Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XV

[Schnitzengruben]

Sure, but surely leaving Buddy one out against 15000 randoms hitting him in the head and pulling on his jumper isn't the solution.

Not sure what they could have done tbh. On the alternate angle, there were already a hundred people 20m behind him once the ball left his boot. Unless security were already on the field surrounding him, it would've been too late anyway.

Thankfully it seemed everyone was pretty tame from the vision (minus a couple rowdy dickheads). I'd guarantee he's copped much worse at festivals with 100 gurners clinging to him.

 

[windyhill]

His durability is amazing. Rare talent who has been a pleasure to watch.

Agreed g.d. And I’d hazard a guess that we would be the team he’s kicked the most against.

 

[ghostdog]

Agreed g.d. And I’d hazard a guess that we would be the team he’s kicked the most against.

It's bittersweet.

 

[Yoda_]

I’m actually a bit embarrassed that his teammates just ditched him and left him to contend battling though 20 thousand sweaty pissheads

club had contingencies in place. Did what they were told

 

[eth-dog]

Agreed g.d. And I’d hazard a guess that we would be the team he’s kicked the most against.

From AFL Tables:

Opponent​	P (W-D-L)	KI	MK	HB	DI	DA	GL	BH	HO	TK	RB	IF	CL	CG	FF	FA	BR	CP	UP	CM	MI	1%	BO	GA
Adelaide	20 (12-0-8)​	199​	94​	97​	296​	14.80​	61​	47​	1​	44​	3​	62​	12​	81​	26​	46​	6​	130​	170​	27​	53​	29​	12​	14​
Brisbane Lions	15 (11-0-4)​	174​	70​	60​	234​	15.60​	57​	29​	2​	29​	5​	57​	6​	62​	19​	31​	11​	93​	148​	19​	41​	20​	13​	8​
Carlton	18 (16-0-2)​	214​	101​	79​	293​	16.28​	71​	30​	1​	40​	3​	73​	8​	65​	23​	33​	21​	122​	177​	25​	58​	20​	18​	12​
Collingwood	19 (12-0-7)​	204​	110​	105​	309​	16.26​	70​	37​	4​	51​	9​	62​	7​	65​	25​	34​	17​	137​	182​	35​	60​	31​	2​	20​
Essendon	18 (14-0-4)​	193​	84​	63​	256​	14.22​	75​	38​	3​	35​	4​	54​	6​	58​	29​	31​	15​	129​	136​	27​	60​	21​	9​	13​
Fremantle	19 (14-0-5)​	200​	106​	106​	306​	16.11​	49​	29​	2​	60​	8​	78​	12​	65​	26​	39​	7​	133​	180​	25​	36​	21​	9​	10​
Geelong	24 (9-0-15)​	236​	121​	125​	361​	15.04​	58​	51​	3​	72​	11​	71​	4​	72​	21​	41​	4​	137​	229​	30​	61​	37​	19​	18​
Gold Coast	9 (8-0-1)​	103​	51​	43​	146​	16.22​	25​	23​		26​	2​	39​	1​	45​	7​	18​	1​	60​	94​	12​	31​	15​	1​	7​
Greater Western Sydney	17 (10-0-7)​	204​	107​	47​	251​	14.76​	50​	32​	1​	32​	4​	66​	8​	55​	23​	31​	15​	122​	142​	34​	42​	22​	4​	12​
Hawthorn	11 (4-0-7)​	112​	55​	39​	151​	13.73​	26​	22​	1​	32​	1​	35​	3​	44​	15​	25​	4​	74​	83​	26​	31​	17​	4​	9​
Melbourne	17 (15-0-2)​	186​	101​	88​	274​	16.12​	43​	46​	2​	47​	4​	55​	7​	61​	21​	31​	8​	108​	170​	33​	57​	19​	7​	11​
North Melbourne	20 (15-0-5)​	219​	113​	76​	295​	14.75​	65​	48​		57​	4​	57​	10​	80​	26​	45​	5​	139​	163​	37​	63​	30​	11​	10​
Port Adelaide	18 (9-0-9)​	198​	104​	78​	276​	15.33​	60​	39​	1​	44​	6​	58​	14​	60​	27​	27​	11​	116​	160​	27​	56​	24​	19​	8​
Richmond	18 (9-0-9)​	208​	102​	71​	279​	15.50​	60​	43​	1​	49​	7​	56​	11​	74​	29​	45​	12​	117​	168​	30​	59​	18​	17​	13​
St Kilda	19 (12-1-6)​	202​	111​	73​	275​	14.47​	61​	45​	2​	37​	5​	56​	9​	64​	25​	34​	12​	121​	164​	35​	71​	20​	8​	10​
Sydney	17 (8-0-9)​	172​	90​	87​	259​	15.24​	46​	43​	5​	42​	1​	57​	13​	63​	14​	31​	4​	123​	137​	32​	47​	21​	15​	9​
West Coast	20 (14-0-6)​	196​	86​	85​	281​	14.05​	59​	46​	3​	67​	2​	55​	9​	60​	29​	44​	10​	132​	156​	24​	55​	37​	5​	14​
Western Bulldogs	20 (9-0-11)​	230​	140​	94​	324​	16.20​	60​	53​	4​	51​	6​	56​	9​	82​	25​	35​	15​	134​	192​	46​	78​	32​	10​	13​

Geelong 62 now.

 

[rumply]

Raining now, enjoy boys

 

[Yoda_]

Agreed g.d. And I’d hazard a guess that we would be the team he’s kicked the most against.

