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    "Sentences are too soft!" - the other perspective

    As people may have seen this week, Tyrone Russell was found guilty of causing the unlawful death of Sam Liszczak, having originally been charged with Liszczak's murder. Cory Glass was also found guilty of a lesser charge. Russell was found guilty of manslaughter after the judge allowed the jury...
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    SEN's list of each club's best win from the past 25 years

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/01/15/each-afl-clubs-best-win-of-the-last-25-years Grand Final wins excluded. I'd probably argue that the list should be limited to H&A wins then, as surely if you exclude Grand Finals, the next best win would be a PF, then a QF/SF and so on. But anyway... Do...
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    Life lessons you wish you'd picked up sooner

    You know how they say things like "If I knew then, what I know now..." and "Youth is wasted on the young"? What are some of those general life lessons that you've ultimately picked up, but that took way longer than they should have? For me, one would be that when I had a particular opinion...
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    People who are legends at three or more clubs

    There are plenty of people who are remembered as legends for their playing, coaching or managing careers at one or two clubs, but are there many you can think of who are absolute legends at three clubs (or more)? Probably the ones that come to mind most readily are Barassi (Melbourne, Carlton...
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    Famous people who died mysteriously/suspiciously

    Cricket seems to have its share of these: Hansie Cronje (even at the time, I wasn't old enough to think that way but I remember thinking "wow that's pretty good timing for anyone else who was involved in corruption in cricket"), Bob Woolmer, Peter Roebuck... not really suspicious I suppose in...
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    What grinds your gears - partner edition

    Rules for the thread: Keep it light hearted. The foibles of exes as well as currents are fair game, but let's focus on minor irritations, not the things that made you split with them. Not the place for "He cheated on me with my Mum" or "She cleaned out my bank account and spent it on gambling...
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    If you could play any sport professionally, which team/era would you choose?

    This is factoring in things like team success, money, stories, the locker room... the entire experience. I would add the caveat that it would be preferable that you look at it from the perspective of a role player e.g if you're looking at the mid 90s Bulls, think of it from the perspective of...
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    The Good Cop - Ron Iddles

    I assume there's a few watching this series. Interesting for me in that it's shown two killings that I didn't know anything about. The most recent one on the murder of Bonnie Clarke, it was interesting to get Iddles' perspective and see that there's apparently a sort of pact between detectives...
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    Crappy presents (that people may not realise are crappy)

    Hopefully self-explanatory. Presents that are somewhat popular, perhaps even thought of as a safe '7/10' gift, but are actually crap and the person getting it may be slightly disappointed. Gold class vouchers - this will always baffle me. The only people who should use them are idiots in the...
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    Food, Drink & Dining Out Health star rating on packaged food

    How much currency do people give it? I can see the people who weigh every meal and don't eat a specific type of food purely for dietary reasons (red meat, dairy, whatever) saying it's a load of bollocks and the fact that it's voluntary is a bit of a red flag (if you're less than three stars why...
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    Is Steve Kerr now a Hall of Famer?

    A Horry-lite playing career from the time he hit 30 until he retired, where he just had a knack for being on the right team at the right time as a valuable role-player (and he clocked up over 900 games, no mean feat). Now he's in outright sixth in the list of championships won by coaches (more...
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    Shows that are surprisingly favoured by one gender

    Allow me to explain. There's TV series that are pretty obviously geared towards one gender or another, or that are pretty gender neutral. Entourage is for guys. The Wire is for guys. Something like Offspring is for girls (it's not illegal for the other gender to love those shows, but it's...
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    When your most bitter rival can do your club a big favour

    Taking tonight's game as an example and considering the perspective of a Port Adelaide supporter, I think it says a lot about you. Sydney's win tonight hasn't quite snuffed out Port's chance to finish top four, but it's made it pretty tough. Personally, if I supported Port Adelaide, I would...
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    The best little-known NBA stories

    I'm sure there's a few that people already know some/all of these, but I think this could be a fun thread to trade a few of the behind the scenes NBA stories. While it's hardly a secret that Gary Payton II is the son of the Hall of Fame point guard, Gary also had a son through an affair who was...
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    Media thumbs up

    Probably won't be a popular concept on this board, which is generally used as a place to vent, but I thought it might be worthwhile to have a place where we could give credit to the good work done by the media. An example I'd give is when a player comes limping off with an unidentified injury...
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    Rocco Arico - 14 years prison and probable deportation

