PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Adelaide

[WalkingCivilWar 32,868]

🥳 Langers to play his 150th on Sunday! 🥳

The graphic has four images of Ed and in every one of them his tongue is sticking out. 😝😝😝😝

 

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[JimmyGadson 3,455]

Better the interviewer, the better the question, the better the answer. 

Unfortunately, interviewing skills are completely absent within the AFL media landscape. All they want is short one liners to use as headlines and click bait. Half the time they don't even ask questions. They just say something and stick a mic in front of the interviewee. 

It's an embarrassment and a great shame really. Post game presser questioning is almost comical. It's as if they choose people off the street to do the questioning. 

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41 minutes ago, dl4e said:

This is a real danger game. Nicholls is one of the umpires.

he doesn't love ruck craft

[whatwhat say what 19,324]

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

🥳 Langers to play his 150th on Sunday! 🥳

The graphic has four images of Ed and in every one of them his tongue is sticking out. 😝😝😝😝

 

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wish milkshake had got a go for his 100 games in red and blue; same week as salem's 150th

[Demon Dynasty 15,795]

15 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

he doesn't love ruck craft

Big boy's about to learn some more

[WalkingCivilWar 32,868]

1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

wish milkshake had got a go for his 100 games in red and blue; same week as salem's 150th

That would’ve been cool but we only celebrate total number of AFL games. Melks got his 200th game banner last year for which he was very grateful. Some players show their appreciation more than others.  Langers is also particularly grateful for things like this. So we all stood on the graphic (very small crew tonight) and were filmed yelling out, “Go Eddy! The Demon Army love you!” We know he’ll love it. ❤️💙

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2 hours ago, Demonland said:

Melbourne v Adelaide at the MCG, 3.20pm AEST

MELBOURNE

In: A.Tomlinson, M.Hibberd, B.Laurie, B.Grundy, K.Chandler
Out: H.Petty (ribs), C.Spargo (omitted)

R18 sub: Joel Smith

ADELAIDE

In: B.Cook, H.Schoenberg, M.Crouch, L.Nankervis, P.Parnell, E.Himmelberg, J.Hately
Out: L.Sholl (omitted), J.Rachele (suspension), R.Laird (shoulder), M.Michalanney (managed)

R18 sub: Ned McHenry

I hope they choose Tomlinson and Laurie 

[Jaded No More 58,693]

1 hour ago, dl4e said:

This is a real danger game. Nicholls is one of the umpires.

I hope Williamson is at least having a well deserved rest. In hell. 

[DeeZone 7,872]

1 hour ago, Fanatique Demon said:

Right! Take a look at Garry Lion’s interview of Cripps. He might have talked more than Cripps. 

And what’s with interviewers asking questions and providing at least two alternative answers for the interviewee, who invariably decides that “it’s a both of both, really”?

So true FD more a guidance than an interview, it’s like watching the news people read the news, no one ever questions the rubbish that they are reading , even when you know it’s [censored] they never question it. Where have the real journalists gone, so bland so insufferable mind numbing don’t rock the boat rubbish.!!!

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3 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

But I always struggle when trying to recall any sports-related interview that gave me something resembling genuine insight, and wasn’t just guarded, predictable musings from the same old script. 
 

Agree with your post.

Two exceptions are Andy's interviews on this site (e.g., May, Grundy, Selwyn) and Peter Donegan's "This is your sporting life" segment that made everyone seem fascinating. 

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Inters: Melksham, Jordan, Rivers, Smith, sub Chandler, no one else from squad deserves a game!

[whatwhat say what 19,324]

7 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Inters: Melksham, Jordan, Rivers, Smith, sub Chandler, no one else from squad deserves a game!

i'll go melksham, jordon, rivers, chandler, with smith as the sub

[layzie 29,316]

3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Same. ☘️ 

I'm going for England in the cricket 

[monoccular 16,296]

10 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

 

Players have to have a life outside of football. Their mental health is just as important as their physical wellbeing.

Some of my mates seem to find golf bad for their mental health: on the other hand I just say stuff the score and relax and enjoy it.  Though I cannot envisage Stephen May (who is according to himself MFC’s lowest handicap player around 6 I think) doing anything short of taking it very seriously. 

8 hours ago, binman said:

All you need to know about the state of football journalism #2

So i decided to listen to the SEN Sanderson strategy slot on catch up.

First topic for discussion - Brodie Grundy.

Whateley played goodies answer to the the first question of the presser, which is about Grundy. 

Goody notes the hysteria (his word) in the media and that Brodie will be back.

Chief hysteric, Whateley, doesn't bother defending the completely reasonable charge of hysteria. 

