2016 Non Crows AFL Discussion thread Part 2

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China won't know the difference. China won't care.
Of course China won't, just with the teams going over no one outside of Port and Gold Coast supporters (to the extent that any Gold Coast supporters exist) will care (aside from of course our schadenfreude).
 

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I look forward to the ins and outs of the GC and Port teams for the week after the china game.

Out: Travis Boak (beijing belly), Chad Wingard (beijing belly), Ollie Wines (beijing belly), Patrick Ryder (beijing belly), Charlie Dixon (Ankle)
Outs: Whole Side (Jet Lag)
 

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hahaha just had to explain to a delusional Geelong supporter that Steven Motlop is a useless dud that goes missing in finals.

Before that he is like, please enlighten us

Ummm Sure mate

Elimination Final 2011 v Fremantle- 7 disposals 1 goal
Qualifying Final 2013 v Fremantle- 20 disposals 1 goal
Qualifying Final 2014 v Hawthorn- 13 disposals and scoreless
Semi Final 2014 v North Melbourne- 14 disposals 2 behinds
Preliminary Final 2016 v Sydney- 13 disposals 1 behind

hope that has enlightened him a bit :p hahaha
 

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I look forward to the ins and outs of the GC and Port teams for the week after the china game.

Out: Travis Boak (beijing belly), Chad Wingard (beijing belly), Ollie Wines (beijing belly), Patrick Ryder (beijing belly), Charlie Dixon (Ankle)
Hamish will want to make sure travis gets on the plane with him.
 

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Will be interesting to see how many freeloaders tag along at AFL expense. (Or is the state government contributing to this junket?)
The biggest freeloader on this junket is Port Power- the AFL and our State Govt and associated bodies such as Tourism SA, educational bodies etc etc are financing all this and more with our scarce govt money. Spin it any way you like Jay but this whole thing is just another extension of the State govt being Poort's largest sponsor
 
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The biggest freeloader on this junket is Port Power- the AFL and our State Govt and associated bodies such as Tourism SA, educational bidies etc etc are financing all this and more with our scarce govt money. Spin it any way you like Jay but this whole thing is just another extension of the State govt being Poort's largest sponsor
Well, that's just shit then
 

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If they get it, good on them. If it turns into a one of game it proves Port were only ever interested in the gimmick and PR
I don't care about it either way, but there's a lot riding on it for Port. They're basically hoping this will be the fix for all their financial problems from here to the end of time.

If it fails then is there ever a chance they survive without handouts?
 

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It will do nothing for Port or the Gold Coast. If the gold coast wanted to do something to generate tourism to the GC they would get a Chinese team to play games on the gold coast, not the other way around. All this game will do is sell china to port supporters and gold coast's supporter. When the NFL or NBA play games in china, it's because the Chinese tourist department has paid for them to come over. When the AFL goes, the AFL and to a lesser extent, Port pays for it. It's why the state pays for Liverpool to come to Adelaide, because their millions of fans back in the UK will see the game, they see the players and team posting on social media about the various tourist attractions that they visited and get sold the location as a destination.
We (AFC) will pay our 'share' for this exercise. :(

Will they have pre recorded crowd noise to add to the fever that will grip the Chinese that day? They will need a BOO and BALL background noise cry for the Power.
 
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Well done to Koch and whoever else was involved for putting together the China game - should be good

Smart move also given that Shanghai is the only place more polluted than Alberton. Shouldn't take more than 3 mins to acclimatise.

I heard they are trying to track down the guy who stood in front of the tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests to join them in the NTUA scarf shuffle
 

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