Unpopular AFL Opinions
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- Jun 27, 2010
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Tassie team is a waste of time and money if we're not culling Melbourne clubs. Half of a 'national' comp in a single city is a joke.
I know, not an unpopular opinion among club presidents from AFL viability POV.
I know, not an unpopular opinion among club presidents from AFL viability POV.
Matt Cottrell is an AFL standard player. Carlton play better football when he’s in the team, and if they win a flag he’ll have been part of the 22
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This is a pretty popular opinion amongst Carlton supporters. He's gone from having laughably bad skills and no real redeeming qualities apart from a a huge engine to having really solid skills and a bit of X-factor.
Always cracked in hard, but just looked like a guy we'd be replacing in a year or two.
Happy to be wrong about him.
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Swear I have read Silvagni is 194cm, which would make him a couple cm taller than Curnow.
Curnow's always been pretty solid, but has just slowly added mass and got leaner and probably looks taller than he is.
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The umpires whistles are too loud on tv.
If teams are passing to each other in the backline, the ump still blasts the whistle loudly.
If teams are passing to each other in the backline, the ump still blasts the whistle loudly.
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Darcy is ok, Dermott is good imo, Brayshaw is fake and BT always bags the umps and is usually wrong.
Darcy is an abomination, Dermott is a clown.
Agree with your assessment on the other two.
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Do you mean the umps are blowing them too loud or the TV mics are turned up too high when they don’t need to be?
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Hahah see he gets it, KP makes you a top 4 team. Everybody knows it, it’s why people aren’t scared of you in finals and want to play you first.
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Tv mikes too loud
They need an excuse to be able to have BT/HAMISH etc etc yell at us in our lounge rooms!
A Tassie team defies responsible logic, but not for that reason. It doesn't need a reason.
The population of VIC and NSW and QLD are projected to hit into the 10's at the highest (14.5, 14.2, 10.1 respectively) by 2060. To put it in perspective, the population of just VIC and NSW combined is projected to exceed the population of Australia today. Add QLD to the mix and you have a coastline with the population of Canada today. That is an emerging market that is going to not only sustain the said amount of teams, but also grow them.
Tassie, on the other hand, her projected population by 2060 is.... 700k. A measly 200k increase. Now compare 700k to 38.8 million, or even just 14 million. An absolute, insignificant, drop in the ocean. The equivalent of the town of Yaas to the city of Sydney.
It's unfortunate for the state of Tasmania, but them's the breaks. Many people would love to own many expensive things, and morally they may be entitled to it, but they ain't getting it until they can afford it. Affordability drives the world, we live in capitalist society for a reason, which is all fine and dandy until someone doesn't feel it suits them. And the competition is a market within that. It makes sense to put your plans for the future of the business in areas that will help grow the game to higher and higher levels and return the most money for the investment, which funnels back into the league. You either have more babies to increase your population, incentivise a reason for people to come and increase your population, or deal with it.
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If a tassie team defies logic how about pouring $60 million down the drain at the Gold Coast , a place where over 15 sporting teams have died.?
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This would be true if the AFL was “just a business”. But it isn’t, it’s a tax exempt organisation who’s responsibility is to grow and be a steward of the game, across the whole country, not just where it’s profitable to do so. It is the AFL’s responsibility to ensure that football thrives in Tasmania, and I think an AFL team is an important part of that.
just get tassie in - their rivalry with gold coast will be immense
When did it have to be percentage based? If you have enough people to sustain a team, that’s all that matters. The Swans and Giants aren’t going to build 200k seat stadiums to play in, their stadiums will stay the same and as such their crowds will be limited to the same limits they have now for the foreseeable future.
Sydney Brisbane and Canberra and Melbourne between them support, what, 11 million people between them? They have 4 super rugby teams.
NZ has less than half that population in its entirety and supports 5 teams. And they actually get supported. They are viable, never in any financial trouble that I’m aware of and have perpetually good crowds. Why? Because they are supported by enough people to fill their stadiums and buy their merchandise. That’s all it takes.
We should have Tassie because Clarko says so
I hate how SEN make it all about the phrase this loser made up for iconic moments, and they’re getting longer and longer
what's he done / doing?
Giving me the shits.
