Re: AFL 2008 thread

by Nath Sun 11 May 2008, 01:43

those new camera angles were total rubbish!

by Ross Mon 12 May 2008, 00:28

Phurt, I've always wanted to watch the goal umpire fill in his scorecard.

by embee Mon 12 May 2008, 01:14

Ross wrote:Phurt, I've always wanted to watch the goal umpire fill in his scorecard.

Statsnerd!!!!

by lardbucket Thu 15 May 2008, 10:56

St Kilda, Hawthorn, Geelong, Brisbane, North, Adelaide, Bulldogs, and Sydney.

Die, Carlton and Collingwood.

by Nath Thu 15 May 2008, 11:31

Should be a few serious floggings on the weekend...

by Ross Fri 16 May 2008, 01:03

Same tips as lardy.

by Invader Zim Fri 16 May 2008, 01:18

lardbucket wrote:St Kilda, Hawthorn, Geelong, Brisbane, North, Adelaide, Bulldogs, and Sydney.

Die, Carlton and Collingwood.

Woods, Hawks, Cats, Lions, Roos, Crows, Dogs, Spivs.

Juicy odds for the Weagles to beat the Roos...considering they haven't beaten us since 2004, may be worth a pineapple.

by horace Fri 16 May 2008, 01:24

laughing @zimmy...i'd like a piece of that pineapple...north to romp it in front of two dogs and a fruit bat at what will be the lowest attended match this century.

St Kilda, Hawthorn, Geelong, Brisbane, North, Adelaide, Bulldogs, and Sydney.

by Fred Nerk Fri 16 May 2008, 01:57

COLLINGWOOD - will cream St Kilda in the battle of the under-performed versus the over-rated

HAWTHORN - can expect a fright along the way

GEELONG - Tiges have improved but not THAT much

BRISBANE - Brown will see to it - Carlton have nobody who can stop him, but should stay competitive for three quarters

ROOS - Until this year, hardly anybody had beaten the turkeys since 2004

ADDLEDVILLE - possible triple-figure margin here

SWANS - Essendon in disarray. Horsebreath (their Pres) taking over the Elliott-McAllister role

BULLDOGS - to easily beat the second worst team in WA

by embee Fri 16 May 2008, 03:06

Fred Nerk wrote:COLLINGWOOD - will cream St Kilda in the battle of the under-performed versus the over-rated

HAWTHORN - can expect a fright along the way

GEELONG - Tiges have improved but not THAT much

BRISBANE - Brown will see to it - Carlton have nobody who can stop him, but should stay competitive for three quarters

ROOS - Until this year, hardly anybody had beaten the turkeys since 2004

ADDLEDVILLE - possible triple-figure margin here

SWANS - Essendon in disarray. Horsebreath (their Pres) taking over the Elliott-McAllister role

BULLDOGS - to easily beat the second worst team in WA

Agree ...but I think that the Saints are both over rated and under performing

Buddy to be the difference

Only danger is that Matthews doesn't have a tag for Judd ...and WC had a good record vs BL mainly because of that lack of match up

Toast are as bad as non-Toast fans think they are

Melbourne's bubble to be burst ...a hundred point margin unlikely as the Cows are a defence first team

Bloods ...only interest is how a score at all costs team goes against a defend at all costs team

Freo ... after a fortnight of being told they are a joke and their coach cant handle the media they will be fired up and they will play enough of a game to hold off the Bulldogs who will come home strong after being jumped early

by Mick Sawyer Fri 16 May 2008, 03:10

embee - what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.

by tac Fri 16 May 2008, 03:11

Mick Sawyer wrote:embee - what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.

The World Cup of GayFL . . .

by embee Fri 16 May 2008, 03:11

....and after Freo win , Robert Walls to write an article taking credit for making it happen

by Mick Sawyer Fri 16 May 2008, 03:20

tac wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:embee - what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.
The World Cup of GayFL . . .

TBH that's how it needs to be treated and developed - pinnacle of the game, held infrequently, blah blah etc.

by Invader Zim Fri 16 May 2008, 03:22

Mick Sawyer wrote:what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.

Complete crap. Bring back SoO not some half arsed exhibition match.

by Mick Sawyer Fri 16 May 2008, 03:26

Bring back SoO not some half arsed exhibition match.

Bring back something that died because the controlling vested interests weren't that charitable?

by embee Fri 16 May 2008, 03:28

Mick Sawyer wrote:embee - what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.

Mixed emotions on the whole thing ...a good idea but not necessarily a good thing

Prefer State of Origin in it's truest form ...but thats memories of the mid 80's WA vs Vic games on a Tuesday ...and about half the WA team were WAFL players

Having 3 strong states and then a lot of great players not from those states makes SOO hard to organise ...the Allies were OK as a concept but in reality you either want to be playing for the big V or against it...even WA vs SA does nothing for me as a game ...

Dream team worked OK this year but I would have thought the Vics would have got a hammering two years ago when Freo , West Coast , Sydney and Adelaide were the top 4 teams ...and Brisbane and Port were just coming off premierships ...

Personally I'd scrap the IR games and play a SOO or Dream Team series after the Finals ...doubt it will happen

by Mick Sawyer Fri 16 May 2008, 09:31

embee wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:embee - what are your thoughts on the Vics v the rest thing last weekend. Sounds like it was a huge winner. Playing it each 4 years sounds about right to me.

Mixed emotions on the whole thing ...a good idea but not necessarily a good thing

Prefer State of Origin in it's truest form ...but thats memories of the mid 80's WA vs Vic games on a Tuesday ...and about half the WA team were WAFL players

Having 3 strong states and then a lot of great players not from those states makes SOO hard to organise ...the Allies were OK as a concept but in reality you either want to be playing for the big V or against it...even WA vs SA does nothing for me as a game ...

Dream team worked OK this year but I would have thought the Vics would have got a hammering two years ago when Freo , West Coast , Sydney and Adelaide were the top 4 teams ...and Brisbane and Port were just coming off premierships ...

Personally I'd scrap the IR games and play a SOO or Dream Team series after the Finals ...doubt it will happen

Thanks mate. A quick btw - I hear there's a strong chance the international rules thing will be reintroduced.

by Nath Sat 17 May 2008, 07:48

Cats & Hawks still undefeated

by skully Sat 17 May 2008, 07:51

Great game today Nath. Things looked shaky early (30 point deficit at the end of the 1st term) but your boys' second half was outstanding. Already looking to be a Hawks v Cats Granny.

by embee Sat 17 May 2008, 16:12

skully wrote:Great game today Nath. Things looked shaky early (30 point deficit at the end of the 1st term) but your boys' second half was outstanding. [FOOW]Already looking to be a Hawks v Cats Granny.[/FOOW]

Fixed

by JGK Sun 18 May 2008, 08:04

Big win to the swans.

I have a feeling that the idiotic draw against the Roos and the wasteful 1 point loss to the Saints is going to cost them a top 4 spot this year.

by embee Sun 18 May 2008, 08:58

JGK wrote:Big win to the swans.

I have a feeling that the idiotic draw against the Roos and the wasteful 1 point loss to the Saints is going to cost them a top 4 spot this year.

BBB's Brain explosion and fence attack wont help either

by skully Sun 18 May 2008, 12:41

Meh, can't see anyone getting close to the Cats and Hawks.

by lardbucket Sun 18 May 2008, 13:45

Don't under-estimate the Dogs.

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