Oppo Camp Non Eagles AFL discussion thread II

[End Game]

Would be letting the people involved off lightly if you're just going to blame it on beer.

Huh? Alcohol isn't an excuse. They should have the book thrown at them and the AFL should ban them for 5-10 years.

 

[FatPizza]

Huh? Alcohol isn't an excuse. They should have the book thrown at them and the AFL should ban them for 5-10 years.

Calm down. Both of them just have clinical anxiety leading to poor choices with alcohol.

 

[amazingjoshy]

Jesus … some screws loose there!
Wonder if there's any chance of people not making silly statements connecting an isolated incident of psycho behaviour with a entire club/city/state.

what, like the AFL media does with an entire sport when anything happens at a soccer game?

 

[Luuuc]

what, like the AFL media does with an entire sport when anything happens at a soccer game?

Probably, yeah. It's equally stupid regardless of which direction it goes.
But that of course is contingent on the sport in question making their lack of tolerance for this type of s**t clear and strong, which is why I'm expecting the AFL to come down a lot harder on this than that pathetic fine did.
Kinda sad when a sports/entertainment organisation needs to take the lead over the law on civilised behaviour.

 

[bombard]

One observation from my years in Melbourne is that the night games are waaaaaay more likely to have bogan nonsense. I had a bloke years ago at a saints night game who wanted to start up after I'd told him to calm down with the racist stuff re Nicnat.

Fortunately he had some eagles supporting mates who dragged him off and apologised.

 

[Avalor]

Agreed. A disgrace is what that is. Weak af.
Proper footy fans should not be forced to share a stadium with that. I assume further penalties will be announced soon.

Should be banned from all AFL games for 5 years, as what is done in soccer.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Should be banned from all AFL games for 5 years, as what is done in soccer.

I would imagine all of them will be banned unless there is a clear aggressor.

 

[Trouto]

Rance is my Marsden.

Imagine hearing 24/7 that Marsden was the best player in football and one of the all time greats, purely because he plays in Victoria. Imagine living in that world. A bang average player called the most valuable player in the comp because his team has a lot of members and a strong ratings influence.

I challenge anyone to stay sane in that world.

*Masten

 

[bombard]

Anyone notice how Richmond played much better after Rance was off the ground? Just saying.

Feel for the bloke with his injury, but he's still completely overrated.

 

[eagles rule]

#FreekickRichmond still remains


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[Seadog]

I would imagine all of them will be banned unless there is a clear aggressor.

I've seen a bit of footage prior to that, there were half a dozen blokes s**t talking each other when the kid in the Tigers jumper threw a punch, he was the instigator and was the one who did the most damage, there was a bit of argy bargy just out of the shot and he hopped into that as well. 10 year ban about right.

 

[Dylan82]

Anyone notice how Richmond played much better after Rance was off the ground? Just saying.

Feel for the bloke with his injury, but he's still completely overrated.

Their zoning of the corridor did improve after he went off - although Carlton pressed the self-destruct button as well. The last quarter was more a case of Carlton packing up early and forgetting how to football rather than Richmond raising their game.

Trying to contain J.Cameron next week will be a far sterner test of whether they can still operate in defence without Rance.

 

[Chris_6678]

Us loosing Emac and Brown in 2015 still got us to a GF... BUT we did have Schofield and a handy young Gov who took his game to the next level.

 

[FKASC]

Their zoning of the corridor did improve after he went off - although Carlton pressed the self-destruct button as well. The last quarter was more a case of Carlton packing up early and forgetting how to football rather than Richmond raising their game.

Trying to contain J.Cameron next week will be a far sterner test of whether they can still operate in defence without Rance.

They won’t be able to contain J Cameron in Round 22.

 

[kane249]

Us loosing Emac and Brown in 2015 still got us to a GF... BUT we did have Schofield and a handy young Gov who took his game to the next level.

Sheppard played out of his skin as well that year, his ability to shutdown much taller opponents was phenomenal that year

 

[Chris_6678]

Sheppard played out of his skin as well that year, his ability to shutdown much taller opponents was phenomenal that year

+ Wellingham. How awesome was Shepingham streaming out of the backline.

 

[ioppolo]

Who do Richmond have to replace Rance?

 

[tigger_ferret]

Who do Richmond have to replace Rance?

How do you replace the greatest fullback of all time though?

 

[kane249]

Who do Richmond have to replace Rance?

 

[jesterwester]

Anyone notice how Richmond played much better after Rance was off the ground? Just saying.

Feel for the bloke with his injury, but he's still completely overrated.

That was a little bit of Carlton running out of tank more than rance going down, I would have thought.

The issue for Richmond will come when they come up against sides with decent key forwards, and sides who move the ball quickly. Guys like Grimes, Astbury, vlastuin will all depend on the assistance that rance gives them in the air, he’s so good at reading where the ball will go.

Having said that, I think the bigger issue for the tigers was their ball movement i50. It’s going to take a while for Riewoldt and Lynch to stop getting in each other’s way. When it was just Riewoldt, the guys would look for better options. Now, the temptation is to bomb it forward knowing they have 2 key targets.

 

[kane249]

Dane Swan tells of his partying days as an AFL player

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/d...n/news-story/88c429cf0ec021868b05bb47b76e0d75

“I remember sitting (at the club) there in recovery one morning at like 9am. I’d been at a party.
“I left the party, grabbed a Gatorade bottle, filled it up three quarters Gatorade, one quarter vodka and sat on the bikes doing recovery drinking vodka Gatorade — just waiting to go back to the party.
“If I hadn’t have topped up I would’ve been f***ed by the time I got back to the party, and I wouldn’t have gone. And
“What’s wrong with that?”

 

[TY24]

If he’s gifted enough to train as an elite AFL player while half cut then good luck to him

Makes you wonder how good he could’ve been if he wasn’t such a party animal. That’s a scary thought.


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[Dazzler9]

If he’s gifted enough to train as an elite AFL player while half cut then good luck to him

Makes you wonder how good he could’ve been if he wasn’t such a party animal. That’s a scary thought.


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Some guys just don't function unless they're allowed to be let off the chain. Denis Rodman was a classic example. Swanny probably falls into that category.

 

[Chris_6678]

If he’s gifted enough to train as an elite AFL player while half cut then good luck to him

Makes you wonder how good he could’ve been if he wasn’t such a party animal. That’s a scary thought.


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All he would have been doing is hopping into the water at a beach with some stretching lol

 

[Dark Sharks]

Plenty of France bashing going on this thread, don't be shy HoneyBadger35 I know you've got a few sick burns you're dying to get out.


Go ahead. Let the hate flow through you.