Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 30

[backtozero]

In hindsight the Gold Coast would have been a great chance against the Crows had they finished 4th. Could've had a home Prelim.

If they can't beat us at AO, then they can't beat them.
Crows beat them with a average margin of ten goals or something ridiculous.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

The first 4 finals were won by the 4 best coaches in the AFL

What not Ken?

 

[#Port Patriot#]

So are we sure Gold Coast was ever losing to the tingles?

Id say yes, or more chance to lose. Crows have a better forward line mostly, than Freo and their backline is fairly well the same. Only difference is the midfield so if Rowell and Anderson got off the hook against Crows they would dominate but if Crows backline held up which is quite possible then it could of been Crows. But who knows.

If anything, the Sun team showed the typical Dimma approach and that's to not give up and keep pushing even when knackered.

In part now, hoping Suns can at least get to preliminary. Will change the game in more ways than one up Qld. The Q clash alone will pump things up

 

[raptalia]

Best not to take that risk, Collingwood was always the preferred option.
Everything is falling into place for Rowey to have a heart attack Friday night.

Crows will get over Hawthorn on Friday night. Despite the raving FOXTEL commentators Hawthorn are not that good. The Crows big test will be the following week when they face a rampant Geelong in Melbourne. I reckon that will be spew time for Rowe and his Cow loving mates.

From where i sit I reckon the two Prelims will be Geelong v Adelaide (Melbourne) and Collingwood v Brisbane (Melbourne) with a Geelong v Collingwood Grand Final and another Victorian AFL Premiership. At least that is where the money is in the betting. Cats are 2.75 to take the flag with Collingwood at 3.50. while the Crows are out to 11.00.

You win some you lose more and think about what you cold be buying instead.

 

[240volt]

What not Ken?

And no Ken with hair, Kingsley.

 

[240volt]

Crows will get over Hawthorn on Friday night. Despite the raving FOXTEL commentators Hawthorn are not that good. The Crows big test will be the following week when they face a rampant Geelong in Melbourne. I reckon that will be spew time for Rowe and his Cow loving mates.

From where i sit I reckon the two Prelims will be Geelong v Adelaide (Melbourne) and Collingwood v Brisbane (Melbourne) with a Geelong v Collingwood Grand Final and another Victorian AFL Premiership.

That would be the favorite way at the moment.
It will be hard for either of Friday nights sides to beat Geelong.
On the other side Collingwood should take care of Brisbane/Gold Coast.
Whoever wins this weekend looks meaningless in the big picture.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

STAND.

The rule says if you are on the mark for a set shot you cant jump up and down and put the kicker off. Its a stupid rule as it has nothing to do with stopping a player from playing on for around the ground.

I am 99.9999% sure David Swallow

24

David Swallow

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

4.4

5star

MG

307.5

4star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

7.3

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

4.6

5star

MG

283.9

4star

D

19.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.0

5star

was not called to play on when he had his shot for goal in the dying seconds of the EF.

Erasmus jumped up and touched the ball. Why didn't the f arken ARC say it was illegally touched so its a goal or a 50m penalty????

It was a bloody stupid way to end a great game, waiting for the ARC to say it was touched after all that time.

 

[Waspy79]

Bring back the Sunday final farken.

TV money rules sadly. You know the league allocated tickets to the GWS and Hawks members that bought in the priority sales window in the outer facing the sun purely for the optics on TV. The better seats facing east and overlooking the players bench were released last and didn’t sell out. What a disgrace.

 

[Waspy79]

STAND.

The rule says if you are on the mark for a set shot you cant jump up and down and put the kicker off. Its a stupid rule as it has nothing to do with stopping a player from playing on for around the ground.

I am 99.9999% sure David Swallow was not called to play on when he had his shot for goal in the dying seconds of the EF.

Erasmus jumped up and touched the ball. Why didn't the f arken ARC say it was illegally touched so its a goal or a 50m penalty????

It was a bloody stupid way to end a great game, waiting for the ARC to say it was touched after all that time.

It is the most amateurly administered professional sporting league on the planet.

 

[240volt]

It is the most amateurly administered professional sporting league on the planet.

It was total on ground confusion after the ball went through the goals.
GC celebrating about the goal then the ball returning to the center and everyone standing there not knowing what’s going on.
Then the ball having to be taken back for the kick out.
All that’s missing was Benny Hill music playing in the background.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

I switched off and went to bed after the winning goal only to find out it was a point.

 

[Grave Danger]

STAND.

The rule says if you are on the mark for a set shot you cant jump up and down and put the kicker off. Its a stupid rule as it has nothing to do with stopping a player from playing on for around the ground.

I am 99.9999% sure David Swallow was not called to play on when he had his shot for goal in the dying seconds of the EF.

Erasmus jumped up and touched the ball. Why didn't the f arken ARC say it was illegally touched so its a goal or a 50m penalty????

It was a bloody stupid way to end a great game, waiting for the ARC to say it was touched after all that time.

The AFL's response when queried on this...

 

[jackag24]

Shai Bolton

10

Shai Bolton

Age

27

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

is really an average player

Consistently performs below his ceiling and plays dumb football

 

[gtrxuone]

Schofield would be the perfect attacking coach for Freo.

The couple of games he coached Wcoast last year.They played a lot better than 2025
Heard hes back at Subiaco for 2026.

 

[TazD]

Norwood v Adelaide jumper clash is about twice as bad as the Hawthorn v GWS clash.

 

[jackag24]

Gee it sure is SUNNY today

 

[gtrxuone]

watch him win another couple of Premierships for them

It will be harder for Jarrod.Subi don't have Western suburbs junior zones.Where 70% of the juniors play.

 

[gtrxuone]

Shai Bolton is really an average player

Consistently performs below his ceiling and plays dumb football

Freo thought he was their missing link

 

[Cosmicwinduptoy24]

The better coaches stand out more in finals that's stating the obvious who would you rather have as a coach Hardwick or longmuir. Mitchell or Kingsley Mcrea or Nicks. It's not hard to distinguish which coaches have it and which ones don't and to think our club couldn't see this for a decade is staggering.

Except that Hinkley performed well in finals during his first two seasons here.

The elephant in the room is that this club has struggled in finals at AFL level since its inception.

It didn’t start with Hinkley, and it won’t end with Hinkley, because he’s not the root cause.

 

[Alyx]

 

[Mufc1975]

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this is just what i was looking for, it will be perfect to wipe out my cat's litter tray

 

[Doctor Feel]

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Print it out and stick it up in the window where the men in black cutout was for all those years and draw a penis on it.

 

[SC_Power]

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The download one is pretty lame.

The paper one is far more realistic because it’s made of, you know, paper.

 

[Alyx]

Norwood are so poor, these were the biggest tarps they could afford.

 

[powermacs]

South Australia is starting to eat itself. Crows and Balfours

Crows will get over Hawthorn on Friday night. Despite the raving FOXTEL commentators Hawthorn are not that good. The Crows big test will be the following week when they face a rampant Geelong in Melbourne. I reckon that will be spew time for Rowe and his Cow loving mates.

From where i sit I reckon the two Prelims will be Geelong v Adelaide (Melbourne) and Collingwood v Brisbane (Melbourne) with a Geelong v Collingwood Grand Final and another Victorian AFL Premiership. At least that is where the money is in the betting. Cats are 2.75 to take the flag with Collingwood at 3.50. while the Crows are out to 11.00.

You win some you lose more and think about what you cold be buying instead.

Hawks jumped jumped them last time but fell short. Rankin was best on ground.

Hawks are a massive chance. I would not be confident in the slightest if I was the crows.