Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2025

[Taylor]

Both teams play the same ball, pitch, weather...
Variability is the spice of life.

If the skills rise up for both I'm ok with that.

 

[Big Animal]

I think Hinkley overachieved with pretty averaged list containing 6-7 good players and most others sub par...

they were in a bad place when he took over and he walks away with a win % only 2-3 off Longmire with a lot less resources and a ADE-loving media always nitpicking and after his sacking.

 

[gaskin]

Different sport but in the NFL it is up to each team's equipment staff to scrub the new balls before the game. I would have thought they might go with something similar instead of just wearing in the balls at training.

 

[DragoDelph]

they were in a bad place when he took over and he walks away with a win % only 2-3 off Longmire with a lot less resources and a ADE-loving media always nitpicking and after his sacking.

Yeah, but 13 years of finals failures and no grand final appearances. Yeesh.

 

[DragoDelph]

Gold Coast gather round:

Like a sunset signals the end of the day, hopefully this signals the end of this club.

 

[Bigger]

First in with Reacher Round!

 

[chaosball32]

https://archive.md/2025.02.12-04271...-fallen-out-of-love-with-football--c-17697409

The trade that keeps on giving. Tim Kelly has “fallen out of love with football”. Maybe coming to Freo wouldn’t have been such a bad idea Tim?

Oh well, we ended up keeping the picks that we used for Serong and Young so I’d say it worked out ok in the end.

 

[Jezzitizle]

https://archive.md/2025.02.12-04271...-fallen-out-of-love-with-football--c-17697409

The trade that keeps on giving. Tim Kelly has “fallen out of love with football”. Maybe coming to Freo wouldn’t have been such a bad idea Tim?

Oh well, we ended up keeping the picks that we used for Serong and Young so I’d say it worked out ok in the end.

What an offseason for the toast.

Serong already has more all Australian and bnfs.

 

[Docker82]

Gold Coast gather round:

Like a sunset signals the end of the day, hopefully this signals the end of this club.

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That'd solve the Tasmania concession question/s.

 

[theGav56]

they were in a bad place when he took over and he walks away with a win % only 2-3 off Longmire with a lot less resources and a ADE-loving media always nitpicking and after his sacking.

And I think he leaves them in a pretty good place. Carr ready to go, plus a superstar midfield is a decent platform. Not saying they don't have issues, but they aren't WC.

 

[theGav56]

Gold Coast gather round:

Like a sunset signals the end of the day, hopefully this signals the end of this club.

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Well helloooo sunshine!

 

[largebus]

Different sport but in the NFL it is up to each team's equipment staff to scrub the new balls before the game. I would have thought they might go with something similar instead of just wearing in the balls at training.

Time for some New England-style ball deflating.

 

[freo1]

Gold Coast gather round:

Like a sunset signals the end of the day, hopefully this signals the end of this club.

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geesus and i thought their new re-brand jumpers were bad.

they've obviously got the grade 2's at the local school doing their designs still

 

[dont bowl there]

They look great imo, much better than their normal jumper.

 

[Nodgey]

Agree. They look fine. Way better than some of the abominations that get thrown up (in all sense of the word) for these things.

 

[DragoDelph]

I just found the symbolism amusing.

Also, they have that ocean blue as part of their colours, that never gets used.

 

[Lach72]

lol. Imagine the AFL shafting the Saints like this

 

[Paracleet]

lol. Imagine the AFL shafting the Saints like this

You'd assume it wouldn't extinguish existing clubs rights, it'd be a choice. You'd think they'd select the Melbourne club unless they happen to have grown up in Tasmania (which I'm guessing most haven't).

 

[fnerd]

lol. Imagine the AFL shafting the Saints like this

Ralph mouph all jovial in this tweet but if any of those former Richmond players sons look like being guns watch him turn real nasty if Tassie get priority access

 

[Lach72]

Yikes

 

[serial_thrilla]

Yikes

December 2015. Was he on the Eagles list then?

 

[Quazar2]

Yikes

Full on gross. The club must be looking for a place to hide right now

 

[Taylor]

December 2015. Was he on the Eagles list then?

He left the Eagles end of 2017

 

[mightymouse75]

Jesus Christ.
Watch the Eagles try & whitewash this

 

[Superkoops]

Yeh this one is disturbing. The drug situation with many players is a sad indictment on what happened in the early 2000-2010 era. This one is just gross. Incidents occurred months after the 2015 GF loss to Hawks. He was delisted in 2017 and from memory very average at the end. Not good at all and I’m sure something came out about this whilst still on the list. He went from - 40 plus goal season including derby medalist in 2015, to general spud levels the year after.