View Full Version : aker back in over a week
murphy2bedabest
29 May 2007, 13:26
and how much crap will he get, now as a dog fan in brisbane this is the one game i look forward to each year, and now that we have aker i cant wait.
but why is there so much hate for this man, alot of which is from what ppl see in the media and who would not know him as a person. now i have been talking to alot of lion fans this year about aker and many have called him all sorts of crap, with out knowing the bloke.
he was a great player for you guys winning a brownlow and being a member of your 3 premirship every one was happy with him or looked the other way, he is abit like nathan brown in a way, now many dog fans still hate brown, but for what? ok he left our club for more $ and i may not agree with that but his time at the dogs was good he was a great player, and i hope he can get back on the park for the tigers because he is one of the games great players.
anyway i just wanted to say all the best it should be a good game and brown vs harris is looking like a good match up and cant wait to see your young cubs in rischitelle sherman stiller patfull and harding ect
GO DOGS AND HOPE TO SEE A AKER HAND STAND:D :D ;)
Grimreepah
29 May 2007, 13:56
i hope he can get back on the park for the tigers because he is one of the games great players.
Do you think he is still one of the game's great players? There's plenty of other Bulldogs that I'm more worried about to be honest.
Lady Lawrence
29 May 2007, 13:57
if you want to know what Brisbane supporters think simply do a search on this board and you will get your answers, we are tired of discussing it but thanks for your interest and heres cheers to a big game. Meanwhile we are thinking about Richmond this Saturday.
Thanks
lionbear
29 May 2007, 14:15
I agree LL I think we have bigger fish to fry Saturday night before we worry about the Bulldogs.
TheBrownDog
29 May 2007, 15:02
Aker who?
Warwick
29 May 2007, 15:15
Chris Schmidt has had a better year.
raybees
29 May 2007, 15:21
I personally dont hold any grudge about Aker. He was a great player and I hope he continues to do well at the bulldogs. To see Aker, Voss, Black, and Brown play during the premiership years was a sight to behold. Even though Acker has moved on, I still hope to see him play well. I just hope he can manage to fit in with all the players there and not end up in a mud slinging competition. History has shown that he will be ok for a year or two then something on a personal level will crop up. I hope for the bulldogs sake it doesnt, but I would not be suprised if it did.
TheBrownDog
29 May 2007, 15:23
Would have struggled to break into our best 22 on form this year.
Lace Out
29 May 2007, 15:27
Looks well past it.
The whole situation turned out beaut.
TheBrownDog
29 May 2007, 15:30
The loud cheers he used to get when he had the ball have seemed to just naturally flow to Brown instead.
Vipertooth
29 May 2007, 19:39
The loud cheers he used to get when he had the ball
Will now become loud Boo's
If he does a hand stand at the gabba, omg i will get so pissed off, i will buy a plane ticket up there and take him out myself, while mid handstand.
I dunno just will really annoy me.
anyway, we have to beat the tigers before hand!!!
Sherminator.
29 May 2007, 21:21
Chris Schmidt has had a better year.
Sadly that sounds true Warwrick.
Schmidt Stats 2007 AFLQ-
Games: 7
Goals: 1
Best: Top 3 (x5) + 4th once.
:thumbsu: :thumbsu: :thumbsu:
Deserves a game!
Kochie 16
29 May 2007, 23:11
and how much crap will he get, now as a dog fan in brisbane this is the one game i look forward to each year, and now that we have aker i cant wait.
but why is there so much hate for this man, alot of which is from what ppl see in the media and who would not know him as a person. now i have been talking to alot of lion fans this year about aker and many have called him all sorts of crap, with out knowing the bloke.
he was a great player for you guys winning a brownlow and being a member of your 3 premirship every one was happy with him or looked the other way, he is abit like nathan brown in a way, now many dog fans still hate brown, but for what? ok he left our club for more $ and i may not agree with that but his time at the dogs was good he was a great player, and i hope he can get back on the park for the tigers because he is one of the games great players.
anyway i just wanted to say all the best it should be a good game and brown vs harris is looking like a good match up and cant wait to see your young cubs in rischitelle sherman stiller patfull and harding ect
GO DOGS AND HOPE TO SEE A AKER HAND STAND:D :D ;) The Gabba ain't Aker's home anymore so he will not do a 'handstand'. And what the hell does Nathan brown have to do with aker? Aker wanted to go 'home' and that is apparently where he is!
Dr Pea P.I
29 May 2007, 23:29
Would love to see what would happen if he went to the wrong change room by habbit. Just imagine the players walk in and saw Aker putting his My Little Pony bag into James Hawksley's locker.:D
murphy2bedabest
30 May 2007, 02:19
The Gabba ain't Aker's home anymore so he will not do a 'handstand'. And what the hell does Nathan brown have to do with aker? Aker wanted to go 'home' and that is apparently where he is!
the lion supporters i have spoken to about aker i would say 90% has been negitave, and from what they have said. it's what they have heard and seen in the media,and not based on him as a person or player. the other 10% have wished him and the dogs well.
just like nathan brown, with dog fan and the way he left us they are still negitave in the way they talk about him. as i would say the roos fans would be about carey.
for me browns time at the dogs was good he did what he thought was right at the time, i didnt agree, but i have always wished him and the tigers all the best.
to Grimreepah yes i think brown is still a great player and i hope he can get back playing some good footy,i want to see all the best players playing the game and thats why i go to the footy. it was only a few years ago that hird was out for a long time with his foot problems and every1 was wrighting him off saying he was past it, but he came back to play sum good footy. brown will do the same if he becomes fit.
