Should the Anzac day clash be untrollable?

[Paganism]

Nick Maxwell loves belting out the analogies. Mick Malthouse's assertion that they'd let the ANZACs down showed how little self awareness the man has.

My pet hate is the ANZAC Medal, and the way it's some accolade for a player to be proud of. It's a game of footy, it has nothing to do with the commemoration of sacrifice, so stop pretending it's a medal of any significance.

Bayer....Mention Nick Maxwell on one of my threads again and I'll report ya

 

[scotty13]

All for raising awareness but it's not the AFL's holy day as it's not about the AFL or footy.

As an ex serviceman I'll never attend a football game on this day only as my day is spent attending services, catching up with old comrades, discussing with them old times and mates and family who never made it home (or made it home but still live the war every night in their dreams) over a beer or two at an RSL.

All for the games being played but lets keep it real and about our service men and women, out footy's holy day is in September.

If you dont mind me asking, which war/wars were you involved with?

 

[Northworth]

The older you get the more you appreciate how fundamentally important today is for this country

the game of footy is nice to have and here to stay
but somewhat of a distraction

 

[chelseacarlton]

If it raises awareness then so be it.
My partner is a Kiwi,so our 2 kiddies are kinda like 2 little Anzacs.
But we choose to take them to the Frankston service to help them understand the deep significance of this day for our 2 nations.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

No but I do think the Grand Finalists should play off in it.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

Dude.....You are missing the point. Nobody believes that its right, but unfortunately it is factual. I remember Anzac days in the 80's, early 90's.....It was sad, most kids wouldn't even know what ANZAC stood for. The power of AFL is too big in most people's lives, so as soon as a symbolic ame was cemented, the ******s got right behind the whole concept of the day again

If that's true I'd seriously question the victorian education system.

When I was a kid (see first year of school was 1991) everybody learnt about ANZAC day, in every year of school from Simpson and his donkey to the charge of the light horse. The Dardanelles campaign, aboriginal servicemen, training in Egypt, underage recruits. And on and on it goes

Every year we learned something new. additional the day was a marked occasion growing up, news coverage of dawn services. We had former and current servicemen come to school we had minutes scilence, lowering the flag, the last post. And I never even knew about the Anzac day clash until it started being broadcast up here. The news didn't even mention it.

You'd have to be living under a rock in Sydney not to know ANZAC day and what it was about, Martin place and museum are basically dedicated to it. There's live coverage of dawn services, a march through the city.

Not not a single thing to do with footy. Hell the first rugby league Anzac day game goes all the way back until the the 1920's and yet their was almost no coverage of the game until the mid 2000's nobody gave a shit about it until rugby league realised they could cash in on it by making it an event, you would only know about it if you sort the information out.

 

[RandB]

If the Collingwood cheerleaders put in an appearance today (of all days) then troll the **** out of 'em.

 

[Paganism]

All for raising awareness but it's not the AFL's holy day as it's not about the AFL or footy.

As an ex serviceman I'll never attend a football game on this day only as my day is spent attending services, catching up with old comrades, discussing with them old times and mates and family who never made it home (or made it home but still live the war every night in their dreams) over a beer or two at an RSL.

All for the games being played but lets keep it real and about our service men and women, out footy's holy day is in September.

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If that's true I'd seriously question the victorian education system.

When I was a kid (see first year of school was 1991) everybody learnt about ANZAC day, in every year of school from Simpson and his donkey to the charge of the light horse. The Dardanelles campaign, aboriginal servicemen, training in Egypt, underage recruits. And on and on it goes

Every year we learned something new. additional the day was a marked occasion growing up, news coverage of dawn services. We had former and current servicemen come to school we had minutes scilence, lowering the flag, the last post. And I never even knew about the Anzac day clash until it started being broadcast up here. The news didn't even mention it.

You'd have to be living under a rock in Sydney not to know ANZAC day and what it was about, Martin place and museum are basically dedicated to it. There's live coverage of dawn services, a march through the city.

