News Ej Whitten Legends Match - Victoria v All-stars - Fri, Sept 1, Etihad Stadium

[Mister B]

Looked like the crowd was way down on the usual attendance. Little wonder when they serve up the same thing every year.

 

[Andronicus]

Such an embarrassment of a spectacle. Surely anyone that carries the Whitten name cringes every time this game comes around.

 

[RunBurgundy]

I had $500 on the all stars

I thought they were due

 

[mick500]

Even in a mock game the vicco umpires can't help but cheat lol.

 

[Whiskers]

Just a little bit more serious could be the way to go?
Would be fun seeing some players having half a crack at least.

 

[Xtreme]

if you thought it couldn't get any dodgier

Well the real game is corrupt, it makes sense that a charity version would also be corrupt too.

I'd double check that ALL of the money raised goes toward the cause, and not just swallowed up by "admin fees".

 

[Cochblocked]

I had $500 on the all stars

You'll have better luck betting on the Washington Generals.

 

[Jpw22511]

LOL always is - last year's was a stitch up just as much.

What a bloody goal by Brown after the siren! Can we bring him back in the AFL for 2018?

yep just keep him in the goal square.

 

[mick500]

Just a little bit more serious could be the way to go?
Would be fun seeing some players having half a crack at least.

The only serious incident happened when akermanis played and they said they were gonna fix him up and they did. He chucked the shits and don't think he will ever be back.

 

[aCunningPlan]

Who's less funny;

Lehmo or Hughesy?

Lehmo is less of a try hard, making him far more palatable on telly.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

The only serious incident happened when akermanis played and they said they were gonna fix him up and they did. He chucked the shits and don't think he will ever be back.

Was best part of the game last year

 

[Whiskers]

They tried to blow the siren for just after the last Vic kick which went across goal and was marked so decided to make that the last moment. It's fine that they play light hearted but now it's just the globetrotters without the humour or skill. Waste of time. Probably good if you are 7 - 11 but don't know any players.

I guess I'm just meant to lighten up and be smiling like the players but yawn.

I'm a Vic but you're right. There is less humour, less skill and even less seriousness than the other not so serious years. At least have 1 of those 3 things to make it worth watching.

 

[dumb]

They can't let go. They realize the game is shit and interest waning but to scrap this game would be like taking a dump on EJ's grave.

 

[Greasyrhys]

I know it's for a good cause & all, but it would be better if both teams went all out instead of clowning around (as well as regular rules being applied for example quarters end when siren sounds), pretty much the AFL'a version of the Globetrotters v Generals, rigged. Glad I didn't watch a second of this game

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Front Bar without Sam Pang is pointless. Only guy that makes it worthwhile.

A-grade performer, he, Ed Kavalee & Tom Gleisner are the best comedic trio on TV.

Have You Been Paying Attention is brilliant.

 

[Back2Back2Back]

The only serious incident happened when akermanis played and they said they were gonna fix him up and they did. He chucked the shits and don't think he will ever be back.

Best part of it was it was his former teammate Chris Johnson that got him, and even better it was a solid tackle that he attempted to run through - sucks to be Aka, lmfao

 

[offtherails9]

Is Mick Molloy pissed or what

 

[Redline]

Looked like the crowd was way down on the usual attendance. Little wonder when they serve up the same thing every year.

All the accusations around only six cents in the dollar actually reaching the charity might put a few people off. Even if thats not the case the reputation has taken a hit.

 

[Red Crow]

This game was at its best in the early-mid 2000s. Actual legends of the game, not just mediocre recent retirees (Matt Spangher, really?), having a bit of fun but also having a good dip and showing off what made them legends in the first place. Towards the end of the 2000s and into the 2010s is when they started stacking the teams with "celebrities" and manufacturing finishes and certain events in-game to add "theatre", and its gone downhill fast.

I know at the end of the day its just an event to raise awareness for prostate cancer, and for that it gets enough airtime to do its job. But if you're going to do it, then do it right and make it something people actually want to watch.

 

[Jensen]

Either get proper legends and play it somewhat seriously, or go full silliness with the comedians/non footballers. Either way is better than this boring middle ground it's in right now where a bunch of recent retirees let each other kick 25 goals to set up a manufactured end.

 

[James_]

That game was fixed. They were using a freakin' ladder, for gods' sakes.

 

[Cainozz]

Changes next week
Out: LeCras
In: P.Matera

 

[Pacman82]

Hats off to Brown, he never lets the Big V down

 

[Young Gun #6]

Hopefully they take away Matera next year. He didn't understand the point of the game to have a bit of fun. Was playing so selfish and looking up at himself on the screen after every goal.

 

[yirra_kurl]

Who's less funny;

Lehmo or Hughesy?

Molloy is the answer.....

actually, no, it's Hughesy.

There's a few "comedians" who i wonder how they ever got to be mainstream.

Hughes, Helliar. Never found these two funny. Ever.
Lehmo. Lehmo does play a reasonable role on Utopia however.
Molloy (works well when bouncing off others, but terrible when he's on his own)
Flanagan (Not funny.)