Grimreepah
30 May 2007, 03:27
for me browns time at the dogs was good he did what he thought was right at the time, i didnt agree, but i have always wished him and the tigers all the best.
When Aker helped the Lions I loved him, when he hurt the Lions I hated him. If Aker had left quietly I still would have been fairly peeved, but the memories probably wouldn't have been tarnished. As it is I see him very differently now.
Some Bulldogs supporters will probably try and rub it in that he's playing for them and not us, but I am just glad it is all over. You guys have taken a chance on him and we'll see how that turns out.
to Grimreepah yes i think brown is still a great player and i hope he can get back playing some good footy,i want to see all the best players playing the game and thats why i go to the footy. it was only a few years ago that hird was out for a long time with his foot problems and every1 was wrighting him off saying he was past it, but he came back to play sum good footy. brown will do the same if he becomes fit.
Sorry I misread your post, I thought you were talking about Aker. Regardless, it has been a while since either played their best footy, so I think expectations have to be adjusted accordingly. Not everyone is James Hird.
Warwick
30 May 2007, 07:51
The Gabba ain't Aker's home anymore so he will not do a 'handstand'.
He didn't save it just for the Gabba.
And what the hell does Nathan brown have to do with aker? Aker wanted to go 'home' and that is apparently where he is!
Excuse me?
notting18
30 May 2007, 11:13
When Aker helped the Lions I loved him, when he hurt the Lions I hated him. If Aker had left quietly I still would have been fairly peeved, but the memories probably wouldn't have been tarnished. As it is I see him very differently now.
My thoughts exactly Grim!
I would hope that Lions supporters can show a little bit of class by NOT booing Aker when we play bulldogs, if they do it will put us in the same mould as Tiger and collingwoods feral fans...I know opinions are divided on this issue, but i just feel he has done far more for our club over the years than what went on last year...surely we must respect him for that, and hope it is a good honest game, no physical thuggery (as alluded too by Browny on TFS) and the Lions win! I will be so disappointed if he is booed....just my opinion
TheBrownDog
31 May 2007, 20:18
I would hope that Lions supporters can show a little bit of class by NOT booing Aker when we play bulldogs, if they do it will put us in the same mould as Tiger and collingwoods feral fans...I know opinions are divided on this issue, but i just feel he has done far more for our club over the years than what went on last year...surely we must respect him for that, and hope it is a good honest game, no physical thuggery (as alluded too by Browny on TFS) and the Lions win! I will be so disappointed if he is booed....just my opinion
He'll be booed. May as well get used to the idea now.
I would hope that Lions supporters can show a little bit of class by NOT booing Aker when we play bulldogs, if they do it will put us in the same mould as Tiger and collingwoods feral fans...I know opinions are divided on this issue, but i just feel he has done far more for our club over the years than what went on last year...surely we must respect him for that, and hope it is a good honest game, no physical thuggery (as alluded too by Browny on TFS) and the Lions win! I will be so disappointed if he is booed....just my opinion
I agree with you MacMum in that I would be happy to see him 'not booed' but not for the same reasons. Simply because he bloody loves it, thrives on being under pressure and steps up when the spotlight is on him, good or bad attention makes him a better player (so agree with TBD that it will happen anyway, despite what anyone says). Of course, The Simpsons as usual can explain this better than I can...
http://www.simpson-halloween.com/images/persos/Larger/dodu_donuts.gif
TheBrownDog
31 May 2007, 20:41
I agree with you MacMum in that I would be happy to see him 'not booed' but not for the same reasons. Simply because he bloody loves it, thrives on being under pressure and steps up when the spotlight is on him, good or bad attention makes him a better player (so agree with TBD that it will happen anyway, despite what anyone says). Of course, The Simpsons as usual can explain this better than I can...
http://www.simpson-halloween.com/images/persos/Larger/dodu_donuts.gif
Just Don't Look! Just Don't Look!
I can see it now Dog, the sound of 30 thousand newspapers being opened at the Gabba when Aka get his 1st touch.
TheBrownDog
31 May 2007, 20:49
I'm glad they are doing that "Mission Maroon" thing where they will be giving out maroon shirts.
The idea is that the Gabba will be a sea of maroon.
The real benefit is that it will take the attention away from the moronic Aker backers and their equally moronic T-Shirts.
notting18
31 May 2007, 20:53
I'm glad they are doing that "Mission Maroon" thing where they will be giving out maroon shirts.
The idea is that the Gabba will be a sea of maroon.
The real benefit is that it will take the attention away from the moronic Aker backers and their equally moronic T-Shirts.
Sounds like that Purple Haze thing out west....should be alright!
lionbear
31 May 2007, 21:58
Sounds like that Purple Haze thing out west....should be alright!
Intresting they have Aka name on lions.com.au header at the moment. The Maroon thing should be good, main colour of Queensland as well as the traditional colour of Fitzroy.
Would like to see us get the Tigers game played Saturday night though before advertising Aka's return.
Vipertooth
31 May 2007, 22:59
Intresting they have Aka name on lions.com.au header at the moment. The Maroon thing should be good, main colour of Queensland as well as the traditional colour of Fitzroy.
Would like to see us get the Tigers game played Saturday night though before advertising Aka's return.
I concour doctor!!!