Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 6

[Waspy79]

I'm more surprised that Cam O'Shea was only named as an emergency. With Docherty out for the season his intercept marking and run off half-back could be invaluable. He was overtaken here as a half-back but looks to have picked up the pieces and anyway, beggars can't be choosers.

They seem to think they are well stocked across half-back. Weitering, Marchbank, Plowman, Byrne, Mullett, Simpson. Sorry for derailing (hyphen required?) this thread.

 

[Doctor B]

Yeah ok, my point was double-barrelled. Either Carlton are taking the piss out of the new emergency settings, or the settings were not necessary (or both).

With the new AFL emergency list size, is it a mandatory requirement that teams name a ruckman as the extra player?
Carlton have done ok in the past with Kreuzer as their main ruckman and KPP's like Casboult chopping out for him when he has a spell.

 

[Waspy79]

With the new AFL emergency list size, is it a mandatory requirement that teams name a ruckman as the extra player?
Carlton have done ok in the past with Kreuzer as their main ruckman and KPP's like Casboult chopping out for him when he has a spell.

I doubt it is mandatory, but according to the AFL it is why the emergency list was increased. I was quickly going to place this change in yet another for changes sake, but apparently McKay rucked in JLT2 and is the back-up to Kruezer.

 

[badbeats]

William Frampton emergency for 25 games this year.

 

[RossFC]

Bit pointless if Frampton is the 4th emergency on Saturday if he plays in the SANFL tomorrow. Surely he aint getting held back from any level of footy every other week.

 

[Waspy79]

Bit pointless if Frampton is the 4th emergency on Saturday if he plays in the SANFL tomorrow. Surely he aint getting held back from any level of footy every other week.

Good point. Interesting to see how we approach it. This issue really does highlight an advantage of the reserves comp (providing they are curtain raisers I guess, or played day/s after the seniors).

 

[RossFC]

Good point. Interesting to see how we approach it. This issue really does highlight an advantage of the reserves comp (providing they are curtain raisers I guess, or played day/s after the seniors).

If it was up to me every reserves game would be the day after the AFL game. So that the emergencies that are held back still get a game the day after.

 

[Tibbs]

I heard Rucci talk about it. Sounds like they threatened his job. He was filthy.

Doesn't surprise me one bit. They can not handle having 1 journalist off the leash. Pathetic.

Classic bullies!

 

[Magus]

Two blokes in the whole state (Kornes and Rucci) call them out on their BS and they can't handle it. Umbelievable.

 

[Grave Danger]

Two blokes in the whole state (Kornes and Rucci) call them out on their BS and they can't handle it. Umbelievable.

Penberthy did too, but I'm sure they won't cancel his Ambassadorship over it.

 

[manureid]

Penberthy did too, but I'm sure they won't cancel his Ambassadorship over it.

He never??

 

[afl2004]

Jack viney and tom mcdonald out for up to 2 months

 

[dav3]

Jack viney and tom mcdonald out for up to 2 months

Well that should make the Crows board a little happier, they love a good opposition LTI, particularly when it's a club that's poached one of their key playersuseless spuds.............. or us.

 

[finbarr]

Two blokes in the whole state (Kornes and Rucci) call them out on their BS and they can't handle it. Umbelievable.

Don’t forget that doyen of AFL football writers, Peter Goers.

 

[Forzaport]

Two blokes in the whole state (Kornes and Rucci) call them out on their BS and they can't handle it. Umbelievable.

It's a 100% increase on just Rucci. A sign of the apocalypse for them.

 

[Janus]

Jack viney and tom mcdonald out for up to 2 months

Viney “stress fracture of the foot” last year.

Two months will turn into the entire year.

 

[bomberclifford]

Don’t forget that doyen of AFL football writers, Peter Goers.

... or the unparalleled media behemoth that is Jane Riley.

 

[manureid]

Viney “stress fracture of the foot” last year.

Two months will turn into the entire year.

When do we play them? Viney will be back that week and have 30 and 2 in a win against us.

 

[Del80659]

that is just wonderful wonderful reading, that article on 5AA's website. and now that sentence has been typed!

 

[Waspy79]

When do we play them? Viney will be back that week and have 30 and 2 in a win against us.

Round 14

 

[Grave Danger]

He never??

Yes, over the reporting of injuries:

He may get away with it this once, but if he keeps it up he's going to draw attention to himself from the powers that be at West Lakes:

Worse still, he could find himself being 'audited'...

 

[TeeKray]

The News Corp papers taking their parochial sides

I guess it's easy to create a fortress when you have 10 of the 18 teams and guaranteed home ground advantage in the championship game each and every year (the last 4 grand finals have seen a lower ranked Victorian team hosting and beating a higher ranked non Victorian team).

 

[Visenfest]

Yes, over the reporting of injuries:

He may get away with it this once, but if he keeps it up he's going to draw attention to himself from the powers that be at West Lakes:

Worse still, he could find himself being 'audited'...

Crows fans should consider themselves lucky. One of our players just went missing for an entire off-season.

 

[Steve Dore]

Listed as a 1 week injury.

If he was still at Ports it would be two weeks.

 

[LFC2010]

So tonight I'll be watching the footy on mute, and the computer with the test on.

hope Australia bat, keen to Smith v Rabada