No Oppo Supporters General AFL Discussion #12 - Carlton Posters ONLY!

[Gethelred]

It will be interesting to see how Geelong go without him. Older sides will run out games better - and Geelong will be substantially older than Adelaide - but Adelaide oval, without a second KPF, with Hawkins, Selwood and Danger another year older and greyer and no Ablett?

 

[RPCB]

It will be interesting to see how Geelong go without him. Older sides will run out games better - and Geelong will be substantially older than Adelaide - but Adelaide oval, without a second KPF, with Hawkins, Selwood and Danger another year older and greyer and no Ablett?

It will be interesting to see how Geelong fair a year older. We will probably need a better opponent than tomorrow’s though.Adelaide are just too inexperienced a side to really damage Geelong tomorrow.

 

[thylacine60]

It will be interesting to see how Geelong go without him. Older sides will run out games better - and Geelong will be substantially older than Adelaide - but Adelaide oval, without a second KPF, with Hawkins, Selwood and Danger another year older and greyer and no Ablett?

hidden cats, missing crouches.............

 

[thylacine60]

It will be interesting to see how Geelong go without him. Older sides will run out games better - and Geelong will be substantially older than Adelaide - but Adelaide oval, without a second KPF, with Hawkins, Selwood and Danger another year older and greyer and no Ablett?

nice call

 

[Bluechip66]

Bottom 4.......
swans beat lions
hawks beat *
crows beat cats
roos ??
blues lose again.

 

[CJMB]

Bottom 4.......
swans beat lions
hawks beat *
crows beat cats
roos ??
blues lose again.

Finishing that off, Roos got spanked. * lost from 6 goals ahead. Cool your jets, wait and see what happens. Round 4 last year the Suns were 2nd with 3-1 & 131.2% and the Hawks were 4th with 3-1 & 101.1%. Both teams won another 2 games for the year. The year before Gold Coast won 3 of the first 4 then lost every other game. There's a lot to play out yet.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Rowell out for up to three months with knee injury

Gold Coast Suns Star Matt Rowell will miss about three months but should be back this season from the knee injury suffered in round one.

www.theage.com.au

I think that is probably a happy/good news situation. Back playing within 3 months is a lot better than initial fears he would be out for the season.

Unfortunately it means he will not be able to win the Rising Star, don't think that would bother the lad at all, he just wants to play footy.

 

[CJMB]

Rowell out for up to three months with knee injury

Gold Coast Suns Star Matt Rowell will miss about three months but should be back this season from the knee injury suffered in round one.

www.theage.com.au

I think that is probably a happy/good news situation. Back playing within 3 months is a lot better than initial fears he would be out for the season.

Unfortunately it means he will not be able to win the Rising Star, don't think that would bother the lad at all, he just wants to play footy.

Depends how many games he plays this year upon return, I think the cut off is 11 games. If he recovers well he'll exceed that, but if they take it really slow and cautious and only let him play the last month of the season he could still be eligible next year...

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Finishing that off, Roos got spanked. * lost from 6 goals ahead. Cool your jets, wait and see what happens. Round 4 last year the Suns were 2nd with 3-1 & 131.2% and the Hawks were 4th with 3-1 & 101.1%. Both teams won another 2 games for the year. The year before Gold Coast won 3 of the first 4 then lost every other game. There's a lot to play out yet.

Yep, might have been another loss (as annoying as that is), but it was a close one that we looked capable of taking out. Against the reigning prems, who have won 3 from 4, had 20 players from last year's GF on the field and 12 triple premiership players on the ground. Versus a team that hasn't had a winning season since 2011, had arguably between 4-6 best players out, were playing 3 x KPP with injury clouds from the previous week and playing a club debutant as a KPF when he's traditionally played KPD.
A team who has had very little to worry about on the injury front over a 4 year period of dominance (team cohesion, game plan cohesion, could virtually run on autopilot), vs a team that has had nothing but injury troubles and is probably lucky to have played their best 22 once or twice over that same 4 year period.

It's a fine line between accepting honourable losses and being able to logically dissect the reasons behind a loss and take the positives out of it.

I don't think Brisbane and Freo will be overly concerned with their ladder position right now. And I don't think Sydney, Adelaide, Hawthorn or Essendon would be too comfortable with theirs.

 

[LanceRomance]

Surely someone can write up a list of how many serious injuries dangerfield has been involved in. From The Carlton side it's at least Judd's knee, then Murphy's shoulder, then later his ankle?

 

[Aphrodite]

Surely someone can write up a list of how many serious injuries dangerfield has been involved in. From The Carlton side it's at least Judd's knee, then Murphy's shoulder, then later his ankle?

thylacine60

 

[Aphrodite]

AFL commits to goal-line cameras at all venues

Sam Edmund has the story.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Pendlebury 200 games at the MCG. Is it really that impressive, or does it just highlight the common view that Collingwood get an easy draw with little travel?
I've had a look at his splits.
318 games
200 at the MCG
43 at Docklands
76% of his career has been played in Melbourne and 63% at one venue.
This is his 16th season in the AFL and he has NEVER played a game in Geelong.
He has played 75 games at 9 different venues outside of Victoria.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Thursday night game now at Marvel.

