Re: AFL 2008 thread

by horace Tue 16 Sep 2008, 03:41

kirk is the best tackler and up with the best in clearances...he got the swans over the line in at least 5 games this year (inc final v the roos)...amazed he did not get in

by embee Tue 16 Sep 2008, 04:03

Kirk or Cross were the "defensive" midfielders in the 40 ...stupid that neither of them made the final 22 ...too many running half backs ...

by embee Tue 16 Sep 2008, 04:55

Dockerland.com wrote:All Aussie Dockers
by Shane Richmond

The rolling farce that is the All Australian team has once again seen this great country of ours embarrassed with selectors seemingly getting confused over the spelling of Victoria once again. In what experts are calling a miscarriage of justice, now six time All Australian player Matthew Pavlich was over looked for the spot at centre half forward for a leaky eyed, pigment challenge, nobody from St Kilda while 211cm giant Aaron Sandilands was benched for Kim Hagdorn's subject of infatuation, washed-up Eagles pin-up boy Dean Cox.

In events similar to those many a Docker feared would see Rhys Palmer robbed of his rightful position as 2008 Rising Star, the small group of agenda driven social outcasts that form the selection committees of these AFL awards seemed to have appointed Riewoldt and Cox sometime in January and not even the magnificence of Pavlich and the awesome rucking abilities of Sandilands were able to sway them away from the locked in candidates.

Despite the obvious differences, that Matthew Pavlich isn't a cry baby albino that walks around the street of Melbourne looking for some water he can try and walk across, Pavlich kicked more goals than Riewoldt, despite the ball hardly crossing Fremantle's centre line for much of the year, averaged more possessions, more kicks, more tackles, more contested possessions, more bounces and more inside fifties. The only stat Riewoldt notably beat Pavlich in was trips to the bench to reapply the sunscreen, yet somehow he managed to shake off a season of criticism surrounding his form and stand in the most coveted position on the ground while Pavlich sits on the bench wondering why his tracksuit is blue and not green and gold.

Aaron Sandilands's tracksuit is likely to be a range of colours with it being very difficult to gather that much of any one coloured material. He was beaten before he even stepped out onto the ground, with most of the selection panel having penned Dean Cox in as All Australian ruckman in January in their hard hitting pre-season opinion pieces. With the only person on the panel with any hope of championing a Fremantle player coming from the West Coast Inc family and a well known lover of Cox, Sandilands has done well to beat out the next best Victorian ruckman, Brent Harvey, for the spot on the bench. Sandilands was as far ahead of Cox in hitouts as he is above him in height. He thrashed Cox in centre clearances, taps to advantage and had nearly three times as many contest marks. The only stat of note that Cox convincingly beat Sandilands in was free kicks for. Proof that the big Docker gets robbed and the Eagles still enjoy a dream run with the fruit baskets.

Despite the travesty of missing out on their rightful spots in the side, always the gentlemen, the two Dockers players were humble in their acceptance of their honours and will now bide their time until 2009 when they and their team mates have quietly vowed to leave the two imposters bleeding and running for the bench themselves sometime in the new season.

by embee Tue 16 Sep 2008, 06:36

A few swear words in this video

by WideWally Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:01

Red wrote:
WideWally wrote:
Red wrote:
West Coast was always haunted by the sceptre of Judd moving back to Melbourne.

What??

They always knew that they might lose a gun from Melbourne, hence the need to tank and secure one of the local guns.

I still don't understand this one.

by taipan Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:01

WideWally wrote:
Red wrote:
WideWally wrote:
Red wrote:
West Coast was always haunted by the sceptre of Judd moving back to Melbourne.

What??

They always knew that they might lose a gun from Melbourne, hence the need to tank and secure one of the local guns.

I still don't understand this one.

Maybe it's the grammar?

by Red Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:04

horace wrote:kirk is the best tackler and up with the best in clearances...he got the swans over the line in at least 5 games this year (inc final v the roos)...amazed he did not get in

I still think Kirk has this proclivity towards butchering the ball. Healy and Rohan C. had a stoush on radio tonight about Hille not making at least the shortlist of forty.

by skully Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:06

Either Red really is a stoopid chick, or a tranny trying to convince us that he's a bloke who knows sumpent about footy.

by taipan Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:07

skully wrote:Either Red really is a stoopid chick, or a tranny trying to convince us that he's a bloke who knows sumpent about footy.

KKK?

by WideWally Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:11

Probably from the same stable.

by ten years after Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:11

There isn't much controversy in the list (despite the rather amusing article posted by embee above). The forward line might be a bit crowded and Pavlich for Riewoldt wouldn't solve that issue.

I think Judd didn't have quite as good a season as has been suggested in a purely football sense but he soes seem to have had a lifting effect on Carlton as a team. I don't think this squad would need inspirational leadership somehow.

Sam Mitchell and Cameron Ling could count themselves unlucky not to be in the 22.

by taipan Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:18

WideWally wrote:Probably from the same stable.

But not so well groomed?

by Red Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:29

ten years after wrote:There isn't much controversy in the list (despite the rather amusing article posted by embee above). The forward line might be a bit crowded and Pavlich for Riewoldt wouldn't solve that issue.

I think Judd didn't have quite as good a season as has been suggested in a purely football sense but he soes seem to have had a lifting effect on Carlton as a team. I don't think this squad would need inspirational leadership somehow.

Sam Mitchell and Cameron Ling could count themselves unlucky not to be in the 22.

Re. Ling, you don't need a tagger in an All-Aussie team.

by WideWally Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:34

by taipan Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:36

WideWally wrote:

PMSL

by Red Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:42

WideWally wrote:
Red wrote:
WideWally wrote:
Red wrote:
West Coast was always haunted by the sceptre of Judd moving back to Melbourne.

What??

They always knew that they might lose a gun from Melbourne, hence the need to tank and secure one of the local guns.

I still don't understand this one.

It translates quite simply to Judd who was their most prized possession (and a gun from Melbourne), had always given off vibes about returning to his home city and they always sweated on his return. Given that they lost him, and the narcotics-crazed Cousins, they saw this year as a good opportunity to try out young kids with the possibility of dropping down the ladder. This for them was a good year to tank or bottom out, given that the most sought after talent comes from WA, and they're believed to be quietly interested in Rich, so that the go-home factor doesn't come into play. With the drafts soon to become mightily comprised by the West Sydney and GC teams entering the competition, it was a great opportunity to have premium picks in what is touted to be another super draft.

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