Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2024

[FreoGirl]

I wouldn't disregard WCEs for the derby

 

[oldgoat]

I wouldn't disregard WCEs for the derby

Really hard not too!
But...I take your point.
Need a goal, say 100 pt deficit?

 

[FreoGirl]

Really hard not too!
But...I take your point.
Need a goal, say 100 pt deficit?

they have improved each week

 

[Madas]

lol, I'm not sure it looks anything like him! The hair maybe draws some parallels. Richard Ashcroft I do believe

Acts like him in the clip though



Great song

 

[FreoGirl]

I have been thinking about the Finlayson incident - I can't believe players really believe that name-calling and objectification actually puts professional football players off their game, so why do it?

 

[Mogumber]

In the heat of battle you say stupid things.

 

[Retzlaff]

I have been thinking about the Finlayson incident - I can't believe players really believe that name-calling and objectification actually puts professional football players off their game, so why do it?

He would’ve just blurted it out. In my mind this says a lot more than it being calculated

 

[FreoGirl]

He would’ve just blurted it out. In my mind this says a lot more than it being calculated

I didn't even know that these words were part of the millenials' vocabularies

 

[Quazar2]

Acts like him in the clip though



Great song

lol. He was so skinny, looked like his face was being sucked down a sinkhole. Anwayz........

 

[Quazar2]

I have been thinking about the Finlayson incident - I can't believe players really believe that name-calling and objectification actually puts professional football players off their game, so why do it?

Not that I care, but I still don't know what was said and to whom?! No place for racism, homophobia and whatnot in any form of life, but does feel like a storm in a teacup almost, especially if he just meant it as a sledge and not literally? I don't know

 

[King Huskii]

Not that I care, but I still don't know what was said and to whom?! No place for racism, homophobia and whatnot in any form of life, but does feel like a storm in a teacup almost, especially if he just meant it as a sledge and not literally? I don't know

The AFL is using this incidence to make a statement. I'm fine with him being suspended but understand full well that many things get covered up.or swept under the carpet depending on who it is.

 

[Bigger]

Clarko calls a bloke a corksacker and cops a fine.

Finlayson calls a bloke a bundle of sticks and gets three weeks.

Probably safe to say it’s better to say nothing but this is all a bit too AFL in its ill-defined, reactive and selective approach.

We should have had a list of abusive terms with the matching penalty. Set in stone. Published weekly.

A range from “Herbert” (mandatory counselling, no fine, no suspension) to whatever is currently the worst thing you can say.

Intensifiers and adjectives have their own scale.

“You corksacking tuttifruity” bringing more than just “You tuttifruity” but less than “You corksacker” on its own.

“You ****ing idiot, Jordan” = instant loss of four points.

 

[King Huskii]

Clarko calls a bloke a corksacker and cops a fine.

Finlayson calls a bloke a bundle of sticks and gets three weeks.

Probably safe to say it’s better to say nothing but this is all a bit too AFL in its ill-defined, reactive and selective approach.

We should have had a list of abusive terms with the matching penalty. Set in stone. Published weekly.

A range from “Herbert” (mandatory counselling, no fine, no suspension) to whatever is currently the worst thing you can say.

Intensifiers and adjectives have their own scale.

“You corksacking tuttifruity” bringing more than just “You tuttifruity” but less than “You corksacker” on its own.

“You ******* idiot, Jordan” = instant loss of four points.

It just depends on who says it

 

[mattis117]

It just depends on who says it

Maybe. Personally I don't think what Clarkson said is homophobic. What Finlayson said definitely is.

 

[Wilksyy]

What's interesting is you're better off punching someone in the throat than calling them a bunch of sticks.

 

[King Huskii]

Maybe. Personally I don't think what Clarkson said is homophobic. What Finlayson said definitely is.

Yep for sure. It was still targeted and he seems to come under a different set of rules.

 

[pK75]

What's interesting is you're better off punching someone in the throat than calling them a bunch of sticks.

That was my exact thought.

 

[pK75]

Tholstrup getting a debut for the Dees tonight, liked him last year.

 

[Waterhouzin]

Apparently an NRL player got 4 weeks last year for the same comment Finlayson made.
I’m guessing the AFL were not keen to be seen as softer on this issue than their cross code rival.
Sort of set a precedent they couldn’t really work around.


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[Bigger]

Why isn't "corksacker" homophobic?

I mean, not many with a cork are against corksacking, but if a bloke called me a corksacker, I wouldn't be thrilled. "Oh yay, I love corksacking!"

Corksacking is not something heterosexual males do a lot of and the imputation that one does it is plainly an accusation of homosexual activity and not a positive and accepting accusation, or else it wouldn't be a slur.

It doesn't get much more homophobic really.

Where am I again?

 

[Taylor]

Cork Soaking isn't inherently homosexual. The word with the same etymology as Fascist, is now. Except when you're referring to little meat balls from the UK.

 

[Bigger]

That's true, but the homophobic element is when you call a man a corksacker - implying that it is an unpleasant or effeminate or otherwise unacceptable activity for a man to do.

 

[gaskin]

I've seen multiple homosexual males say they consider "corksacker" to be a homophobic slur just as bad as what Finlayson said.

 

[Paracleet]

********er not homophobic when directed at one man by another? What are some people smoking?

 

[Bigger]

Fundamentally, it's plain the speaker intends it as a slur - or else they wouldn't be saying it.

Delving into the semantics is really neither here nor there.

And it's pretty obvious most men who call other men a corksacker are not referencing those brave, beautiful and brilliant women who make a habit of munching dingdong.