Roast IF it isn't biased or ncompetent..... THEN it must be inciteful media coverage part II

[Ishmael_]

https://thewest.com.au/news/7-news-perth/fly-high-with-the-eagles-bc-6008626090001

Fans flying over east with and sitting next to the players?

Those poor fkrs, imagine some of the cashed up nutjobs you could get seated next to.

Is this a player welfare issue? Catching the red eye back, being badgered by some spectrumy man child. Our away form is under threat.

What a bizarre idea from the team who attacked a cameraman.

 

[BigBirdz]

https://thewest.com.au/news/7-news-perth/fly-high-with-the-eagles-bc-6008626090001

Fans flying over east with and sitting next to the players?

Those poor fkrs, imagine some of the cashed up nutjobs you could get seated next to.

Is this a player welfare issue? Catching the red eye back, being badgered by some spectrumy man child. Our away form is under threat.

What a bizarre idea from the team who attacked a cameraman.

Looks to be a one off type thing and only to the game not home. I agree it's pretty strange from a team as cashed up as ours.

 

[oak79]

https://thewest.com.au/news/7-news-perth/fly-high-with-the-eagles-bc-6008626090001

Fans flying over east with and sitting next to the players?

Those poor fkrs, imagine some of the cashed up nutjobs you could get seated next to.

Is this a player welfare issue? Catching the red eye back, being badgered by some spectrumy man child. Our away form is under threat.

What a bizarre idea from the team who attacked a cameraman.

How is this "biased or ncompetent" or "inciteful" ?

They already fly with the general public, but this way they have control over it - fly when they want, where they want. And they can potentially make some money out of it. There's not really a downside to it. I expect in most cases players will still be sitting next to players - and if someone was annoying players, they'd get a tap on the shoulder. People paying for this would also want to see the Eagles win.

 

[Bender_]

being badgered by some spectrumy man child.

Possibly the best description I've ever heard of some adult footy fans. And funniest.

 

[Ishmael_]

How is this "biased or ncompetent" or "inciteful" ?

It's just news. If we have a thread for that point me in the direction.

I'd hate to clog up a thread primarily filled with links to stories of meaningless predictions by proven footy know-nothings.

Who cares what any of these flogs think. They have to say something. And we're not going anywhere. This team can and will get better, which is ominous, but a boring story.

 

[Balls In]

Yeah the AFL has certainly gone with the overly simplistic idea that more goals = better footy.

Better off penalising coaches for producing s**t games. Like captains are held to account for slow over rates in cricket. Force coaches like Lyon and Roos out of the game.

 

[Coasters7]

I find it strange that a team who is getting pumped in the centre clearances and bleeding goals from them has no way of stemming the bleeding by putting an extra defender or two back.

Imagine Gold Coast for example being powerless to stop their opponents (possibly bigger bodies/more talented) from pumping the ball forward at a centre clearance for an easy goal, only for them to have to go back to set up in the exact position which is harming them. It seems like a recipe for disaster to take away a coaches avenue to protecting his team from a weakness (centre clearances) to give them a chance of winning through different means or strengths of theirs.

Yeah I hate it.. it’s taking too many tactics out of the game. Sometimes winning scrappy is a teams only avenue at that moment in time. The AFL want all 18 teams playing like the top 4 which is childishly unrealistic and ignorant given everyone’s list is at a different stage of development. We’re possibly going to benefit from it but the majority of the comp won’t. You can guarantee the AFL will put their head in the sand and come up with a new rule next year to counteract it, rather than admit they’re wrong and remove it entirely. “Must have x amount of disposals before a shot at goal” or some other bullshit.

 

[Level_Headed]

Oh man, imagine if these rule changes had been a thing in 2005. I have a feeling that the 2005 Grand Final may have ended with a more pleasing score line.

 

[Marlin01]

Oh man, imagine if these rule changes had been a thing in 2005. I have a feeling that the 2005 Grand Final may have ended with a more pleasing score line.

I’m not sure Lynchy would take as much advantage of the quick ball in that Darling and Kennedy will.

 

[wce4premiership]

I’m not sure Lynchy would take as much advantage of the quick ball in that Darling and Kennedy will.

