Banter 2021 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Shell]

That flag is null and void in my book

 

[Shell]

Bares to explain it to you (and yes i know lots of teams go thru unfairness in finals)- Geelong finished equal top of the ladder in 1997- 2nd only on percentage.

We "earned" the right to a "home" final- but due to the fact the Melbourne Cricket Ground holds a shitload of ppl, we played North the team who finished 7th at their home ground- the MCG. Not Geelong.

Their best player Wayne Carey had a blinder, kicked 7 goals straight.

Now in this current finals system, we would have played our next opponent Crows, at the MCG. But not that old system back in 1997. No. We played them in Adelaide ffs.

The game was riddled with umpire errors, 50/50 decisions that (incl goals) that went in favour of Adelaide PLUS. The biggest **** up of them all. A half forward took an absolute speccie for us (he caught the ball on the full; which means you get a kick without being tackled, etc)- and the umpire didnt pay it.


We lost by 7 points and we were out in straight sets. Which was complete utter bullshit.

 

[Shell]

I wonder tho had we really smashed Sydney in that last round- smashed them goood. And got no1 spot. What may have happened..

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

I wonder tho had we really smashed Sydney in that last round- smashed them goood. And got no1 spot. What may have happened..

AFL Match Statistics : Collingwood defeats North Melbourne at MCG Round 22 Sunday, 31st August 1997

Collingwood defeats North Melbourne at MCG Round 22 Sunday, 31st August 1997 AFL match statistics

www.footywire.com

This horse shit game is what I remember. Collingwood had 0 to play for but won.
North win and play Adelaide, lose they play us.

Losing Hall against Sydney and Lynch during the QF was massive though.

I liked that 97 team. Seriously tough.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Ok Ill just do them now...

THE VICTORIAN TEAMS:

I shall do them... hmmm. Ok in order from my least favourite/hated- to my fave.

- ESSENDON BOMBERS: Colours Red and black. One of the oldest clubs in the league and also most successful won like 16 flags or something. Doesnt mean i Like that. I hate them in fact, always have. Theyre quite an arrogant side, but recently have gone much "quieter" on that front since being embroiled in a huge drugs scandal. I wont even go into it- ill be here all day trying to explain. But it ended up with them being stripped of points (like off the ladder- making them miss finals and promoting a team who finished OUT of the finals, INTO the finals) and players were suspended for at least one year. Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne in the North West, about 30 mins from the CBD.

- RICHMOND TIGERS: Colours yellow and black. They used to be a joke in the AFL, but not anymore. It was a running joke they'd always finish 9th. Yeah those days are gone unfortauntely. Now they win flags. Pricks. fu** off and go to hell Richmond. Take you foul mouth moronic supporters with ya.

- HAWTHORN HAWKS: Colours yellow and brown (their supporters will claim their colours are gold and brown- but thats a crock of sh*t. They're yellow). and joined the comp a bit later on?? Are they a 1925 team?? Anyhoo.. they are the most successful team of recent years. Won several in the 80s, several in the 90s, and several in the 2000s. They're complete utter bastards and Geelong supporters hate them very much (they beat us in a Grand Final in 1989 by one goal). They're a very "up themselves" kinda side.

- NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: COlours sky blue and white. I actually barracked for the kangaroos as a young child- back when I was about 7 years old and my brain hadnt fully developed yet. They are a bit of a joke in the AFL side for being "povo" thats aussie slang for being poor or cash strapped. We also joke about their supporters, ie. "Oh yeah there was a massive crowd at the North game this week? what did 10 ppl show up?" LOL. They won flags in the 70s, and a couple in the 90s when they had one of the best players of all time, Wayne Carey. Fun fact: Wayne Carey f’ed his good mates (teammates) wife and it all was exposed at another players BBQ get together.

- CARLTON BLUES: colours non navy i shall call it. They're like a dark dark navy that looks almost black. Its not navy. Anyhoo.. they're really successful- won lots of flags. But not no more. They are cellar dwellers at the moment and struggle every year. They beat us in 1995 tho which was a shame.

- ST KILDA SAINTS: Colours: red, white and black. i honestly dont have much hate for the ol Saints no more. Not since Milne (a plyers chanrged and convicted of rape) left them agaes ago. They seemed to have cleaned up their act in general. Theyve won one flag in their whole history- and by 1 point too. I wouldnt mind them seeing them win another flag.

- COLLINGWOOD PIES: one of the original teams of the comp and the biggest. COlours black and white stripes. They have the most $$$ and the most supporters. But not necessarily the most class. Their president of a tonne of years just quit yesterday- undre a hail of fire. Their club had an "inquest" into racism culture.. their foundings were not so good.. and ol Eddie the prez started his press confrence with "this is a proud day in COllingwoods history..." Yep. I understand what he was trying to say- but said it so ******* terribly. Theyve also won a shitload of flags, including the replay. Bak in 2010, they drew with St Kilda. Back then there was no time on no nothing. You come back the next week and do it all again. The Pies smashed the Saints the following week.

