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[Peninsula Boy]

Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

44

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

is probably my GOAT ruck but I'm not getting a good sense of him being an able coach.

I guess it's only been a year or so so time will tell.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

It’s amazing how people have no problems with the cost of something when they’re not paying for it.

Amen

It’s always easier when it’s someone else’s money.

 

[240volt]

Amen

It’s always easier when it’s someone else’s money.

There’s only one thing better than money and that’s other people’s money.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It's sad to read this, putting aside club rivalry, Chelsea is a top line player of the comp

 

[Grave Danger]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Jake Stringer to go on drinking binge and fight Steven May to stop clubs to consider drafting him.

 

[Buget]

Full out of Leek Aleer?

Plus, it’s pretty safe to assume no one is going to pick up Stringer, so they don’t run the FA risk if they de-list/rookie list anyone else.

 

[240volt]

Jake Stringer to go on drinking binge and fight Steven May to stop clubs to consider drafting him.

He actually had a reasonable season last year, well better than I expected.
Him and Wines from the same draft, feels like an eternity ago.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

He actually had a reasonable season last year, well better than I expected.
Him and Wines from the same draft, feels like an eternity ago.

Lol he looks at least 10 years older than Ollie

 

[240volt]

Lol he looks at least 10 years older than Ollie

Must be the water

 

[Brian McGee]

I always thought Connor stone looked like he would become a good player. Tall, powerful and quick. I don’t know why it hasn’t come together for him yet… I know he had a big injury this year though.

 

[Rash]

 

[DaTBird187]

The AFL should change the rookie list to the 'Old players we don't want to delist but don't want to pay full wages to list'

 

[Alyx]

I'm not crying. You are.

 

[Grave Danger]

I'm not crying. You are.

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Real name: Walter Mitty

 

[bomberclifford]

Is Big Dog, Wazza?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Minotaur2]

I've actually been a spectator at AFL games in Tasmania when Port was playing - two in Launceston and one in Hobart.

Not a dogs breakfast at all. The worst thing about the Hobart game was the absence of a crowd and the fact there were no direct flights from Adelaide - necessitating a layover in Melbourne. The weather was a bit chilly but totally fine for a winter sport. A decent modern amphitheatre stadium without a roof would be fine for almost every game and event that would be held there as it is in every other state.

The roof thing is over-rated hype. A condition of entry demand from the AFL that it hasn't imposed on any other team despite the fact its own roofed stadium at Marvel has been anything but a success.

FFS. Hobart isn't Denver or Buffalo - two of several US cities with regular extreme winter conditions with NFL stadiums without roofs.

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As has been pointed out - the comparison with the redevelopment of a long standing existing stadium at Adelaide Oval - a city with two AFL teams, an established test and international cricket venue with a capacity of close to 55k in a city with a population of 1.4 million - with what is being proposed for Macquarie Point in a city of just 250k is a false one.

Good post.

It does not actually rain that much in Hobart.

Annual rainful.

1. Darwin 1723.1 mm
2. Sydney 1213.4 mm
3. Brisbane 1148.8 mm
4. Perth 730.9 mm
5. Melbourne 648.3 mm
6. Canberra 615.4 mm
7. Hobart 612.2 mm
8. Adelaide 526.7 mm

There are so many examples like the US ones you gave. Neither Manchester Team or Liverpool has a roof. It pretty much rains all the time there. Biggest Football teams in teh world, rains all the time and doing just fine without a roof.

This whole idea that they can only play AFL in the future in a stadium with a roof is nuts considering they currently play AFL without roof.

Also seem pretty risky to build such a relatively small stadium with a roof and therefore completely restrict any future increase in capacity.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Good post.

It does not actually rain that much in Hobart.

Annual rainful.

1. Darwin 1723.1 mm
2. Sydney 1213.4 mm
3. Brisbane 1148.8 mm
4. Perth 730.9 mm
5. Melbourne 648.3 mm
6. Canberra 615.4 mm
7. Hobart 612.2 mm
8. Adelaide 526.7 mm

There are so many examples like the US ones you gave. Neither Manchester Team or Liverpool has a roof. It pretty much rains all the time there. Biggest Football teams in teh world, rains all the time and doing just fine without a roof.

This whole idea that they can only play AFL in the future in a stadium with a roof is nuts considering they currently play AFL without roof.

Also seem pretty risky to build such a relatively small stadium with a roof and therefore completely restrict any future increase in capacity.

I don't know where you got your figures from, but having just lived thru the wettest winter in Perth in over 30 years, I know the Perth long term average figure of approx 150 years is understated by 15% above, as its 844mm

But the higher Perth figure strengthens your case.

The AFL are control freaks, and because it drizzles a lot in Hobart, like Melbourne, you have a lot of days affected by clouds, rain and cold temperatures.

In Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, it usually pours when it rains and then stops and is warmer when it rains than in Hobart and Melbourne, and Adelaide too.

Its bullshit that they need a roof, but to placate the 18 clubs, wanting Tassie to be a success from day 1, and not be a long term financial burden like the Suns and Giants (and others), the AFL and its clubs have put burdens on a Tassie bid, not just the roof, but other things, that every expansion side didn't have to fund up front before they got a licence.

This is all driven by greed and fear, 2 things the AFL and its 18 clubs do very well.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Davies on the job at Carlton

 

[SC_Power]

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Really? We’re with Essendon and Carlton? And a year ahead of Richmond and North Melbourne?

I’m assuming they’ve just ordered these by finishing positions 2025.

 

[240volt]

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Looks about right to me if we draft / trade well.

 

[Doctor Feel]

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Norf and Essendon even being on there

 

[240volt]

Norf and Essendon even being on there

As shit as Norf are they outscored us by 100 points last year.