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John Crow Batty

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  1. THe AFL should change its name to the AFE, Australian Football Entertainment. Just like pro wrestling WWF went to WWE. Not a true sport anymore, A contrivance, manipulated to generate income for TV as top priority. That means bias to top and expansion clubs to ensure their success. IN the AFE like WWE there are 'faces', 'heels' and 'jobbers'. The faces and heels being the good and bad guys attract all the interest. The jobbers are the routine losers to pad out the fixture. In the AFL world clubs like St Kilda, North, Bulldogs and us are like jobbers.
  2. Back to the Sydney/ GWS game. It was an enthralling deadlock in the third quarter. Both teams fighting hard to get the break. Until a couple of trully crap umpiring decisions and non decisions to turn the game.
  3. Are you suggesting he may be too mentally fragile to be a champion?
  4. Some for me but out of hospital now. Won't be back to normal for a long time if ever. Been spending a lot of time here since my illness. Get well.
  5. Having lost my father to a long painful illness I can understand how he feels. Very painful. But if GNF's info is reliable, then there are talks going on between the two clubs for what would arguably be the biggest trade of the century.
  6. Fitzy seemed to play as a decoy forward mostly. When he rucked showed that he could find the ball. Just missed a couple of hurried snaps.
  7. Mayne is their equivalent to Grimes.
  8. The Mach5 lineage has matured and mellowed somewhat. The Prodee line remains annoying for annoyance's sake.
  9. Rhino liked to bait posters so they would over react and then they would get fixed up. Serious power tripper.
  10. I got banned at least 4 times. Snuck back in as someone else a couple of times. It was a lot more angrier place then and posters pushed the limits. Over the top moderation only made it worse.
  11. Rain clearing. So maybe a reasonable game. Fitzy to kick 4.
  12. And E25 prominent throughout the Bailey era as well as a few other nome de plumes. Keyser Soze and Machiavellii I believe. Must hold the DL record for combined posts.
  13. The ever innovative Hawks will introduce a new wet weather tactic called tunnelball.
  14. Then the players better eradicate what's caused the Essendon/Carlton losses and turning what should have been a clebration of Roos's tenure final game into a shambles. It is not something new, these kind of outrages have been happening consistently for a long time. WC despite their recent ladder success have had a reputation of being downhill skiers and the comparison with us is not lost on many supporters who have been around a while.
  15. Was rhino a male or female or something else?
  16. In the Northey and Daniher years we were very good but never good enough. We regularly missed opportunities to grasp the next step and claim a flag. I just hope the current crop does not end up the same way. I still see too many undesirable cultural similarities that won't go away.
  17. Can be off puzzling when a stranger appears with 6743 posts to their credit and it takes a while to figure out who it is.
  18. Don't entirely agree with your post but you get brownie points for upsetting the resident headless chook with you first post.
  19. Watching the game I could not help get the feeling we play like WC more often than not. The overwhelming favourites capitulating under pressure syndrome.
  20. Roos ever the diplomat will skirt around any unpalatable truth if negotiations are in progress. Family reasons is the least controversial angle he could put on it. Family reasons may be the truth or not but could also be a face saving move for all parties involved in an effort to get a deal done.
  21. McCarthy walked out of GWS and stood down for the season. What's the deal there.? Is he like any other contracted player?
  22. Realistically we will never get Neale. If Hogan wants out he will have us over the barrell in any case. And an exciting young player like Weller may be of long term value and he is already made.
  23. Should be Weller, Barlow and 1st round pick. Clarke is strictly blunt steak knives.
  24. The media sees clubs only as good as their most recent performances. If the season finished after the Port game we would have been considered top 8. It's our own fault we can't finish off a season on a high. If we can't beat teams when overwhelming favourites we won't shake the softcoque losers tag.
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