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How to explain AFL teams to an overseas soccer supporter.
Adelaide: Italy. Fanatical supporter base but borderline certifiable.
Brisbane: Columbia. Good at home, hopeless away. Also quite wealthy,but where does all that money come from?
Carlton: USA. Haven't quite worked out the difference between sport and business. Supporting Carlton is a bit like supporting a multinational. C'mon Coca Cola, Go get 'em, Microsoft.
Collingwood: Iraq. They live in a tenth century dictatorship and talk about the glories from the Byzantine era. Don't tell them they're ****house as you'll probably be knifed.
Essendon: Brazil. Arrogant, conceited and its always great to see them lose.
Fremantle: Western Samoa. Any loss by nine goals or less is declared an unofficial victory.
Geelong. The Central African qualifiers (Cameroon, Nigeria etc). Flashy, unpredictable. They quite often make the semis but never win.
Hawthorn: The Netherlands. Always competitive but have absolutely no fashion sense. (Does this brown shirt go well with my orange jeans?)
Kangaroos: The Palestinians. They have no homeland and probably never will.
Melbourne: Uruguay. Always talking about the glorious past but for the last forty years they've been less than ordinary.
Port Adelaide: South Africa. After years in exile and telling everyone how good they are, they finally enter the competition and prove to be extremely average.
Richmond: England. Large supporter base of optimistic pessimists. They hope they're gonna win but know they wont.
St Kilda: Spain. Another large and fanatical supporter base, with virtually nothing to cheer about. Likely to self implode at any moment.
Sydney: Australia. The majority of their supporters have no idea about the game and only watch them when they're winning.
West Coast: Germany. Methodical, ruthless and boring to watch.
Western Bulldogs: Scotland. Happy to qualify but that's all they'll ever do.
Adelaide: Italy. Fanatical supporter base but borderline certifiable.
Brisbane: Columbia. Good at home, hopeless away. Also quite wealthy,but where does all that money come from?
Carlton: USA. Haven't quite worked out the difference between sport and business. Supporting Carlton is a bit like supporting a multinational. C'mon Coca Cola, Go get 'em, Microsoft.
Collingwood: Iraq. They live in a tenth century dictatorship and talk about the glories from the Byzantine era. Don't tell them they're ****house as you'll probably be knifed.
Essendon: Brazil. Arrogant, conceited and its always great to see them lose.
Fremantle: Western Samoa. Any loss by nine goals or less is declared an unofficial victory.
Geelong. The Central African qualifiers (Cameroon, Nigeria etc). Flashy, unpredictable. They quite often make the semis but never win.
Hawthorn: The Netherlands. Always competitive but have absolutely no fashion sense. (Does this brown shirt go well with my orange jeans?)
Kangaroos: The Palestinians. They have no homeland and probably never will.
Melbourne: Uruguay. Always talking about the glorious past but for the last forty years they've been less than ordinary.
Port Adelaide: South Africa. After years in exile and telling everyone how good they are, they finally enter the competition and prove to be extremely average.
Richmond: England. Large supporter base of optimistic pessimists. They hope they're gonna win but know they wont.
St Kilda: Spain. Another large and fanatical supporter base, with virtually nothing to cheer about. Likely to self implode at any moment.
Sydney: Australia. The majority of their supporters have no idea about the game and only watch them when they're winning.
West Coast: Germany. Methodical, ruthless and boring to watch.
Western Bulldogs: Scotland. Happy to qualify but that's all they'll ever do.
