Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 2

[OneGreatClub]

That they can belt the shit out of their x-town rivals whose success has been similarly engineered puts things into even sharper perspective.

Sydney will be asking for COLA back. Up you Sydney.

 

[Tawny]

The winner of the dogs & Hawks plays GWS...yeah good luck with that.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Who would we sooner dominated, GWS or Adelaide? I would love a Power Premiership but I am happy for GWS to win a few if it means stopping the beautiful boys from West Lakes.

Why have a melt over something we knew was going to happen.

Who cares? Football has been changed and changed and changed until it barely resembles the game I used to watch.

If Port aren't much of a chance of winning a flag, I'll still support them, but I couldn't care less about who else wins.

And lets be honest, Crows won't win a flag any time soon anyway.

 

[Coobk001]

Who would we sooner dominated, GWS or Adelaide? I would love a Power Premiership but I am happy for GWS to win a few if it means stopping the beautiful boys from West Lakes.

In any case this is no different to the Brisbane deal fifteen years ago or to the NRL's decision to load the Melbourne Storm up for success. Eventually GWS were going to be a force we should have taken advantage of that 2014 window.

I know what youre saying but i dont think the crows are any closer than us. Their midfield is meh and their forwards are aging, have a few injuries nect year and then the doubts creep in and they'll be right there with us in the mid table scrap. Then their forwards like Betts, Jenkins start to near the end. Thompson is gone and meanwhile they haven't been able to bring in low draft picks. So i dont think theyre on any definite up curve. If anything theyre at their absolute peak now. They wont have a better season than this with luck and injury.

 

[Powerade 08]

Good to hear that Hartlett has killed off any hope that the PAFC had of offloading him in a trade

You are watching a team play where a 26yo Hartlett wouldn't be in the top 15+ players, who will be up the top of the ladder for a long time, and you would rather keep HH than go to the draft with a good pick so we can start rebuilding?

Ok.

 

[Dylan8]

At least their song is cool

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

You're the one making unsubstantiated claims. Do some explaining.

They aren't unsubstantiated just surpressed.

 

[Duck Farmer]

The game that got Primus sacked doesn't look so bad now.

 

[Leaveit2charlie]

Sydney loves a bandwagon. It's a city that just hops on board if you're a winner at anything. GWS are going to be huge off field very soon.

 

[Andy_B]

im still not convinced this isn't just another case of the swans not showing up in a Final.

 

[raptalia]

I know what youre saying but i dont think the crows are any closer than us. Their midfield is meh and their forwards are aging, have a few injuries nect year and then the doubts creep in and they'll be right there with us in the mid table scrap. Then their forwards like Betts, Jenkins start to near the end. Thompson is gone and meanwhile they haven't been able to bring in low draft picks.

The Crows are playing tonight we are not.

 

[Hong-Kong Phooey]

the AFL really has buggered up this one.

 

[Magpiespower]

John Longmire rn...

 

[Sleezy]

They aren't unsubstantiated just surpressed.

I hardly even noticed your subtle dodging of the question. But thank you for desisting with the prozac nonsense - it does make a difference.

 

[Coobk001]

I would even go as far as saying that 7 out of the next 10 wouldn't be too unrealistic.

Would it?

Maybe not. Youve gotta be honest, this GWS list is far more loaded than weve ever seen from a contender before but importantly unlike other clubs they have a lot of great draft selections to come, lots more trade bait to keep reinvigorating their list and then on top of that they get ridiculous draft concessions with the academy picks.

 

[pastmyprimus]

It's not just the raw talent but their attack on the ball. That's an edge Sydney normally have over other teams. It's a potent combination.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Maybe not. Youve gotta be honest, this GWS list is far more loaded than weve ever seen from a contender before but importantly unlike other clubs they have a lot of great draft selections to come, lots more trade bait to keep reinvigorating their list and then on top of that they get ridiculous draft concessions with the academy picks.

Eddie M. be blowing his stack by now.

 

[tribey]

the AFL really has buggered up this one.

They keep crapping on about the evenness, equalisation and integrity of the competition, but both NSW clubs are shamelessly engineered to serve as Barcelona and Real Madrid year-in, year-out, while the rest of us are competing hogtied and blindfolded.

Great.

 

[simmo_bc]

Che?

apparently on the radio before the swans/GWS game, great news.

 

[OneGreatClub]

apparently on the radio before the swans/GWS game, great news.

huh?

 

[ozph1870]

The game that got Primus sacked doesn't look so bad now.

nah it really was...

 

[Tawny]

Geez ch 7 can't even air the boys belting out their club song.

 

[simmo_bc]

The GWS look very scary

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I hardly even noticed your subtle dodging of the question. But thank you for desisting with the prozac nonsense - it does make a difference.

I'm not going to spoon food you the info when you say cease and desist. It was there in the public for a couple of hours before it was all surpressed. If you can't remember then do your research if it bothers you that much.

 

[Portology]

What a bunch of whingers some of us are. West Coast made a grand final in their fifth year and won a flag in their sixth, and another in their eighth year. No "dynasty" ensued, even in an age before today's open trading culture let alone free agency.

They'll be strong for some years but not the monster some here expect.


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