Essendon - 75
Carlton - 71
Collingwood - 70
North Melbourne - 65

 

[citizen-erased]

Stengle and hawkins - sfa
Ergh

 

[rumply]

Essendon - 75
Carlton - 71
Collingwood - 70
North Melbourne - 65

Hookers fault (apparently)

 

[eth-dog]

Hookers fault (apparently)

Remember when he kicked 9 on Ryder?

 

[eth-dog]

Brad Close is a good player

 

[Zach Package]

To be fair they probably thought the people who's actual job it was to protect him wouldn't duck off for a smoko.

Fair, but at least a couple of them were initially around him and then bunked.

There was actually some random hairy bloke who basically followed him at his back for a good 10 minutes, he was left very vulnerable and while it’s a great moment, something really bad could have happened.

 

[rumply]

Remember when he kicked 9 on Ryder?

Hooker kicked 9?

 

[eth-dog]

Hooker kicked 9?

Not quite...

 

[Lore]

 

[eth-dog]

Sydney have a really nice list now. Even with Rampe, Parker, Lloyd, Kennedy, Buddy, Hickey and Cunningham all getting on a bit (although Lloyd and Cunningham are only 28, maybe a bit harsh) they have two key forwards to set their watch to in McDonald and McLean (who looks like he could turn into that 25-30 goal forward/ruck), the McCartin brothers look very solid in defence, plus a midfield of Warner, Florent, Mills, Rowbottom and Heeney to play the Martin/Stringer role, scary stuff. Wicks and Hayward look very lively too.

 

[rumply]

Whateley with the crossed arms, not happy Jan.

 

[CBombers17]

Happy to see thousands celebrate at a game like that after the last couple of years TBH.

 

[Vindicater]

Sydney have a really nice list now. Even with Rampe, Parker, Lloyd, Kennedy, Buddy, Hickey and Cunningham all getting on a bit (although Lloyd and Cunningham are only 28, maybe a bit harsh) they have two key forwards to set their watch to in McDonald and McLean (who looks like he could turn into that 25-30 goal forward/ruck), the McCartin brothers look very solid in defence, plus a midfield of Warner, Florent, Mills, Rowbottom and Heeney to play the Martin/Stringer role, scary stuff. Wicks and Hayward look very lively too.

Sure.

Lets see how good they can build a list now that their acadmeys are gone thpugh.

 

[Darealrath]

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I should be used to it by now but I find nearly everyone holding a phone a little dystopian.

 

[eth-dog]

Sure.

Lets see how good they can build a list now that their acadmeys are gone thpugh.

Sure. They have 8 academy players on their list. Four of which went first round, one second round and threenrookies. I don't particularly like the fact that they got Blakey but the rest are all Rugby converts, one is a spud (James Bell), two could have been taken in the open draft (Wicks and Sheather) and a third wasn't bid on until pick 32.

For arguments sake, if you were to remove the Academy players from their 25 and under side it'd still look like:

Will Gould - Patrick McCartin - Lewis Melican
Justin McInerney - Tom McCartin - Lachlan Rankin*
Dylan Stephens - Oliver Florent - Corey Warner*
Will Hayward - Joel Amartey - Ben Ronke*
Tom Papley - Logan McDonald - Hayden McLean
Peter Ladhams - Chad Warner - James Rowbottom
Angus Sheldrick - Matthew Roberts* - Barry O'Connor* - Lachlan McAndrew*

*Players most likely to be replaced by Heeney, Mills, Campbell, Wicks, Blakey and Gulden

There are holes but it's still a strong group

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Sure. They have 8 academy players on their list. Four of which went first round, one second round and threenrookies. I don't particularly like the fact that they got Blakey but the rest are all Rugby converts, one is a spud (James Bell), two could have been taken in the open draft (Wicks and Sheather) and a third wasn't bid on until pick 32.

For arguments sake, if you were to remove the Academy players from their 25 and under side it'd still look like:

Will Gould - Patrick McCartin - Lewis Melican
Justin McInerney - Tom McCartin - Lachlan Rankin*
Dylan Stephens - Oliver Florent - Corey Warner*
Will Hayward - Joel Amartey - Ben Ronke*
Tom Papley - Logan McDonald - Hayden McLean
Peter Ladhams - Chad Warner - James Rowbottom
Angus Sheldrick - Matthew Roberts* - Barry O'Connor* - Lachlan McAndrew*

*Players most likely to be replaced by Heeney, Mills, Campbell, Wicks, Blakey and Gulden

There are holes but it's still a strong group

They aren’t a great prospect without Heeney, Mills, Gulden and maybe Blakey.

 

[andleanback]

I’m actually a bit embarrassed that his teammates just ditched him and left him to contend battling though 20 thousand sweaty pissheads

Hardly ditched him, if you watch the replay the crowd is literally already running on and are 10m away from him before it’s even left his boot. Only the team mates in his immediate area could get could get around him.

 

[Albertross]

Fairly certain that when Plugger broke the record, he was surrounded by his teammates to protect him.

These were great scenes tonight, but the lack of protection Buddy received was a disgrace. I don't blame his teammates, security or police should have forced their way through the crowd to escort him off the field.

Having said that, I thought Buddy handled himself really well. Soaked up the occasion, took all of the head pats in his stride and didn't get stressed with 1000's of supporters wanting a piece of him. Whoever grabbed that ball after the goal is one lucky person.

 

[Phone]

Plugger kicked his 1300th after the siren. team-mates didn't need to worry about being out of position if he missed