Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 14

[FPPF]

Does anyone think that non-Vic clubs referring to them selves as interstate clubs is damaging?
I think it reinforces the us vs them mentality especially for the Victorians, with their whole "you joined our comp".
Shame the Vics can put their internal state rivalries aside when it counts, but the SA/WA/NSW/QLD clubs can't find common ground, or don't seem to want to.

The only way to break the pro-Vic bias, is to hit the AFL, or make the threat of a hit real enough, on them financially. That can only be done with a united "interstate" front.

The media plays a big role in this. SA media can't wait to lay the boot in to Port over anything, which helps maintain division.
Victorian clubs/media at least seem to be able to put their differences aside for their own greater good.

 

[proman_x]

Bit of nostalgia for you, John Cahil being celebrated for playing 251 games with some past legends.

 

[JimmyBC]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

 

[philthy05]

Sport shouldn’t be treated as competing with Netflix

the heart of sport is competition (ie my best vs your best) spectacle, tribalism and family / friends.

focus on that rather than stupidly trying to compete with online delivery of screen stories which is only going to detract from what makes sport great.

no one is going to be hovering over the Netflix button and suddenly think, hey, the afl games are only 15min qtrs now and I find that more appealing than binge watching that new show!

afl is a ritual that people get sucked into because of heroes and awe and peers. Focus on that.

 

[LFC2010]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

He thinks he's the voice of the vfl, sad thing is the vfl bow down to him like he's a god or something.

Collingwood netflix series incoming.

 

[JimmyBC]

Sport shouldn’t be treated as competing with Netflix

the heart of sport is competition (ie my best vs your best) spectacle, tribalism and family / friends.

focus on that rather than stupidly trying to compete with online delivery of screen stories which is only going to detract from what makes sport great.

no one is going to be hovering over the Netflix button and suddenly think, hey, the afl games are only 15min qtrs now and I find that more appealing than binge watching that new show!

afl is a ritual that people get sucked into because of heroes and awe and peers. Focus on that.

The thing is for me all this talk about a shorter game dilutes what the game is & it's starts becoming a parody, I want players that can run all day burning off knackered opponents late in games for instance etc some of the greatest moments come when guys are flat out on their feet.. if game time is ever drastically reduced a permanent asterisk will apply to future records imo.

 

[1954]

Bit of nostalgia for you, John Cahil being celebrated for playing 251 games with some past legends.

Some sensational memories there, and I can't recall ever seeing `Blossom' Blagrove of `get a kick and I'll ******* kill you ' fame with hair before, he usually had a number 1 in his playing days, but that would have been recorded in 1971 or 72 when longer hair and sideburns was the norm.

I'm glad Jack mentioned that Ian Hannaford retired too early, from memory he gave the game away when only in his mid 20's, and for those who weren't around at the time to see him play he could probably be described as an earlier version of Warren Tredrea.

The other noticeable thing with players of that era was the size of the chest and shoulders of most of them, they may have lacked height when compared to modern players but I doubt they lacked anything in upper body strength, and those blokes were only part timers who all held regular jobs.

 

[Steve Dore]

Bit of nostalgia for you, John Cahil being celebrated for playing 251 games with some past legends.

go Ports!

sack Hinkley

 

[chiwigi]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

Do that and I might just stay home to watch on the telly instead.
The length of the game makes it worth the trip into town.
Ironically he'd have a better argument if games were played in suburban grounds and you just had to pop down the road.

 

[Steve Dore]

Does anyone think that non-Vic clubs referring to them selves as interstate clubs is damaging? ...

It just highlights that the non-Vic clubs see themselves as playing in the AFL.

In a national competition there are no interstate clubs in the context of the competition.

 

[Papa G]

The talk of the Grand Final being held at night this year has annoyed me, but not surprised me. Not the fact that it's at night, this year in particular I don't really give a shit. More about how it all fits in with the Manikato and the Cox Plate and how that, Racing and the Victorian State Government will be happy about it and what a great outcome it is for Victoria.

