around here. 

He's not underrated, he's been much better since coming back from being dropped. 

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14 hours ago, DubDee said:

Can't remember enjoying an away game more  - standing on the hill with the ferals - the stuff getting yelled out was actually quite funny at times

there was a decent turn out by Dees fans - and the Port fans went quiet by 15 minutes in as you could sense how the game would go.

The Casino was pumping with delerious Dees fans after the match.  the last thing I remember is a dude in a Dees scarf getting kicked out of the palace for falling asleep/passing out on a chair

Yeah was awesome been there. I reckon we were the only Melbourne supporters in the southern stand... Every goal I was out of my seat. Port supporter infront of me disappeared after QRT time... not sure why :lol:

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On 13/08/2016 at 10:39 PM, Deeoldfart said:

Someone will have to play bloody well to deny Hunty a rising Star nomination this week.

Well obviously someone did!  Well done Oscar.  

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Posted
13 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

10 Max Gawn (Melb)
7 Dom Tyson (Melb)
4 Nathan Jones (Melb)
4 Tom McDonald (Melb)
3 Bernie Vince (Melb)
1 Jared Polec (PA)
1 Ollie Wines (PA)

Another perfect 10 for Max from the Coaches!! 

Split view on Nathan and Tom.

Max must be a shoe in for the Bluey now.

Not a split view on Tom and Nathan - one of them got 2 & 2 and the other 4 & 0.  It's impossible to know which was which although it would surprise me if Jones didn't get votes from both coaches, so I am assuming he got the 2 & 2. 

My calcuation of the breakdown:
Gawn - 5 & 5
Tyson - 4 & 3
Jones (or McDonald) - 2 & 2
McDonald (or Jones) - 4 & 0
Vince - 3 & 0
Polec - 1 & 0
Wines - 1 & 0

So probably something like this:
Coach A:
5 Gawn
4 Tyson
3 Vince
2 Jones
1 Wines

Coach B:
5 Gawn
4 McDonald
3 Tyson
2 Jones
1 Polec.  

Posted
10 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Not a split view on Tom and Nathan - one of them got 2 & 2 and the other 4 & 0.  It's impossible to know which was which although it would surprise me if Jones didn't get votes from both coaches, so I am assuming he got the 2 & 2.

Interesting that there was only one game where a player did not get a perfect 10 votes from the coaches.

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