A.F.L Thread

[FaaipDeOiad]

Great game. Tippett's a gun.

 

[alternative]

**** you Hall!!

 

[cameeel]

Barry Hall, Superstar.

 

[mikeW]

Bitterly disapointed to lose today as i wlways thought we had the game under control until the last qtr. Some stupid decisions cost us dearly. Tippett and Edwards were brilliant.

 

[Jono]

Barry Hall's triple 50m penalty against Sydney surely the talking point of the round.

Completely changed the face of that game.

 

[Redbacks]

More than enough Selwoods playing in Perth currently

 

[Burgey]

Barry Hall's triple 50m penalty against Sydney surely the talking point of the round.

Completely changed the face of that game.

Devastating as that was for a Swans supporter, it was ****ing hilarious.
Can't say I've seen a 150m free before. No surprises it went against Sydney though.

For the Vics amongst us - Robert Walls- I've often wondered who this bloke is? He coached Roos didn't he? Paul Roos I mean.
Anyway, been meaning to post for a while that I think he's a ****. Talks like he never made a mistake - ****s me to tears really, coz I figure if he was mistake-free as a coach, he wouldn't be commentating. And why does he talk about it like it's brain surgery? He sounds like one of those appalling tennis commentators who see Earth-shattering revelations in every point.
Why doesn't he just **** off, I guess I'm saying.
Edit: great goal by Chapman there for the Cats

 

[pasag]

For the Vics amongst us - Robert Walls- I've often wondered who this bloke is?

Was a great Carlton player. Sort of like the Ian Chappell of football, but not as smart.

 

[Jono]

Yeah, calling Walls the Chappeli of football is probably a good comparison. He's obviously smug, but he was a three-time premiership player for Carlton, and a premiership coach.

Reckon he's done enough to be able to rate himself.

He's also a Hall of Famer.

 

[Jono]

Btw, Gary Ablett Jnr, what more can be said? Unbelievable player.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Shocker of a tipping round. Wrong tips on Essendon and Hawthorn.

For some reason, not unhappy.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Great choice I made in supporting Adelaide

What a game! Bad luck mikeW; I thought Essendon played bloody well but Adelaide's accuracy and some moments of great skill from the Adelaide forward line turned the tables.

A great game for the neutral too, I suspect.

 

[pasag]

Great choice I made in supporting Adelaide

What a game! Bad luck mikeW; I thought Essendon played bloody well but Adelaide's accuracy and some moments of great skill from the Adelaide forward line turned the tables.

A great game for the neutral too, I suspect.

Never be magnanimous to an Essendon supporter. When you beat them the only course of action is to point and laugh.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Never be magnanimous to an Essendon supporter. When you beat them the only course of action is to point and laugh.

Oh no! Heef makes another b00b comment about AFL.

Thanks for the tips, though. I'll soon learn

 

[Jono]

These are the rules:

- Hate Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon and rejoice if your team beats them, no matter how crap your own team's season is going (unless you support them of course)
- Laugh at Richmond (even if you do support them, like me ) and Fremantle
- Watch Geelong and St Kilda every chance you get, because they're aesthetically amazing

Feel free to add others...

 

[Redbacks]

Yeah, calling Walls the Chappeli of football is probably a good comparison. He's obviously smug, but he was a three-time premiership player for Carlton, and a premiership coach.

Reckon he's done enough to be able to rate himself.

He's also a Hall of Famer.

In that case: Ian is instructing current players to beat the living suitcase out of Binga as we speak

 

[Redbacks]

-Lament at how dour the Swans are 60 seconds into the match,
-Praise 'Shinboner' spirit when ever the roo's play well.

Like Walls on the couch, he was very honest I thought. When he thought a team or a player weren't good enough he would say it flat out. Even better listening to him commentate when the Blues give the pies a belting and the fans are leaving. "Goodbye Joffa and Co. thanks for coming today. Gee I love the look on the Magpie fans faces right now"

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Can't say I've seen a 150m free before. No surprises it went against Sydney though.

Fev gives away 3 a season.

 

[howardj]

'big name' coaches are behind the times. The game has surpassed the Malthouses, the Sheedy's, and now the Wallace's of the game.

Look at the more successful clubs these days:
Clarkson
Thompson
Voss
Ratten

Richmond need someone recently out of the game to coach them next year. If they name some old hack, I will no longer be supporting them.

Richmond need a coach to do what Leigh Matthews did when he arrived at Brisbane. That takes experience at well managed clubs, and a club willing to do whatever it takes to deliver on those demands.

A "young man" may be 'in touch' but won't have the necessary power or natural authority to make the changes that a rabble like Richmond need, both on and off the field.

The long term plan should be a short term (2-3 years) commitment to an architect and a succession plan to hand over a first rate football department to a "young man".

Richmond are a long term project and a young man could simply lose his way which would be a disaster for all concerned.

 

[mikeW]

Great choice I made in supporting Adelaide

What a game! Bad luck mikeW; I thought Essendon played bloody well but Adelaide's accuracy and some moments of great skill from the Adelaide forward line turned the tables.

A great game for the neutral too, I suspect.

Certainly a high standard game, didn't think Adelaide's game plan was going to work early. They seemed to just be trying to play on the counter-attack with numbers behind the ball. Then Tippett just kicked some great goals and marks. If truth be told before yesterday's game i had Adelaide pegged as an average side but following yesterday i can seem them making the top 4. A classy outfit with some unheralded players like Vince and Knights and even amazingly Edwards.

From an Essendon perspective whilst it was a disappointing loss its one we'll learn from. Coughing up that 21 point lead in the 3rd will teach us a bit, getting games into Reimers, Prissmall, Mcveigh whilst not at there peak fitness will do them good. Really thought Prismall got better as the game went on. Always good to see a superstar return to some form too. Scotty Luuuuuccas is back!