Mega Thread 2024 Media & Miscellaneous Thread

[DQ 4EVER]

Had they sent Collingwood down there, they would have had maybe 30 minutes with no water

And then they wouldn't have been able to brush their tooth

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[apuchar]

And then they wouldn't have been able to brush their tooth

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As I am trying to be a better person I won't LOL that.

 

[Raz]

i want to know what type of Charter plane flys for 4 hours non stop

Seems like very big plane for just the Freo team and support staff

If it a smaller plane how far can it fly? and why didnt it stop for water

 

[Kram]

i want to know what type of Charter plane flys for 4 hours non stop

Seems like very big plane for just the Freo team and support staff

If it a smaller plane how far can it fly? and why didnt it stop for water

 

[muzzington]

I’m worried the AFL will charter us a fishing boat instead. “There, plenty of water.”

 

[Grape Bear]

It's Jaegar O'Meara this week

He’s a really quality guy, I know a lot of us were scratching our heads as to why we got him, but I think he is a good head to have around our young group. Not just the on field experience but also his experience at dealing with adversity and his maturity and level headedness off field.

 

[Retzlaff]

It didn't even have toilets.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/glaring-neglect-national-jet-express-staff-forced-to-scoop-toilet-waste-manually-on-flight-carrying-freemantle-dockers-afl-players/news-story/874e4a0f0e5f46d102062a02055ad832

There’s a queue to get in the toilets on west coast’s charter plane

 

[DQ 4EVER]

i want to know what type of Charter plane flys for 4 hours non stop

Seems like very big plane for just the Freo team and support staff

If it a smaller plane how far can it fly? and why didnt it stop for water

That gives me Almost Famous plane scene memories

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[Purpleheart_56]

i want to know what type of Charter plane flys for 4 hours non stop

Seems like very big plane for just the Freo team and support staff

If it a smaller plane how far can it fly? and why didnt it stop for water

A lot of smaller planes can cover that distance no probs...

Probably plane crew forgot to fil up water...that is all it is.

 

[Waterhouzin]

Often wondered why we couldn’t team up with Eagles and get a specific charter plane set up with less seats / more room, injury recovery beds etc.
Would allow us (and the slime on alternate weeks) to fly direct to wherever we play and home at the exact time we wish in comfort.
Could hire it out to Cricket / basketball/soccer teams, Female teams etc etc. Could even be subsidised by bringing the Eastern States team playing here over as well.
Obviously not cheap but surely we’d be able to do this outside of the cap if it stacked up financially?


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[Mogumber]

Oh no!

 

[Purpleheart_56]

Often wondered why we couldn’t team up with Eagles and get a specific charter plane set up with less seats / more room, injury recovery beds etc.
Would allow us (and the slime on alternate weeks) to fly direct to wherever we play and home at the exact time we wish in comfort.
Could hire it out to Cricket / basketball/soccer teams, Female teams etc etc. Could even be subsidised by bringing the Eastern States team playing here over as well.
Obviously not cheap but surely we’d be able to do this outside of the cap if it stacked up financially?


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Those planes are around $100mil+....And in order to be profitable need to fly 15-20 hours a day...If not it would generate big loses...

 

[Dockeroo]

It’s hard to believe Adrian Barich, the number one eagles Nuffie in Perth, has been our biggest champion for this injustice.
His podcasts this week with Glen Quartermain were interesting listening. You can tell Quarters has such a Victorian attitude to the whole debacle around us repeatedly playing in Launceston.

He’s a duplicitous piece of shit, quarters. The worst type of snide journo that pretends he’s in agreement with the freo cause but deep down he hates us

 

[FreoGirl]

He’s a really quality guy, I know a lot of us were scratching our heads as to why we got him, but I think he is a good head to have around our young group. Not just the on field experience but also his experience at dealing with adversity and his maturity and level headedness off field.

