A.F.L Thread

[howardj]

Carlton vs St Kilda
Footscray vs Port Adelaide
Richmond vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Brisbane
Adelaide vs Kangaroos
Essendon vs Melbourne
Sydney vs Collingwood
Fremantle vs Geelong

 

[NZTailender]

Loving the Richmond love. Also, you're all doomed.

 

[Ausage]

Carlton vs St Kilda
Footscray vs Port Adelaide
Richmond vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Brisbane
Adelaide vs Kangaroos
Essendon vs Melbourne
Sydney vs Collingwood
Fremantle vs Geelong

 

[Matt79]

skd, what happened to Jess Sinclair? I remember him being delisted, but do you recall why? Wasn't that bad, was he? I remember start of 07 he was ripping it.

Retired.

 

[mikeW]

St Kilda
Footscray
Richmond
Hawthorn
Adelaide

 

[Redbacks]

IIRC the AFL refused when we asked to sell a game to WC/Fremantle as Perth is already 'conquered' in Footy terms (we have a few thousand members in WA), would imagine they would say the same about any proposal to play in Adelaide

As mentioned on the footy show, things may have changed as the AFL are now looking for bargaining chips to get a better stadium deal in Melbourne. They won't continue to let their clubs lose $300,000 on home games if they can make the same in profit by playing once in Perth/Adelaide a season. Ultimately the AFL is wearing some of the cost for the stadiums deal by having to bail out the financially struggling clubs

 

[Trumpers_Ghost]

Saints are going to smash us. 60+ pts.

ahh...such pessimism.

A power club getting smacked around for ten years by a minnow has got to sting hard. It's time for revenge.

I can dream can't I?

 

[Johnners]

Carlton vs St Kilda
Footscray vs Port Adelaide
Richmond vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Brisbane
Adelaide vs Kangaroos

 

[superkingdave]

Carlton vs St Kilda
Footscray vs Port Adelaide
Richmond vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Brisbane
Adelaide vs Kangaroos
Essendon vs Melbourne
Sydney vs Collingwood
Fremantle vs Geelong

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Carlton vs St Kilda
Footscray vs Port Adelaide
Richmond vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Brisbane
Adelaide vs Kangaroos
Essendon vs Melbourne
Sydney vs Collingwood
Fremantle vs Geelong

 

[superkingdave]

As mentioned on the footy show, things may have changed as the AFL are now looking for bargaining chips to get a better stadium deal in Melbourne. They won't continue to let their clubs lose $300,000 on home games if they can make the same in profit by playing once in Perth/Adelaide a season. Ultimately the AFL is wearing some of the cost for the stadiums deal by having to bail out the financially struggling clubs

If we were merely renting Etihad instead of purchasing it for the AFL we might be able to make more money out of it, so to make 650K out of one game as has been quoted for the WA game would be very hard to turn down. Its different from selling to other places as we are obviously not going to relocate to Perth so the members will be less concerned, can imagine other clubs not being happy about WC having another home game. Demitriou has said they would have turned down the request of the bat as they have done in the past if it wasn't for the current situation.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Dream Team Update

1. The Golden Boys (Jonathan) 7-1 114.28% 28
2. Oldham Kangaroos (Dave) 6-2 112.15% 24
3. Burpengary Bulls (Sean) 6-2 106.27% 24
4. Aquiline (Gerard) 6-2 105.57% 24
5. Team Earth (Barney) 5-3 102.23% 20
6. Yellow&Black (Juan) 5-3 98.42% 20
7. Stuntney Swans (Dale) 4-4 101.48% 16
8. Brenton's Doggies (Brenton) 4- 4 101.31% 16
9. Opening Balance (Kingsley) 4-4 100.92% 16
10. The Cabo Cubs (Ferg) 4-4 100.14% 16
11. Goal Square Harmsy (Ryan) 4-4 98.34% 16
12. my team wins again (Ryan) 3-5 96.47% 12
13. Neitz's Tired Legs (Mat) 3-5 96.44% 12
14. Kipper XVIII (Callum) 2-6 98.83% 8
15. B-Ridge Buckaneers (Michael) 1-7 89.22% 4
16. wat (Daniel) 0-8 79.32% 0

The reigining premiers, Augustus's all-conquering Golden Boys once again lead the way, but are being hard-pressed by dav's 'Roos, who're leading the pommie challenge this year, Sean's Burpengary Bulls & Gerard's (Casson?) Aquiline, who all lie just 4 points behind. My unbeaten league campaign seems a distant memory, being stuck down in 7th with only percentile points keeping me in the 8. Last year's runners-up, Smitteh's wat, prop things up, but he at least has the excuse of not being arsed.

& I play Jono this round too. Decided to save the transefers and take my arseholing on the chin, if that isn't too much of an anatomical mixed metaphor nightmare/disturbing mental image.

 

[cameeel]

CW Verdicts Round 12 - Part 1

St. Kilda 20 0 Carlton
Western Bulldogs 19 1 Port Adelaide
Richmond 15 5 West Coast
Hawthorn 18 2 Brisbane
Adelaide 20 0 North Melbourne

No close matches there, Richmond v West Coast looking the only one likely for an upset if the CW tipsters are to be believed.

 

[pasag]

Brisbane are a good chance to get up over the Hawks, suprised they only got 2 tips.

Really looking forward to tonight's game.

 

[cameeel]

Brisbane are a good chance to get up over the Hawks, suprised they only got 2 tips.

Really looking forward to tonight's game.

No Merrett, Patful, or Drummond bodes well for Franklin/Roughead though, and Hawthorn don't lose too often down in Tassie.

 

[pasag]

Carlton not doing too badly!

 

[pasag]

Damn, 4 quick goals to St Kilda. All over.

 

[Redbacks]

<chickens b4 they hatch>

 

[pasag]

Fev finally kicks one, not much in it at 3 qtr time.

 

[Redbacks]

N.Riewoldt carving up in Supercoach - 132 at 3/4 time