Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 24

[Ford Fairlane]

Remember when Stuey Dew was basically Podrick from GoT?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It was unlucky for the Suns that they ran into the Dogs the week after they played the only team who gets more free kicks than them and the umps had to get the season averages back on track.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

It was unlucky for the Suns that they ran into the Dogs the week after they played the only team who gets more free kicks than them and the umps had to get the season averages back on track.

Nah the Dogs still got just above their average last week.

Its Brisbane who should be concerned.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Remember when Stuey Dew was basically Podrick from GoT?

Thyroid problem wasn’t it?

 

[Incarnate]

Imagine if people go back to normal names and there's just this 20 year generation of Gryans and Jaxons

 

[Festerz]

The best series of tweets during the last quarter of a footy game in recent memory.

Another Bulldogs game. Another appalling lopsided umpiring display

And not one of the AFL media sycophants will say a damned thing about the rank cheating we all saw in that last qtr tonight because it's Gold Coast and no one really cares.

Instead its all about the 'brave bulldogs' FRO!

 

[philreich]

Cody Flopman would be one of those guys that throws his golf ball into a better position when no one else is looking.

"It's not how you play the game - it's whether or not you win that counts."

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Not sure if this has been posted somewhere: Former Hawks staffer says he 'overstepped the mark' in incident with First Nations player, but has nothing to apologise for

Burt told The Age the latter incident "overstepped the mark from being supportive to what could be deemed intimidating … I get that and that's what makes me feel uncomfortable."

 

[Brian McGee]

Not sure if this has been posted somewhere: Former Hawks staffer says he 'overstepped the mark' in incident with First Nations player, but has nothing to apologise for

Burt told The Age the latter incident "overstepped the mark from being supportive to what could be deemed intimidating … I get that and that's what makes me feel uncomfortable."

I read this last night. This is the first admission of any kind by the three of them. It had been closed ranks until this. I don’t know what it means for the whole thing though.

 

[PowerBaz]

Free kick Bulldogs.

The worst cheating I have seen since the last Port game.

I watched Crows Bulldogs last week and they got the same ride then.

With our games and the Crows last week, it’s the ease they get gifted frees which I notice, and then the ones we don’t get easily…. There is an absolute VIC bias happening.

We are after all in ‘their’ league….

 

[PowerBaz]

Weightman now diving for frees without the ball anywhere near him. The guy is a pioneer

 

[Del165198]

The AFL literally has rules about staging. I'd expect a suspension for weightman then?

 

[Poo Eckert]

Tell me about it.
I was discussing last night with a Carlton supporting friend who is envious of us. I had to point out to him what Hinkley's done to make that happen when our forward line is ramping at the <NAME YOUR CLOSEST PUBLIC HOSPITAL HERE> and our defence is either in Yatala or playing while wearing electronic ankle bracelets.

Comparing us and Carlton Hinkley is god.

3 prelims, 5 final series.

Carlton would take that in a heart beat

 

[EskimoPAFC]

The AFL literally has rules about staging. I'd expect a suspension for weightman then?

Its pretty bad. Should be at least 2 weeks. Id say 3.

 

[Sir Watchalot]

Its pretty bad. Should be at least 2 weeks. Id say 3.

I didn't see the Weightman staging incident so I guess 2nd half? I was doing other stuff then.
Only reason I'm commenting now is he was playing well last night and I specifically said to my wife he'd been quite problematic with that stuff when he first came on the scene. Straight out stole a game from Essendon about 2 years back with (as I remember) 5 goals, 4 of them being frees awarded for play-acting.

EDIT: I took a look at the Dogs/Suns game thread on the main board and it's quite the discussion point there.

 

[Buget]

I didn't see the Weightman staging incident so I guess 2nd half? I was doing other stuff then.
Only reason I'm commenting now is he was playing well last night and I specifically said to my wife he'd been quite problematic with that stuff when he first came on the scene. Straight out stole a game from Essendon about 2 years back with (as I remember) 5 goals, 4 of them being frees awarded for play-acting.

He only had 2 disposals for the first half at a 0% efficiency.

Out of his 5 disposals during the 4th quarter (he only had 10 for the game), 3 came from free kicks.

Small forwards are low possession but high reward players. However, he didn’t play well at all. Couldn’t get into the game at all. He was actually well held by the GC defence.

 

[Festerz]

Its pretty bad. Should be at least 2 weeks. Id say 3.

And shortly after that staged free one of the commentators said that 'the Bulldogs are standing up to be counted'.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. They were diving and flopping all over the place.

And I hope the AFL have noticed that now a new trick has been added to the resume of the free milker - players on the receiving end of a tackle deliberately pushing their head into the turf to get what should be a holding the ball free against into a 'dangerous tackle' free for.

Trust the Bulldogs to be the pioneers of that little con trick.

 

[edgie]

Comparing us and Carlton Hinkley is god.

3 prelims, 5 final series.

Carlton would take that in a heart beat

Carlton would begin to expect some follow through on those prelims after a decade though...

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I didn't see the Weightman staging incident so I guess 2nd half? I was doing other stuff then.
Only reason I'm commenting now is he was playing well last night and I specifically said to my wife he'd been quite problematic with that stuff when he first came on the scene. Straight out stole a game from Essendon about 2 years back with (as I remember) 5 goals, 4 of them being frees awarded for play-acting.

EDIT: I took a look at the Dogs/Suns game thread on the main board and it's quite the discussion point there.

Its in the twitter post in a vid

 

[Del165198]

And shortly after that staged free one of the commentators said that 'the Bulldogs are standing up to be counted'.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. They were diving and flopping all over the place.

And I hope the AFL have noticed that now a new trick has been added to the resume of the free milker - players on the receiving end of a tackle deliberately pushing their head into the turf to get what should be a holding the ball free against into a 'dangerous tackle' free for.

Trust the Bulldogs to be the pioneers of that little con trick.

I honestly think that's how Ridley concussed himself with Rioli. Appeared to be very minor contact then a delayed reaction and pirouette and dramatic fall into the turf. Unfortunately clocked himself in the head and cost Rioli 2 weeks

 

[Marmozet]

Freo, GWS and Gold Coast all winning made the back page of the Melbourne paper

 

[240volt]

Thing is this bulldogs free kick BS has been going on for years
It was born in the 2016 finals series and has grown since
7 years of cheating, for that length of time Gill has to have something to do with it as he has been running the show since 2014.

 

[edgie]

I honestly think that's how Ridley concussed himself with Rioli. Appeared to be very minor contact then a delayed reaction and pirouette and dramatic fall into the turf. Unfortunately clocked himself in the head and cost Rioli 2 weeks

I just will not take any action players launch on the AFL about concussions to have any integrity when other players regularly do stuff like this.

 

[edgie]

Thing is this bulldogs free kick BS has been going on for years
It was born in the 2016 finals series and has grown since
7 years of cheating, for that length of time Gill has to have something to do with it as he has been running the show since 2014.

It wasn't even born in the finals series, it went the whole season.

 

[DaTBird187]

He only had 2 disposals for the first half at a 0% efficiency.

His true nature.

Out of his 5 disposals during the 4th quarter (he only had 10 for the game), 3 came from free kicks.

The AFL manufactured one.