Think Tank What do we rename "The Big 4" to now?

[Mofra]

My dearest footy aficionados,

With a heavy heart (and an even heavier sense of deja vu) I must revive this fred. I’d clung to the nostalgic fantasy that one of the three ex-Big-Four stragglers might haul itself back into relevance. But alas, sentimentality is for Disney films, not the AFL ladder.

Accordingly, I’m thrilled to announce a new, data-driven membership model:
Brisbane + Bulldogs + Collingwood = “The BBCs.”
Catchy, educational, and (crucially) accurate.

All grievances of this decision may be forwarded to the board of directors of Essendon, Carlton and Richmond, who somehow sleep soundly atop mountains of member money whilst serving weekly reruns of mediocrity (please allow 6 - 8 decades for a response).

Yours in ruthless rebranding,
Gentle FK.

I suggest if anyone is worried about the ambiguity of this post they should immediately Google BBC from their work computer.

 

[Mofra]

Richmond the only club in VFL
,AFL history to have rules changes made against us when we won flags
That makes us the big one I woulda thought.

Third man up rule changed after 2016.

Big Bulldogs

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

CFL were so terrified we would beat their love child the Bears they ruined Steve McKee’s career

Rule change grounds Magpie: Malthouse

www.theage.com.au

Struggletown,that is what Richmond was called.

You mean 9thmond

 

[gappa]

Third man up rule changed after 2016.

Big Bulldogs

Interchange cap to stop Swanny in 2011.

 

[Geelong Dynasty]

Richmond the only club in VFL
,AFL history to have rules changes made against us when we won flags
That makes us the big one I woulda thought.


#EatEmAlive
#weareeveryonesgrandfinal

Third man up in the ruck rule came in to stop Blicavs.
Father son rule changed because if Geelong.

The sense of self importance in your post is enormous

 

[frggr]

Richmond the only club in VFL
,AFL history to have rules changes made against us when we won flags
That makes us the big one I woulda thought.
First team with one million through the gates.
First team to 100k members.
All done while the umpires reamed us a new one and media bayed for Tiger blood.
Pies also get four times more positive publicity in the media than any other club which helps bandwagonners to jump on to the birds.
Umps adore Collingwood.
Imagine going to a game knowing the umps will cup your players bums.
We don't get that luxury at Tigerland.
Struggletown,that is what Richmond was called.

#EatEmAlive
#weareeveryonesgrandfinal

This has to be satire

Father Son rules changed because of Geelong's 1980s virility


For some reason the powerhouse Hawfies didn't produce to many kids - wonder why?

 

[frggr]

Third man up rule changed after 2016.

Big Bulldogs

And Blicavs

 

[Geelong Dynasty]

The players who will be most affected by AFL banning third-man up

The clubs, players hit hardest by rule change

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Chronz]

I think now it's just the 'big fish' in a sea of minnows. At least the tugs won some premierships, even though one of them was the covid cup*. What the **** have the Tankers and Seasondone (great new nickname thanks to Meteoric Rise) been doing for the last quarter of a century? I'll tell you where they're headed though, following the path to irrelevance right behind the Aints.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

I think now it's just the 'big fish' in a sea of minnows. At least the tugs won some premierships, even though one of them was the covid cup*. What the **** have the Tankers and Seasondone (great new nickname thanks to Meteoric Rise) been doing for the last quarter of a century? I'll tell you where they're headed though, following the path to irrelevance right behind the Aints.

I can't take the credit for that one, saw it copied from a social media post on our board. Thought it was too good to go to waste though, so when I saw the chance, I took it.

 

[Catsace]

This has to be satire

Father Son rules changed because of Geelong's 1980s virility


For some reason the powerhouse Hawfies didn't produce to many kids - wonder why?

And the ones that did, they traded them off to Sydney (Kennedy) or the Tiggers (Tuck).

But they did have 'double python' man Langford Jr who seemed to reincarnate Peter Daicos-style goalkicking skills to help them in their 3-peat for about a season.

 

[the avoca drover]

For some reason the powerhouse Hawfies didn't produce to many kids - wonder why?

Steroids?

 

[frggr]

Steroids?

