Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 24

[Alberton Proud]

McKay looking like a wounded Ukrainian soldier.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Peter Dutton’s call for a ban on sports betting ads during live games has overwhelming public support, but an opposition push for nuclear power has fallen flat, as a new poll shows it is the least popular energy source. A new AFR/Freshwater Strategy poll found 70 per cent of respondents supported a ban on betting advertising for an hour each side of televised sport. Only 13 per cent said they were opposed to the idea, while 17 per cent were undecided. Support for the plan was highest among Liberal and National voters, at 74 per cent, with Labor support at 71 per cent and Greens at 63 per cent. Under existing laws, gambling ads are banned from five minutes before a live sport starts until 8.30pm. After 8.30pm, the ads can also appear during breaks.

 

[chiwigi]

Peter Dutton’s call for a ban on sports betting ads during live games has overwhelming public support, but an opposition push for nuclear power has fallen flat, as a new poll shows it is the least popular energy source. A new AFR/Freshwater Strategy poll found 70 per cent of respondents supported a ban on betting advertising for an hour each side of televised sport. Only 13 per cent said they were opposed to the idea, while 17 per cent were undecided. Support for the plan was highest among Liberal and National voters, at 74 per cent, with Labor support at 71 per cent and Greens at 63 per cent. Under existing laws, gambling ads are banned from five minutes before a live sport starts until 8.30pm. After 8.30pm, the ads can also appear during breaks.

So the Opposition that has argued and used their immense propaganda funds to argue for coal power are surprised that nuclear power is less popular?

 

[edgie]

Greens are least in favour of restricting betting advertising? Huh?

 

[Windy Cindy]

The commentary team already cleared him of this. Nothing to see here.

hasnt cunnington got off about 15 of these?

id be ropeable if one of our players got rubbed out for that.. nothing in it

 

[Festerz]

I thought that too.
Just hide him away oncce a year.

Especially given the Crows said that Tex's omission for this round was planned 'at the start of the season'.

The fact that they 'planned' for him to to miss Indigenous round is no coincidence imho. And it has cost them dearly. Their forward line never looked like it was capable of kicking a winning score.

 

[Byrons Firen]

hasnt cunnington got off about 15 of these?

id be ropeable if one of our players got rubbed out for that.. nothing in it

Hammer at AO says hello

 

[manureid]

hasnt cunnington got off about 15 of these?

id be ropeable if one of our players got rubbed out for that.. nothing in it

It isnt about should he or shoudnt he, more that you know SPP for instance does the same thing the commentators are highlighting it and letting the MRO know they need to look at it and that he could be in trouble

 

[raptalia]

Another 119 point drubbing for Kane !

'At the weekend, a return to football for Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes wasn't enough for Moyston-Willaura in the Mininera and District Football League after it suffered a 119-point loss at home to Hawkesdale Macarthur.'

Credit to Kornes for helping out though. It looks like country footy clubs in Victoria are under the pump.

More footy clubs flag mergers to survive, as sports administrator says competition is 'antiquated'

Country football clubs are on their knees as they struggle to attract enough players to field teams. Several are now merging with long-time rivals to keep them alive.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Poo Eckert]

and we are going to get a 19th team

There needs to be a confrence system, Lottery for pick 1 and wild card final spots to make this many teams interesting.

 

[raptalia]

hasnt cunnington got off about 15 of these?

id be ropeable if one of our players got rubbed out for that.. nothing in it

Everytime I hear the name Cunnington I think of Greg Ritchie. Anyone who took the piss out of KG Cunningham cannot be all bad.

In case anyone was wondering Greg Ritchie is living in Florida these days and comentating on the PGA Tour. Possibly a tie up with Greg Norman from the days when the Shark was on better terms with the PGA.

 

[raptalia]

There needs to be a confrence system, Lottery for pick 1 and wild card final spots to make this many teams interesting.

Conference systems do not work in Australia. They tried it in the AFLW a few years back and it gifted the Cowgirls a Premiership. If you are going to have conferences you need to get the balance just right or you finish up with a lop sided finals series.

It is the same old story though, if tried to introduce a conference system in the AFL the Victorian clubs would scream blue murder if it meant they could not play each other in the minor round. I can just imagine the furor if the AFL tried to split Collingwood, Essendon, Carlton or Richmond. I doubt that the AFL would have the balls to try it.

 

[Adz2332]

There needs to be a confrence system, Lottery for pick 1 and wild card final spots to make this many teams interesting.

Love the idea in theory for a lottery system.... hate how easily it could be manipulated

 

[El Zorro]

Crows v Brissie won't be close.

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I think the crows will win. Are you implying they'll smash Brisbane?

 

[El Zorro]

Greens are least in favour of restricting betting advertising? Huh?

That's a weird outcome.

