2016 Non Crows AFL Discussion thread Part 2

[Tyls83]

.....strict routine, every night watch 360 on Foxtel to get my footy injection ......hardly watch now as it seems compulsory on the run down sheet to talk about Dangerfield ......so no choice, switched from footy to watching "The treasure of Sierra Madre" from 1948

Is now unwatchable, Danger, essenbrave mark 3, bath water Bulldogs, hawk good blokes etc etc.

 

[thebeedee]

Canberra is the coldest Australian place I have lived. -7 the morning my daughter was born.

Green Bay packers game was below zero farenheight when I saw them at Lambeau field when I watched them play. That was bloody cold.

 

[Tyls83]

Meanwhile

 

[spenze]

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/4132272/bulldogs-request-opponents-for-ballarat-afl-games/?cs=12

I'd go see that

 

[WaynesWorld19]

You're playing Essendon ......why would any club bother playing a hard tag on any Essendon player, when you're going to win comfortably in a training drill .......please, some context

 

[Scorpus]

NON AFL ALERT: Finch putting on a batting masterclass in the Sri Lanka ODI

EDIT: Aaaaaaaaand he's out after equaling the fastest ODI 50 for Australia

 

[jenny61_99]

Canberra is the coldest Australian place I have lived. -7 the morning my daughter was born.

Green Bay packers game was below zero farenheight when I saw them at Lambeau field when I watched them play. That was bloody cold.

-9 the night I held a bush dance at the yarralumla Woolshed as a fundraiser. So cold the toilets had frozen and we couldn't get water from the taps for the keg!

 

[subaru]

I actually never knew Adelaide was considered a 'windy city' by world standards - having lived here all my life, to me this is just normal. Makes Adelaide seem a lot colder in winter than what it really is.

Inland places get cold or hot because oceans mitigate temperatures - water heats up and cools down more slowly than land. Hence a biting cold night won't cool down the sea too much, and a boiling hot day won't warm it up so much. The solid ground in an inland area is another story.

In Reykjavik (capital of Iceland), a typical winter minimum is -3 degrees Celsius, as it's surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. In Yakutsk in Russia, which is more southerly than Reykjavik but far from the sea, a typical winter minimum is -41 degrees Celsius. Minus forty-one. No thanks.

Year 11 geography

" Ocean currents have a moderating effect on climate "
Along with " amino acids are the building blocks of life" it's about all I can remember !

 

[subaru]

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/4132272/bulldogs-request-opponents-for-ballarat-afl-games/?cs=12

That's disgusting


Le him play with himself in Ballarat, he has achieved the port level of being a whining whingeing flog.

 

[Geoffa32]

I hate Docklands. Playing a game in Ballarat does not mean missing a game at the G as we always play the Doggies at that concrete indoor bowl.

Ballarat would be much better.

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[Geoffa32]

I think we worked it out. The claim is it costs the SANFL $2 million a year to maintain Footy Park, the whine then coming in because we use the oval for training. The oval is staying awhiles longer anyway, even when the grandstands get torn down, so seems just complaining for complainings sake I guess.

How much do they pay Port Adelaide Enfield council for rent and upkeep of Alberton?

A lot of the upkeep at Footy Park is keeping the grandstands safe. We don't use them.

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[Rotayjay]

How much do they pay Port Adelaide Enfield council for rent and upkeep of Alberton?

A lot of the upkeep at Footy Park is keeping the grandstands safe. We don't use them.

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When are they going to get on with demolishing the grandstands? I guess safe demolition is very expensive in itself.

 

[PrideOf]

One wonders what under the table deals are being done.

With the AFL having the world's best Integrity Unit, I'd suggest none. Zero. Nada. Nothing.

 

[Deaneus!]

The irony is that Port pay about $10,000 to the council for Alberton, but the Crows should be paying 2,000,000

To be fair we are 200 times better/more important than Port

Statement ......Ballarat the coldest place i've ever been to .....finger snapping cold

But will a coffee there warm you up?

 

[GROTTO]

To be fair we are 200 times better/more important than Port



But will a coffee there warm you up?

Only 200x, be realistic.

 

[marvin]

IIRC Ballarat was a very friendly Crows zone back in 97 and 98 a lot of Crows supporters traveling for the finals stayed there overnight. Bought a lot of business to the town.

Yes, it was - from memory Kryall Castle tried to cash in on it in a big way. [Great Western allegedly wasn't a friendly Crows zone on the same weekends - legend has it they set up radar going into town, in the middle of Great Western, and on the way back out - if true, a solid effort seeing as it's a barely a dot on the map].

The point stands though that the Bulldogs have 39,459 members, and Adelaide has a substantial number of Victorian members as part of their 63,000 plus total. Holding the match at a 13,000 seat venue to promote the game in Darwin, Alice Springs or Cairns makes some sense. Holding the match at a 13,000 seat venue when there's a perfectly adequate 56,000 seat venue that has traditionally hosted games between these two teams, and is just over an hour away makes no sense.

We're a big club, and we shouldn't be shuffled to the Bulldogs second ground. We draw more to Bulldogs games at Docklands than Port, Freo, GSW or Sydney, and most likely would outdraw Gold Coast if they played there. When we don't play Sunday twilight or Friday night against them, crowds are 25,000 plus at Docklands. Why you'd deliberately disenfranchise members and supporters is bizarre to me.

 

[FantasticShirt]

Ben Hart to Port?

Hart and Bassett. #oldboysclub

 

[WaynesWorld19]

But will a coffee there warm you up?

Ever had a coffee in Ballarat ? ......unfortunately it doesn't stop the fingers turning blue

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Is it surprising that Victorians change clubs regularly to other Vic clubs ......but it rarely happens in Sth Aust?

 

[treeman]

Is it surprising that Victorians change clubs regularly to other Vic clubs ......but it rarely happens in Sth Aust?

Rarely? Almost never.

I can think of 2 Port players becoming Crows but never the other way around.

So only Bode and that fringe midfielder can't think of his name.

That's 2 in 20 years.

 

[Samcro24]

Is it surprising that Victorians change clubs regularly to other Vic clubs ......but it rarely happens in Sth Aust?

9 options vs 1.

 

[Bicks]

Ben Hart to Port?

Hart and Bassett. #oldboysclub

 

[Deaneus!]

Ever had a coffee in Ballarat ? ......unfortunately it doesn't stop the fingers turning blue

I've never drunk coffee in my life.

True story.

 

[MarcusP2]

Rarely? Almost never.

I can think of 2 Port players becoming Crows but never the other way around.

So only Bode and that fringe midfielder can't think of his name.

That's 2 in 20 years.

Symes.

Edit: Also Chalmers went to Port from the Crows.

 

[knobby]

Rarely? Almost never.

I can think of 2 Port players becoming Crows but never the other way around.

So only Bode and that fringe midfielder can't think of his name.

That's 2 in 20 years.

Downsborough, Bode & Symes Port to Crows
Brown, Chalmers, Hodges (although he never played a game) Crows to Port

probably a few I have missed as well