Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023

[armpit]

Brave Wines but they made you pay.

 

[SiempreFreo]

I tipped Demons.But their oomph is down and Port's pop is up. So far they deserve their lead.

 

[sdfc]

They were set up correctly and I'm sure learnt a lot from all of our mistakes.

They started a year after us. I can't remember the concessions they got over and above ours. That might have been relevant for the first few years, I don't know. What about the other 20-odd years?

 

[dexter_]

Butters is an annoying little shit but he's a bloody good player

 

[armpit]

Hah I've seen Gawn have a bit of a throw out there too. It's not just Oliver.

 

[armpit]

Who will play on Fritsch? Have we got their forward line covered?

 

[gaskin]

Who will play on Fritsch? Have we got their forward line covered?

Probably Hughes. Pearce will go to JVR and Cox will go to the resting ruckman, IMO.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

These blocking free kicks to Gawn are ridiculous. It's starting to remind me of our Hawthorn prelim when the umps were briefed in advance to look for reasons to pay frees against Ballas.

This.

Absolutely bullshit

 

[Purple Jesus]

This.

Absolutely bullshit.

Gaff deserves an apology for being suspended if blocking like that is a free kick.

Uppercut yourself immediately.

 

[holybishop]

These blocking free kicks to Gawn are ridiculous. It's starting to remind me of our Hawthorn prelim when the umps were briefed in advance to look for reasons to pay frees against Ballas.

I'd rather not see Darcy being targetted and blocked from being involved in the play.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Uppercut yourself immediately.

I clearly was exaggerating - and I've removed that remark from my post - there's no excuse for clocking someone in the face.

But Brayshaw blocked him 3 times in that incident - it's never been a free kick like it has been tonight.

 

[estibador]

I'd rather not see Darcy being targetted and blocked from being involved in the play.

Did you see that second one? Gawn was mouthing off, one mutual bump, then SPP cuts across him once more as he runs back to the middle. If that's a free there would be 200 free kicks a game.

 

[estibador]

I still remember (I sound like Freomaniac now) that game against Carlton over there a few years ago where Eddie Betts was turning his back on the play and literally bear hugging two of our defenders at once so his KPFs could make a lead.

If those Port bumps were worth FKs and 50s, Eddie's was worth a suspension!

 

[holybishop]

Did you see that second one? Gawn was mouthing off, one mutual bump, then SPP cuts across him once more as he runs back to the middle. If that's a free there would be 200 free kicks a game.

You referring to this one? where the umpire warns SPP and he does it again anyway?

 

[Van_Dyke]

I still remember (I sound like Freomaniac now) that game against Carlton over there a few years ago where Eddie Betts was turning his back on the play and literally bear hugging two of our defenders at once so his KPFs could make a lead.

If those Port bumps were worth FKs and 50s, Eddie's was worth a suspension!

still pissed off how that was laughed away as 'good forward craft' and shit like that

 

[kuhni]

Are we a chance vs this form of melbourne?

 

[estibador]

You referring to this one? where the umpire warns SPP and he does it again anyway?

Yes that one.

The umpire warns him not to do something that is never a free kick, so what?

The umpire can't just warn you he's going to pay a free against you if you drink out of your water bottle and then ping you if you do. That doesn't make it right.

 

[Scham]

You referring to this one? where the umpire warns SPP and he does it again anyway?

Yep thats ****ing ridiculous. So glad we have 4 umpires now so that sort of unduly rough play and time wasting is being cut down on.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Yes that one.

The umpire warns him not to do something that is never a free kick, so what?

The umpire can't just warn you he's going to pay a free against you if you drink out of your water bottle and then ping you if you do. That doesn't make it right.

Yeah that's rubbish. It's not in play.

Umpire's drunk with power.

 

[Scham]

The ego of the umpires is ruining this great game and the AFL is encouraging it.

 

[sdfc]

The ego of the umpires is ruining this great game and the AFL is encouraging it.

The AFL has made the game too confusing to umpire.

 

[Purple Jesus]

The AFL has made the game too confusing to umpire.

It's not confusing to make up rules on the spot though is it?

 

[Spirit Level]

They're pronouncing Naarm wrong

 

[Taylor]

Butters is an annoying little s**t but he's a bloody good player

If he had the clean hands of Serong he would be just the most damaging small player in the league

 

[ilikepotatoes]

You referring to this one? where the umpire warns SPP and he does it again anyway?

I've literally seen 3 blocks like that in the last 30 seconds of the game.

Also the 'block' he paid a free kick for was just because they ran in opposite directions and glanced each other.