- MELBOURNE DEMONS: another old club, an original. Colours blue and red. Another moderately successful club- if you like your flags back in the 1920/30s up to 1963. They seriously cant take a break.. have been struggling since then, with the occasional push into the finals. WHich brings nothing. Their supporters are hilarious- quite upper class. Most go to the snow tho during the winter and miss the footy season. They also have nfi who their players are, you shall hear "Go number 22!!!" alot from the crowd, for example. Lucky for them they got good eyesight and see the numebrs on their backs.

- WESTERN BULLDOGS: My second fave team. They are sweeties. The working class kinda team. Also won only won one flag like St Kilda, but broke that drought in 2016. Was ******* fantastic. Colours are red white and blue.



- GEELONG CATS: One of the originals and the best. Colours (true) navy and white horizontal stripes. I would call Geelong a very non-arrogant side. We play hard and fair*, and have respect for our opponents, even when we shellack them. Our supporters are not perfect- we dont call our home ground "Sleep Hollow" for no reason- you can hear a pin drop down there. And they can whinge alot when its not going our way. Still- we are ok mostly. When we won flags in 07/09/11 we did not rub it in the faces of others- unlike other teams *coughrichmondcough- . We just partied so ******* hard- we didnt even give a second thought about the opponent tbh. We've won 9 flags in total over our 100+ years in the comp.

Check this out. We last won our previous flag in 1963.

The scoreline for the 2007 premiership was: 163 to 44. (44 signifying the amount of years it took to get to 07). Mad stat huh, what are the odds.

We've had the GOAT of all time play for us (piss off Carey and Matthews they are NOT the GOAT)- in Gary Ablett Snr. He could do what no other player could ever do. And will never do. Gary Ablett Jnr was his son, the one who left to go to the Gold Coast... he was an amazing player too- but was in the centre, unlike his Dad at FF/wing. So different players.

Yes, I'm glad back in 1993 when I went to my first ever game of AFL Football.. and i saw Geelong lose by 24 points to Essendon- i would always choose Geelong and not them. Ablett kicked 14 goals in that losing side, and i was hooked. 100%. Meow.

Could you do all the SANFL and WAFL teams too please

 

[Shell]

Could you do all the SANFL and WAFL teams too please

I have absolutely no idea who they are

 

[Spazz Cat]

AFL Match Statistics : Collingwood defeats North Melbourne at MCG Round 22 Sunday, 31st August 1997

Collingwood defeats North Melbourne at MCG Round 22 Sunday, 31st August 1997 AFL match statistics

www.footywire.com

This horse sh*t game is what I remember. Collingwood had 0 to play for but lost.
North win and play Adelaide, lose they play us.

Losing Hall against Sydney and Lynch during the QF was massive though.

I liked that 97 team. Seriously tough.

Wasnt meant to be ay. And faarken Carey was injured and wasn't meant to play well.
To make me less angry I just assume the AFL were going to cheat Adelaide to the flag no matter what happened.

 

[Spazz Cat]

I have absolutely no idea who they are

Don't tell Port fans that. They won 472 flags in the SANFL when it was the best comp in Australia.

 

[Shell]

Don't tell Port fans that. They won 472 flags in the SANFL when it was the best comp in Australia.

Really?

Had no idea.

Also SANFL shit dont even count

 

[Shell]

As well as the WA one

 

[Spazz Cat]

Really?

Had no idea.

Also SANFL sh*t dont even count

Neither did anyone else lol

 

[Spazz Cat]

As well as the WA one

I saw the back of a Freo stubby holder once. And they claimed East and West Fremantle flags as flags.
Totally just stole their flags! They got absolutely nothing to do with those clubs

 

[Shell]

LOL a hard quarantiner underdog beat Kvitova. Suck on that

 

[Shell]

Love me a good upset at the tennis

 

[rocker_oz33]

At my house

Ok.

Corey Worthington .

 

[winty]

I'm surprised Stosur is still in the Open. Usually she gets bundled out in the first round.

Tomic is currently playing the 11th seed. Guess we'll be seeing the end of him soon.

 

[rocker_oz33]

First rounder losers get something like 100k .

Woweee.

Seems alot to be a loser.

But you're a winner.

 

[winty]

Tomic already down 4-0 in the first set. How long will it be before he either starts tanking (if he hasn't already) or feigns an injury and retires hurt?

 

[rocker_oz33]

Tomic already down 4-0 in the first set. How long will it be before he either starts tanking (if he hasn't already) or feigns an injury and retires hurt?

If I was him I would wanna win as many games as I could.

Either that or I got to wash my GF hair.

Pros vs cons ..

 

[winty]

What really happened in Paranormal Activity...

 

[Shell]

Lmfao put tv on. Tomic losing. Das it

 

[Shell]

First rounder losers get something like 100k .

Woweee.

Seems alot to be a loser.

But you're a winner.

Yeh but they gotta pay coaches, ass kissers etc travel expenses. 100k aint that much really

 

[Shell]

You got all that covered at a football club

 

[Catsnlakers]

Tomic just retire ya parasite.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

I’m just enjoying that Novak is struggling in the second round!!