State of Origin State of Origin XIX [2024] - Vic Metro Team Thread

[James Colorado]

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Once again, the absolute creme de la creme of Sweet FA posters come together to represent civilisation against the barbarian hordes of the other, lesser states (and those strange people who while from Victoria choose to live outside the comforting embrace of our fine city). For the course of the carnival we will be competing against posters who we otherwise call teammates, friends, and perhaps even (for the loneliest and most aesthetically challenged here) lovers. That ends for the carnival. Those representing other teams are now all that stands between us and the glory that is rightfully Vic Metro's.

VIC Metro SOO XIX List:

James Colorado (C)
NaturalDisaster (VC)
okeydoke7 (VC)
beez
Blaze Storm
Bovo (debuting!)
cooney
DemonJim
Elmer_Judd (debuting!)
Firestarter
gab213
Gralin (debuting!)
JackNah_8
JT_the_Man
kickthething
Ligma
Marlowe
myblueroan (debuting!)
Muddiemoose
Ned_Flanders
PhenomenalV1
Proper Gander
Senor M
spudmaster
VainGlorious

Look at that team list. Then picture those fine, stunning posters clad in this:



Now try to stop salivating. You can't.

The Road to Glory:

Rd1, 30 June
Allies v Vic Metro

Rd2, 3 July
Vic Metro v Vic Country

Rd3, 7 July
Bye

Rd 4, 10 July
Vic Metro v South Australia

Rd 5, 14 July
Western Australia v Vic Metro

Grand Final, 21 July
1st v 2nd

Vic Metro, let's have a magnificent carnival that does the Big V proud!!

 

[James Colorado]

A massive thank you to TheInjuryFactory for the sterling graphics work <3

 

[JT_the_Man]

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Once again, the absolute creme de la creme of Sweet FA posters come together to represent civilisation against the barbarian hordes of the other, lesser states (and those strange people who while from Victoria choose to live outside the comforting embrace of our fine city). For the course of the carnival we will be competing against posters who we otherwise call teammates, friends, and perhaps even (for the loneliest and most aesthetically challenged here) lovers. That ends for the carnival. Those representing other teams are now all that stands between us and the glory that is rightfully Vic Metro's.

VIC Metro SOO XIX List:

James Colorado (C)
NaturalDisaster (VC)
okeydoke7 (VC)
beez
Blaze Storm
Bovo (debuting!)
cooney
DemonJim
Firestarter
gab213
Gralin (debuting!)
JackNah_8
JT_the_Man
kickthething
Ligma
Marlowe
Muddiemoose
Ned_Flanders
PhenomenalV1
Proper Gander
Senor M
spudmaster
VainGlorious

Look at that team list. Then picture those fine, stunning posters clad in this:

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Now try to stop salivating. You can't.

The Road to Glory:

Rd1, 30 June
Allies v Vic Metro

Rd2, 3 July
Vic Metro v Vic Country

Rd3, 7 July
Bye

Rd 4, 10 July
Vic Metro v South Australia

Rd 5, 14 July
Western Australia v Vic Metro

Grand Final, 21 July
1st v 2nd

Vic Metro, let's have a magnificent carnival that does the Big V proud!!

Damn that’s sexy

 

[Blaze Storm]

This team list though.

 

[Bovo]

This is outrageously awesome. I’m donning the big V!

Bring it home team!

 

[Gralin]

Hey team

 

[okeydoke7]

I love state of origin football!

 

[James Colorado]

I'll start the team PM soon so we can get to plotting the demise of the other teams, figure out who plays where, and develop lazy stereotypes into elite banter

 

[PhenomenalV1]

Let's go Metro City Slickers!

#BooTheBumpkins

 

[cooney]

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Once again, the absolute creme de la creme of Sweet FA posters come together to represent civilisation against the barbarian hordes of the other, lesser states (and those strange people who while from Victoria choose to live outside the comforting embrace of our fine city). For the course of the carnival we will be competing against posters who we otherwise call teammates, friends, and perhaps even (for the loneliest and most aesthetically challenged here) lovers. That ends for the carnival. Those representing other teams are now all that stands between us and the glory that is rightfully Vic Metro's.

VIC Metro SOO XIX List:

James Colorado (C)
NaturalDisaster (VC)
okeydoke7 (VC)
beez
Blaze Storm
Bovo (debuting!)
cooney
DemonJim
Firestarter
gab213
Gralin (debuting!)
JackNah_8
JT_the_Man
kickthething
Ligma
Marlowe
Muddiemoose
Ned_Flanders
PhenomenalV1
Proper Gander
Senor M
spudmaster
VainGlorious

Look at that team list. Then picture those fine, stunning posters clad in this:

View attachment 2016930

Now try to stop salivating. You can't.

