Football Related Random Thread - PART 2

[AFLQLD]

Umpires: E Schrödinger, W Heisenberg, A Einstein

Shrodinger both does and doesn’t hate the Lions.

 

[BuntonRules]

As a fan watching games this season, I have seen a shift to give players so much time to dispose of the ball. I reckon this whole thing is something of the AFL's own creation - and the changes are just going back to how it has always been interpreted.

 

[BuntonRules]

AFL week as p..., as usual

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/oth...r&cvid=8af9fa1874f047f3b1a43bda0642eb19&ei=42

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/afl...r&cvid=8520165baecb45a1bb061d8e9c1c2cd8&ei=11

 

[martinson]

AFL week as p..., as usual

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/oth...r&cvid=8af9fa1874f047f3b1a43bda0642eb19&ei=42

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/afl...r&cvid=8520165baecb45a1bb061d8e9c1c2cd8&ei=11

Hard to see how you would use those words within clear earshot of the person whom you are aggrieved against and were apparently just directing it at thin air.

He's got a wrap sheet a mile long for the same thing but most people can't be bothered going through the aggravation and attention that accompanies a complaint.

Class A Bully Boy.

 

[martinson]

Without making too big a thing of this with all the talk the AFL has put out there about respecting umpires and trying to attract young people to taking it on when put to the test they've just folded like a deck of cards.

 

[McIvor]

Latest article by Whiting about where our seasons gone wrong

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1140620

 

[McIvor]

Leigh right again; more frees in a game equals more free flowing footy and less stoppages which so many people have been saying and have known for years, except the AFL and umpires department albeit a small sample size.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Leigh right again; more frees in a game equals more free flowing footy and less stoppages which so many people have been saying and have known for years, except the AFL and umpires department albeit a small sample size.

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Old mate Mr Rip only 25 years ahead of everyone else...

Umpiring - are they underdoing it??

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[McIvor]

Old mate Mr Rip only 25 years ahead of everyone else...

Umpiring - are they underdoing it??

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That you have and I’ve always been a proponent of this thinking.

I mean, you have a law book / rules of the game, I therefore have never understood why they aren’t enforced when it’s plain to see for all that player are being infringed yet the umpires are clearly choosing to ignore those rules no doubt at the direction of the biggest meddlers the AFL. Seriously, who cares how many frees are paid in a a game otherwise don’t have rules if they aren’t going to be enforced.

 

[Tom14]

Old mate Mr Rip only 25 years ahead of everyone else...

Umpiring - are they underdoing it??

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Rip can you make Ned Guy stop trying to fix the formula for his 2021 Collingwood List Strategy Excel sheet and bring in a "new" rule to make holding someone without the footy a free kick?

 

[Elixuh]

Old mate Mr Rip only 25 years ahead of everyone else...

Umpiring - are they underdoing it??

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Oh my its like reading Bigfooty if the posters on here were well adjusted and could speak in complete sentences. I want no part of that world.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Old mate Mr Rip only 25 years ahead of everyone else...

Umpiring - are they underdoing it??

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Always banging on about holding the ball. Why don't you change your name to that?

 

[Mr Ripper]

Always banging on about holding the ball. Why don't you change your name to that?

A-maazo-ing idea!

 

[rye]

northern academies: SAFE AS HOUSES

 

[BuntonRules]

northern academies: SAFE AS HOUSES

With no discount.

 

[rye]

With no discount.

the discount is kind of stupid

the privilege of being able to match the bid is enough IMO

 

[dlanod]

the discount is kind of stupid

the privilege of being able to match the bid is enough IMO

The discount was originally intended as a reflection of the investment the club has made in the player to get them to that point.

There's zero reason for father/sons to use the same discount. I'm kind of at a point where I'm ok to let go of the discount for the academies too - it adds up too quickly if you have multiple early bids and doesn't make much difference when you only have one.

 

[Dalions]

The discount was originally intended as a reflection of the investment the club has made in the player to get them to that point.

There's zero reason for father/sons to use the same discount. I'm kind of at a point where I'm ok to let go of the discount for the academies too - it adds up too quickly if you have multiple early bids and doesn't make much difference when you only have one.

I would be happy enough if the NGA clubs start investing in their own academies in a similar way to Northern clubs.
Otherwise we are just going back to an NGA system where players just slide on in because a Great GrandFather is from oversees or something with no investment which is another thing they need to tighten up on NGA’s.

 

[Tom14]

I would be happy enough if the NGA clubs start investing in their own academies in a similar way to Northern clubs.
Otherwise we are just going back to an NGA system where players just slide on in because a Great GrandFather is from oversees or something with no investment which is another thing they need to tighten up on NGA’s.

Yeah the NGA process basically amounted to getting an ancestry dot com DNA analysis in some occasions. In fairness some voices (QAFL presidents/watchers who pop up in the academy thread) will tell you that the northern academies don't do nearly as much as I'd hope they do, and I have no inside knowledge about that.

 

[dlanod]

I would be happy enough if the NGA clubs start investing in their own academies in a similar way to Northern clubs.
Otherwise we are just going back to an NGA system where players just slide on in because a Great GrandFather is from oversees or something with no investment which is another thing they need to tighten up on NGA’s.

NGA should only be able to be signed to if the kid isn't already in one of the elite pathways.

I get that appears a bit hypocritical compared to our academy standards, but we don't have access to the same elite pathways to begin with.

 

[Dalions]

Yeah the NGA process basically amounted to getting an ancestry dot com DNA analysis in some occasions. In fairness some voices (QAFL presidents/watchers who pop up in the academy thread) will tell you that the northern academies don't do nearly as much as I'd hope they do, and I have no inside knowledge about that.

NGA should only be able to be signed to if the kid isn't already in one of the elite pathways.

I get that appears a bit hypocritical compared to our academy standards, but we don't have access to the same elite pathways to begin with.

I hope the Northern clubs have brought these things up during discussions.
It got quite farcical the players that were given NGA access.

 

[McIvor]

I hope the Northern clubs have brought these things up during discussions.
It got quite farcical the players that were given NGA access.

Chris Johnson’s son was the one that highlighted how farcical it was.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Ben King

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Ben King

Age

23

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.5

4star

T

0.5

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.5

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

6.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

said something interesting in an interview.



I wonder if our players' struggles with inaccuracy comes down to overthinking and/or a lack of consistency in routine.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Ben King said something interesting in an interview.

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I wonder if our players' struggles with inaccuracy comes down to overthinking and/or a lack of consistency in routine.

I bet as soon as he kicks a few behinds in a row he'll go back to overthinking

I think it just comes down to confidence

 

[rye]

The discount was originally intended as a reflection of the investment the club has made in the player to get them to that point.

There's zero reason for father/sons to use the same discount. I'm kind of at a point where I'm ok to let go of the discount for the academies too - it adds up too quickly if you have multiple early bids and doesn't make much difference when you only have one.

with the way the points system works theres already an inbuilt discount.... everyone knows a bunch of junk picks doesnt equate to a top 5 pick but on the points system it does. think thats where it could still be argued we will be receiving a discount.

ive no idea why father son or nga had the same discounts to begin with. nga in particular is such a massive rort i cant believe it ever got off the ground.