 

[OneGreatClub]

I’ll put money on the AFL giving Norf pick 1 this year.

Hope it’s a SA lad

 

[Interstater]

There needs to be a conference system, Lottery for pick 1 and wild card final spots to make this many teams interesting.

I'd rather the AFL was split into 2 tiers of 10 teams each with 2 teams relegated/promoted each year.
18 game seasons playing each of the other teams in your tier twice.

Have a finals series for both tiers, top 5 finals system for each.
2 vs 3 - qual
4 vs 5 - elim
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1 vs (W:2 vs 3)
(L:2 vs 3) vs (W:4 vs 5)
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prelim final
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grand final (in tier 2 these get promoted)

AFL premiership Cup is awarded to the Tier 1 GF winner.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I think the crows will win. Are you implying they'll smash Brisbane?

I'm saying that the Brisbane midfield will ragdoll them just like the Bulldogs did.

 

[Andy_B]

A rushed behind is when a player puts the ball through the oppositions goal. It is not an "own goal".

Own goal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As a legitimate defensive play, an Australian rules football defender may concede an "own score". Such a score, referred to as a rushed behind and statistically credited to no player (score sheets simply include the tally of rushed behinds), results in the opposition team scoring one point. A defending player may choose to concede a rushed behind when the risk of the opposition scoring a goal (worth six points) is high. It is impossible for a team to concede an own goal worth six points.

every sport in the world defend their own goal and scores in the oppositions goal

scoring the opponents goal gets you points in every sport. shit even rugby and american football theams have their own end zones

do really think north was defending sydney's goal in the last 30sec ?

 

[Andre]

There needs to be a confrence system, Lottery for pick 1 and wild card final spots to make this many teams interesting.

Lottery system is shit. I've said it many times, just finish ditching draft picks and assign points based on ladder position (the more the lower you finish), with clubs bidding points on players (player auction). 25% discount for F/S and Academy picks, but no player is locked into a club. Add in trading points instead of picks and Free agency compensation is then points from the club getting the player to that losing (set at something like 50% of what the player is valued at by an independent AFL rating for RFA and 25% for FA). This pretty much fixes all the issues with the draft, F/A, F/S, Academy and trade week (the need to jam other clubs in deal and take a week, because a player is worth pick 20 and a club has something like 15 and 25 and they go 15! 25! 15! 25! 15! 25! back and forth).

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Two AFL matches played at Norwood Oval during Gather Round have pumped $2.2 million into the suburb for dining and entertainment.
The April weekend in Adelaide, Norwood and Mt Barker was hailed a success with crowds inside and outside the venues, but the first spending figures show a 50 per cent above average spend for the weekend. Norwood Payneham and St Peters Mayor Robert Bria said the council had for five years been recording figures from Spendmapp.

The Friday night spend in Norwood of $876,594 — coinciding with a Fremantle/Gold Cost game — broke the spending record. “This figure represents the single largest daily expenditure on dining and entertainment based on Spendmapp data, since the Council starting collecting the data in July 2018,” Mayor Bria said. “The Council knew that the Friday night match under lights at Norwood Oval would be very popular, and the timeslot was ideal, giving fans time to get dinner or a drink after the game.” Spendmapp takes into account all debit and credit card transactions, and applies a weighting to make sure cash payments are included.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/norwood-businesses-celebrate-bonanza-from-gather-round-fame/news-story/2c0706823399847a1aa78b72f5db84c4

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Own goal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As a legitimate defensive play, an Australian rules football defender may concede an "own score". Such a score, referred to as a rushed behind and statistically credited to no player (score sheets simply include the tally of rushed behinds), results in the opposition team scoring one point. A defending player may choose to concede a rushed behind when the risk of the opposition scoring a goal (worth six points) is high. It is impossible for a team to concede an own goal worth six points.

every sport in the world defend their own goal and scores in the oppositions goal

scoring the opponents goal gets you points in every sport. s**t even rugby and american football theams have their own end zones

do really think north was defending sydney's goal in the last 30sec ?

You should stop now:

The only reference to a team owning a goal line is in the Deliberate Rushed Behind rule. And the defenders rush the ball over the Attacking team's goal line. Not their own.

This document is much better reference than a wiki page on Own goals.

Laws of the Game | Play AFL

www.play.afl

18.11.2 Free Kicks - Deliberate Rushed Behinds
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player from the Defending Team who intentionally Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the Attacking Team’s Goal Line or Behind Line or onto one of the Attacking Team’s Goal Posts

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Time for a new instalment of how Collingwood are treated unfairly by the AFL

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[PAFC66]

Pies are shaky in September.

Reckon Lions tall fwd line could get them and Dees backline could cover their fwds.

1 team could just have a day out on GF day too.no one knows

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It will be us.
Port will defeat Melbourne in the GF
Kenny will get sacked.