Football Related Random Thread

[Chief]

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www.bigfooty.com

 

[Dylan12]

I though the was great early on. Then he did the knee again and even worse then he went to Carlton

When did he go to Carlton?

 

[dlanod]

When did he go to Carlton?

Guessing there's some confusion with Hadley there.

 

[Scubaveg]

Guessing there's some confusion with Hadley there.

Damn, correct. Wow the late nights and interrupted sleep really is catching up with me. Visually I was seeing Cal, but thinking about Hadley’s career.


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[MSB ROYS]

Heartwarming

‘Dusty is in town, boys. We need to train’: Welcome to life as a Bali footballer — where ‘every day is awesome’

‘Dusty’s in town boys, we need to train’: Misfits bringing AFL to Bali

www.foxsports.com.au

It was a great story. Should be more like it.
As some of you long timers may remember, the first 8 years I was on Bigfooty (2001-9) I played (and umpired) for the Singapore Wombats. I loved playing and interacting with the Bali team. They also host a great Masters tournament called the Bali 9s.

 

[BuntonRules]

How do I shrink the pic in my avatar? Provided no one else picked it first.

 

[rangatangtang]

How do I shrink the pic in my avatar? Provided no one else picked it first.

Put it in the dryer

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Stand further away

 

[BuntonRules]

Ask a stupid question, ..........

 

[MSB ROYS]

For those who haven't seen Marlion Pickett's Australian Story....

 

[FLVanLandingham]

i think as its not 1:1 you may not be able to get all 4 of em squished in without letterboxing it? (adding a band on top or bottom) or stretching it, or something completly different I don't know

 

[Saucery]

For those who haven't seen Marlion Pickett's Australian Story....

Genuinely inspiring story, even without the premiership.

 

[Saucery]

Another great footy tale, this time from the AFL.

'It's pure gravel': Women's footy in remote Australia

Go on a journey to the Kimberley and watch footy played in red dirt and scorching heat

www.afl.com.au

Its very slow to load to the story, bit like the AFL itself!

 

[Maroon Monsoon]

Apparently the cats have made an innocent 'administrative error' regarding player payments, that innocently went on for 8 years before some innocent soul noticed it. Overpayments, surely. Wonder how much?

Cats cop massive whack for Total Player Payment breach

Geelong receives a huge financial sanction after an administrative blunder

www.afl.com.au

 

[bungalow_bill]

Total player payment breach a less pointed way of saying they breached the salary cap

 

[rangatangtang]

Apparently the cats have made an innocent 'administrative error' regarding player payments, that innocently went on for 8 years before some innocent soul noticed it. Overpayments, surely. Wonder how much?

Cats cop massive whack for Total Player Payment breach

Geelong receives a huge financial sanction after an administrative blunder

www.afl.com.au

So a club with an alleged culture of not paying any individual more than a certain limit which is less than the market rate for said talent, then voluntarily reports this error of managing whatever other incentive scheme was after pissing the bed against gold coast and embarking on a rebuild. Sounds like the afl to me, play on

 

[Gadzorks]

Apparently the cats have made an innocent 'administrative error' regarding player payments, that innocently went on for 8 years before some innocent soul noticed it. Overpayments, surely. Wonder how much?

Cats cop massive whack for Total Player Payment breach

Geelong receives a huge financial sanction after an administrative blunder

www.afl.com.au

That annoys the crap out of me. Look at us fitting in all these superstars in our salary cap just because they love the club. $40k isn’t a big enough penalty.

Cheats.

 

[Maroon Monsoon]

That annoys the crap out of me. Look at us fitting in all these superstars in our salary cap just because they love the club. $40k isn’t a big enough penalty.

Cheats.

And yet what should be a bigger deal than Melbourne tanking gets less play than James hirds kid being a category B rookie for essendon. We fans talk about umps fixing games until the cows come home but this kind of bullshit is where the game is really rigged. But let's be honest, the afl has never given a **** about cheating. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do something about essendon peds

 

[Dylan12]

And yet what should be a bigger deal than Melbourne tanking gets less play than James hirds kid being a category B rookie for essendon. We fans talk about umps fixing games until the cows come home but this kind of bullshit is where the game is really rigged. But let's be honest, the afl has never given a fu** about cheating. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do something about essendon peds

Are you serious; Hird's son qualifies as a Category B rookie?

Farcical if so.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Are you serious; Hird's son qualifies as a Category B rookie?

Farcical if so.

Soccer player apparently.

 

[Dylan12]

Soccer player apparently.

Farcical, particularly given he has played AFL (not literally) in the past.

Next think you know, Victorian clubs will start getting kids to also play basketball, tennis, whatever and they'll now be eligible for Category B.

Not saying I want Hird, but with the joke that the NGA has become, it seems the AFL has created so many loopholes you could drive a road train through in order for Victorian clubs to gain an advantage.

 

[jackess]

Like how we got an under 15 all Australian?

 

[dlanod]

Farcical, particularly given he has played AFL (not literally) in the past.

Next think you know, Victorian clubs will start getting kids to also play basketball, tennis, whatever and they'll now be eligible for Category B.

The rule is that they can't be a registered AFL player for three years, IIRC. Pretty much all the alternative sports pathway rookies (Cat B) these days are guys who played junior AFL and then switched back, e.g. Blicavs, Fullarton, Keith.

 

[Dylan12]

The rule is that they can't be a registered AFL player for three years, IIRC. Pretty much all the alternative sports pathway rookies (Cat B) these days are guys who played junior AFL and then switched back, e.g. Blicavs, Fullarton, Keith.

Either way it is a dumb rule.

Should be reserved for guys that have never played i.e. Irish, US or guys that never actually played junior footy such as basketballballers etc, but the son of James Hird?

 

[jackess]

But if we could get one of Darryl Whites kids....

 

[briztoon]

Farcical, particularly given he has played AFL (not literally) in the past.

Next think you know, Victorian clubs will start getting kids to also play basketball, tennis, whatever and they'll now be eligible for Category B.

Not saying I want Hird, but with the joke that the NGA has become, it seems the AFL has created so many loopholes you could drive a road train through in order for Victorian clubs to gain an advantage.

Hird’s kid was over in Holland trialling for a spot in one of the Dutch teams soccer academies.

You would have to be a pretty high level soccer talent to get that chance.

As others have mentioned, it’s no different to how we picked Fullerton up, and has absolutely nothing to do with NGA’s.

If he had stayed in the AFL pathways he would have been a father son to Essendon anyway. If he was any good, Essendon would have had to match a bid in the National Draft. If he was a ok talent, they would have signed him as a Cat B rookie if he slipped through the draft.

Again, no different to Fullerton.