I think Cox, Cousins, Judd and Kerr might have just kicked the goals themselves

Lynch would have to get some eventually, it's just a matter of probability.

 

[Marlin01]

I think Cox, Cousins, Judd and Kerr might have just kicked the goals themselves

Lynch would have to get some eventually, it's just a matter of probability.

They’d probably kick long to Lynch then keep running for the rebound off his chest.

 

[whatis]

Dunstall during the Melbourne vs Richmond JLT game. Top 8 guaranteed teams; Melbourne, Richmond, Adelaide, and one other team that he's still unsure about except that it's not the Eagles.

 

[La Dolce Vita]

Dunstall during the Melbourne vs Richmond JLT game. Top 8 guaranteed teams; Melbourne, Richmond, Adelaide, and one other team that he's still unsure about except that it's not the Eagles.

He said guarantee top 4

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Watching the Tigers and Demons JLT game and Dermie said something like "West Coast came good at the right time but Richmond were the best team in 2018".

 

[Selurs]

Watching the Tigers and Demons JLT game and Dermie said something like "West Coast came good at the right time but Richmond were the best team in 2018".

Heared that too. Given we were 2nd on the ladder from round 4 for all but a few weeks where we dipped to 3rd, I can see how he comes up with that notion.

 

[oak79]

Watching the Tigers and Demons JLT game and Dermie said something like "West Coast came good at the right time but Richmond were the best team in 2018".

That's fine, but Adelaide were the best team in 2017 and Sydney in 2016. None of them won the flag

 

[Keys]

Richmond finished on top so they were the best H&A away side in 2018 but for the season overall which includes finals we were the best team

Also I don’t think you can claim that a side that finished 2nd came good at the right time

It should be pointed out as well that whilst Richmond were 17-0 in Melbourne prior to finals they were a very disappointing 1-4 outside Victoria which contrasts markedly with our 9-3 record in WA and 7-3 away

In the one meeting between us and Richmond we won by 47 points giving them their biggest loss of the season

As a final note anyone who says a side is a lock for top 4 this early in the season is an idiot. Of the sides that made top 4 in 2018, Richmond was the only side predicted to achieve that result before the season by most - Collingwood, Hawthorn, West Coast and Melbourne if you want to count them didn’t feature in most preseason top fours

Very happy that we’re being ignored by the Victorian media though

 

[Keys]

That's fine, but Adelaide were the best team in 2017 and Sydney in 2016. None of them won the flag

And Fremantle in 2015

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Heared that too. Given we were 2nd on the ladder from round 4 for all but a few weeks where we dipped to 3rd, I can see how he comes up with that notion.

I do love this. West Coast was the best team for both the first half of the season and the pointy end of the season. Which means any slump in between was irrelevant.

Maybe the gap between our best and worst football was greater than Richmond more often but both West Coast and Collingwood played a higher standard of football.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

He said guarantee top 4

Adelaide guaranteed to be a top four side is a strong call.

 

[ziad]

I am still enjoying the GF replays more than Tigers supporters

 

[Quinz]

- Have to win away from home to be respected
- Have to win away from home in Melbourne to be respected
- Have to win away from home in Melbourne at the MCG to be respected
- Have to win away from home in Melbourne at the MCG against a big club to be respected
- Have to win away from home in Melbourne at the MCG against a big club in the Grand Final to be respected
- Have to win away from home in Melbourne at the MCG against a big club in the Grand Final more than once to be respected


As Norm himself said. Keep sleepin.

 

[Smeg Head]

Adelaide guaranteed to be a top four side is a strong call.

That was the more shocking part of that call to me.

 

[Rowan18]

It's best for the team to remain underrated. Hopefully we finish 2nd again and get to surprise everyone with another "fluke" premiership.

 

[Truckosaurus]

It's a fair call, LeCras retiring means we won't have anyone to kick our goals just like Mitchell and Priddis' retirements kept us from winning any ball last year. Any results that suggest that that wasn't the case are clearly anomalies (possibly caused by dark energy, we aren't certain what that does) that can be ignored for failing to fit into the flawless logical framework I've just outlined, which was first identified by scienticians in Melbourne.