Ding ding ding

Corrrrrect (allegedly)

 

[the avoca drover]

Ding ding ding

Corrrrrect (allegedly)

Or it may be something to do with the 48% stuff that some people mention.

 

[Geelong Dynasty]

Or it may be something to do with the 48% stuff that some people mention.

Do you mean the 48% more free kicks they get than the average team?

Oh wait I remember

 

[FireKrakouer]

Fellow esteemed experts in footy dissapoinment,

It is with the utmost reluctance (and barely-contained smugness) that I must once again bump this obviously prophetic thread. Rarely has a joke aged so finely and so quickly.

This past round provided indisputable evidence: while the mighty BBCs delivered a deep penetrating flogging of their oppositions - including bitter, rejected applicants like the Cats (on their shameful cheatground, no less) - the FFS teams (Former Four Society) managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with all the precision of a Greek tragedy performed in clown shoes... even against norf

I ask that you update your lexicon accordingly, and spread the word of our now fully ratified terminology. The Big Four is dead. Long live the BBCs.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Fellow esteemed experts in footy dissapoinment,

It is with the utmost reluctance (and barely-contained smugness) that I must once again bump this obviously prophetic thread. Rarely has a joke aged so finely and so quickly.

This past round provided indisputable evidence: while the mighty BBCs delivered a deep penetrating flogging of their oppositions - including bitter, rejected applicants like the Cats (on their shameful cheatground, no less) - the FFS teams (Former Four Society) managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with all the precision of a Greek tragedy performed in clown shoes... even against norf

I ask that you update your lexicon accordingly, and spread the word of our now fully ratified terminology. The Big Four is dead. Long live the BBCs.

You just barely got 43 thousand to come to watch the 2010 Grand Final Replay replay.

Minnows.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Richmond the only club in VFL
,AFL history to have rules changes made against us when we won flags
That makes us the big one I woulda thought.
First team with one million through the gates.
First team to 100k members.
All done while the umpires reamed us a new one and media bayed for Tiger blood.
Pies also get four times more positive publicity in the media than any other club which helps bandwagonners to jump on to the birds.
Umps adore Collingwood.
Imagine going to a game knowing the umps will cup your players bums.
We don't get that luxury at Tigerland.
Struggletown,that is what Richmond was called.

#EatEmAlive
#weareeveryonesgrandfinal

Swannies the only team in AFL history to have trade bans put in place for legal trading activity.

Mike Fitzpatrick operated and enabled genuine corruption at AFLM both on and off field

 

[Chronz]

You just barely got 43 thousand to come to watch the 2010 Grand Final Replay replay.

Minnows.

It was at Marvel.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

It was at Marvel.

Right, 80% capacity for a Grand Final Replay replay between two Melbourne clubs.

Minnows.

 

[FireKrakouer]

You just barely got 43 thousand to come to watch the 2010 Grand Final Replay replay.

Minnows.

A lion does not care of the opinion of sheep.

A surgeon does not ask a butcher how to hold a knife.

A chess grandmaster does not seek advice from a rookie checkers player.

Your multiple jealous melts are noted and dismissed.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

A lion does not care of the opinion of sheep.

A surgeon does not ask a butcher how to hold a knife.

A chess grandmaster does not seek advice from a rookie checkers player.

Your multiple jealous melts are noted and dismissed.

A club seeking to set itself apart as a bigger deal than the real big deal does not draw 43k to a Grand Final Replay replay between two Melbourne clubs.

 

[Chronz]

A club seeking to set itself apart as a bigger deal than the real big deal does not draw 43k to a Grand Final Replay replay between two Melbourne clubs.

Calm down Theoretic. Here's some factual stats coming your way. As usual, we're at the top.

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

Another Meteoric Demise meltdown in progress I see

Father Son rules changed because of Geelong's 1980s virility

Shame some of them turned out to be god bothering homophobes…

It’s going to be hilarious when GCS snaffle GAJs second son under F/S

A lion does not care of the opinion of sheep.

A surgeon does not ask a butcher how to hold a knife.

A chess grandmaster does not seek advice from a rookie checkers player.

Think tiddlywinks is more his level

 

[Meteoric Rise]

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Calm down Theoretic. Here's some factual stats coming your way. As usual, we're at the top.

Lol Blues sacking their coach and you are barely getting more than them. Minnows.