2019 Training Reports

[Bastyy]

This Bewley talk has me really excited. We seem to have an absolute gem on our hands

Tim Kelly who?

 

[Wally Walpamur]

Bewley sounds like he’s making an impression like Banfield and Barlow. There’s something about those guys that got overlooked in draft(s); they’re more determined to show why they deserved a spot on an AFL list.

 

[Arcassius]

Yeah but they’re closer to Brighton in 13th than to us in 5th points wise!

Chris Mayne has been doing alright for Chelsea lately

 

[Van_Dyke]

Least skilful game in the world, and requires the lowest intelligence to understand.

how on earth is the game not skilful.

 

[Sweetback]

In defence of Clem, he didn't say it wasn't skillful; he just said it was the least skillful.

Both dumb things to say. There’s really no need to put another sport down just because you can’t appreciate it.

 

[Taylor]

Don't let it get to you.

 

[Clems Knee]

Both dumb things to say. There’s really no need to put another sport down just because you can’t appreciate it.

This is a footy board. This thread is the preseason thread where people discuss Fremantle’s preseason, and I would guess this is the most anticipated thread of the summer. I commented after a page of banter about soccer clogged the thread.

I grew up with soccer. I understand it. I understand that soccer fans are so simple that many think that the offside rule is complex. It’s advantages are that it’s the incumbent game around the world and that it’s so simple that it can be played in the streets and understood by 5 year olds. But compared to footy, it’s boring, slow, one-dimensional and frustrating as hell. But the rules are simple. Proponents call it “the beautiful game” (it’s not) and claim that it’s a skilful game (I can’t think of a game with lower entrance skills). I’m sure there is a Big Soccer so you could discuss your favourite chants and how much money the players are worth.

 

[Sweetback]

This is a footy board. This thread is the preseason thread where people discuss Fremantle’s preseason, and I would guess this is the most anticipated thread of the summer. I commented after a page of banter about soccer clogged the thread.

I grew up with soccer. I understand it. I understand that soccer fans are so simple that many think that the offside rule is complex. It’s advantages are that it’s the incumbent game around the world and that it’s so simple that it can be played in the streets and understood by 5 year olds. But compared to footy, it’s boring, slow, one-dimensional and frustrating as hell. But the rules are simple. Proponents call it “the beautiful game” (it’s not) and claim that it’s a skilful game (I can’t think of a game with lower entrance skills). I’m sure there is a Big Soccer so you could discuss your favourite chants and how much money the players are worth.

My point stands, Mr. Uppity-pants.

 

[Wigarus]

This is a footy board. This thread is the preseason thread where people discuss Fremantle’s preseason, and I would guess this is the most anticipated thread of the summer. I commented after a page of banter about soccer clogged the thread.

I grew up with soccer. I understand it. I understand that soccer fans are so simple that many think that the offside rule is complex. It’s advantages are that it’s the incumbent game around the world and that it’s so simple that it can be played in the streets and understood by 5 year olds. But compared to footy, it’s boring, slow, one-dimensional and frustrating as hell. But the rules are simple. Proponents call it “the beautiful game” (it’s not) and claim that it’s a skilful game (I can’t think of a game with lower entrance skills). I’m sure there is a Big Soccer so you could discuss your favourite chants and how much money the players are worth.

I was listening to a podcast about the history of sports and the culture that the society the sport comes from has.

One interesting takeaway for me was that in soccer, they have a tradition of trying to preserve the rules of the game and breaking those rules is punished.

As opposed to American football where you are almost encouraged to break the rules because rule breakers are rewarded with championships and then in the following season the rules would be changed to stop that rule breaking from happening again.

I wonder if Australian rules still had the same rules from 100 years ago what it would look like?

 

[arsesmart]

I was listening to a podcast about the history of sports and the culture that the society the sport comes from has.

One interesting takeaway for me was that in soccer, they have a tradition of trying to preserve the rules of the game and breaking those rules is punished.

As opposed to American football where you are almost encouraged to break the rules because rule breakers are rewarded with championships and then in the following season the rules would be changed to stop that rule breaking from happening again.

I wonder if Australian rules still had the same rules from 100 years ago what it would look like?

They preserve some rules and create and change others. Not sure where the rules sit with the level of histrionic overacting to try and get the ref to do your work for you.

 

[DeanS]

I wonder if Australian rules still had the same rules from 100 years ago what it would look like?

Boring and ridiculous.

 

[Okinakashi]

So - the pre-season....


...How's that going?

 

[maccamk]

Quite enjoying some of the media coming out of the pre season camp. I know Lyon has run these before but didn’t they spawn the banana shots off Riewoldt and Dal Santo?

 

[G Mus]

I was listening to a podcast about the history of sports and the culture that the society the sport comes from has.

One interesting takeaway for me was that in soccer, they have a tradition of trying to preserve the rules of the game and breaking those rules is punished.

As opposed to American football where you are almost encouraged to break the rules because rule breakers are rewarded with championships and then in the following season the rules would be changed to stop that rule breaking from happening again.

I wonder if Australian rules still had the same rules from 100 years ago what it would look like?

Two massive advancements in soccer history came from teams differing the norm and flirting with the rules, Hungary giving their players numbers not adherent to their position which completely ruined England in the world cup and led to variations of the 2-3-5 - and Scotland for putting away masculine values and deciding to head the ball scandalously and refusing to "play like men" and giving the game another dimension

 

[Deveraux]

Must be the only game where two teams battle it out for 80min and the score has a good chance of being 0-0.
Also their acting and diving is a disgrace.
What a terrible ****ing sport.

 

[gaskin]

Also their acting and diving is a disgrace.

The same could be said for footy and I would say it.

 

[Taylor]

I'm happy to continue the soccer discussion in the non-freo thread.

Thanks

 

[E Shed]

There is some really nice content on the website including Fyfe's Vlog diary and a nice interview with Belly. I really think he's the best appointment we've made for a long time.

 

[Docker82]

The same could be said for footy and I would say it.

The playing for free kicks is actually worse in AFL. It’s just in AFL there’s no yellow and red cards so a free kick is a free kick whether it’s Gaff on Brayshaw or a routine free. In soccer players act further to get their team a further advantage. Only difference.

I love both sports but can see there’s significant acting in both. At least with soccer it’s the biggest problem with the sport though...

 

[jedi mind tricks]

The same could be said for footy and I would say it.

Nah

Barlow breaks his leg and tries to play on. Fyfe breaks leg and plays on.

Soccer player takes a dive and ref awards a free so the player stops his crying. Disgrace and corrupt

 

[Carson Dial]

Nah

Barlow breaks his leg and tries to play on. Fyfe breaks leg and plays on.

Soccer player takes a dive and ref awards a free so the player stops his crying. Disgrace and corrupt

Alex Rance says Hi..

 

[wayToGo_]

Why is this **** clogging our pre season thread still?

 

[Purpletown]

Soccer players pretend to be hurt when they aren't and football and rugby players pretend not to be hurt when they are about sums it up.

 

[Fyfster]

Back on pre season training . Is it normal practice to have three weeks off at Xmas? Might be my bad memory but didn't think it was that long in previous years .

 

[Pavsgold]

There are plenty of duckers, divers and and blokes faking being hit high in footy right now....

But anyway, has anyone heard anything new about the gc camp?

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