Discussion 2025 General AFL Discussion

[Pardon me]

That’s fair.
Except they’ve mentioned how big a deal not having Rankine is about 30 times.
This. Is. His. Doing.
Him not being there is no one’s fault but his own.

 

[Max the great]

Never seen a softer side in my life than this lot. Shocking coach also.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

crows losing all the neutrals in one swift boo.

 

[jumperfan]

Shocking year to be an Adelaide footy fan really.

 

[mighty_sainters]

My Nas t-shirt arrived today

 

[StFly]

Why can’t you match them?

One word: ego.

Take the Dons as an example.

These guys, classic mobsters with factions that everyone knew, you had the old guard, you had Dodo's dodos and you had the hanger-ons all "we're pushing shit up hill, and when that hill becomes too much those guys are getting covered and I'm throttling the remainder of them". So everyone is pushing, glaring at each other and it's all known that when they shit the bed who to blame, who falls, how they fall and who gets covered and your mobsters know the score.

The Blues comparatively, they look back 40 odd years to when they shat gold and go "wasn't that grand?" then sit and ponder about it, sharpen a dart, throw it at a random number "yeah that seems worth it for X" then go back pining about yesterday and how great it'd be to shit gold in the future cause man the past was brilliant.

Straight disconnect.

So you're a guy, random sort, you get drafted there and mad pressures to launch immediately, we recognise you got skillz, we CBF nurturing it exactly, blitz it boy we'll refine that shit! Everyone has a breaking point where it's just not worth it any more.

Not my view view, Malthouse back in the day.

Collingwood, always looked forward, held milestones sure but looked forward how to do better how to pivot how to roll with changes and refresh and etc. Blues "those 16 cups are shiny" in essence. And with that brings expectation bias and mad pressures, aka everyone is sharpening knives at everyone and if you aren't shaping up to exceed those expectations immediately you are a pasty to be knifed at first chance and to blame for failures.

Sol your list set up, it's already under pressure so it goes for "has skill will reach it quickly" types, dead cat bouncing occurs, stuck in middle and eventual mentally shot because at the end of it, it's "yesterday was brilliant I have NFI about tomorrow". So they can't match cause ego made them do it and they've already counted chickens and scrambled eggs.

 

[Hayes4PM]

This has been a bit of a stinker

 

[Hayes4PM]

Maynard lines a bloke up with 3 seconds left and the game over, then stands over him yapping at him while he's on the ground. It's just so hard to like Collingwood...

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Collingwood, always looked forward, held milestones sure but looked forward how to do better how to pivot how to roll with changes and refresh and etc. Blues "those 16 cups are shiny" in essence. And with that brings expectation bias and mad pressures, aka everyone is sharpening knives at everyone and if you aren't shaping up to exceed those expectations immediately you are a pasty to be knifed at first chance and to blame for failures.

Collingwood under Eddie did one thing very well for the bigger clubs, he made sure that the coterie groups had **** all say, it took Richmond a while to get there and bang 3 flags, Carlton and Essendon however are ruled by them.

Can say a lot about Collingwood but people at that club always look for new ideas from any part of the AFL.

 

[Geary Is GOAT]

Couldn't have happened to a worst crowd. Enjoy that one fellas

 

[Parkysp]

Crows played H&A footy and Pies played finals footy. Not much more in it than that.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Crows midfield sux hairy balls

Pies won't win it either

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

That’s fair.
Except they’ve mentioned how big a deal not having Rankine is about 30 times.
This. Is. His. Doing.
Him not being there is no one’s fault but his own.

And right now he's feeling absolute shit.

 

[Plugger35]

Why couldn't we get this Crows team in the 97 GF? Instead we got the Crows team with Darren Jarman and Shane F***ing Ellen.

 

[Saints4ever]

And right now he's feeling absolute shit.

From a selfish point of view he’s probably wrapped he could possibly play in a grand final now.

 

[Plugger35]

From a selfish point of view he’s probably wrapped he could possibly play in a grand final now.

That is one consolation for the Crows, Rankine is still a chance to play in the GF but they won't be making it playing like they did.

 

[L_W_P]

Crows midfield sux hairy balls

Pies won't win it either

My old man made the call that whoever wins out of the Cats & Lions will win the flag. And that they will beat the other team again in the GF.

Two team race unless something extreme happens.

 

[Plugger35]

The Pies weren't that good, they were lucky they played an inexperienced finals team like the Crows that choked under pressure.

It would have been a different story if they played Brisbane or Geelong tonight.

 

[MUFASA12]

Crows still copping karma for 97’

 

[MUFASA12]

Why couldn't we get this Crows team in the 97 GF? Instead we got the Crows team with Darren Jarman and Shane F***ing Ellen.

Darren Jarman had one of the great “Tin ass” 4th qtrs or all time

 

[Max the great]

Maynard lines a bloke up with 3 seconds left and the game over, then stands over him yapping at him while he's on the ground. It's just so hard to like Collingwood...

Maynard is a gun and a tough footballer. Love that. Keays is a soy boy

 

[StFly]

My old man made the call that whoever wins out of the Cats & Lions will win the flag. And that they will beat the other team again in the GF.

Two team race unless something extreme happens.

Lions won't, they're still mentally shot and all it'd take is a KO attempt and there's a good chance they wilt, change them with the Hawks.

Young sure, but that's an entity that can cherry ripe people for a tilt, and if there's weakness, they can hunt, and they have GWS who are still scarred from last time first up and they'll then get one of Freo or GCS to then hit the Lions or Cats. Semi easy run to prelim.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Glorious day at work
Absolutely Glorious

Bahahahahaha

 

[nikkig98]

Darren Jarman had one of the great “Tin ass” 4th qtrs or all time

****in jamie shanahan. also **** you stan alves, heard of a forward tag? an extra man back?
I don't care how footy was played then, parking the bus is a defensive concept as old as time.


Do something man, i watch that replay and it still hurts watching him kick those cheap ass goals like it was live. thats what stings, they were all cheap goals. 3 of them out the back ffs.
That game hurts more than the 04 prelim, 09 and 10 combined. would have saved us years of jokes about "1 premiership"
blood pressure rising again.

 

[Mindfury]

they can't powerstance their way out of this one

couldn't have happened to a better bunch lmao