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

[HinkleysHeroes]

Warrior is a refreshing change from brave.

Probably a typo, meant to read 'Brave warrior'.

 

[pastmyprimus]

A quote from Niall's little sook:

While we will only know how unfair the season was with the benefit of 2020 hindsight, this season is becoming less friendly to the Victorians, who are about to discover what it's like to be spending extended periods living out of a suitcase.

That's code for : I'll write a positive article about how fair the season was all things considered if a Vic team wins the GF. But if an inter-state club wins, my angle will be : an interstate club wins a rather meaningless GF in a season that was tilted heavily against the Vic clubs.

 

[Capital Power]

Loved this bit ...

"Right now the rules are weighted against Victorians, since we are living in what West Aussies and Queenslanders view as the state of contagion."

I don't think it's just a "view" old mate ....

Yep, it's been tough on Victorian players, living in their own community and playing all their games at home. I should check the ladder and see - they should be blitzing it...

 

[gbear]

A quote from Niall's little sook:

While we will only know how unfair the season was with the benefit of 2020 hindsight, this season is becoming less friendly to the Victorians, who are about to discover what it's like to be spending extended periods living out of a suitcase.

That's code for : I'll write a positive article about how fair the season was all things considered if a Vic team wins the GF. But if an inter-state club wins, my angle will be : an interstate club wins a rather meaningless GF in a season that was tilted heavily against the Vic clubs.

What an utter knob Jake is!

 

[Capital Power]

Presumably all these Victorian "journalists" peddle the VFL narrative so they continue to be fed stories and the odd GF ticket.

 

[GremioPower]

Port: 1g @ AO
GC: 4g @ MS
Lions: 3g @ Gabba
Hawks: 2g @ MCG
Pies: 2g @ MCG
Cats: 2g @ KP
StK: 3g @ Marvel
Bombers: 1g @ Marvel

 

[Grave Danger]

Maybe Crows could get at least one of those first rounders a bag of stale chips back for him...

 

[Papa G]

Maybe Crows could get at least one of those first rounders a bag of stale chips back for him...

Whilst Victorian journos and players talk about the mental health issues around Hubbing in a luxury hotel for a month or so, just think about the mental health issues old Bryce would be facing. Yeah he's still getting paid a fair bit of dough, but he is now being treated like a pariah by the the club, the Adelaide media and the Adelaide fans. What he cost the club in both draft picks and coin will increasingly be blamed for their shitfulness. What was to be the missing piece has turned out to be anything but. He's still in their best 22 (as they barely have a dozen AFL standard players) but they won't play him. If the rumours of his gambling debts are true, you'd have to think Bryce isn't in a very good head space at all. Almost feel sorry for him.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

But still no talk of a hub for SA. Even though both Port and the crows went to a Qld hub.

Maybe they figure Vic teams transplanted to Queensland can travel to SA for games.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Maybe Crows could get at least one of those first rounders a bag of stale chips back for him...

He's been destroyed by the crows according to Ambassador-in-Chief.

 

[PowerBaz]

But still no talk of a hub for SA. Even though both Port and the crows went to a Qld hub.

Maybe they figure Vic teams transplanted to Queensland can travel to SA for games.

I reckon we will be a hub later - so teams that are in open borders to ours can just fly in and play.

 

[Grave Danger]

He's been destroyed by the crows according to Ambassador-in-Chief.

I wonder if those are Graham's words or Ross's...

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I reckon we will be a hub later - so teams that are in open borders to ours can just fly in and play.

That's not really a hub though, just a FIFO arrangement.

And if the borders are open the AFL can just as easily send us there to play, like our game v GWS.

 

[pastmyprimus]

He's been destroyed by the crows according to Ambassador-in-Chief.

A coincidence that Cornes is a mate of Bryce's dad?

Edit : Grave Danger - thinking alike

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Are we invisible to Travis Auld?

AFL fixtures boss Travis Auld says all clubs face the prospect of spending four or five weeks away from home at some stage this season, similar to the time WA clubs West Coast and Fremantle will serve in Queensland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/victorian-afl-clubs-set-for-extended-road-trips/12405182

 

[manureid]

Are we invisible to Travis Auld?



https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/victorian-afl-clubs-set-for-extended-road-trips/12405182

We don't count because we just do what we are told.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Young Gun #6]

Ok round 7 vs saints cancelled from being in Vic. SA now matching QLD if we play a Vic team we’d have to quarantine for 14 days afterwards.

 

[GremioPower]

Is it me, or the AFL has a palpable disdain towards South Australia? It looks like a silent hate or something related.

 

[Capital Power]

Ok round 7 vs saints cancelled from being in Vic. SA now matching QLD if we play a Vic team we’d have to quarantine for 14 days afterwards.

Good. I like that the well being of the players (and those they come into contact with) trumps the VFL.

 

[Capital Power]

Is it me, or the AFL has a palpable disdain towards South Australia? It looks like a silent hate or something related.

It doesn't suit the current agenda (maximising financial return) that one of the minnows is on top of their precious VFL

 

[Burningleviathan]

They need to work out the next two rounds then have a bye so teams can quarantine and move into hubs to finish off the season.

 

[70sDinosaur]

Probably a typo, meant to read 'Brave warrior'.

More like Woodville Warrior, circa 1984.

 

[PowerBaz]

That's not really a hub though, just a FIFO arrangement.

And if the borders are open the AFL can just as easily send us there to play, like our game v GWS.

Thats what I meant sorry.... they can just come to a hub and play from open states.... in a hub

 

[Steve Dore]

I find it somewhat ironic that the AFL's efforts to ensure that the Victorian clubs are minimally disadvantaged by the changes to the draw as a result of COVID-19 could possibly see the season cancelled because of Victorians.