35 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Hawthorn 2013/14/15.

Would you believe....

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

For those keeping score.

[censored] was definitely one of the words I used watching the game last week

39 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Hawthorn 2013/14/15.

Not sure what you are referring to here....

1 hour ago, Kent said:

So let us in to the secret and I will shut up

Ask WCW She has all the info !!!

3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I'm a big Kane Cornes fan but he's missed the point here.

The landscape in the player trade industry has changed over the years, contracts mean nothing now.

Once a player nominates a club which he did with Sydney, then realistically we've got to find the best deal possible for the club. We didn't help out a contender, we had no other choice because that's where Grundy wanted to go.

Yes we could have held him ransom to his contract and all that, but doing that would have benefited no one in the long run. The Grundy Melbourne relation was never going to work so we had to trade him off.

Grundy is obviously playing good footy and well on his way to success and Max is hopefully on his way to a 7th All Australian.  Both came out winners in my eyes.

that explains ALOT! 

4 hours ago, binman said:

Perhaps it's just part of being a fan, but it seems many dees fans, for all manner of things, don't apply the same logic to the dees as they do to other clubs.

Flags are hard to win. Yes we won a flag under goody, but somehow one flag in 7 season for us is a fail. 

We are consistently a contender and give ourselves a chance to win a flag. Underachieved.

The cats and swans are a well run clubs that are always in the frame. Wouldn't it be be great to be a fan of those clubs.

Other contenders get beaten when favorites, a blip. We get beaten as favorites and it's time to rebuild and 'play the kids'.

Other teams struggle for a block of time but they have key players out injured. We have a rough patch for the same reason and we lack depth.

And on, and on and on.

In ten years time we may have seen the back of 5, 7, 13, 11, 18 And others and we’ll be saying well 1 flag since 64, is that ok?

My view is we should have one more in this period. But that’s just me.

19 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Ask WCW She has all the info !!!

I don’t think the info has ever been given out, but that is only part of the problem, We have massively assisted an oponent, to being a Huge Premiership Contender, whilst our own list is considerably weaker. 
A complete shipshow in my opinion 

29 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

that explains ALOT! 

Because he hurts your feelings all the time? 😅

Not surprised, doesn't take much with you.

Edited May 24, 20241 yr by dazzledavey36

• It should have been 2 in 3 years. Melbourne left one on the table in 2023.
• The Brisvagus three-peat doesn't count. They had an influx of players from Fitzroy. Give me Norf's best 8 players and I'll give you premierships in '25, '26 and '27.

Only two of the Fitzroy players that Brisbane picked up in the "merge" played in their threepeat.

Chris Johnson and Alastair Lynch were the two.  They played in all three premierships.

edit:  Lynch went there two years prior.  So Johnson was the only one.

Edited May 24, 20241 yr by Demonstone

18 hours ago, DubDee said:

Swans have two byes while the dogs still wait for their first?

this comp is so unfair it’s laughable 

They really are giving them the greatest armchair ride ever known to man.

 

46 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

• It should have been 2 in 3 years. Melbourne left one on the table in 2023.
• The Brisvagus three-peat doesn't count. They had an influx of players from Fitzroy. Give me Norf's best 8 players and I'll give you premierships in '25, '26 and '27.

Definitely wasted at least one flag, then the wasted years of 2019 and 2020 after reaching a PF. I know there are a lot of caveats, specially for 2019 but still.

We'll soon find out what this season will be like.

17 hours ago, DiscoStu17 said:

He’ll have delayed concussion tomorrow. 

The funny thing is he's already had a major concussion this year courtesy of Peter Wright.

There are a handful of clubs that take concussion seriously whilst the other just don't give a truck.

e.g Port, Geelong, Sydney, Carlton please add others you are aware of for the exercise.

 

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

6 hours ago, Demonland said:

For those keeping score.

This is about the coin toss, right? I don’t understand how they come up with a percentage (?)

Pies have 8 first 22 players out

Freo maybe two

Will Freo finally step up?

 

Pies by 2 points

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Pies have 8 first 22 players out

Freo maybe two

Will Freo finally step up?

 

Pies by 2 points

Yes

21 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I wonder what would happen to the AFL following in NSW if, god forbid, the Swans were bad?

5 or 6 years being at the bottom of the ladder.

Probably empty SCG and underwhelming membership numbers. Must be a thing of nightmares for the AFL House.

I work with a rusted on Swans season ticket holder and he hates going up there because nobody watches the game. They're all constantly going to the bar, talking or looking at their phones. They also like getting tarted up like they're going to the theatre. Swans games are an occasion to be seen at, not to see the Swans, apparently. 

2 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

The funny thing is he's already had a major concussion this year courtesy of Peter Wright.

There are a handful of clubs that take concussion seriously whilst the other just don't give a truck.

e.g Port, Geelong, Sydney, Carlton please add others you are aware of for the exercise.

 

Interesting that in Cunningham’s return game, against WCE in round 4, he had about 1/4 of his usual output.

Cameron definitely didn’t play as well last season after the “friendly fire” from Rohan.

He is named on the bench tomorrow and they have not named Rohan. 
Guess they don’t want to risk more friendly fire?

Go freo

$8 for Pies under 10 points

 

Pies early stumbles were very enjoyable to watch. not enjoying their improved recent form.

Freo are about as reliable as the weather but would be good if they could do a number on the pies tonight

Annoying when you're looking forward to watching some football on a Friday night only to find out Collingwood are playing. 

Does not look like much of a crowd, guess the opposition not interesting enough.

I will be watching the Giro D'Italia later tonight.