Opinion Posts That Don't Deserve a Thread (Random Opinion or Questions)

[rustycrate]

Will make a lot more money than his dad if he has a decent career

My son's team Keilor played against him and his team in a grand final at Windy Hill in the under 10s or 11s in the EDFL. He was a tall blond kid with a booming kick. He stood out. His partner in crime was a tiny mid who was absolutely everywhere. Those two destroyed my son's team and they won comfortably.

 

[caesar88]

I found this old gem! I counted 15 Swans players I literally cannot recall ever playing for us (though to be fair, I was just a kid when they were around)

How good seeing Roosy with Adam Goodes on one side, Stewy Maxfield on the other!



Ps. I think it should be mandatory to put the coaches in playing jumpers for team photos again!

 

[Ed_Gein]

Jason Saddington

Jason Saddington

Age

44

Ht

196cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.4

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.6

4star

! Haven't heard that name in years! I used to go to games with two girls. One had a crush on Saddington (And the other Stafford). I think that's all they were in it for because they both stopped following the club (and AFL in general) and going to games after Stafford left I think. lol

 

[Kirkswan]

I found this old gem! I counted 15 Swans players I literally cannot recall ever playing for us (though to be fair, I was just a kid when they were around)

How good seeing Roosy with Adam Goodes on one side, Stewy Maxfield on the other!

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Ps. I think it should be mandatory to put the coaches in playing jumpers for team photos again!

You can really see the difference between the boys and the men in this photo... I love it! What a gem! Thanks for sharing

 

[Ticky009]

Cracker of a photo caesar88 also... bonus points to anyone who recognised Nick Malceski

Nick Malceski

Age

39

Ht

189cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.7

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

342.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

6.4

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.6

3star

at first glance

 

[Kiama Chris]

Cracker of a photo caesar88 also... bonus points to anyone who recognised Nick Malceski at first glance

Wonderful to see Matty Nicks and Jude Bolton with hair. Hardly changed otherwise.
So many don't match my memory of them.

 

[robbieando]

I found this old gem! I counted 15 Swans players I literally cannot recall ever playing for us (though to be fair, I was just a kid when they were around)

All but 7 of that group played at least one game of senior football for the club. 3 of the 7 were rookie draft picks and another 3 were draft picks from the year before. Goes to show how well we did in the draft between 1997 and 2002 which positioned us for the 2005 flag.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Improved first names for Heeney:

Zook

Lamborgh

Bik

Tortel

Fetish

Ta

Any others?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Wonderful to see Matty Nicks and Jude Bolton with hair. Hardly changed otherwise.
So many don't match my memory of them.

Footballers and their hairdos is a never-ending saga in itself.

 

[Kirkswan]

Improved first names for Heeney:

Zook

Lamborgh

Bik

Tortel

Fetish

Ta

Any others?

Have I missed something here? Or have you been drinking, smoking or otherwise consuming mind altering substances, lol?

 

[sataris]

Improved first names for Heeney:

Zook

Lamborgh

Bik

Tortel

Fetish

Ta

Any others?

These kind of posts are the reason I haven't posted anything in the 'Thank you mods thread'.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Have I missed something here? Or have you been drinking, smoking or otherwise consuming mind altering substances, lol?

Penny dropped yet?

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Improved first names for Heeney:

Zook

Lamborgh

Bik

Tortel

Fetish

Ta

Any others?

I actually like Lamborgh unironically

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I actually like Lamborgh unironically

Maybe we should run with it. I mean he’s all class.

 

[Kirkswan]

Penny dropped yet?

Yep, perhaps I'm the one who's been drinking!

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Improved first names for Heeney:

Zook

Lamborgh

Bik

Tortel

Fetish

Ta

Any others?

An online glossary of Italian cooking terms that I found is a rich field of possibilities.

Pan

Bocconch

Porch

Bucat

Cannell

Involt

Peperonch

Scallop

 

[Kirkswan]

An online glossary of Italian cooking terms that I found is a rich field of possibilities.

Pan

Bocconch

Porch

Bucat

Cannell

Involt

Peperonch

Scallop

Bored much??

 

[rustycrate]

Bored much??

I'm rolling with Lamborg already. He has the class to suit.

 

[Kirkswan]

I'm rolling with Lamborg already. He has the class to suit.

Yes, well don't blame me when I have no clue what you are talking about...

 

[dosser]

It's mid January and what should have been an interesting off-season with the Ashes has turned into an absolute cricketing farce. Christmas holidays are over and the BBL is as exciting as root canal. This calls for only one thing.

Where is the next post about Sam Reid

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Sam Reid

Age

32

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.4

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.4

3star

at the drive-thru?

