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So here's my vent. How do the mods keep letting these shit posters reappear time and time again to put shit on our team and our supporters? We all know this is Silent Alarm who has been banned over and over again but he keeps popping up like a festering pus filled pimple.

He adds nothing to the conversation except criticism and when we win he goes to ground again.

Can't we have a rule that if you are banned you are banned for ALL aliases? Different if he came back on and tried to actually contribute, but he just shits on the club and all of us supporters who are not as clever and edgy as him.

I'm quite happy to cop a ban for this, so **** OFF Shipping Report.
While we are on the vent thread - I find posters who make it their mission to police other posters pretty annoying.

Just let it ride and as other’s have said, mute someone you don’t like. It’s an anonymous comments forum, there will be extreme views, both positive and negative, that’s what makes it great.

Censorship of opinion is never appropriate outside of extreme circumstances (racism, bigotry), and even then there is a good argument to be made that there should be no censorship but a public shaming and interrogation of why the view is wrong.

Preventing publication of confidential or personal information is another one where it may be justified.

But outside of those, running to mods to ban people or whatever because you disagree with their take or find them too ā€˜negative’ is weak IMV. The notion that all supporters must be effusive over all aspects following a good win is also nonsense. Ross’ truism is actually so accurate in all aspects if life: Never as good, never as bad.
 
While we are on the vent thread - I find posters who make it their mission to police other posters pretty annoying.

Just let it ride and as other’s have said, mute someone you don’t like. It’s an anonymous comments forum, there will be extreme views, both positive and negative, that’s what makes it great.

Censorship of opinion is never appropriate outside of extreme circumstances (racism, bigotry), and even then there is a good argument to be made that there should be no censorship but a public shaming and interrogation of why the view is wrong.

Preventing publication of confidential or personal information is another one where it may be justified.

But outside of those, running to mods to ban people or whatever because you disagree with their take or find them too ā€˜negative’ is weak IMV. The notion that all supporters must be effusive over all aspects following a good win is also nonsense. Ross’ truism is actually so accurate in all aspects if life: Never as good, never as bad.
Agree with all of that, I enjoy the cut and thrust of differing opinions. However I disagree with personal abuse, particularly of other posters.

I have great fun going to and fro with posters I disagree with, but I draw that line at walking past someone like Silent Alarm calling our supporters ****ing morons. The standards you walk past are the standards you accept.

If you're happy with that good for you - put me on ignore šŸ‘
 

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Agree with all of that, I enjoy the cut and thrust of differing opinions. However I disagree with personal abuse, particularly of other posters.

I have great fun going to and fro with posters I disagree with, but I draw that line at walking past someone like Silent Alarm calling our supporters ****ing morons. The standards you walk past are the standards you accept.

If you're happy with that good for you - put me on ignore šŸ‘

You're not such a bad bloke
 
Agree with all of that, I enjoy the cut and thrust of differing opinions. However I disagree with personal abuse, particularly of other posters.

I have great fun going to and fro with posters I disagree with, but I draw that line at walking past someone like Silent Alarm calling our supporters ****ing morons. The standards you walk past are the standards you accept.

If you're happy with that good for you - put me on ignore šŸ‘
Fair enough mate - I don’t ignore anyone!
 
It’s very obvious to an observing football fan that Amiss doesn’t go far enough back and then kicks with zero momentum and gets too close to the man on the mark. I’d rather he go back have a good run up and kick with decent space from the man on the mark. If the ball falls short so be it. Better than these horrible kicks that go out of bounds. Look back to his first and second years in WAFL and AFL he used to go around on the arc a little which is fine - do that again. Now he goes back off the short run up and runs directly at the man on the mark and either skies it offline or just shanks it trying to kick the leather off the ball.
One goal of his is burned into my mind, was against Geelong a couple of years ago.

He took a mark on the 50 and actually went back and took a proper run up, did a bit of an arc and cleared the goal line half post height.

Don't know why that wasn't played back to him and worked on
 
Made a commitment to myself to not drink anymore

I don't drink much but I need to stop completely

I'm roasting at myself for drinking at the game

2 bourbons and 1 beer cost 45 dollars wtf! Optus has forced me to stop
It’s over rated mostly except when you get shit faced with mates a couple of times a year , then it’s fun 😁
 
So here's my vent. How do the mods keep letting these shit posters reappear time and time again to put shit on our team and our supporters? We all know this is Silent Alarm who has been banned over and over again but he keeps popping up like a festering pus filled pimple.

He adds nothing to the conversation except criticism and when we win he goes to ground again.

Can't we have a rule that if you are banned you are banned for ALL aliases? Different if he came back on and tried to actually contribute, but he just shits on the club and all of us supporters who are not as clever and edgy as him.

I'm quite happy to cop a ban for this, so **** OFF Shipping Report.
I'm convinced it's the same guy who was running the Flagmantle Facebook page (RIP/Good Riddance)
 

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One thing, albeit small, is that these sort of incredible all time wins should be solidifying the team into the top 4 or even top 2. Instead it’s keeping us in the top 8 and needed breathing space.

The team is capable just the silly loses always seem to occur along the way.
 
One thing, albeit small, is that these sort of incredible all time wins should be solidifying the team into the top 4 or even top 2. Instead it’s keeping us in the top 8 and needed breathing space.

The team is capable just the silly loses always seem to occur along the way.

Yeah agreed

We got off to an ordinary start to the season and are roaring home. Almost a little too late.
 
Can I vent at the Vic bias umpires?
No, that is Collinwood's God given privilege 🤣

To be fair, after being 12 - 2 at one stage it definitely evened up, finishing 24 - 20. If you read the Pies supporters on the main board game day thread we were gifted that game by the umpires 😳

Genuine question Swanny, are you seeing the similarities between us and the Pies this year (since the Saints debacle)? We don't tend to beat up on the weaker teams but we are bloody hard to beat. The last two weeks are what finals will look like and I think we're showing the right stuff.
 
No, that is Collinwood's God given privilege 🤣

To be fair, after being 12 - 2 at one stage it definitely evened up, finishing 24 - 20. If you read the Pies supporters on the main board game day thread we were gifted that game by the umpires 😳

Genuine question Swanny, are you seeing the similarities between us and the Pies this year (since the Saints debacle)? We don't tend to beat up on the weaker teams but we are bloody hard to beat. The last two weeks are what finals will look like and I think we're showing the right stuff.
As I've said all season, I'm slowly coming around, but have had a consistent pass mark that is to win a final. It's looking more and more likely we could reach or even surpass that mark, but being a Freo fan, it's a very one week at a time outlook.

Maybe i'm just scarred but there is a sick part of me that still thinks the Eagles is a danger game, even though on paper we should absolutely belt them.

JLo deserves a lot of credit for the last fortnight in particular - his two best wins of his entire tenure, to come from behind at 3QT to beat both Hawks and Pies is incredible, but we have 5 more weeks of footy, and after last seasons debacle, it's hard to go the early crow.

Also - Pies fans have reached a level of delusion I didn't even think existed - maybe it's because they're bad, but I hate all these Vic clubs way more than West Coast these days.
 
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