Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 10

[snozulu]

Gibbs says the co-captaincy is a masterstroke. I can see why he used why he used the word masterstroke. The bar is set quite low in crowland:

- the crows death stare
- the cult-camp
- attempt to wear State guernsey in the first showdown in 2014
etc etc

They're stroking something down there at crowland.

 

[edgie]

AFL standards eh


St Kilda

Richmond
Western Bulldogs
North


Theres a lot of mediocre there

Have been equally mediocre or better than us in the last decade.


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[OneGreatClub]

 

[JUSTWORK]

Good luck to him, hope he gets early games.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Sounds like a PAFC boy with that sort of half good, half terrible play.

 

[Contested Marx]

Sounds like a PAFC boy with that sort of half good, half terrible play.

"Johnny Butcher shrugs off 3 opponents and marks in the goalsquare..."

 

[John the Butcher]

How "easy" is it to get tickets to ANZAC Day clash as general public?

 

[Boxx]

How "easy" is it to get tickets to ANZAC Day clash as general public?

They dont normally sell out Prospect mate...

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

 

[Doctor Feel]

Is AFLX ruining the perception of the AFL and revealing AFL players as the mercenaries for hire that everyone suspects they are, but refuse to acknowledge?

It's degrading the entire brand and the 'vibe' of what made the tribal nature of supporting football, great.

It takes players from all sides and mashes them together in a format no one asked for purely for money and expansion reasons.

It breaks down that fundamental barrier of team loyalty and rivalry. Yes, state of origin did that to a certain extent too, however there was still a reason to play it, a rivalry and the support was fiercely parochial. Most of all - players wanted to do it and it showed. It wasn't about money it was about pride and competitiveness.

AFLX makes a mockery of everything we knew AFL to be. It takes something people take seriously and turns it into a gimmick.

I hope Gillons legacy is a grandiose failure of this ****ing stomach bile of a creation.

 

[tribey]

I’d love to see my face if future-me had’ve tugged my coat in the immediate aftermath of torching the Bulldogs by 12 goals to go 11-2 in 2014 and said, “one of these clubs wins the 2016 flag... and it’s not us”.

 

[Byrons Firen]

I’d love to see my face if future-me had’ve tugged my coat in the immediate aftermath of torching the Bulldogs by 12 goals to go 11-2 in 2014 and said, “one of these clubs wins the 2016 flag... and it’s not us”.

When Kochie was riding high and saying "we want to bring back the fun to footy"
Then we lost 6 of our next 9 games costing us a double chance. Roll on 2015 '16 '17' '18 and as for Koch's fun mantra
it's been a barrel of laughs ever since.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Is AFLX ruining the perception of the AFL and revealing AFL players as the mercenaries for hire that everyone suspects they are, but refuse to acknowledge?

It's degrading the entire brand and the 'vibe' of what made the tribal nature of supporting football, great.

It takes players from all sides and mashes them together in a format no one asked for purely for money and expansion reasons.

It breaks down that fundamental barrier of team loyalty and rivalry. Yes, state of origin did that to a certain extent too, however there was still a reason to play it, a rivalry and the support was fiercely parochial. Most of all - players wanted to do it and it showed. It wasn't about money it was about pride and competitiveness.

AFLX makes a mockery of everything we knew AFL to be. It takes something people take seriously and turns it into a gimmick.

I hope Gillons legacy is a grandiose failure of this ******* stomach bile of a creation.

I feel like the way players have traded and asked for trades over the last decade has achieved this more than AFLX has.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

Aflx can disappear. The quicker the better.

 

[glitch01]

Is AFLX ruining the perception of the AFL and revealing AFL players as the mercenaries for hire that everyone suspects they are, but refuse to acknowledge?

It's degrading the entire brand and the 'vibe' of what made the tribal nature of supporting football, great.

It takes players from all sides and mashes them together in a format no one asked for purely for money and expansion reasons.

It breaks down that fundamental barrier of team loyalty and rivalry. Yes, state of origin did that to a certain extent too, however there was still a reason to play it, a rivalry and the support was fiercely parochial. Most of all - players wanted to do it and it showed. It wasn't about money it was about pride and competitiveness.

AFLX makes a mockery of everything we knew AFL to be. It takes something people take seriously and turns it into a gimmick.

I hope Gillons legacy is a grandiose failure of this ******* stomach bile of a creation.

I think AFLX is just amplifying what has become the norm with free agency and trading.
Club loyalty is pretty much a thing of the past. It’s a business and I think we’re already seeing more and more high profile players chase the dollars.



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[edgie]

There's a lot of player movement in AFLW too that feels very round robin gala day hit n giggle like.

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[Duck Farmer]

Is AFLX ruining the perception of the AFL and revealing AFL players as the mercenaries for hire that everyone suspects they are, but refuse to acknowledge?

It's degrading the entire brand and the 'vibe' of what made the tribal nature of supporting football, great.

It takes players from all sides and mashes them together in a format no one asked for purely for money and expansion reasons.

It breaks down that fundamental barrier of team loyalty and rivalry. Yes, state of origin did that to a certain extent too, however there was still a reason to play it, a rivalry and the support was fiercely parochial. Most of all - players wanted to do it and it showed. It wasn't about money it was about pride and competitiveness.

AFLX makes a mockery of everything we knew AFL to be. It takes something people take seriously and turns it into a gimmick.

I hope Gillons legacy is a grandiose failure of this ******* stomach bile of a creation.

I'm wracking my brains trying to remember who asked for it again.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Has it been confirmed if any of our guys are in it?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Watching 7's cricket coverage its another reminder how good a commentator Tim Lane is.

Wonder if 7 sports executives have had a good think about poaching him from 3AW if not completely, maybe for one of the 3 games they cover each week (+ the 8 Thursday night games and 3 public holiday games) and team him up with Bruce.

 

[Jonts]

Has it been confirmed if any of our guys are in it?

heard a whisper that there will be at least 1 player from each club picked.

 

[Doctor Feel]

heard a whisper that there will be at least 1 player from each club picked.

Jack Trengove would be good.

 

[Boxx]

Jack Trengove would be good.

AJ could do with a bit of extra work...

 

[RossFC]

Cam Hewett is the zooper-dooper specialist.

 

[PatientMental]

heard a whisper that there will be at least 1 player from each club picked.

They'll want Robbie.

 

[SteppingTiger]

They'll want Robbie.

Let s offer them 2 x AA, Port Adelaide superstar Chad Wingard, and hope they don't realise.