Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 30

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[SureBuddy]

Free kicks, Hawthorn 26, Camry Crows 24.

Easy to see why the Camry Crows supporters feel they've been robbed.

This is the biggest problem with our game right now. Yet again another game has reached a 50+ free kick count total. The game is just way over umpired. That number should be 30 max for a full game. When you get to finals, the number drops big time. Why can’t they do that all season?

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

 

[Grave Danger]

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Why leave out Fogarty - he contributed a further 0.1 and literally lost them the game.

 

[Grave Danger]

A combined 35,637 at the Thurs/Fri blockbusters this round - who says the AFL manipulate the fixture just to maximise revenue?

 

[It Just Is]

A combined 35,637 at the Thurs/Fri blockbusters this round - who says the AFL manipulate the fixture just to maximise revenue?

For the first time I can remember they are playing night games in Tassie this season.

6.11 beating 5.14 drives home the point about building a roof.

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Why leave out Fogarty - he contributed a further 0.1 and literally lost them the game.

Yeah but how tough did he look smashing the ball out of bounds rather than just fumbling it intelligently.

 

[Waspy79]

Just rewatched the last play. There was definitely no 50 there. Right result.

Regardless, why didn’t the umpire stop the clock? He just let the clock run down while the ball was not in Flog’s hands.

It’s the most amateur “professional” sports league on the planet.

 

[Steve Dore]

The "tap on" from Dawson to Rankine for the Camry Crows' last goal could also have been called a throw.

 

[Traveling_Power]

Just remembered that the Crows lost that game - lol.

better still remember

Port can beat the hawks ... the cows cant

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Yeah but how tough did he look smashing the ball out of bounds rather than just fumbling it intelligently.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

For the first time I can remember they are playing night games in Tassie this season.

6.11 beating 5.14 drives home the point about building a roof.

Was there a night game there between these two a few years back, poured with rain and the crows won after trailing all night?

And the day game where the crows kicked 14 straight to half time and lost by 3 points.

 

[Festerz]

As an another election has just been called in Tasmania, Albanese has again publicly backed the AFL's proposal for a roofed stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart, saying it will transform a rubbish dump into a vibrant new precinct.

Seems like the AFL has lobbied Albanese to do this. What's the bet he will announce an increase in the amount of Federal Government money that's put into the stadium build as an election sweetener. Well played Dillon.

Given that both the Tasmanian Liberals and the ALP back the stadium, a bucketload of more Australian taxpayers money into the mix (reducing the amt required from the Tasmanian govt) will make it a certainty I think.

Albanese backs Hobart stadium to transform ‘rubbish dump’ waterfront site

‘You need to have a proper urban development project at Macquarie Point’…

pulsetasmania.com.au

 

[240volt]

As an another election has just been called in Tasmania, Albanese has again publicly backed the AFL's proposal for a roofed stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart, saying it will transform a rubbish dump into a vibrant new precinct.

Seems like the AFL has lobbied Albanese to do this. What's the bet he will announce an increase in the amount of Federal Government money that's put into the stadium build as an election sweetener. Well played Dillon.

Given that both the Tasmanian Liberals and the ALP back the stadium, a bucketload of more Australian taxpayers money into the mix (reducing the amt required from the Tasmanian govt) will make it a certainty I think.

Albanese backs Hobart stadium to transform ‘rubbish dump’ waterfront site

‘You need to have a proper urban development project at Macquarie Point’…

pulsetasmania.com.au

If the AFL demand a new stadium they should be paying for it.
Tasmania can’t and the rest of Australia shouldn’t on principle alone.

 

[Lagooner]

The "tap on" from Dawson to Rankine for the Camry Crows' last goal could also have been called a throw.

That one was absolutely a throw but half of the “handballs” these days are throws as well. The fist needs to provide the propulsion, not the bottom hand. It’s up to personal taste if this happens before or after the flick of the seat warmer.

 

[Festerz]

If the AFL demand a new stadium they should be paying for it.
Tasmania can’t and the rest of Australia shouldn’t on principle alone.

Federal Governments have helped fund new and upgraded stadiums and facilities for a wide variety of sports and their clubs across Australia, including ours. So in terms of principle, I see no reason why Tasmania doesn’t deserve to get a large chunk of Federal funding for its new social infrastructure project.

That was never in doubt.

The issue is how much and for what. And the AFL demanding a gold plated stadium with a roof before it lets a Tasmanian team in a national competition seems to me to require the AFL, a not for profit organisation with a very healthy bank balance, to dish up a lion’s share of the investment required.

 

[240volt]

Federal Governments have helped fund new and upgraded stadiums and facilities for a wide variety of sports and their clubs across Australia, including ours. So in terms of principle, I see no reason why Tasmania doesn’t deserve to get a large chunk of Federal funding for its new social infrastructure project.

That was never in doubt.

The issue is how much and for what. And the AFL demanding a gold plated stadium with a roof before it lets a Tasmanian team in a national competition seems to me to require the AFL, a not for profit organisation with a very healthy bank balance, to dish up a lion’s share of the investment required.

I don’t have a problem with the federal government helping out states with projects like this.
The reason I don’t want my money being used is because it’s not a state initiative, they are being blackmailed by the AFL with the no stadium no deal attitude, that’s why I believe they should be putting up the cash.
If the AFL don’t want to pay for it they should STFU and let Tassie do what they can afford.

 

[Capital Power]

Can we have one at Manuka too? Bloody socialists here completely unwilling to turn us into a marginal territory, so we just get ignored by both sides...

 

[240volt]

Can we have one at Manuka too? Bloody socialists here completely unwilling to turn us into a marginal territory, so we just get ignored by both sides...

You don’t need it, with the amount of people that turn up they should just let them park their cars around the ground.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Hogan 6 goals to 3 quarter time against Brisbane. BZT caned him last week.

 

[240volt]

Hogan 6 goals to 3 quarter time against Brisbane. BZT caned him last week.

BZT is a lot better player than he gets credit for, his absence has been sorely missed this year.
I still believe he’s our best defender.

 

[240volt]

Brisbane are our main rivals for shit goal kicking.

 

[Capital Power]

You don’t need it, with the amount of people that turn up they should just let them park their cars around the ground.

Nimbies would never allow it. Manuka's biggest issue is that it is in the middle of our prime housing suburbs, it was hard enough to get the lights up. I think there was an upgrade proposal a few years ago which didnt get very far for that reason.

We can get crowds here - until recently GWS' average crowd here was higher than it was at its home ground, despite them never playing any of the "big" teams here. The Matildas played at Bruce Stadium (also almost completely uncovered) midweek last week and managed a capacity crowd (25,125) on a cold Canberra evening.

 

[240volt]

Nimbies would never allow it. Manuka's biggest issue is that it is in the middle of our prime housing suburbs, it was hard enough to get the lights up. I think there was an upgrade proposal a few years ago which didnt get very far for that reason.

We can get crowds here - until recently GWS' average crowd here was higher than it was at its home ground, despite them never playing any of the "big" teams here. The Matildas played at Bruce Stadium (also almost completely uncovered) midweek last week and managed a capacity crowd (25,125) on a cold Canberra evening.

The Matildas will always draw a reasonable crowd wherever.
I just don’t see the GWS thing taking off , you live there so you would know the answer to this question.
Can you see GWS ever taking over from the Raiders and NRL in general?