News 2025 AFL Awards Season

[Kobe Gryant]

The Worpel Chronicles has gone quiet for a couple of hours and I think I was desperately searching for the latest news.

We're considering splitting the movie addition of the WC into two parts, ala Harry Potter.

There's just too much source material to be covered in one film.

 

[goyoucatters]

We're considering splitting the movie addition of the WC into two parts, ala Harry Potter.

There's just too much source material to be covered in one film.

And some people thought 'Lord of the Rings' was an epic.

Let's face it, the tale of Jim Bob and his unforgettable journey to find his way back home is a trilogy just waiting to happen.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Partially because not every side plays with two traditional wingers (or even one).

It’s still a role in the ground, selectors just prefer to wack in as many C bounce style players as they can to appease the masses as opposed to actual elites In their actual role.

 

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Iconic CEO behaviour

CEO Steve Hocking saves the day switching shoes with Bailey

 

[Kobe Gryant]

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Iconic CEO behaviour

CEO Steve Hocking saves the day switching shoes with Bailey

I think we just found STPer18's new avatar

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Play it Sam your boy Mannagh wins ‘Best Young Player’ at 27yo

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28 actually. There's my boy.

 

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[iameviljez]

It’s still a role in the ground, selectors just prefer to wack in as many C bounce style players as they can to appease the masses as opposed to actual elites In their actual role.

Guys like Bailey Smith and Noah Anderson are equally happy inside and outside. I love Ollie’s work, but he was nowhere near AA standard.

 

[Mr Meow]

Guys like Bailey Smith and Noah Anderson are equally happy inside and outside. I love Ollie’s work, but he was nowhere near AA standard.

Z.Bailey: 19.7 disposals, 6.7 score involvements, 1.5 goals, 0.6 goal assists
O.Dempsey: 16.7 disposals, 5.7 score involvements, 1.2 goals, 0.6 goal assists

They had very similar roles. Bailey was more influential, but I wouldn't have thought the gap to Dempsey was massive.

 

[Seeds]

I agree with the first part, but you under rate a few others - James Kelly, David Spriggs in particular.

No i didnt. Put both of them in my top 5. Spriggs probably second behind selwood. Clark third. Kelly just behind him.

 

[Seeds]

Z.Bailey: 19.7 disposals, 6.7 score involvements, 1.5 goals, 0.6 goal assists
O.Dempsey: 16.7 disposals, 5.7 score involvements, 1.2 goals, 0.6 goal assists

They had very similar roles. Bailey was more influential, but I wouldn't have thought the gap to Dempsey was massive.

Mannagh is ahead of dempsey on those stats. More disposals, goals and goal assists per game. Guessing probably more score involvements too.

 

[Mr Meow]

Mannagh is ahead of dempsey on those stats. More disposals, goals and goal assists per game. Guessing probably more score involvements too.

Preaching to the choir mate, I've been going on about Mannagh all year (but thanks for backing me up). In this particular reply, I was responding to a Dempsey post - if you wanted to join in, that's the thread you should have been following. All good?

 

[iameviljez]

No i didnt. Put both of them in my top 5. Spriggs probably second behind selwood. Clark third. Kelly just behind him.

Fair enough. I would have Clark in fifth, behind those guys plus Bundy. But I still agree that it was a real loss

 

[iameviljez]

Z.Bailey: 19.7 disposals, 6.7 score involvements, 1.5 goals, 0.6 goal assists
O.Dempsey: 16.7 disposals, 5.7 score involvements, 1.2 goals, 0.6 goal assists

They had very similar roles. Bailey was more influential, but I wouldn't have thought the gap to Dempsey was massive.

It’s about 15% in most measures there - which is a pretty fair margin.

 

[Mr Meow]

It’s about 15% in most measures there - which is a pretty fair margin.

"Nowhere near". Okay. If I have a pint of beer and you only have 425ml then I guess you also have nowhere near a pint. It's all good if you think that way, but I wouldn't exactly call that standard.

A 24 degrees Celcius day is "nowhere near" as hot as 28. Trench coat and wooly gloves for the former, t-shirt and shorts for the latter.

For a 31 disposal per game player like Smith, it's interesting and novel to know that players such as Libba and Brayshaw win "nowhere near" as much footy. Naughton's 60 goals was "nowhere near" King's 69. And so on.

Commonsense dictates that these differences are closer to "marginal" or "moderate at worst" as opposed to being miles apart.

 

[Stokey]

How old are you? Geelong has been one of the most respected teams since i started following and that was back at the end of the 1980s. In one year in the early 90s we had the most members because everyone loved the way geelong played. Pretty sure geelong had the most converted supporters at that time (supporters who switched clubs or started out new without any family team allegiance). The 1998-2003 period was a bit rough but Im not sure we had no respect. We have never finished bottom 3 in forty years unlike every other club which has each done it multiple times.