Not not a single thing to do with footy. Hell the first rugby league Anzac day game goes all the way back until the the 1920's and yet their was almost no coverage of the game until the mid 2000's nobody gave a shit about it until rugby league realised they could cash in on it by making it an event, you would only know about it if you sort the information out.

I will tell you right now.....ANZAC day was nearly redundant, so much so, there was a push for the education system here in Victoria to not educate people on past wars. Thankfully, this was only by a small group of tree hugging do gooders and this wasn't passed. But I am telling you, Anzac awareness is now at an all time high and unfortunately, it took a game of footy to entice the young

 

[maryjames]

My pet hate is the ANZAC Medal, and the way it's some accolade for a player to be proud of. It's a game of footy, it has nothing to do with the commemoration of sacrifice, so stop pretending it's a medal of any significance.[/quote]
I love the Anzac Medal..

 

[Glorious couch life]

Essendon are involved with Anzac Day.

It's trollable.

 

[Paganism]

No but I do think the Grand Finalists should play off in it.

Why is that? It won't always ensure a better game. Imagine that round 2 clash V Freo was an Anzac day clash?

 

[Paganism]

Essendon are involved with Anzac Day.

It's trollable.

Essendon are very trollable, but maybe the event isn't

 

[Gary Conan Ayres]

Yes

I still remember Anus Wantfrees playing in the ANZAC game a few years back, diving like the pea heart he is. Weak acts like that should not be tolerated in any game but especially the ANZAC clash.

Junkies probably should be allowed to play either.

 

[WCErevival]

Its a football game.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

No one is going to troll ANZAC day, but why should the two teams be protected from trolling when they did bugger all but play a game of footy. Stupid thread, let it go, like Norf you've come up short on the biggest day.

 

[Paganism]

No one is going to troll ANZAC day, but why should the two teams be protected from trolling when they did bugger all but play a game of footy. Stupid thread, let it go, like Norf you've come up short on the biggest day.

Hey bud

 

[Pessimistic]

Eddie just trolled it with his two christmasses comment

 

[Mighty P]

Essendon are very trollable, but maybe the event isn't

But in essence, the event (football) has absolutely nothing to do with ANZAC Day. So, for mine, trollable. AFL has nothing to do with Anzac Day other than a few WA vs VIC vs SA games for the soldiers in WW2.

 

[Pessimistic]

I reckon if footy can raise awareness for the great day that Anzac day is, and be used to educate kids, then I'm all for it. And I can't recall any coach ever saying or liking this game to be anything remotely like anything diggers went through.
Enjoy the day and remember why we have it. For me personally this day is the biggie. Forget Australia day, today is the reason our country is as great as it is.

They do it all the time, preceded by the "im not comparing footy to war, far from it, BUT......."

I'm not racist but.......

If they wanted to honour the anzacs properly, theyd both lose the game

 

[captain blood 17]

They do it all the time, preceded by the "im not comparing footy to war, far from it, BUT......."

I'm not racist but.......

If they wanted to honour the anzacs properly, theyd both lose the game

We will have to respectfully agree to disagree.

 

[Green Eggs]

Secretly thinks OP is making a cheap attempt to make friends to back him up when Norf get ****ed in the *** by the big purple Wanchors

 

[Footy Is The Win]

And we treat it as AFL's holy day?

No, do you think the diggers had days off against their enemies? And aren't you the guys trying to create a game on Good Friday? lol, norf

 

[WA ROO]

I am quite comfortable believing "The Anzac day clash" will be interpreted by most as Collingwood V Essendon, after all....They do play it EVERY Anzac day

Confused by this
Normally at events you put the lesser opening acts on first.Leaving the headliner star acts to finish the show

 

[carnthemlions]

Shit thread.

I can't stand the constant references to mateship, bravery etc and how they're so relevant to football.
It's a sport. It's entertainment. It is not war. There's no glory in war- just a lot of blood.
ANZAC day lost much of its meaning years ago.

 

[Brucie Buffer]

That's like saying cricket raised awareness for boxing day.

Give me the meaning of Boxing Day, then we will decide if it is more important than the cricket.