General AFL thread 2016

[Glen Buterol]

port just aint that good

It's hard to imagine how much they've gone backwards since being a kick away from a grand final. They look like a bottom 6 team this year.

 

[L_W_P]

Never under-estimate the work assistant coaches do.

Terry Daniher was our forwardline coach in 2004 and he made a forwardline of Gehrig, Riewoldt, Koschitzke and Hamill work. 4 talls!!

Losing Walsh and Richardson in a short span has crippled Port tactically.

Hinkley is a great motivator but take away their game day smarts, on top of no longer being a mile in front of every team fitness wise, and Port have been found wanting.

 

[Rors]

Never under-estimate the work assistant coaches do.

Terry Daniher was our forwardline coach in 2004 and he made a forwardline of Gehrig, Riewoldt, Koschitzke and Hamill work. 4 talls!!

Losing Walsh and Richardson in a short span has crippled Port tactically.

Hinkley is a great motivator but take away their game day smarts, on top of no longer being a mile in front of every team fitness wise, and Port have been found wanting.

A few minor injuries to important blokes haven't helped.

We'd probably have beaten them if we'd played them in round 2. Imagine the line up they had against us minus Schultz, Hartlett, White & Alipate Carlisle. Would have been nice.

 

[Highlander35]

God, Shiel is a bloody beauty.

Would love him here. Throw in Steele too.

 

[StFly]

port just aint that good

Their early season also isn't flash hot, been knocked out of many a tipping comp in the first 5 rounds due to them over the past decade.

Also, Pies on the slide massively.

 

[dct66]

Not a good look to see the lower level of the MCG looking sparce these last few weeks, especially behind the goals at the Ponsford end. Is it just that Collingwood and Essendon are 'on the nose' of has something changed with ticketing?

 

[Mowman]

Poor Bucks Poor Eddie LOL

 

[Choomah]

Lmao Collingwood

 

[StFly]

Not a good look to see the lower level of the MCG looking sparce these last few weeks, especially behind the goals at the Ponsford end. Is it just that Collingwood and Essendon are 'on the nose' of has something changed with ticketing?

Both. reserved seat fees and both sides were on the decline for obvious reasons, the question was how far they would fall, and currently for the Pies it is quite severely and Essendon whilst showing some guts, were and are not expected to win much this year.

 

[Smoke_Me_AKipper]

Geez Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon and Richmond are at the bottom of the ladder. For those who followed in the 1980's, (I was a very young kid), these clubs were the power clubs and all the kids at primary school supported those 4 sides.....Hawthorn aside

Its great to see

 

[Choomah]

Jeremy Howe is straight up shit, overrated hack does literally nothing except the odd flashy mark
Melbourne bent Collingwood over big time in that trade

 

[austinnn]

God, just look at the Giants.

If Hawthorn are a fading superpower like Germany, GWS are an emerging one like China.

Next week will be a lot more difficult than this, no worries about that.

 

[plugger66]

I wish someone would tell me the reason why coaches need to be signed up when they haven't proven they are good enough. It may even be the teams problem but the coach gets the blame so why sign him. Bucks and Dimma are perfect examples this season. May be good coaches or may not be but now the media will be all over them. People say they need to be signed up to stop media talking about them but now it will happen for the opposite reasons. May as well save your money and wait.

 

[Highlander35]

No idea. Makes **** all sense. Collingwood been on decline and never looked like improving since Bucks took over, and Hardwick has firmed the Tiges into a 7-10th placed side.

 

[Choomah]

Gonna be a cripple fight next week for Anzac Day lmao

 

[Gangnam Saint]

Unbelievably the Dees were 3.15 to win and $13 for 40+ points.
Kicking myself now.

 

[FlyingSledghamer]

Its astonishing how much slack dimma gets away with.. that team has been underpeforming for 10 years... was it another 2 year extension. Unbelievable.
The tiges are lucky pies and port are playing so poorly.

 

[FlyingSledghamer]

Nathan Buckley. "Youll see a more fired up team this week"

 

[Ekomaira]

I stupidly tipped Collingwood. why... WHY... ****in waste!

 

[Rors]

Let's not speak too soon.... Melbourne are ****ing shithouse as well

 

[Choomah]

Chris Mayne head offends me, also a shit house player

 

[Gangnam Saint]

Chris Mayne head offends me, also a shit house player

Glad you said it. Thought that for years but never put it out to the universe.
Hear, Hear.

 

[CHBench]

Don't sack bucks pls. Collingwood have a good young list, a decent coach will get them playing to at least half their potential.

May Hardwick and B. Scott also have long and ordinary coaching careers.

 

[sammm]

I stupidly tipped Collingwood. why... WHY... ****in waste!

so did i. i really didn't think ;owly melb would beat collingwood

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

so did i. i really didn't think ;owly melb would beat collingwood

They've got a knack for it. Gonna get 8/9 if North gets up.