Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 7

[Smithy7]

Oh dear ... listening to 5AA ... wrinkles Cornes upset a lady when he said she had a posh voice .. she said she had a cold then hung up on him .. never change Graham. You just too good for anyone else.

 

[Harlott]

No one is claiming it's the missing piece to the puzzle. It's a persuasion tool that has the potential to limit how often we lose 50/50 umpiring calls and maybe even win a couple of free kicks where it matters. It could be the difference in a close game. I'd argue that it has been an effective tool for the Scott brothers and Clarkson.

There's also the issue of defending your players in public. It all plays into the mindset of our players, the mindset of the umpires and the mindset of the opposition. In a game where psychology is so critical to success, it beggars belief that we don't actively take every advantage that we possibly can.

To me it beggars belief how some on here think it's so important. I'm pretty sure most if not all coaches would be happy to not attend pressers.

 

[70sDinosaur]

Oh dear ... listening to 5AA ... wrinkles Cornes upset a lady when he said she had a posh voice .. she said she had a cold then hung up on him .. never change Graham. You just too good for anyone else.

Don't most people with colds sound like sex hotline workers?

 

[Smithy7]

Don't most people with colds sound like sex hotline workers?

what crap... she was about to talk about the showdown when he said it.

 

[edgie]

What did he have to say about Gunston getting a free kick and goal after holding his opponent out of a marking contest with a handful of jumper?

I'm surprised that was only replayed once. I remember the Royal Commission headed by BT and Richo when Jay Schulz did it that time.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

MRO has cleared Parker. Good decision. Means we have a 2018 decision to bench mark against.

 

[El Zorro]

Under any sort of pressure last night he just bombed blindly. There was nothing new about him at all. Same bloke who dropped a mark and fell over when there was a final to be won. Was he coached to do that? Leopards and spots.

Honestly sometimes I think people see what they want to see to vilify this coaching group from every angle.

So 5 games under Clarko should've fixed 5 years under Ken by now?

 

[Forzaport]

Parker cleared, which IMO is the right decision, but the MRP has stated that "Parker was contesting the ball and had no realistic alternative way to contest the ball".

That said, I would argue that, based on AFL Tribunal testimony by the AFL's counsel, Parker did in fact have the option of running away and should therefore have been suspended for at least 1 week.

If Gray played for any other club, there would have been a massive stink kicked up. Nope. Silence.

 

[El Zorro]

MRO has cleared Parker. Good decision. Means we have a 2018 decision to bench mark against.

You keep talking about benchmarks like if there were actually a thing with the AFL. What part of chook raffle confuses you?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

So 5 games under Clarko should've fixed 5 years under Ken by now?

He arrived with those decision making and disposal skills. You think we didn't try to fix that? The die is cast.

Same as Butcher. Cannot kick for goal and it won't change now.

 

[It Just Is]

Geelong with another late change this week.

When do we start wondering if there is an element of match fixing?

 

[PAFC66]

when are they going to call this GWS experiment a fail?

 

[Doctor Feel]

View attachment 496023 when are they going to call this GWS experiment a fail?

There is about 500 there and it's so quiet you can hear the flag pole cord banging against the flagpoles.

 

[finbarr]

I like when goal umpires get side on to adjudicate a line ball decision on the goal line and they lean forward intently with their hands behind their backs. Like doing this is going to somehow improve their vision or something.

 

[Doctor Feel]

This game is absolutely horrible.

 

[finbarr]

View attachment 496023 when are they going to call this GWS experiment a fail?

The AFL has completely misread the sporting mentality of the average Sydneysider. They love events. They attend events. A Sydney Swans game is an event but it’s unlikely a GWS game ever will be. It’s why the NRL will always continue to play home and away games at suburban boutique stadiums and the bigger stadiums only sell out for State Of Origin and The Grand Final. It’s not that people in Sydney don’t care about their sport, they just approach it differently than we do. It’s always been like this and always will be. One AFL team in Australia’s largest city is probably enough.

 

[Doctor Feel]

#freekickwestcoast

 

[Magus]

Changed my tips at the last minute from Sydney to Hawthorn and West Coast to GWS. Have some regrets.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

You keep talking about benchmarks like if there were actually a thing with the AFL. What part of chook raffle confuses you?

I have mentioned benchmarks once re chook lotto. I think you are confused.

There is some bullshit argument that 2018 starts fresh and they won't look back. It now meansif you have an appeal you can show a 2018 incident to the appeals panel and say what is the difference between my incident and Parker's or any other incident. You couldn't do that in the past. That is what I mean by benchmark.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Dermie. "They got stiff there the eagles."

Ohh err.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Geelong with another late change this week.

When do we start wondering if there is an element of match fixing?

Before or after the 90 minute cut off? If before no big deal.

 

[Buget]

View attachment 496023 when are they going to call this GWS experiment a fail?

It’s also f@#king cold, wet and blowing a gale in Sydney. It’s GWS vs West Coast, so not many would have travelled from the west. Not to mention it’s was a 1345 game and Saturday school sports would still be on.

Just terrible timing by the AFL, but we should know all about that at Port Adelaide.

 

[PAFC66]

If Carlton beats Essendon today its gonna tell us even more about our group.

 

[PAFC66]

West Coast are better than i though or maybe GWS are just shit.. all talent and nothing else like us?

 

[Palpatine_Power]

West Coast are better than i though or maybe GWS are just shit.. all talent and nothing else like us?

Loads of injuries