    Surprised this hasn't already been mentioned on here. Not sure if it was intentional, but the first Underbelly series managed to make arguably the two largest kingpins it portrayed look borderline mentally challenged. Rocco Arico, for a long time the subject of whispers about his involvement in...
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    Mathew Stokes to retire this week

    A pretty unique career enjoyed by Stokesy. A lateish draft pick, just shy of his 21st birthday, he cracked the side pretty quickly and he was one of many Geelong players (most of whom were much more heralded) that took his game to another level in 2007. One of the heroes of our thrilling...
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    Dropping the knees into a prone player's back

    As in the case of Cunnington on Ablett. Those sort of incidents happen too often, in my opinion and must be punished more heavily (and yes, I've seen players from the club that I support do it in the past). I think it's one of the big no-nos on the football field, a pretty classic cheap shot...
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    Metro rail worker remanded in custody over sabotage charges

    Wow, a Metro Rail employee/alleged serial railway saboteur and a CFA volunteer/alleged serial arsonist. This guy is going to be pretty popular. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/metro-rail-worker-nicholas-archer-remanded-in-custody-over-sabotage-charges-20160215-gmuk31.html Read more...
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    Calling for a hand off when a teammate has an easy set shot

    I happened to be listening to the Carlton v Collingwood game on the radio yesterday, when I thought Matthew Lloyd brought up an interesting point. Reid was lining up a set shot from close in (it sounded like 25-30m out) when Elliott came past, screaming for a hand off. I thought Lloyd was spot...
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    Club B&Fs at the halfway mark

    Who would you have leading your club's (and others, if you like) B&F at this stage of the year? An often-overlooked aspect is the different voting systems in place, which often favour specific types of player, or reward durability more than other end of season awards. So I've provided what I...
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    Who would be your benchmark player for the HOF?

    As in the title, as a couple more great (and reasonably contemporary) players, that probably don't immediately spring to everyone's mind as sure-fire hall of famers get, inducted (I think both belong, personally), while others of the last generation (Lyon, Barker, Couch etc.) continue to be...
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    Benefit of the doubt?

    Not going to point out an isolated example, as it's just something that's struck me recently, but I wondered what people's thoughts were on the vague concept of benefit of the doubt as it applies to football. The most obvious instance is when the ball is touched off the boot, the umpire screams...
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    2015 potential games milestones

    Corey Enright (12): 300 games for Geelong Steve Johnson (17): 250 games for Geelong Joel Selwood (16): 200 games for Geelong Jared Rivers (18): 200 AFL games (150 with Melbourne) Tom Hawkins (3): 150 games for Geelong Tom Lonergan (5): 150 games for Geelong Mitch Clark (3): 100 AFL games (97...
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    News Selwood to lead again in 2015 with leadership group changes

    http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-03-09/selwood-to-lead-again-in-2015 Well, that news is hardly surprising, but what may raise a few eyebrows is the other players that are in the five-man leadership group: Harry Taylor (vc), Tom Hawkins, Andrew Mackie and Corey Enright. Or, maybe what...
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    Players continuing to play while bleeding, unless the umpire intervenes

    Interested to get people's opinions on what their reaction would be if a player from their team took himself from the field, or even 'dobbed' himself in to an umpire (if he was nowhere near the interchange gates), if he had a superficial, but obvious, cut, rather than the standard/macho playing...
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    Robert Allenby - What happened in Hawaii?

    As the days unfold and more bits and pieces come out, it seems that it's impossible for Allenby's version of the events to have actually happened. And whether that's because he was that wasted that he's just put two and two together ('It's just like what happened in Taken' seems like a bizarre...
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    2014 Club B&Fs

    So far, I think we have: Adelaide: Daniel Talia Brisbane: Tom Rockliff Carlton: Collingwood: Essendon: Fremantle: Geelong: Gold Coast: David Swallow GWS: Shane Mumford Hawthorn: Melbourne: Nathan Jones North Melbourne: Port Adelaide: Richmond: St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt Sydney: West Coast: Western...
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    Simple idea to improve the top eight

    A very basic change that would be great to build some rivalry between teams that come up against each other, as well as giving a genuine advantage to the team that wins the minor premiership over the team that finishes in second spot. So, how does it work? Simple. The minor premier chooses its...
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    Harriet Wran charged with murder

    http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4067499.htm This case will no doubt continue to get a lot of publicity, due to the connection to her father and the question of, no matter the verdict, how someone who seemed to have every privilege growing up could fall so far. Initially, when news...

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