He speaks really well and his story is an inspiration. I love how much he has converted to Freo

 

[FreoGirl]

i want to know what type of Charter plane flys for 4 hours non stop

Seems like very big plane for just the Freo team and support staff

If it a smaller plane how far can it fly? and why didnt it stop for water

We went on the chartered plane Freo took to Avalon in 2013. I think it might have been a Virgin aircraft, but chartered for that purpose.

 

[Waterhouzin]

Those planes are around $100mil+....And in order to be profitable need to fly 15-20 hours a day...If not it would generate big loses...

Well that explains why this hasn’t happened!!


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[Raz]

We went on the chartered plane Freo took to Avalon in 2013. I think it might have been a Virgin aircraft, but chartered for that purpose.

Ahh so big size

 

[FreoGirl]

Ahh so big size

think it was three seats on one size and two on the right

Ballaz and Sandi got the front seats lol. Crowley came down the back to entertain us

 

[dont bowl there]

It’s hard to believe Adrian Barich, the number one eagles Nuffie in Perth, has been our biggest champion for this injustice.
His podcasts this week with Glen Quartermain were interesting listening. You can tell Quarters has such a Victorian attitude to the whole debacle around us repeatedly playing in Launceston.

He’s a duplicitous piece of shit, quarters. The worst type of snide journo that pretends he’s in agreement with the freo cause but deep down he hates us

Think you are reading far too much into what Quarters had to say, he simply let his co-host go hard and was just playing the straight bat. Barra is a nuff and gets far too emotional with the WA v the East rhetoric, Quarters just adds a bit more of a level headed approach.

 

[Cam Payne]

Sportfm running an ad to fly with the team has lost a bit of appeal since the weekend.,

 

[freo_leo29]

If we had 2019 Fyfe and 2019 Walters in this team we would win the premiership this year


Just a random thought that popped into my head, real hard to argue against it

 

[Paracleet]

If we had 2019 Fyfe and 2019 Walters in this team we would win the premiership this year


Just a random thought that popped into my head, real hard to argue against it

And if we had 2002 Pavlich at CHB, 2009 Pavlich onball, 2005 Pavlich at CHF and 2012 Pavlich at FF we'd win every year. Think about it.

 

[s_wd6]

Kane’s new big brained take- Brennan Cox

36

Brennan Cox

Age

26

Ht

195cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

5.3

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

182.8

3star

D

12.3

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

182.8

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

is surplus to our needs and we should be looking to trade him on

 

[Tony_Clifton]

Here (well actually at the bottom below my gratuitous diatribe) is another gem from the ABC boys with a deep dive into contested possessions. It's not everyone's cup of tea but I dig this stuff.

Science is often taught with over simplifications. For example a primary school kid will be taught there are three states of matter (it's not earth, air and fire.)

Then later you find out about a thing called plasma. This is primarily useful for quiz nights as it doesn't really have any useful applications in day to day life. And that's that, there are four states of matter: solid, liquid, gaseous and plasma.

Then one day you hear a podcast or see a fun fact about scientists finding a new state of matter so you google "how many states of matter are there?" and it gets really confusing.

I was left with the thought that maybe our understanding of the world as being made of air, earth and fire gives us a better way to navigate the world than knowing there is something called a Bose-Einstein condensate.

However, knowing that there are more than five, perhaps as many as twenty something, gives me a pleasantly smug type of feeling.

So anyway, here is the link:

Are contested possessions a 'key indicator of success' or just a 'fancy term' in the AFL?

The contested possession has increasingly gained prominence in recent years, but there is much debate in the AFL world about its value.

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[dont bowl there]

Kane’s new big brained take- Brennan Cox is surplus to our needs and we should be looking to trade him on

Draper has shown that he will be a best 22 defender in the next year or so, I wouldn't be trading Cox this year but not against trading him down the line when Draper is ready to play a full season.

Will add, it depends how APs body holds up. Our window is open for the next 3-4 years and we should be trying to improve where possible. If that means trading Cox in order for Draper to play and we can use the capital on something we need I'm all for it.