Mega Thread 2025 Media & Miscellaneous Thread

[Tonga Bob]

Back by popular demand. However...

There has been some aggro from publishers of articles in recent months about sites that copypasta their content onto other sites, particularly the paywalled ones, which could lead to fines and whanot for those that do it. Apparently there are copywrite laws for these things. As a result we can no longer have full articles reposted here, so if you come across something then please refrain from nabbing the whole thing and just post the link. Quoting a paragraph or two and linking the source is fine however, just don't get greedy.

Here's the updated site-wide rule: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/please-read-re-copyright-posting-newspaper-articles.1389553/

Here's an example of what you can do:

"If West Coast was the gold standard for how to operate, then Fremantle's arrival into the AFL in 1995 could be viewed as a series of cautionary tales.

Despite eight wins in that debut season, a series of poor recruiting choices meant they didn't play their first final until 2003."

If they believe that us not making finals until 2003 was solely due to "a series of poor recruiting choices" then I have a bridge to sell them.

Can 'perennial underachievers' Fremantle become WA's biggest footy club?

For 38 years the West Coast Eagles have been WA footy's alpha male, but in the midst of their worst ever on-field run, is the balance of power shifting towards their bitter rivals Fremantle?

www.abc.net.au

Thanks for your understanding.

 

[s_wd6]

I don’t think either of Serong or Brayshaw makes it. Serong maybe just bc of his name, but he’s been shit down a few too many times imo.

 

[fnerd]

I don’t think either of Serong or Brayshaw makes it. Serong maybe just bc of his name, but he’s been shit down a few too many times imo.

Yea reckon he may just get it , simply because he’s our most hyped player over east.
I actually think dogga should make it ahead of him tho.
Can’t underestimate the influence he’s had on our season

 

[Sully90]

Yea reckon he may just get it , simply because he’s our most hyped player over east.
I actually think dogga should make it ahead of him tho.
Can’t underestimate the influence he’s had on our season

The problem Dogga will always have with AA is where do you put him?

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

The problem Dogga will always have with AA is where do you put him?

Said on the main board but he's a weird one. He's going to walk up to the squad every year as a ruck/forward but the only spot he'll ever get in the team is on the bench short of an absolutely ridiculous year

 

[Channels]

I love Dogga, but he'd only be in as a second ruck if they went thay way. Gawn and Grundy have both been better than him.

As has Xerri

 

[pavstar]

Brad Hardie on 6PR has such salty tears…

Brad Hardie seriously was struggling to give Freo the plaudits it was due for Sunday’s win and adamant that Serong contesting the ball with Croft was going to be looked at when 99.9% of fans and pundits said ‘nothing to see’…

Deadset has his head up Bevo’s arse and thinking sunshine comes out of it… thinks Jack SiLOLvagni will solidify the Bullflogs backline and make them premiership contenders…

 

[pavstar]

Bartel had a huge leg. 50+metre specialist.

Murph is more your ridiculously deft touch in close kind of guy.

It's a long bow to draw but the way Murph puts the ball in space in front of his targets reminds me of this guy:



And if you haven't experienced White Chocolate, take some time to digest this:

How good was white chocolate in his prime at Sacramento

 

[anchor man]

I see Clark and maybe Serong getting berths.But the Melbourne media have been on Seronds case a bit of late saying he had been tagged out.They have influence them thar expoits.

 

[Eski3]

I see Clark and maybe Serong getting berths.But the Melbourne media have been on Seronds case a bit of late saying he had been tagged out.They have influence them thar expoits.

I actually think it's been more of a "stop Serong and you stop Freo" rather than any criticism of Serong himself

 

[Dump Truck]

Brad Hardie seriously was struggling to give Freo the plaudits it was due for Sunday’s win and adamant that Serong contesting the ball with Croft was going to be looked at when 99.9% of fans and pundits said ‘nothing to see’…

Deadset has his head up Bevo’s arse and thinking sunshine comes out of it… thinks Jack SiLOLvagni will solidify the Bullflogs backline and make them premiership contenders…

Similar to Tony Micale on SportFm. Basically said the same thing and felt incredibly salty Freo won. I don't get his disdain for us but gee, when he gets going about us he's really salty!

 

[anchor man]

Similar to Tony McHale on SportFm. Basically said the same thing and felt incredibly salty Freo won. I don't get his disdain for us but gee, when he gets going about us he's really salty!