UPDATE: Lions cavalry touches down, Easter Thursday game switched

Brisbane flies in more players ahead of the rearranged clash against Collingwood at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night

www.afl.com.au

 

[SurreyBlue]

Fagan making sure his 'main midfielder' to be looked after .......... straight out of the Clarkson log book!!!!

Lions coach's message to umpires over Lachie Neale treatment

“I have spoken to people at the AFL just to have a little look at it."

www.sen.com.au

How much support have we given our players = Crippa?
Notice - you put it out in the media and the "media" indirectly puts pressure on the umpires - not behind closed doors!

 

[carlton_99]

Tom Browne's News - fixture chaos, Carlton's review and Josh Kelly's future - Triple M Footy AFL

Tom Browne gave us the latest and the chaos that covid is causing, Carlton's brutal review and Josh Kelly's free agency future.

omny.fm

 

[Ash24]

Shock leaked document emerges detailing Victorian club’s proposed move to Tasmania

A shock report has leaked with initial sign off to relocate a Melbourne club to Tasmania!

www.zerohanger.com

 

[Aphrodite]

Shock leaked document emerges detailing Victorian club’s proposed move to Tasmania

A shock report has leaked with initial sign off to relocate a Melbourne club to Tasmania!

www.zerohanger.com

More April fools

 

[Revenant1965]

Scott cops suspended $10K whack for heated exchange with Lions

Geelong coach Chris Scott apologises after AFL hits him with massive suspended fine

www.afl.com.au

Wet lettuce leaf...?

 

[JeSOS]

Scott cops suspended $10K whack for heated exchange with Lions

Geelong coach Chris Scott apologises after AFL hits him with massive suspended fine

www.afl.com.au

Wet lettuce leaf...?

Better if it was a wet French lettuce......

 

[Wickzki]

AFL puts GWS finances under the microscope

The AFL’s top financial strategist has spent the week at Greater Western Sydney assessing the club’s finances.

www.theage.com.au

Find this really ironic.

One of the contracts they're investigating is the Stephen Coniglio

3

Stephen Coniglio

Age

30

Ht

182cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.5

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

11.5

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

4.7

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

8.8

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

5.4

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

4star

CL

3.0

5star

contract.

Y'know, the same contract, that the AFL gave him that contained massive overs and ambassadorial/marketing money to ensure he didn't come across to either the Blues or the Hawks.

 

[Original Moody Blue]

AFL puts GWS finances under the microscope

The AFL’s top financial strategist has spent the week at Greater Western Sydney assessing the club’s finances.

www.theage.com.au

Find this really ironic.

One of the contracts they're investigating is the Stephen Coniglio contract.

Y'know, the same contract, that the AFL gave him that contained massive overs and ambassadorial/marketing money to ensure he didn't come across to either the Blues or the Hawks.

If you don't go to Carlton, your salary cap increases by 750K.

 

[agro]

AFL puts GWS finances under the microscope

The AFL’s top financial strategist has spent the week at Greater Western Sydney assessing the club’s finances.

www.theage.com.au

Find this really ironic.

One of the contracts they're investigating is the Stephen Coniglio contract.

Y'know, the same contract, that the AFL gave him that contained massive overs and ambassadorial/marketing money to ensure he didn't come across to either the Blues or the Hawks.

May as well have the Russians investigate their own performance enhancing sporting drugs scandal, or better yet have Essendon investigate their own performance enhancing drugs scandal.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Written off as a party animal and addict, AFL star Rod Owen was hiding dark secrets

Rod Owen was a St Kilda star at 16, but within a year he was an alcoholic and drug addict. Many blamed his spiral on injuries and partying, but his addictions masked childhood traumas he'll never forget.

www.abc.net.au

Tough read.

 

[Gethelred]

I wonder: under the new rules, what's considered a bag/good performance by a KPP? Bruce just kicked 10. Harry kicked 7, and could've kicked 12. How many did Kennedy kick?

The AFL establishment are going to discuss the significance, do what they do whenever some new statistical outlier presents itself; self aggrandisement, glorification of the players/position involved regardless of merit, etc. I mean, we've always had ball magnets (Damien Peverill

Damien Peverill

Age

44

Ht

185cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.6

5star

K

10.7

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

2.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

21.4

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

10.4

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

, Scott West

Scott West

Age

49

Ht

178cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.4

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

12.6

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.0

3star

, etc) but it took until Supercoach et al for them to suddenly start winning brownlows, best player awards. Sure, good KPF craft is worth celebrating, but how much of these goals are being generated by good forward craft?

Let's be honest: if Fev, prime Buddy, Gehrig got a crack at the delivery we've seen this year, and got to take their shots without the man on the mark getting involved when you pinched a few metres wide of him, Fev would've cracked the ton a few times, and both Buddy and Fraser would've been multiple centurions.

I 'spose what I'm asking is, where do we draw the line and say, "that's better than should be expected"?