'Questions that don't warrant a thread' Thread - Part 2

[kimbopen]

Anybody know whether when using Tapatalk we can view polls? Never have been able to thus far

Also, why again are Geelong (fondly) referred to as The Handbaggers? Where/what is the origin of this?

In relation to the Handbaggers moniker, the story I heard was that in the 60's and 70's (I think), whenever the team would lose, supporters would tie handbags to the Melbourne Road bridge so that the players would see them on their way back home.
It probably equates to "We think you played like a bunch of shielas today, the only thing missing was the handbags - and here they are!"

 

[kimbopen]

Late 60's and through the 70's Lew Richards (ex Collingwood then Sun News C7 commentator) gave many personalities and Clubs nic names. He called the pussies the Handbaggers and it stuck.

In 2008 the week prior to the Grannie some "guys" made a Handbaggers sign and concreted on the side of the Geelong freeway.

Probably still on utube

Not sure if this will work:

 

[The BIG X]

Not sure if this will work:

Well done Kimbopen - anyone reconise thes "guys"

 

[kimbopen]

Well done Kimbopen - anyone reconise thes "guys"

Pretty sure H2F is one of them ... I think he (among others) was also responsible for this in 2012 - a few days before the GF, every sign in Richmond and surrounds saying Swan St was changed to Hawks St!

 

[Big A]

In relation to the Handbaggers moniker, the story I heard was that in the 60's and 70's (I think), whenever the team would lose, supporters would tie handbags to the Melbourne Road bridge so that the players would see them on their way back home.
It probably equates to "We think you played like a bunch of shielas today, the only thing missing was the handbags - and here they are!"

Didnt realise their own fans turned on them and thus the moniker was from their own doing. Magnificent stuff of legend if so

So feral fans turning on themselves and melting;
Cats - The Handbaggers
Tigs - dump manure, spit on their players and microwave memberships
Scum - will turn on Hird and there will be a freeforall all-in soon

Any others?

 

[The BIG X]

Didnt realise their own fans turned on them and thus the moniker was from their own doing. Magnificent stuff of legend if so

So feral fans turning on themselves and melting;
Cats - The Handbaggers
Tigs - dump manure, spit on their players and microwave memberships
Scum - will turn on Hird and there will be a freeforall all-in soon

Any others?

Tigs also had chicken hearts dumped at Punt Rd enterance
Scum had marshmellows thrown onto the ground

 

[badgrill]

Well done Kimbopen - anyone reconise thes "guys"

careful posting that - someone may get a little 'cranky'.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Not a question but a bit of useless trivia...

I was browsing the Sydney International website (tennis) and happened to notice all these photos were taken by Matt Spangher's sister Narelle.

http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2016/01/player-party-at-the-pullman

 

[Brant]

Not a question but a bit of useless trivia...

I was browsing the Sydney International website (tennis) and happened to notice all these photos were taken by Matt Spangher's sister Narelle.

http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2016/01/player-party-at-the-pullman

Seriously, thank you Bumps for posting that here instead of creating a thread about it.

I know it makes perfect sense, going by the thread title, but, well... You know...

 

[Pessimistic]

So, any decent footy news recently? Seems a bit quiet

 

[Brant]

So, any decent footy news recently? Seems a bit quiet

Dan Howe apparently training well

 

[Davo23]

So, any decent footy news recently? Seems a bit quiet

Isaac Smith won the 3 km run.
Billy was second.

No football was actually kicked during the run.

 

[cryptor]

Isaac Smith won the 3 km run.
Billy was second.

No football was actually kicked during the run.

Ahh "the one that matters". Hartung must be on the Geelong running program currently.

 

[kazzooka]

Isaac Smith won the 3 km run.
Billy was second.

No football was actually kicked during the run.

Was Hill third? hopefully is was right up there with them again this year.

 

[Noneedforaname]

Is Watson the footballer going to that celebrity jungle thing?
Give the campaigner a one way ticket if it is.

 

[Bikefreak]

Is Watson the footballer going to that celebrity jungle thing?
Give the campaigner a one way ticket if it is.

The fu*ken saturation advertising for this rubbish show is pi*sing me off big time. What a bigg toss off and it hasnt even started ffs. Another two weeks of suffering ch 10 drivel before another crap show kicks off.

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[kimbopen]

The fu*ken saturation advertising for this rubbish show is pi*sing me off big time. What a bigg toss off and it hasnt even started ffs. Another two weeks of suffering ch 10 drivel before another crap show kicks off.

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Ch7 is the same with MKR - and it's only going to get worse during the tennis!

 

[Thaihawk]

Late 60's and through the 70's Lou Richards (ex Collingwood then Sun News C7 commentator) gave many personalities and Clubs nic names. He called the pussies the Handbaggers and it stuck.

In 2008 the week prior to the Grannie some "guys" made a Handbaggers sign and concreted into the side of the Geelong freeway.

Probably still on utube

Also responsible for "Lethal" and "Dipper."

 

[Thaihawk]

Tigs also had chicken hearts dumped at Punt Rd enterance
Scum had marshmellows thrown onto the ground

What about the 21 sheep's hearts delivered to the Footscray players Waverley. Now that upset Ted (Mr. Football) Whitten.

 

[Agent Smith]

The fu*ken saturation advertising for this rubbish show is pi*sing me off big time. What a bigg toss off and it hasnt even started ffs. Another two weeks of suffering ch 10 drivel before another crap show kicks off.

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Ch7 is the same with MKR - and it's only going to get worse during the tennis!

Ch 9 beats them both with this constant Australia's Got Talent drivel. And it is constant.

