Oppo Camp Non-Lions Discussion 2025

[FFB1]

Some cooked players out there

Handy for us next week

 

[dlanod]

"Master of drawing free kicks" should not be a compliment.

 

[Nunez]

"Master of drawing free kicks" should not be a compliment.

Ducking is honestly a blight on the game.

 

[FLVanLandingham]

ahahahah that was satisfying

the 'wiz' goes straight for the duck, the tackler gets lower and gets the ball spilled, GC win the ball

love it

 

[Nathan Barley]

Good game

 

[Ceebee]

What an exciting game , well done Suns .

 

[GenericUsername202]

Getting 2019 brisbane vibes from this GC side. Not sure if they can win it, but they're the real deal.

 

[BuntonRules]

"Master of drawing free kicks" should not be a compliment.

Ducking is honestly a blight on the game.

Piss poor umpiring. At no stage did he try to stand up. Rewarding leading with the head.

The Suns rule in Darwin. They live in the north - they do their preseason in the humidity. Co-incidence? I think not.

 

[Darren Downunder]

"Master of drawing free kicks" should not be a compliment.

If you hit an opponents arm with your neck, you shouldn’t get a free kick.

 

[notliondown]

Begrudgingly happy for the Gold Coast. They look good when they get it right...

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Begrudgingly happy for the Gold Coast. They look good when they get it right...

I don't begrudge any team that inflicts defeat on Hawthorn.

 

[Gadzorks]

Wow that second half was incredible. Way better to watch than us v north.

Expect both of those teams to make finals..

 

[Sproj]

Happy GC got up, at least it keeps us Hawthorn behind us still when we inevitably lose to them yet again next week.

 

[mpal6]

Someone in media had a good idea. Start issuing fines for players leading with their head to draw frees. I'd say take that a step further and if the player does it more than 3 times - they miss a game.

 

[mpal6]

Also - hope McKenna gets a full game this week. We really need him in defense next week to mop up the fast break, put a clamp on Hawks smalls and also setup some creative play coming out of back half.

 

[martinson]

I must say the 2 games GC played in Darwin are easily 2 of the best games I've seen tis year . With reasonably high skill levels from all sides.

Noble back and Long forward have added a lot to the Suns this year . Got them over the line last night.

 

[M Malice]

I must say the 2 games GC played in Darwin are easily 2 of the best games I've seen tis year . With reasonably high skill levels from all sides.

Noble back and Long forward have added a lot to the Suns this year . Got them over the line last night.

Yep Ben Long is a hell of a player, slipped by me.

Was he ever this good at the Saints or has he just improved enormously under Hardwick?

 

[KissKiss]

Someone in media had a good idea. Start issuing fines for players leading with their head to draw frees. I'd say take that a step further and if the player does it more than 3 times - they miss a game.

That and the flopping. Hawks are getting pretty bad across the board for playing for free kicks and the worst thing is it works. Newcombe went down twice and got two free kicks in front of goals for it.

Weird they tried to give a fine against one player for flopping this year and picked the guy who actually got hit in the head but now we are seeing more and more playing for frees and nothing being done about it.

Retrospective fines and multiple fines leading to suspensions needs to come in. Who cares if players get wiped out for small offences, thats their fault for doing the wrong thing. The comp is better to stamp it out

 

[KissKiss]

Yep Ben Long is a hell of a player, slipped by me.

Was he ever this good at the Saints or has he just improved enormously under Hardwick?

Big improvement. Was some calls they overpaid for him (same as Noble and Rioli). But at the moment they look completely justified in what they paid.

Ignoring with all their academy picks they have been operating on a different draft capital

 

[GenericUsername202]

It amazes me that someone like Hardwick slipped to the Gold Coast. You can think whatever you want about him, but he's an amazing coach and Gold Coast's results reflect that.

 

[p4p1]

It amazes me that someone like Hardwick slipped to the Gold Coast. You can think whatever you want about him, but he's an amazing coach and Gold Coast's results reflect that.

He knew that the Richmond dynasty was well over. The AFL really want GC to do well. GC has had access to a lot of high end talent and if you can bring the right people in with you to strengthen the off-field staff then they have a huge upside. If you have confidence in your skills to teach a winning game plan and belief that you can retain players by being a driving force behind a new culture at a club then it was a great job to take IMO.
When Hardwick took over they were in a better place than we were when Fages took over.

 

[M Malice]

Did the AFL also allow some of Hardwick's salary to be paid out of the soft cap.

 

[MSB ROYS]

That and the flopping. Hawks are getting pretty bad across the board for playing for free kicks and the worst thing is it works. Newcombe went down twice and got two free kicks in front of goals for it.

Weird they tried to give a fine against one player for flopping this year and picked the guy who actually got hit in the head but now we are seeing more and more playing for frees and nothing being done about it.

Retrospective fines and multiple fines leading to suspensions needs to come in. Who cares if players get wiped out for small offences, thats their fault for doing the wrong thing. The comp is better to stamp it out

They also regularly roast the umpires when they don't get said free kick as well.

 

[KissKiss]

They also regularly roast the umpires when they don't get said free kick as well.

Gotta keep the implied pressure on so they question themselves and pay the next one. The arrogance of it is key to winning the free kick. As much as it infuriates me they are very well coached on how to achieve it.

Mitchell is a very canny coach who IMO opinion is miles ahead of so many other coaches on absolutely milking every loophole and flaw in the system he can. Both on and off field. It kills me both that he does it, we dont do it fast enough, and the AFL dont fix the issues in the first place

 

[dlanod]

Lol. AFL protects their own. They won't fire anyone at that level, never have and never will. Gil sat around and ****ed up for years without repercussions, and Kane's cut from the same cloth - straight off the AFL assembly line of executives.

Andrew Dillon’s leadership is crumbling around him. It’s time for him to stand up

At the end of a disastrous week for the AFL, and in the Sir Doug Nicholls rounds, a crisis is brewing around the league’s most senior Indigenous employee.

www.theage.com.au

Pretty damning across the board.