Game Day Round 5 vs Essendon @ Adelaide Oval - Saturday 12 April 2025, 7:35pm AEST

[Dancing Potato]

Are you ready for the Saturday night blockbuster to end all blockbusters? It's flakey 14th placed Essendon up against the 17th placed, high-scoring juggernaut Melbourne. WOAH, FEEL THE RUSH

Not only that, but our friend, mentor, guru, wise sage, leader of men, player of football, certified big boy, the beast, the animal, the peerless, the fearless, likely consumer of food, guy that probably sleeps in a bed, the one and only Tom Sparrow

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Tom Sparrow

Age

25

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

5star

is racking up the big 100 game milestone. 100 games is an admirable feat for any player, so lets see him put on a big CONTEST and DEFENCE spectacle.

I actually think we have a sneaky chance this week. Our rabble may just rise up ever so slightly into mediocrity, like a piece of trash temporarily floating to the surface of the water because it broke away from a bigger piece of trash and it's not dense enough to sink on it's own just yet, to claim victory for the first time this season in a low-scoring affair.

So gather round your TV / laptop / phone and watch the mighty Dees go to work with some tough, honest GOODYBALL.​

 

[I Love Lamb]

Don’t mind them going mass smalls, might actually force a different game style entering 50.

Doubt it will work though and fully expect it to backfire spectacularily.

If we actually had decent small forwards other than Pickett I might have a different view.

 

[Topkent]

UFC 314 is on with Alex volkanovski fighting for the title he lost last year again. I have an indescribable amount more interest in that than this spew pile of an excuse of a footy team

 

[Headless]

UFC 314 is on with Alex volkanovski fighting for the title he lost last year again. I have an indescribable amount more interest in that than this spew pile of an excuse of a footy team

Weird - I just posted the opposite on the UFC 314 board.

 

[Topkent]

Weird - I just posted the opposite on the UFC 314 board.

 

[mrmonkey]

Salem to have a match saving 148 15m safe kicks to players on the boundary line.

 

[Dory_77]

What an exciting matchup. Can't wait

 

[Bluelegs]

Why no all of the above option in the poll?

 

[Daemon]

I voted for the Gawn umpire complaining. Man that shit pisses me off. It's not just Gawn, a lot of senior players have been doing it. Stop whining and play the bloody game.

 

[melbun]

I forget who said this:
"It's a simple game. If they have the ball, take it off them. If you have the ball don't, give it to them. If the ball is in dispute, win it."

 

[Dancing Potato]

Why no all of the above option in the poll?

Can't let you take the easy option. I need to know which of those possibilities truly speaks to the deepest parts of your soul.

Or, like, whatever.

 

[Proper Gander]

****. Is this today?

At least it’s interstate so I don’t have to feel bad about not going.

 

[Proper Gander]

Ogodogodogodogodogod

 

[Headless]

****. Is this today?

At least it’s interstate so I don’t have to feel bad about not going.

Do you happen to be in South Australia?

 

[Bluelegs]

This will be the biggest crowd we have gotten for the year.

 

[The Dr]

The overriding emotion for me ahead of this one is morbid fascination.

 

[Proper Gander]

Do you happen to be in South Australia?

No. I looked up where the opposite side of the world is from Adelaide this week and it’s some Portuguese place called something. So I did some Webjet research and since discovering there were no direct flights there, I travelled to Lisbon on Qatar Airways and checked google maps for directions and it looks like I might be in for a nice swim later today.

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[Proper Gander]

My other idea was to eat myself right through the core of the earth to the other side of the planet, but both safari and google don’t recommend this as a good plan

 

[Dancing Potato]

Ogodogodogodogodogod

 

[Proper Gander]

This is what google AI has to say about eating through the core of the earth:

No, it's impossible to physically "eat through" to the Earth's core, or even to dig through it. The extreme heat and pressure at the core make it inaccessible to humans. While drilling experiments have reached depths of 12km, the Earth's core is millions of kilometers away and under immense pressure and heat.

I hope I’m doing my bit to distract my BF friends from the game tonight

 

[Dory_77]

My other idea was to eat myself right through the core of the earth to the other side of the planet, but both safari and google don’t recommend this as a good plan

 

[Scythe]

My other idea was to eat myself right through the core of the earth to the other side of the planet, but both safari and google don’t recommend this as a good plan

Cowards

 

[Bluelegs]

the Earth's core is millions of kilometers away

 

[Proper Gander]

I know. That’s AI for you.

 

[Jamurp]

This is the big one.

Hilarious we’re still in prime time.