 

[IdiotBox]

Is Watson the footballer going to that celebrity jungle thing?
Give the campaigner a one way ticket if it is.

It may just be a red herring, but the socks that the footballer is wearing would suggest an ex-Cats (or north) player. Not that I care as I won't be watching such shite.

 

[Argy]

It may just be a red herring, but the socks that the footballer is wearing would suggest an ex-Cats (or north) player. Not that I care as I won't be watching such shite.

Sam Newman!

 

[Bikefreak]

Sam Newman!

Would suit him.

A dickhead handbagger of the highest order.

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[Bikefreak]

This should be interesting.

Tennis probe uncovers evidence of match-fixing.


A 2007 match involving Martin Vassallo Arguello and Nikolay Davydenko was investigated for betting irregularities.
AFP

Tennis authorities have taken no action despite repeated warnings that a network of players on the professional circuit are suspected of match-fixing, an investigation by two media organisations has revealed.

Key points:

16 players lost games when suspicious bets were placed against them, the reports say
Players targeted in hotel rooms and offered $73,100 or more per fix
One player due to compete in Australian Open suspected of fixing his first sets
Tennis authorities aware of match-fixing, but ATP president believes any activity on "incredibly small level"
BuzzFeed News and the BBC have revealed details of their investigation as the first grand slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, is set to begin at Melbourne Park.

The findings of the joint investigation included:

A US Open champion and doubles winners at Wimbledon were among a core group of 16 players who had repeatedly been reported for losing games when highly suspicious bets have been placed against them;
One top-50 ranked player competing in the Australian Open is suspected of repeatedly fixing his first set;
Players were being targeted in hotel rooms at major tournaments and offered $US50,000 ($73,100) or more per fix by corrupt gamblers;
Gambling syndicates in Russia and Italy have made hundreds of thousands of dollars placing highly suspicious bets on scores of matches — including at Wimbledon and the French Open;
The names of more than 70 players appear on nine leaked lists of suspected fixers who have been flagged to world tennis authorities over the past decade without being sanctioned.
ATP president Chris Kermode told a press conference in Melbourne that there was no truth to suggestions that tennis authorities were not taking match-fixing seriously or failing to investigate allegations.

"The Tennis Integrity Unit and the tennis authorities absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match fixing has been suppressed for they reason or isn't being thoroughly investigated," he said.

"While the BBC and BuzzFeed reports mainly refer to events from about 10 years ago, we will investigate any new information and we always do."

Kermode had earlier told the BBC that while match-fixing did occur in tennis, he believed it was at an "incredibly small level."

Follow our live blog as the world reacts to reports of match-fixing in tennis

Report looked at analysis of betting on 26,000 tennis matches

Evidence uncovered by the joint investigation also included a bundle of leaked internal documents — the so-called Fixing Files — and analysis of betting on 26,000 tennis matches.

The leaked files reportedly contained evidence of suspected match-fixing by gambling syndicates based in Russia and Italy uncovered as a result of an investigation in 2008, but over which no action had been taken.

The gambling analysis found 15 players whose matches regularly had heavily one-sided betting that substantially shifted the odds — seen as an identifier of possible match-fixing.

Four players showed particularly unusual patterns — they had lost nearly all of the matches where gamblers had betted heavily on one side.

Given the initial odds, the chances that the players would perform that badly were less than one in 1,000.

The 2008 investigation was triggered by a notorious match in Poland in August 2007 between Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Argentine player Martin Vassallo Arguello, which attracted millions of dollars' worth of highly suspicious bets from Russian-based accounts.

The ATP found no evidence of rule-breaking by either player.

However, the leaked files reportedly showed that Vassallo Arguello exchanged 82 text messages with the suspected ringleader of an Italian gambling syndicate.

Italian and Russian gambling syndicates and another in Sicily were found to have placed suspicious bets on 72 matches involving 28 players that the investigators flagged to the authorities.

Suspected players appearing on lists 'time and time again'

Video: Significant evidence of match fixing among tennis top 50: Buzzfeed (ABC News)
BuzzFeed UK investigations editor Heidi Blake told ABC News 24 that nine lists of players suspected of involvement in match-fixing had been sent to the Tennis Integrity Unit at Wimbledon since 2008.

"We can see the same 16 names appearing time and time again on those lists," Blake said.

"A core group of players, all of whom have ranked in the top 50, and half of whom are about to begin playing at the Australian Open on Monday.

"We can see that these guys just coming up again and again. Many of them were flagged back in 2008 by the investigators hired by the association of tennis professionals and yet they're all still playing."

Tennis Integrity Unit set up after 2008 probe

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), set up in the wake of the 2008 investigation, has disciplined 13 low-ranking male players for fixing since its inception and banned five for life.

The leaked files revealed investigators implicated 28 players in suspected fixing and urged that they face a full disciplinary investigation.

But TIU head Nigel Willerton said authorities had drawn a line under the evidence uncovered, because lawyers had advised that a new integrity code introduced in the wake of the 2008 investigation could not be enforced retrospectively.

"As a result, no new investigations into any of the players who were mentioned in the 2008 report were opened," Willerton said.

Willerton told Buzzfeed the sport took "a zero-tolerance approach to all aspects of betting-related corruption" and "all credible information received by the TIU is analysed, assessed and investigated by highly experienced former law-enforcement investigators".

Ben Gunn, a former police chief who led the review that recommended the formation of the TIU after 2008 said world tennis was failing to confront the issue of match-fixing.

He said authorities had missed "a perfect opportunity" to clean up the sport.

"What they did is a plastic solution which was not effective then and it's not effective now."


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