Make no mistake, when facing the VicBias question, it isn't just the (V)AFL we are fighting. It is a concerted effort by the Victorian State Government, parties such as the MCC, Victorian business interests, Channel 7 Melbourne and the Victorian media as a whole. Footy was never going to be held in "HUBS" that didn't include Victoria. It just wasn't ever going to happen. It is inconceivable to them for this to occur. It is their industry and they will stop at nothing to keep it that way. I have had discussions about this with somebody who has been embedded in their sports/government/major events sphere for 20 plus years, and it ain't a conspiracy theory.

 

[chiwigi]

The talk of the Grand Final being held at night this year has annoyed me, but not surprised me. Not the fact that it's at night, this year in particular I don't really give a shit. More about how it all fits in with the Manikato and the Cox Plate and how that, Racing and the Victorian State Government will be happy about it and what a great outcome it is for Victoria.

Make no mistake, when facing the VicBias question, it isn't just the (V)AFL we are fighting. It is a concerted effort by the Victorian State Government, parties such as the MCC, Victorian business interests, Channel 7 Melbourne and the Victorian media as a whole. Footy was never going to be held in "HUBS" that didn't include Victoria. It just wasn't ever going to happen. It is inconceivable to them for this to occur. It is their industry and they will stop at nothing to keep it that way. I have had discussions about this with somebody who has been embedded in their sports/government/major events sphere for 20 plus years, and it ain't a conspiracy theory.

Yup, it's the industry side they are ringfencing, they couldn't give a shit about sport.

'Sporting Capital'. That title rings hollow when it is done in an unsporting manner.

 

[Interstater]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

Perhaps his new Amazonian overlords are flexing and he has to prove his influence.
Shorter game in the same time period = more advertising.

As Bob said, you have to serve somebody.

 

[Alberton Proud]

LOL they can't stop talking about it




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[Duck Farmer]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

When is he going to tell the NFL it's doomed?

 

[Duck Farmer]

LOL they can't stop talking about it


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Victorians will always talk about South Australians? Really?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

LOL they can't stop talking about it


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[Tibbs]

LOL they can't stop talking about it


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"An inadvertent, accidental mishap" ........................ Brought about by zero oversight of young players in an ill-conceived, questionable endeavour. Showing overall poor governance and poor management, by what has been proven over time to be a poor Administration!

Result: Another Crows debacle!

 

[edgie]

Eddie says we need to shorten the game to compete with things like Netflix regardless of the pandemic.. lol fck me and this guy has a say in what the PAFC wears, we need this fckwit out of clubland so bad it hurts.

Compete with Netflix? The thing where people binge an entire tv series? Watch a dozen hours in one day?

On that logic we need eight hour games of footy (I'm ok with this).

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[Enviable Tradition]

"An inadvertent, accidental mishap" ........................ Brought about by zero oversight of young players in an ill-conceived, questionable endeavour. Showing overall poor governance and poor management, by what has been proven over time to be a poor Administration!

Result: Another Crows debacle!

A clerical error you could say...

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[LFC2010]

The talk of the Grand Final being held at night this year has annoyed me, but not surprised me. Not the fact that it's at night, this year in particular I don't really give a shit. More about how it all fits in with the Manikato and the Cox Plate and how that, Racing and the Victorian State Government will be happy about it and what a great outcome it is for Victoria.

Make no mistake, when facing the VicBias question, it isn't just the (V)AFL we are fighting. It is a concerted effort by the Victorian State Government, parties such as the MCC, Victorian business interests, Channel 7 Melbourne and the Victorian media as a whole. Footy was never going to be held in "HUBS" that didn't include Victoria. It just wasn't ever going to happen. It is inconceivable to them for this to occur. It is their industry and they will stop at nothing to keep it that way. I have had discussions about this with somebody who has been embedded in their sports/government/major events sphere for 20 plus years, and it ain't a conspiracy theory.

There is no #VIBIAS at all, it's all in our heads, nothing to see here.

Just look at the problems they're dealing with re: umpires & the showdown. Should be minimum 3 AFL based field umpires in every state, the fact there isn't tells you know how cooked the AFL are.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

LOL they can't stop talking about it


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Let me guess -Fages made this ‘tough, hard hitting comment’ to someone in the SA media ?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[El Zorro]

The Netflix comparisons seem inappropriate but I am totally for shorter games.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Could you throw a mill my way too