Round 18 Non MFC Matches

[McQueen 17,867]

2 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Selwood cheating sniper -- again a free to him against the retaliaor

And that is THE main reason I despise this team.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

Joel Selwood constantly stages, and the umpires look after him more than any other player in the comp. 

whatever he said to Riley knight really upset him. 

[monoccular 17,607]

The bloody maggots are keeping the Cats within striking distance. 

[McQueen 17,867]

Good Lord the umps are doing everything to hand this to Geelong.

[pineapple dee 2,892]

Razor Ray has decided he's forgotten the rules now. A dead set cheat !! 

[monoccular 17,607]

Cant remember seeing a worse one sided umpiring display (in a neutral game) than tonight.   

Geelong getting half there frees and Adelaide not getting many obvious ones.

[Demon Jack 6,931]

11 free kicks between Danger and Selwood

[Phadraig 760]

61 free kicks... terrible to watch

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

1 hour ago, jako13 said:

can we put to bed the post Darwin fatigue garbage yet? pretty sure its always been we've just been [censored]. Not affecting Adelaide one little iota

Adelaide,,, stopped to a walk in that last quarter,,, but some will never believe

Footy is a game of inches... and never give a sucker an even break

Edited July 21, 2017 by Diamond_Jim

[FireInTheBennelly 4,099]

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

viney would if it happened to him

I don't reckon the sniper would though

[deelete my account 1,194]

5 hours ago, PaulRB said:

Ideal results from this weeks round of footy...

Adelaide Vs Geelong - Geelong loss as their percentage lower and more likely to fall. Plus the Cats are smug.

Essendon vs North - Any Dons loss a good thing, a loss makes it harder for them to catch us.

Western Bulldogs Vs Goldcoast Suns - A GCS win would almost put Doggies out of the race

Sydney Vs Saints - Hard call, but if we are bold and capable we'll be contesting with Swans for spot in top 4, so Saints to win.

Freo Vs Hawks - Both teams out of race, higher Hawks finish lower their gift to the Saints is... 

Richmond Vs GWS - Want Tigers to lose as would open up 5th spot, and a Tigers end of H&A flame out would be poetry..

Collingwood Vs Westcoast - Want WC to lose, pies to start their EOS celebrations/palpatations asap 

Brisbane Vs Carlton - Go Lions!  ... it's Carlton

Given the evenness of the competition its actually hard to pick which results would benefit us most...

 

You dont want GWS to open up 2nd or 3rd place with a loss to the tigers? I thought you were being bold!  Edit: Im only half joking. Id prefer richmond to lose to some teams down the bottom afterbeating gws. Then we can move past both with a win against port and gws! 2nd or 3rd would be irrelevant if its at the mcg vs geelong! Unless you really hate our away strip.

Edited July 21, 2017 by DominatrixTyson

[PaulRB 6,422]

2 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

You dont want GWS to open nup 2nd or 3rd place with a loss to the tigers? I thought you were being bold! 

I like your thinking! Maybe I do... but I'd hate for the Tiggers to take our spot... and it's so fun watching the Tigers unravel, Collingwoodesque as they say. 

[Willmoy1947 4,167]

2 hours ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Where did you hear that ?

Didn't hear it, saw it in the Age. A photo a split second after the incident. These blokes don't just take one picture......

[Willmoy1947 4,167]

Adelaide/ Cats thought i'd seen the worst umpired game this year.....but this one was a doozy, Like seeing two mad doctors running around a mental home, absolute disgrace.....

[MT64 1,144]

Highest amount of free's paid in this game than any other for the whole season and yet they missed so many throws. Geelong throw more than the Bulldogs last year. I get so angry watching "Duckwood" sniping, ducking and acting the injured party for free kicks. Dangermouse has gone the same way as well. Are they instructed to play this way or does it come naturally????

[Lucifers Hero 40,433]

Well, Danger should get a fine for staging! 

