Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023

[Freo Big Fella]

"WELL I DIDN"T SEE ANY OF YOU TRENDING?"

 

[Ge3ks]

Rory needs to dye his hair brown and ditch those orange boots. Might be able to blend in and not look like a big tall lonely clown.

 

[Fyfster]

My eyesight is not what it used to be. I cant seem to see Lobb. Is he out there?

We may not get to Boo him at Optus , He might be back in Melbourne playing in the Magoos (if he keeps playing like tonight)

 

[poshman]

I think we have one of the deepest midfields in the League, not counting that we have two of the top 6 rucks, we have Brayshaw, Serong, Brodie, Omeara, Aish, Fyfe, that's two starting midfields worth of talent. We bat deep now.

I think their top four are currently more talented than ours. Last season we were exposed for pace at times with Brodie and Mundy. I am not sure that gets any better with O'meara instead of Mundy. I hope you are right of course. And I am not sure we count fyfe as a mid anymore, although we haven't seen how he will be used. I hope he goes in when the other team has a run on or to help build leads at times.

 

[Ge3ks]

....aaand off to the Bulldogs board...

 

[Square Peg]

I mean that's some quality results so far. Only thing that pisses me is Sydeny, the other five games are pointing to us being strong strong strong

 

[Ge3ks]

Gee thought they'd be bagging Lobb, but they've gone straight for the jugular;
"Sack Bevo and start the rebuild now".

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Gee thought they'd be bagging Lobb, but they've gone straight for the jugular;
"Sack Bevo and start the rebuild now".

Draft picks are good for rebuilds, no need to keep Naughton

 

[CakeEater]

Underwood is still an ordinary commentator

 

[poshman]

Underwood is still an ordinary commentator

Ordinary is a bit generous. Deplorable, shocking, terrible, horrible or ruins a broadcast are close to the mark.

 

[greatgatsby]

Gee thought they'd be bagging Lobb, but they've gone straight for the jugular;
"Sack Bevo and start the rebuild now".

It’s like the Hinkley lynch mob has moved over to Bevo. To be fair though, that group of players needs to perform better than that.

 

[poshman]

Draft picks are good for rebuilds, no need to keep Naughton

Naughton would do a lot for us... Naughton, Amiss and a third tall... yes please.

 

[CakeEater]

Buddy in a spot of bother.

Bumped Collins with his elbow

 

[Purple Jesus]

Entertaining first round so far

 

[freodog]

Good to see Lobb finally has a coach who knows how to play him properly

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Trying not to over react but for mine, most common sense things ring true from before the preseason.

• Dogs playing 4 key talls is really dumb and won’t take them anywhere
• Melbourne and Geelong look good as expected
• Collingwood are ****ing terrifying running towards goal. Their gameplan looks the same as last year but perhaps with more confidence. Stop their run and possessions or your backline will get slaughtered.
• Tigs midfield is SLOW so they can be burnt going the other way
• Carlton transition out of defence and their ability to cope under pressure is still dogshit. Their bottom 6 remain a problem
• Ports midfield should be terrifying for 10+ years with two potentially generational game winners in Rozee and JHF. Our preseason win looks better now

 

[gaskin]

Underwood is still an ordinary commentator

Switched to that game and noticed she was commentating and Eleni is one of the umpires. I feel sorry for anyone who has had to watch that whole game.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Trying not to over react but for mine, most common sense things ring true from before the preseason.

• Dogs playing 4 key talls is really dumb and won’t take them anywhere
• Melbourne and Geelong look good as expected
• Collingwood are ******* terrifying running towards goal. Their gameplan looks the same as last year but perhaps with more confidence. Stop their run and possessions or your backline will get slaughtered.
• Tigs midfield is SLOW so they can be burnt going the other way
• Carlton transition out of defence and their ability to cope under pressure is still dogshit. Their bottom 6 remain a problem
• Ports midfield should be terrifying for 10+ years with two potentially generational game winners in Rozee and JHF. Our preseason win looks better now

All of these are spot on imo.

Our game against port I’m not sure about. Will be good to see how the new forward line performs tomorrow.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Switched to that game and noticed she was commentating and Eleni is one of the umpires. I feel sorry for anyone who has had to watch that whole game.

I lasted about 2 mins.

 

[Lach72]

Trying not to over react but for mine, most common sense things ring true from before the preseason.

• Dogs playing 4 key talls is really dumb and won’t take them anywhere
• Melbourne and Geelong look good as expected
• Collingwood are ******* terrifying running towards goal. Their gameplan looks the same as last year but perhaps with more confidence. Stop their run and possessions or your backline will get slaughtered.
• Tigs midfield is SLOW so they can be burnt going the other way
• Carlton transition out of defence and their ability to cope under pressure is still dogshit. Their bottom 6 remain a problem
• Ports midfield should be terrifying for 10+ years with two potentially generational game winners in Rozee and JHF. Our preseason win looks better now

Did you notice Taranto getting a handball inside fifty as he ran past a team mate into an open goal and he tried to accelerate aaaaaannnnnnndddd…nothing happened.
He got pummeled and had to get rid of the ball…

he had absolutely no speed

 

[Ge3ks]

Buddy in a spot of bother.

Bumped Collins with his elbow

Looks like shoulder, but it was enough to drop Collins and send the Doctor out to bring him off to assess him. 50/50

 

[Mr Cheese]

Draft picks are good for rebuilds, no need to keep Naughton

Can have our second (if we haven't spent it on Kozzie - sorry danster), F2.

I mean we gave them Lobb for peanuts and I for one cannot even comprehend how good he'll be now he has the proper coaching. Take today for example, he pulled off some real Neo shit in the matrix and broke the AFL stats page. Can't register 100 goals in a game you see...

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[ilikepotatoes]

Looks like shoulder, but it was enough to drop Collins and send the Doctor out to bring him off to assess him. 50/50
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He ran past the ball and bumped him in the head - it'll be at least a fine.

Look for the AFL to go hard on head high shots given the class action this week too.

 

[Mr Cheese]

Is it just me or does this round seem to be about fast teams and slow teams?

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[One_Wing]

Feel like the only way Lobb in the Dogs team works is if they move Naughton to defence. But for some reason suggesting it is sacrilege. He'd be a gun key defender and instantly make their team better. Still need a good small forward or two to challenge in September though. Probably should have chased them rather than Lobb.