Mega Thread 2022/23 Off-Season Sports Thread

[DragoDelph]

Lol at the salty Brisbane supporters on the cricket board.

The basic gist is 'the Scorchers try too hard, don't they know it's only a pretend comp?'

Would have been a different story if they won.

 

[Joao]

Australian selectors have always preferred "all rounders" who bowl pace instead of spin.

 

[Dirty_banchez]

They should move the Australian capital to WA. We run this country.

 

[Stinky Lomax]

& the kid on the right made it very very hard!

 

[holybishop]

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Greg Matthews was from the early 90s so thanks for proving my point.

 

[Joao]

Greg Matthews was from the early 90s so thanks for proving my point.

Last time I checked "always" includes the 1950s,60s,80s and 90s.

Checkmate.

 

[Spirit Level]

Lol at the salty Brisbane supporters on the cricket board.

The basic gist is 'the Scorchers try too hard, don't they know it's only a pretend comp?'

Not only this, there's also the "lol at Perth people for packing the stadium for a joke comp"

I don't get it, bunch of dumbarses

 

[Kram]

The massive amount of jealousy of the most glorious sports facility for players and spectators in the land is quite understandable.

 

[Purple Suit]

How good were the orange team.

 

[masai tu]

How good were the orange team.

Bloody Radgnishies (sp) are back.

 

[DragoDelph]

 

[Arcassius]

Arsenal. That is all. Been a long time coming, and I don't want to jinx it

 

[Dump Truck]

Arsenal. That is all. Been a long time coming, and I don't want to jinx it

It's ok. Jinx it all you want
Was very Spursy to win against Man City which actually helps the gunners just as much

 

[Joao]

Wondering if the FA is actually going to through the book proper at Man City? As a Leeds fan we could use a team getting docked 100 points. If another two teams could do that every year that'd be great, thanks.

 

[gaskin]

They have shown in the past they have no balls when it comes to punishing City.

 

[Outshined]

Wondering if the FA is actually going to through the book proper at Man City? As a Leeds fan we could use a team getting docked 100 points. If another two teams could do that every year that'd be great, thanks.

The cynic in me says no...at the same time, it seems a bit exhaustive to go through the process of a 4 year investigation then publicly documenting hundreds of instances of misconduct all as a charade to "prove" that they're battling financial doping.

I imagine City will fight it tooth and nail, drag things out as long as possible and it'll end with some sort of transfer ban and financial penalty which sounds scary until you remember the club's owners. I can't imagine it ever gets to relegation or any of the more severe punishments that have been floated.

Personally, I say they should retroactively deduct points from a few select seasons as an example, say the 13/14, 18/19 and 21/22 seasons (totally at random of course).

 

[gaskin]

Investigate Chelsea next. The spending this window was bullshit and there is no way they stayed within FFP rules.

 

[poshman]

Meanwhile the aussie world champ goes for champ champ status this weekend against an absolute mauler of a dagestani. Nice having these event in perth.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Different league, different governing body and of course different country, however, Italy has no problem docking points for clubs for various reasons (Juve this season, Chievo recently, plus a bunch of Serie B/C clubs who get docked for other financial reasons) and that's not even considering Calcipoli plus a host of other scandals over the past 50 or so years when clubs have been docked points

The FA needs some backbone and actually carry out deductions properly, rather than be scared of how clubs will react to it or the $ that will potentially be lost if club X suddenly goes down and no fans rock up

 

[Arcassius]

It's ok. Jinx it all you want
Was very Spursy to win against Man City which actually helps the gunners just as much

It was much appreciated

 

[Joao]

The only reason I think City might get a proper whack is that push for independent regulation. Getting the wet lettuce out for this just strengthens that case.

 

[GingerDocker]

Not sure how many NBA fans we have...LeBron is seconds away from breaking the all time points scoring record.

 

[MadDocker]

Meanwhile the aussie world champ goes for champ champ status this weekend against an absolute mauler of a dagestani. Nice having these event in perth.

Been getting around too. Was at Essence, Scrappy, Islam at Kickass. Craig Jones seminar at Costas. What a time to be alive in Perth.

 

[Dockernut]

Cool how the (East Coast) Aussies have made such a great start against the Indians over there…

Warner has no business still being in this team FFS!

 

[mattis117]

Cool how the (East Coast) Aussies have made such a great start against the Indians over there…

Warner has no business still being in this team FFS!

Yeah, not great. Aussies need some break through soon or this is nearly over on the first day