Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023

[Purple Jesus]

A Weird thing is happening. I actually feel sympathy for West Coast with this Harley reid quad awareness stuff. This along with all the bullshit gather round and the these s**t Vic clubs making big profits while getting huge handouts I'm starting to feel a stronger west verse east rivalry

 

[Purpletown]

Admittedly I have no idea about costs or seating capacity but was thinking the eagles, dockers, wildcats should go thirds in a private jet or long term lease. Eagles and dockers travel alternate weeks during winter and wildcats season is during AFL offseason. Obviously will need to hire it out when not in use to make the costs work out.

For eagles and dockers, both do well financially, success is gauged 95% onfield. Do whatever it takes to get an edge. Might help with career longevity, injuries, player retention/recruitment not to mention obviously performance.

The soundest advice I was ever given was "If it flys or floats, hire it, don't buy it"

 

[Purple Suit]

The soundest advice I was ever given was "If it flys or floats, hire it, don't buy it"

Sound advice but you’re not having crayfish for dinner tonight like the poor people.

 

[Taylor]

Lobster was actually a poor person's food until the US train owners wanted to spice up their menus cheaply on inland routes, giving access to the "new delicacy" to the people who didn't live on the coast where they occasionally literally just washed onto the shore.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Agreed

Ironically - they need our draft hand next year


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swap two of our first rounders for Harley Reid
or all 3 for Reid & Ginbey

 

[ImperialPurple]

A Weird thing is happening. I actually feel sympathy for West Coast with this Harley reid quad awareness stuff. This along with all the bullshit gather round and the these s**t Vic clubs making big profits while getting huge handouts I'm starting to feel a stronger west verse east rivalry

 

[Fyfster]

A Weird thing is happening. I actually feel sympathy for West Coast with this Harley reid quad awareness stuff. This along with all the bullshit gather round and the these s**t Vic clubs making big profits while getting huge handouts I'm starting to feel a stronger west verse east rivalry

can't say I feel the same, I would be quite happy if they never won another game in their whole existence.

 

[Steinfreo]

can't say I feel the same, I would be quite happy if they never won another game in their whole existence.

Look I am just really hating the east coast teams right now, I still hat the eags but I just also hate the east coast teams a bit more in comparison.

 

[Purple Suit]

can't say I feel the same, I would be quite happy if they never won another game in their whole existence.

This could be on the cards soon.

 

[E Shed]

Look I am just really hating the east coast teams right now, I still hat the eags but I just also hate the east coast teams a bit more in comparison.

I know exactly what you mean. It’s getting harder & harder every year watching Vic clubs getting first round talent for nothing through F/S and the northern teams loading up through academy players.

GC seems to have about 3 first rounders every year & they can just give them away & collect points & futures & bring their academy kids in. Sydney meanwhile has a Heeney or Gulden or 2 every year.

We don’t even get to keep someone like Motlop after putting years into him.

 

[BettercallSaul]

I know exactly what you mean. It’s getting harder & harder every year watching Vic clubs getting first round talent for nothing through F/S and the northern teams loading up through academy players.

GC seems to have about 3 first rounders every year & they can just give them away & collect points & futures & bring their academy kids in. Sydney meanwhile has a Heeney or Gulden or 2 every year.

We don’t even get to keep someone like Motlop after putting years into him.

I keep having this recurring dread that some time in the future we will play GC in a GF and lose by a point ( which is awful enough) but then have the Vic media et al yell “what a great day for football “. Wilfully ignoring the gross disparities between how heavy the fingers of the AFL were on the scales of their list build.

 

[Spirit Level]

Home crowd is a big part of that. I get to maybe 1 game a year, and we are a friendly bunch compared to 10 years ago.

This shits me to no end.

We used to be raucous, it's why i became enamoured with fremantle over west coast.

We should be setting optus on fire every week. The crowd has become timid

 

[vidwhal]

This shits me to no end.

We used to be raucous, it's why i became enamoured with fremantle over west coast.

We should be setting optus on fire every week. The crowd has become timid

I think a couple of close games to the wire and you'll hear it

 

[Taylor]

The crowd fires up when the side is cracking in at the hard ball, it only takes a few players putting in an effort like that - then for the umpire to miss a holding the ball call for us or otherwise robs us of the ball with a 50/50 call.

The crowd will be on fire then.

 

[freo1]

The crowd fires up when the side is cracking in at the hard ball, it only takes a few players putting in an effort like that - then for the umpire to miss a holding the ball call for us or otherwise robs us of the ball with a 50/50 call.

The crowd will be on fire then.

Back in the earlier days it didn’t even take on field efforts to razz the crowd up. We were just noisy from the get go, starting with the drums and onfield pre game. Crowd these days is far more reactive. We’ve lost our cauldron factor

 

[Paracleet]

Demographics team. Every year that goes by we get closer to the average age of a west coast crowd (clack clack clack).

 

[wakojako]

Back in the earlier days it didn’t even take on field efforts to razz the crowd up. We were just noisy from the get go, starting with the drums and onfield pre game. Crowd these days is far more reactive. We’ve lost our cauldron factor

I swear I remember Subi being a lot more rowdy than Optus. Maybe I was remembering it as a kid

 

[Nothing]

I swear I remember Subi being a lot more rowdy than Optus. Maybe I was remembering it as a kid

At Subi you were sitting on top of people (literally on the bench seats). We're all on thrones now by comparison. We've got comfortable.

 

[King Huskii]

Subi oval shits over optus

 

[Steinfreo]

The good seats at subi were better than the best seats at optus but the worst were far worst.

 

[wakojako]

At Subi you were sitting on top of people (literally on the bench seats). We're all on thrones now by comparison. We've got comfortable.

I remember the crowd being a lot more aggressive though. Some of the stuff I heard as a kid there wasn't pretty but made the atmosphere.

 

[DragoDelph]

Fear of getting too excited and it not amounting to anything but wasted energy.
We’ve become realists. Need that unbridled optimism back.

Just when things start looking good (2022), we get a dose of reality (2023).

 

[Madas]

Fear of getting too excited and it not amounting to anything but wasted energy.
We’ve become realists. Need that unbridled optimism back.

Just when things start looking good (2022), we get a dose of reality (2023).

It’s the hope that kills ya

 

[theGav56]

I remember the crowd being a lot more aggressive though. Some of the stuff I heard as a kid there wasn't pretty but made the atmosphere.

The content doesn't have to be aggressive. Vocal and passionate support for your team is what is needed.

 

[gaskin]

Optus shits all over Subi. Subi was a shit hole. Sitting in the 3 tier stand was great atmosphere wise but the actual seats sucked major testicles. The stadium was a run down piece of shit.

From a WAFL perspective it just made Subi richer.