Everything posted by Engorged Onion
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
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Trent Rivers Re-Signs until 2027
Brilliant news! Also, love the avatar/image - a ripper.
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
- Trade Rumours 2023
- POSTGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Also, I’m not sure that the quality of the competition or product would be diminished. Sure, it’d feel unfair that your wage went from $450,000 to $200,000 but that $200,000 would beat $110,000 in an office, $65,000 in a factory and $200,000 fly in fly out working a 60-80 hour week. I think it would be a great thing to see the decline of capitalism in AFL for the betterment of society. I’m not talking pushing ‘causes’ because of the good optics - I’m talking about the direct impact that gambling has inter generationally. What about your good self? Would you be prepared to pay more?
- PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
I did not realise this. Commercially it makes sense of course. I watched the swans match with my 7yo on free to air for the first time and honestly felt quite uncomfortable with the amount of ads and Nathan Brown pushing punting. I turned it off half way through. Now, totally each to their own, AND it’s an indictment on the AFL to normalise punting to go hand in hand with the game, irrespective of the ‘remedial’ work they do, be it via public education or advertisement to ‘know your limits’. That won’t work*for kids exposed for 18 years weekly that AFL and gambling neatly coexist and are a normal part of culture. * nor do they give a damn…
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
- POSTGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast
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PODCAST: Rd 04 vs West Coast
Some musings on Petty's role in the forward line please. I got distracted by the 30+ weather and margaritas in Cairns (and a couple of 7yo's playing outside in the humidity. Thank gawd I was out of Victoria for the Easter break... anyways. The last I saw of the match on TV was Petty's weirdly spilled mark which Charlie S mopped up for a goal. Questions: Was that scenario emblematic of Petty in the forward line? He's a bit out of touch, for a class act? Keep pursuing it and it will come? What is his specific role do we think 2 weeks in? Is it to take an intercept defender/big body to allow TMAC and JVR some more room run their lanes? Thus, he is unheralded, unglamorous and therefore seemingly much maligned... Something else altogether? Thoughts please.
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GPS Distance tracking in games
I’m pretty average at maths - but the dimensions of the g (as an example) is 172 metres - let’s minus around 40m for most players not going right into the 20m from goal space typically. so that’s 130m (plus let’s add 20m for a non straight line run, it takes it to 150m - and if I was to divide that by 15km that’s 100 efforts a match. Or 25 a quarter of running one end to another every minute and a bit. Plus the combativeness…. Sounds like hard graft to me 😎
- GAMEDAY: Rd 04 vs West Coast
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NON-MFC: Rd 04 2023
Here is some context. https://www.saints.com.au/news/1256553/saints-to-face-pies-in-inaugural-gather-round
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New National Recruiting Officer - Tim Lamb
Holy hell, reading the initial thread, that was harsh as! No need to give him a good roasting. Also, all these forced puns, you guys and girls must have some shear talent for making them up.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 04 vs West Coast
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
- Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
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Demonstone's Extra Easy Easter Eggstravaganza
I believe the word is bother. Nonetheless, on a random factoid - Dire Straits had an album, which if I recall correctly was the first commercially released CD to sell a million copies.
- PREGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast
- PREGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast
- PREGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast
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NON-MFC: Rd 04 2023
I was going to write about Joe Daniher as well but couldn’t quite recall the song title. It’s totally about the youth engagement and good on him for sticking his hand up for the female under 10’s.
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NON-MFC: Rd 04 2023
The players have a song of choice when they kick a goal. For Charlie Cameron it’s Take Me Home… I think the ‘suits in ‘marketing’ call it fan engagement. Whilst I don’t relate to it, having watched the Dees a few times now at The Gabba, the young kids love it.