And Sanderson basically disregards what he has just heard from the lips of Goody and says Grundy unlikely to return to the ones this season. I mean the senior coach had just said he will be back for pete's sake. 

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say at least something like, well Goody was adamant he would be back, but i have my doubts? 

5 more mins wasted on rubbish - remembering this is a segment supposedly about strategy.

They eventually get to the game and it is all about the Lions. Sanderson's take is they got on top becuase they beat us in the contest and clearances. That's it. That's where the analysis largely ends. And then goes on to say how good he thinks the Lions are and that they a real 'smokey' to win the flag (some smokey - they are third fav)

No respect for the dees effort to come back from 5 goals to win - the lions went too defensive apparently.

No talk about what we did to wrest momentum back - other than we won contested ball.

Fair dinkum, this is supposed to pass as analysis? 

binman - stay away from mainstream media.  
There is a podcast that I can highly recommend that is often  true and accurate, with absolutely no 🐂💩- Demonland I think is the name. Some of the presenters actually seem quite intelligent 🤗🙄❤️💙❤️💙

[WalkingCivilWar 32,868]

1 minute ago, layzie said:

I'm going for England in the cricket 

No you’re not 😂

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14 minutes ago, layzie said:

I'm going for England in the cricket 

Likewise. Looking good! Crawley on fire. 197-2, only 120 behind. Need to get a decent lead tonight given the rubbish weather predicted over the weekend.

[layzie 29,316]

12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

No you’re not 😂

Yeah probably not but I could take it or leave it to be honest 

Edited July 20, 2023 by layzie

[CHF 2,610]

Melksham, Jordan, Rivers and Laurie on the bench with Smith a Sub for me.

I would like to see a more aggressive use of the sub. if a player is down then sub him out sooner rather than later. I know that you run the risk of an injury coming and then being one man down on the rotations but, if a player is clearly not performing then you are already handicapping yourself by not using the sub early.

[Chook 14,605]

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Some of my mates seem to find golf bad for their mental health: on the other hand I just say stuff the score and relax and enjoy it.  Though I cannot envisage Stephen May (who is according to himself MFC’s lowest handicap player around 6 I think) doing anything short of taking it very seriously. 

binman - stay away from mainstream media.  
There is a podcast that I can highly recommend that is often  true and accurate, with absolutely no 🐂💩- Demonland I think is the name. Some of the presenters actually seem quite intelligent 🤗🙄❤️💙❤️💙

Who podcasts the podcasters?

[M_9 1,740]

9 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

🥳 Langers to play his 150th on Sunday! 🥳

The graphic has four images of Ed and in every one of them his tongue is sticking out. 😝😝😝😝

 

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A shout out to Ed's mum Belinda. I was on a swim trip on Croatia in 2018 that she was part of.

Here's my fb post at the time:

"So the conversation with Belinda (from Sth Yarra) over dinner the other night went something like this:
Me: do you follow the AFL Belinda?
Belinda: yes. Actually both of my sons are in the AFL
Me: Oh yeah. What's their names?
Belinda: Ed and Tom Langdon.
Me: I've heard of Ed. He plays with Freo and goes alright. There's talk he may head back to Vic. when his contract expires. I'd like to see him at the Dees. I bet you'd rather see him at Melbourne rather than with some club like those ferals at Collingwood? Who's Tom play with.
Belinda: Tom plays for the Collingwood ferals.

I must have said something to upset Belinda. She hasn't spoken to me since that dinner."

PS I was aware that Tom was a Pies player but had hardly played due to injuries. Murmers that we were looking at Ed.

Edited July 20, 2023 by M_9

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Crows with some big outs, Obviously Laird is a huge out for them but I think Michaelanny has been unreal for them and him being managed is good news, with Rachele out we can't let Rankine or Tex get loose.

[Kent 2,607]

11 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I think Chandler will replace Spargo. Can’t see us replacing Hibberd with him unless they want to put Bowey forward?

Put Bowey forward and Hibbo in his normal position

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11 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

he doesn't love ruck craft

Needs to retire .

[layzie 29,316]

9 hours ago, speed demon said:

Agree with your post.

Two exceptions are Andy's interviews on this site (e.g., May, Grundy, Selwyn) and Peter Donegan's "This is your sporting life" segment that made everyone seem fascinating. 

I loved Peter Donegan's interview style. One of my inspirations in the small number of interview situations I've been part of 

[leave it to deever 16,013]

8 hours ago, layzie said:

I'm going for England in the cricket 

And I thought Goody's selections were baffling on occasion. 

Love how Warner keeps "telling" the selectors how he will retire in Oz.