Did he, like Sumich, get rejected from our coaching group at some time!
Fremantle people,Micale, Sumich , Hardie and probably more, have a case of sour grapes over the club.
Sad sad sad people.

 

[anchor man]

And on coaches, I noticed that David Hale

David Hale

Age

41

Ht

201cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

0.4

3star

has put his hand up for the MFC job.Been at the Hawks since he left Freo.

A much maligned part of our coaching team a few years back.

 

[anchor man]

I honestly think dogga should make it.
Especially if their picking 2 ruckman
He’s been better than Gawn

Not a knock on Jacko, but, he gets the good after Darcy has taken all the batterings from the big blokes that Jacko isn't good against.Like Sunday, Darcy took the sting out of English by his body work.

 

[s_wd6]

And on coaches, I noticed that David Hale has put his hand up for the MFC job.Been at the Hawks since he left Freo.

A much maligned part of our coaching team a few years back.

God he was awful. Was here from 2016-2021 which coincided with our finals drought. Not saying there’s a connection but not saying there’s not.

 

[bruzaar62]

Brad Hardie seriously was struggling to give Freo the plaudits it was due for Sunday’s win and adamant that Serong contesting the ball with Croft was going to be looked at when 99.9% of fans and pundits said ‘nothing to see’…

Deadset has his head up Bevo’s arse and thinking sunshine comes out of it… thinks Jack SiLOLvagni will solidify the Bullflogs backline and make them premiership contenders…

Who listens to that FIGJAM flog anyway
Such a biased knob jockey that loves the sound of his own voice

 

[Bigger]

How good was white chocolate in his prime at Sacramento

I don’t even like b-ball but the shit that White Chocolate was dishing up was just sensational. A genuine freakshow and if he was passing the rock so that folk didn’t have to align the seams, then he’s more of a genius than I thought he was and I thought he was a complete ****ing genius.

So good.

Just like Murphy ****ing Reid.

 

[freo_leo29]

Thought Clark was better last year but his competition this year is leaner so he should make it in

Only doesn't make it if they shoehorn Holmes in as a half back flank, surely they don't (NAS obvs in defense)

Serong might make it but I reckon they pass him over this year

Bray won't make it

Dogga is so interesting, if you're picking an actual team you are going Gawn and him instead of Grundy but they'll probably pick Gawndy. (We have solid evidence this doesn't work in reality)

 

[freo_leo29]

How on Earth did Battle make the squad, feels like they saw Hawks in the top 8 and had to fit someone in, (they don't really have standouts) I reckon Cox has had a better year than Battle yet I wouldn't be putting Cox in the discussion.

 

[s_wd6]

How on Earth did Battle make the squad, feels like they saw Hawks in the top 8 and had to fit someone in, (they don't really have standouts) I reckon Cox has had a better year than Battle yet I wouldn't be putting Cox in the discussion.

Most had Wilkie in their final team and he didn’t even make the squad

 

[SupermanCapes]

Having the AA team picked by a bunch of random pundits does my head in. They should send a blank team sheet around to all of the coaches and ask them to pick a team from the full AFL list. Tot up who gets selected the most in each position and then bring in the "experts" for any tie breakers. Jacko makes that team, Clark makes that team and I reckon JT does too.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Having the AA team picked by a bunch of random pundits does my head in. They should send a blank team sheet around to all of the coaches and ask them to pick a team from the full AFL list. Tot up who gets selected the most in each position and then bring in the "experts" for any tie breakers. Jacko makes that team, Clark makes that team and I reckon JT does too.

Jacko should be close. JT might make the squad.
Clark is the one for us. I said it weeks ago, he's our AA lock this year.

 

[Daddoo]

God he was awful. Was here from 2016-2021 which coincided with our finals drought. Not saying there’s a connection but not saying there’s not.

And as forward coach, how much responsibility does he cop when we all wondered “why do all our players go after the ball at the same time”? Our forward line was a mess those years. Granted we didn’t have the stock but geez, we were terrible.

Graham has done a fantastic job.

 

[Purple Jesus]

This is perfection.

 

[malpaso]

Most had Wilkie in their final team and he didn’t even make the squad

Wilkie hasn't been as good as last year.

 

[Bringbacktheeighties]

I don’t think either of Serong or Brayshaw makes it. Serong maybe just bc of his name, but he’s been shit down a few too many times imo.

Agree