Admittedly i have heard the 1970s to mid 80s was a pretty dark period for the club.

I disagree to an extent, or maybe I'm just explaining it wrong.

We were respected during the 80s, 90s but not to the extent we are now. Until 2007 we were seen as flakey and I was jealous of clubs like the Hawks who truly had pride in their club. There also was a section of supporters that just expected us to **** up. My dad would always go 'gere we go again' after the opposition kicked the first goal

We are now the envy of the competition. We continue to compete in an era of equalisation where you are expected to rebuild. 19 finals out of 22 years. we may not have saluted as often as we should have but we always compete. Every supporter in the AFL would take that if offered.

 

[iameviljez]

"Nowhere near". Okay. If I have a pint of beer and you only have 425ml then I guess you also have nowhere near a pint. It's all good if you think that way, but I wouldn't exactly call that standard.

A 24 degrees Celcius day is "nowhere near" as hot as 28. Trench coat and wooly gloves for the former, t-shirt and shorts for the latter.

For a 31 disposal per game player like Smith, it's interesting and novel to know that players such as Libba and Brayshaw win "nowhere near" as much footy. Naughton's 60 goals was "nowhere near" King's 69. And so on.

Commonsense dictates that these differences are closer to "marginal" or "moderate at worst" as opposed to being miles apart.

Regardless of what Zac Bailey did or didn’t do, I still think Ollie Dempsey was nowhere near an AA standard season.

Don’t get me wrong, he was very good, but when you consider there are almost as many B and Fs as there are AA spots, it puts it in some perspective.

Ps - as an engineer, I feel obliged to point out that 85% of 28 degrees is really -17, thanks to the Kelvin scale

 

[Mr Meow]

Regardless of what Zac Bailey did or didn’t do, I still think Ollie Dempsey was nowhere near an AA standard season.

Don’t get me wrong, he was very good, but when you consider there are almost as many B and Fs as there are AA spots, it puts it in some perspective.

Ps - as an engineer, I feel obliged to point out that 85% of 28 degrees is really -17, thanks to the Kelvin scale

Several people in the media - including those in the AA panel - had Dempsey marked down as one of the very best wingmen in the comp halfway through the year. Bailey was brought up in the same conversations - albeit he spends more time as a genuine forward than Ollie.

Dempsey did then dip a bit and was inconsistent in finishing the season, but overall I think all of this presents that "not even close" to AA is over-egging the pudding quite a lot. Crisp and Dempsey were the next best of those wingmen to play the required amount of games, then there was a significant gap to the rest. This is backed up by analysts and the raw data.

 

[Seeds]

Fair enough. I would have Clark in fifth, behind those guys plus Bundy. But I still agree that it was a real loss

Bundy didnt even play afl his first year. Kelly and johnson and ablett all played plenty of vfl in their first season cos there for was some big down periods along with some great up periods. Clark was 18 games first season and completely belonged. For me its clearly Selwood, spriggs and clark at the top 3. Kelly next.

 

[you pick one]

Ooh let me barge in on this one. Off the top of my head, the ones I can remember:
Selwood, SDK, Menzel, Dempsey, Simpson (Being a bit generous with Sammy but that boy could've been a top ten player)

David Clarke senior would have to be up there.

 

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[DanA]

"Nowhere near". Okay. If I have a pint of beer and you only have 425ml then I guess you also have nowhere near a pint. It's all good if you think that way, but I wouldn't exactly call that standard.

A 24 degrees Celcius day is "nowhere near" as hot as 28. Trench coat and wooly gloves for the former, t-shirt and shorts for the latter.

For a 31 disposal per game player like Smith, it's interesting and novel to know that players such as Libba and Brayshaw win "nowhere near" as much footy. Naughton's 60 goals was "nowhere near" King's 69. And so on.

Commonsense dictates that these differences are closer to "marginal" or "moderate at worst" as opposed to being miles apart.

Or another way. Think of an 850k house and a 1m dollar one….is the difference marginal? I certainly notice it.

 

[Play it Sam]

I'd say he voted for Dawson. Bucks has a big mouth, that info should be kept confidential, for several reasons.
Inserting himself in a minor controversy, as usual with media stuff, it's look at me - inside knowledge.

 

[iameviljez]

I'd say he voted for Dawson. Bucks has a big mouth, that info should be kept confidential, for several reasons.
Inserting himself in a minor controversy, as usual with media stuff, it's look at me - inside knowledge.

I don't have an issue with it. It's a made up team for made up fun, it's hardly a State Secret per se.