Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII

[Old Campaigner]

Brilliant tribute to Sam McClure ..

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What incident is that referring to?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

What incident is that referring to?

Start at 1:07

 

[doug85]

Start at 1:07

He’s so arrogant and smug. And now he’s got the Lord Farqauud hair too.

 

[ant555]

He’s so arrogant and smug. And now he’s got the Lord Farqauud hair too.

He may be wrong with the won’t pick him but there is every chance the go home factor will happen.

 

[doug85]

He may be wrong with the won’t pick him but there is every chance the go home factor will happen.

Hopefully at a time when we still have some decent draft capital

 

[DonsRule]

Hopefully at a time when we still have some decent draft capital

I wonder how much it depends how where out side build sits when we do too.

Is he a player the player that final piece kinda thing or will there be 3,4,5 holes still in the list where maybe its not in our best interest if we could have gotten 3-4 first round picks.

 

[doug85]

I wonder how much it depends how where out side build sits when we do too.

Is he a player the player that final piece kinda thing or will there be 3,4,5 holes still in the list where maybe its not in our best interest if we could have gotten 3-4 first round picks.

I think he’s such a rare type I’d happily spend a couple of first rounders on him

 

[ghostdog]

He’s so arrogant and smug. And now he’s got the Lord Farqauud hair too.

Dunno. He sounds like the radio version of a lot of BF posters to me

 

[ghostdog]

I wonder how much it depends how where out side build sits when we do too.

Is he a player the player that final piece kinda thing or will there be 3,4,5 holes still in the list where maybe its not in our best interest if we could have gotten 3-4 first round picks.

Holes or not. If you've got the chance to bring in a generational talent, you do it. Deal with that other stuff later.

 

[Zach Package]

I remember once I suggested an approach to Harry Cunningham as a hard working nuggety presence in the backline and got absolutely slaughtered.

He’s about to play in his second grand final, about to hit 200 games the Swans absolutely love him to pieces.

 

[Phone]

is he better than jake kelly

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Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

. has he ever kicked someone who tried to take a cool mark

 

[ghostdog]

I remember once I suggested an approach to Harry Cunningham as a hard working nuggety presence in the backline and got absolutely slaughtered.

He’s about to play in his second grand final, about to hit 200 games the Swans absolutely love him to pieces.

Some mad late rookie draft pick.

 

[Kong]

is he better than jake kelly. has he ever kicked someone who tried to take a cool mark

Still haven't seen this, is there footage available?

 

[DERO]

I remember once I suggested an approach to Harry Cunningham as a hard working nuggety presence in the backline and got absolutely slaughtered.

He’s about to play in his second grand final, about to hit 200 games the Swans absolutely love him to pieces.

I’m quite certain I still don’t know who he is.

 

[raskolnikov]

Kochie on tv just said, "It's so hard to get to a Grand Final".

 

[raskolnikov]

PETA want the Western Bulldogs to drop the Bulldogs monkier and change to the Mutts.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Still haven't seen this, is there footage available?

Kelly's bizarre kick on grounded Lion

Jake Kelly shows his disapproval of Eric Hipwood's leap by kicking him while he's on the ground

www.afl.com.au

 

[Pweter]

PETA want the Western Bulldogs to drop the Bulldogs monkier and change to the Mutts.

Because....???? Do they want any of the other animal based names changed as well?

That just seems a really bizarre thing to focus any energy at all on.

 

[rumply]

PETA want the Western Bulldogs to drop the Bulldogs monkier and change to the Mutts.

Thought you were taking the piss. Much of the breeding industry is detestable but I'm not sure PETA spending their energies in this way will ever achieve anything of note.

The Western Bulldogs AFL club have been urged to retire their mascots and undertake a name change after receiving a complaint from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) over their ‘deformed’ Bulldogs Caesar and Sunny.

This is not a joke.

PETA campaign advisor in Australia, Mimi Bekhechi, issued a letter to the club president Kylie Watson-Wheeler calling upon the club to recognise the health issues with the bulldog breed and suggested the club would do more to promote animal wellbeing by being renamed the Western Mutts.

The activist group believe the use of the live mascots Caesar and Sunny normalises and promotes the breeding of breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) who suffer with deformities and severe health problems – including brachycephalic syndrome, a leading cause of death for bulldogs.

“Extremely short snouts spell suffering,” said Bekhechi.

The Bulldogs have live mascots that attend their matches. Picture: Getty

The Bulldogs have live mascots that attend their matches. Picture: Getty

“By showcasing Caesar and Sunny at games and events and promoting their breeder, the team is – however unwittingly – supporting the intentional breeding of dogs with painful and debilitating deformities.”

In the letter to Watson-Wheeler, PETA suggested the club could promote homeless animals with a name change and even offered to help “contribute to rebranding costs.”

“We have a suggestion that’ll modernise Western Bulldogs’ image: retire Caesar and

Sunny and rename the club the “Western Mutts”,” PETA wrote in a letter to the club boss.

“By not promoting breathing impaired dog breeds (BIB) ... you’d avoid normalising their suffering and instead help champion loveable and unique mixed-breed dogs, who typically live longer and are healthier than their flat-faced cousins.

PETA has called for the Western Bulldogs to change their mascots and nickname. Picture: Mark Stewart

PETA has called for the Western Bulldogs to change their mascots and nickname. Picture: Mark Stewart

“By relinquishing Caesar and Sunny’s mascot duties to your willing human costumed mascots and renaming the team the “Western Mutts”, you’d be taking a stand against the “pedigree” dog–breeding industry while championing the adoption of wonderful mixed breeds and other homeless animals.”

The Western Bulldogs club said they were not aware of a letter from PETA and did not wish to make a comment on the matter at this time.

While animal nicknames are not uncommon in Australian sport, the Western Bulldogs and West Coast Eagles and the NRL’s Canterbury Bulldogs and Brisbane Broncos, are the only clubs known in those codes to have used real animals as their mascots on game day.

 

[yodellinhank]

Thought you were taking the piss. Much of the breeding industry is detestable but I'm not sure PETA spending their energies in this way will ever achieve anything of note.

I'm not sure PETA will ever achieve anything of note?

 

[jannissary]

falling for PETA bait will always be funny. it’s almost like it’s designed to be cringe and incite outrage? shocker.

 

[Darealrath]

For some of these lobby groups their internal KPIs can include media mentions and for one I know of how many times their CEOs name is mentioned.

Pretty difficult not to be cynical.

 

[Nifft]

Still haven't seen this, is there footage available?

 

[Mr Bultitude]

Zach Reid, meet Noah Answerth.

"Injuries impacted the defender's AFL career even before he was even drafted to the Brisbane club.

He suffered a broken back in a marking contest in his Under 18 season, and has since had 11 screws in his face, missed a whole season with a groin injury, been impacted by concussions and needed shoulder reconstructions.

It is why last year, at the end of his fifth year as a full-time professional footballer, he thought his career was at a crossroads.

"I played four games last year and three as sub … I popped my shoulder out last year and had to get surgery and I sort of was coming out of contract and I knew I'd already had a few injuries and wasn't sure if I was going to break my way back into the AFL side.""

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...d&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Pretty sure the marking contest was against Jaidyn Stephenson.

 

[windyhill]

daniher, win , lose or draw, looking to retire ? Had a chance to vent on him 4-5 weeks ago. Was out at tulla to pick mum up from a trip. Was in the 5 min pick up section, and there he was approaching, I’m thinking, here we go, I can say my piece. Didn’t do it,he was carrying his daughter, wife by the side. Chickened out or showed respect ?
That surname is absolute royalty @ Essendon.