Oppo Camp Delusional Pearlers III

[Burzum]

You ask this now, on page 65 of the third one of these threads?

I mean seeking out opposition supporters posting about Essendon

Why would you go to the North board and read the thread about the club? I don't understand what you're getting out of it.

 

[Xtratification]

It's funny. That's all there is to it.

 

[jesselift]

Needs to be dropped next week.

 

[dnbassador]

Some of this guys overrated players

Boak
Watson
Tippet
Swan
Dawes
Jacobs (Since ruck rule changes, before that definitely worth his reputation)
Hawkins (Only imposes sometimes because he gets the best delivery in the AFL)
Watson again. Slow and porky, decent player but way overhyped.
Natinui (Coz he's black and can jump suddenly people are awe inspired? He isn't a traditionally good footballer so often overhyped)

 

[Zach Package]

maybe he is overrated.

I consider him a deity, maybe hes just a sub deity

 

[Beerfish]

What's with Leigh Matthews? Praises Christensen for dropping at the knees and drawing the free kick.Calls it good football. Wtf? He's sounding more and more like some crazy old homeless guy.

 

[quotemokc]

What's with Leigh Matthews? Praises Christensen for dropping at the knees and drawing the free kick.Calls it good football. Wtf? He's sounding more and more like some crazy old homeless guy.

I know, how can anyone have a passion for our game when one of our supposed greats is praising the efforts of Geelong for drawing free kicks which is currently (imo) one of the biggest blights on our game atm.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

What's with Leigh Matthews? Praises Christensen for dropping at the knees and drawing the free kick.Calls it good football. Wtf? He's sounding more and more like some crazy old homeless guy.

The media (and the umpiring fraternity) are too far up the collective posterior of the GFC to have any perspective on the matter.

 

[Loonerty]

At one point when Selwood did the old "shrug the tackle to get high contact" trick to get a free, Bruce exclaimed "He does that well doesn't he!"

I was pretty pissed.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

It isn't the players' faults. You change the rules to reward that sort of behaviour and that's what you'll get. Word it so there needs to be significant impact and all the problems with contact above the shoulders and below the knees will vanish overnight.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Pay a free kick for deliberately instigating high contact and it'll stop overnight.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

There is already a staging rule on the books.

 

[Doss]

I really like Geelong.

But having said that, the commentators' fawning over them last night was just painful. I could almost picture Bruce, in particular, in his cheerleading tutu, replete with tassels, every time he started up on them.

That ain't the fault of the GFC, it's just a reflection on the commentators' professionalism- or lack there of.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

There is already a staging rule on the books.

Not staging, but burrowing the head, dropping the knees etc.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

It amounts to the same thing. If the rule doesn't cover it, then the rule is worded wrong.

 

[yaco55]

Staging is a non-issue if you have competent umpires.

You could easily let go a minimum 50% of high contact free kicks.

 

[quotemokc]

Watch the Brisbane Eagles game, very few soft kicks paid

 

[Yoda_]

There is already a staging rule on the books.

There's one for deliberately 'rushing a behind also'

Pity you can get away with it if;
- in a contest
- opposition player is within 5m
- under pressure
- ..

Oh stuff it

 

[Xtratification]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/done.1006490/

Abandon ship!

 

[VelvetSledge]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/done.1006490/

Abandon ship!

Here's some quality posts from the thread.

I feel your pain Chad. If the AFL lets *Essendon off the hook, then that will be the final straw.

Because the AFL will definitely let off the team that have "brought the game into disrepute"!

Oh, absolutely. If Essendon gets let off, then any shred of credibility the AFL has will be gone.

The NFL doesn't **** around with it's credibility. Bring on NFL season.

Excuse me? The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, has used his power to enforce bans on certain teams and lightly punish others for very similar offences. If anything, the NFL has dodgier credibility than the AFL.

I am the same. I love North and yet have totally lost interest in the AFL as a competition. Unfair draws, crap umpiring etc etc. I have watched 1 grand final in 8 years and do not watch any footy except North games. I can not walk away from North but had we gone interstate or failed to exist anymore I would not follow AFL at all.

Note how they weren't complaining about the draw last year when they received a total armchair ride? Funny. And how they weren't complaining when they were handed a 38-15 free kick count as little as a few weeks ago?


I'll put it down to a few knee-jerk reactions, but that's pretty poor spirit.

 

[Matthew_Lloyd]

hahhhaaha it didn't take long for them clowns to mention us. Their meltdown when our punishment is a million dollar fine and maybe draft picks is going to be hilarious

 

[Beerfish]

Why the hell would they talk about us in a thread bemoaning their loss to another team?

EDIT: Oh that's right we stole their players 100 years ago or some shit so it's all our fault. Sorry. Forgot.

 

[Doss]

Them knees. They are a jerkin'.

I highly doubt the people who've posted that will actually be lost to the game. They're just taking that particular loss especially hard.

 

[VelvetSledge]

 

[Jade]

Completely inaccurate analogy.

The Titanic was big, impressive and important BEFORE it sunk.