 

[rustycrate]

It's mid January and what should have been an interesting off-season with the Ashes has turned into an absolute cricketing farce. Christmas holidays are over and the BBL is as exciting as root canal. This calls for only one thing.

Where is the next post about Sam Reid at the drive-thru?

I love those posts from 78654321. Makes me laugh!!

 

[hairy biker]

Rafa Nadal has won 21 grand slam titles since Essendon last won a final.

That is all.

 

[rustycrate]

Rafa Nadal has won 21 grand slam titles since Essendon last won a final.

That is all.

Does that mean Essendon is not a successful AFL team? I hope so.

 

[BloodySwan]

Does that mean Essendon is not a successful AFL team? I hope so.

You have university graduates who have never seen Essendon win a final. I'll let you decide

 

[caesar88]

I've just finished re-watching our 2021 season for the third time (to be fair, does the first viewing even count when you're watching it through the stress of live TV?!) and I've settled on our top five performances. I've tried to separate the performances that were the most fun to watch and go purely for the ones that were the most impressive. A substance over style kinda list.

#5 - vs Brisbane at the Gabba (Swans won by 31 pts) - This was a great win over quality opposition, albeit I don't necessarily think our opposition had hit their strides yet (they'd lose again the following week, and barely win the week after over a lowly-Collingwood - they seem to be perennial slow starters.) I just thought it was so very impressive than in the first game of the year, the cohesion as a team was already there. Everyone seemed to know what their role was, and played it well. That's a great sign for a young side. I knew we'd go on a tear at some point, but did not think it would be straight out of the gate.

#4 - vs Western Bulldogs at Marvel (Swans won by 15 pts) - Disclaimer: I think the absence of Naughton in this game completely changed the dynamic. For them to be missing their best forward was already a blow, but it also allowed his would-be opponent in McCartin to roam free and be arguably BOG, intercepting everything. And if it wasn't him, it was Dawson. So it totally turned the game in our favour, but I think what impressed me the most is that we managed to nullify their midfield, if not outright beat them. Their star-studded mids all got their usual numbers, but we rendered a lot of those disposals ineffective. Melbourne did the same to them earlier in the year, so to see us replicate the job the benchmark side did on them, was so promising.

#3 - vs Geelong at the SCG (Swans won by 2 pts) - The most nerve-wrecking to watch out of our wins over the top sides, but I think that's probably what made it impressive. This was by far the most finals-like match we had, arguably for the whole year. They might be mediocre in finals, but they are the home and away season specialists. They're bloody hard to beat and they love bringing it in top-four battles, which this pretty much was. They were in front, and we had to back our game plan and our young kids in to get the job done against quality opposition that was switched on. That is no small feat and I think this was the one that convinced me, we're not just a team that can play attractive, attacking footy in low-intensity blow-outs, but we can also do it in tense, high-pressure matches.

#2 - vs Melbourne at the MCG (Swans lost by 8 pts) - OK I know it feels wrong to include a loss, but I've never felt more spirited after a loss than this one. I felt it at the time when I felt like Melbourne were the benchmark, and I feel it now that I know Melbourne were the benchmark. Knowing now that Melbourne's best was significantly better than every other team's, the fact we were able to stifle their best enough to come within single-digits of it... that is just stellar. Was a primetime game, on the G, against the top side, Buddy was well beaten, but we just ******* brought it and never gave up. We weren't good enough on the night, but if we brought what we brought in this game, against any other side, it'd probably be a 50+ win. Our tackling and pressure was ******* manic.

#1 - vs GWS at wherever the **** this mob play their games (Swans won by 26) - I believe when it comes to flag sides, it's better to judge them by what their best looks like, not how often they produce it. Melbourne didn't need to be at their best for long in the GF against the Bulldogs, they just turned it on for a period, and it changed the whole game. Richmond and Hawthorn also used to do this in their primes. We did it in the derby. There was chaos pre-game and we looked rattled. Then the second half came, and we just played the most sublime half of footy I've seen us play. The blistering run from defence! The beautiful delivery inside 50! The crucial hard balls won against their quality midfield... all against a side that was up and about and spirited. And we blew them out of the water. They were trying their guts out and still couldn't match us at all. We had all the answers. It was the most clear-cut preview of what this team will be capable of, when they're firing on all cylinders and we decide to flick that switch and turn on our best footy for a period of games, it's goodnight Irene for everyone else.

(I realise leaving out the Richmond and West Coast games is a controversial call, but man... the opposition really sucked. Both sides finished outside the eight, but played even worse than their finishing positions. It was literally witches hats at training drills stuff, and our performances over the year were too good to ignore in favour of fun afternoons of cruise control footy. I also left out the 87 point thrashing of Gold Coast, where we kicked our highest score for the year, for that same reason.)

Long read. Apologies all. How'd I do?