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/reverse-free-was-soft-but-patrick-dangerfield-didnt-dive-says-peter-bell/news-story/ca54fab2768bbf5ed74f4ebc7eacb199

So, when is 'diving' not 'diving'?  Saying it was cleaver tactics is skirting round the issue for a protected species. 

If the AFL want to stamp out staging and diving, then penalise the big names like Rance and Danger, instead of allowing kids like Oliver to be pilloried in the press for far less!

[Lucifers Hero 40,433]

14 hours ago, beelzebub said:

On a side note Geelong desperate to get finals played in their kitty litter. They know they're poo elsewhere !!

Good call bb! 

You must have been eavesdropping!  https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/eddie-mcguire-disagrees-with-geelong-president-colin-carters-call-for-cats-finals-to-be-played-at-simonds-stadium/news-story/05592a370a55c24374419f0b53031e26

Thankfully, Eddie has slammed it. 

A few weeks ago, Scott went so far to say Clubs should decide where their in season Home games should be played.  That would be nice for all of us but then he added 'locking out fans should not be factored in!  Yeah, so he gets 11 games at SS with a 95% parochial crowd.

I just can't get over the sense of entitlement of some teams.  Geelong, Essendon and Carlton are the worst in the league.

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

Geelong will almost certainly get a final at Kardinia Park if they are playing an interstate team.

The only reason there was any question over it a few years back was that the AFL had guaranteed a certain number of finals for Docklands. Now that the AFL own Docklands that problem no longer arises.

Although the various governments funded the upgrade of Kardinia Park one wonders whether 11 home games will be enough to fund the ongoing maintenance of the stadium. It would be ironic if they have to put up ticket prices just to maintain their "new palace."

[dees189227 12,435]

As much as I don't really like nth, i really want them to win today.  We need them to beat essenscum

[Lucifers Hero 40,433]

17 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Geelong will almost certainly get a final at Kardinia Park if they are playing an interstate team.

And I don't think anyone has a problem with it if it is one of the smaller interstate team. 

The problem is the carte blanche Geelong want to play all their finals at SS regardless of who the opp is.  Supporters of Vic team and probably Adelaide/Sydney/Port, who have good sized memberships and members who will take an hour flight, will want to see their team in a final. 

Its at times like this I think it is great for Eddie to use his pulpit to protect the interests of all teams.

Edited July 22, 2017 by Lucifer's Hero

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

18 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

And I don't think anyone has a problem with it if it is one of the smaller interstate team. 

The problem is the carte blanche Geelong want to play all their finals at SS regardless of who the opp is.  Supporters of Vic team and probably Adelaide/Sydney/Port, who have good sized memberships and members who will take an hour flight, will want to see their team in a final. 

Its at times like this I think it is great for Eddie to use his pulpit to protect the interests of all teams.

you make a good point but remember a few years back where the SA supporters didn't turn up for the first final because they were saving their money for the bigger finals to come.

Geelong will argue that the extra revenue from finals games is part of their stadium business case.

Other clubs should simply say ... ok but we want 50% of the seats offered to non Geelong members. If that were to happen the Geelong members would soon be screaming for the game to be moved.

[beelzebub 23,388]

45 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

As much as I don't really like nth, i really want them to win today.  We need them to beat essenscum

cant we have a hard fought draw ?  

[beelzebub 23,388]

10 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

you make a good point but remember a few years back where the SA supporters didn't turn up for the first final because they were saving their money for the bigger finals to come.

Geelong will argue that the extra revenue from finals games is part of their stadium business case.

Other clubs should simply say ... ok but we want 50% of the seats offered to non Geelong members. If that were to happen the Geelong members would soon be screaming for the game to be moved.

I noticed this last night... and then I thought   well ..... @#%! you Geelong     

Now Ive had time to mull it over..........strangely still..  @#%!  you Geelong  !!!  

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

Geelong aren't good enough to win the flag, fhey rely on two players and those two players rely on four blokes in yellow. 

Crows and swans are the best two sides 

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

North are playing 8 players who have less than 20 games each.

Hard to see the desired result... getting tired of Essendon being talked up