The Road to Glory:

Rd1, 30 June
Allies v Vic Metro

Rd2, 3 July
Vic Metro v Vic Country

Rd3, 7 July
Bye

Rd 4, 10 July
Vic Metro v South Australia

Rd 5, 14 July
Western Australia v Vic Metro

Grand Final, 21 July
1st v 2nd

Vic Metro, let's have a magnificent carnival that does the Big V proud!!

Woooo!

 

[spudmaster]

Woohoo, favourite time of year!
#VICBIAS

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Woohoo, favourite time of year!
#VICBIAS

Ugh does this mean I have to be teammates with you again?

 

[Grav]

This is outrageously awesome. I’m donning the big V!

Bring it home team!

Hey mate, aren’t you supposed to be perfecting Bovball?

I'll start the team PM soon so we can get to plotting the demise of the other teams, figure out who plays where, and develop lazy stereotypes into elite banter

Wouldn’t worry too much about plotting the demise of the Allies, we’ve got Ken as a coach!

 

[spudmaster]

Ugh does this mean I have to be teammates with you again?

Yup! Too late to forge your birth certificate now.
Here, catch!

 

[Bovo]

Hey mate, aren’t you supposed to be perfecting Bovball?

My balls are what???

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Hi Guys.

Signing up for the Vic Mets (my favourite Squadron)

 

[James Colorado]

Round 1 of the Series XIX Carnival saw heartbreak for Vic Metro, with a one point loss to the amalgamation of places I'm not sure even exit in "the Allies". Despite getting out to a lead early in the first, our commitment to honesty and fair play was taken advantage of by a team so unscrupulous that in a concept called "State" of Origin, they neglect to represent such.

Those who definitely did not let the Big V down were a couple of SOO debutants in Bovo (29 disposals, 9 marks, 109 DT points) and Gralin who with 4 contested marks was a rock at CHB, forcing the Allies to go around him, as well as experienced representative qootballers in JT_the_Man (14 hit outs, 31 disposals, 6 CRUNCHING tackles), okeydoke7 whose midfield mastery (29 disposals, 8 SLAMMING tackles, and a crucial goal) is adding another couple of pages to his resume, and kickthething, who, well, kicked the thing with 12 kicks along with 17 disposals and 3 marks. North Ringwood's finest, Elmer_Judd was prolific on the wing, with 30 disposals, 6 marks, and 1.2 to dominate his half of the ground. Despite the heartbreak of a final shot at goal, gab213 can cite tired legs having kicked 4.1 out of his 12 kicks, and adding 3 marks and 17 handballs to ensure he can hold his head high.

Now, it is a poor captain who publicly highlights those whose performances may have been well below par, which is why we are not going to refer to James Colorado leaking like a sieve in the BP with 1 mark and 5 handballs...(great leadership there, Jim).

The battle for E.J. Whitten's heart continues with Round 2, where the classy, handsome, and educated Vic Metro will wait for Vic Country to take its collective hand out of a cow's birth canal and join us with its customary "do you think your food is grown in the supermarket" battle cry.

 

[Bovo]

Round 1 of the Series XIX Carnival saw heartbreak for Vic Metro, with a one point loss to the amalgamation of places I'm not sure even exit in "the Allies". Despite getting out to a lead early in the first, our commitment to honesty and fair play was taken advantage of by a team so unscrupulous that in a concept called "State" of Origin, they neglect to represent such.

Those who definitely did not let the Big V down were a couple of SOO debutants in Bovo (29 disposals, 9 marks, 109 DT points) and Gralin who with 4 contested marks was a rock at CHB, forcing the Allies to go around him, as well as experienced representative qootballers in JT_the_Man (14 hit outs, 31 disposals, 6 CRUNCHING tackles), okeydoke7 whose midfield mastery (29 disposals, 8 SLAMMING tackles, and a crucial goal) is adding another couple of pages to his resume, and kickthething, who, well, kicked the thing with 12 kicks along with 17 disposals and 3 marks. North Ringwood's finest, Elmer_Judd was prolific on the wing, with 30 disposals, 6 marks, and 1.2 to dominate his half of the ground. Despite the heartbreak of a final shot at goal, gab213 can cite tired legs having kicked 4.1 out of his 12 kicks, and adding 3 marks and 17 handballs to ensure he can hold his head high.

Now, it is a poor captain who publicly highlights those whose performances may have been well below par, which is why we are not going to refer to James Colorado leaking like a sieve in the BP with 1 mark and 5 handballs...(great leadership there, Jim).

The battle for E.J. Whitten's heart continues with Round 2, where the classy, handsome, and educated Vic Metro will wait for Vic Country to take its collective hand out of a cow's birth canal and join us with its customary "do you think your food is grown in the supermarket" battle cry.

So I can finally unleash my South Australian hate to a Victorian team? This is the best day of my life!!

 

[okeydoke7]

Why is there more traffic in Metro areas compared to country areas?

Because nobody wants to be in the country.

 

[Bovo]

Why is there more traffic in Metro areas compared to country areas?

Because nobody wants to be in the country.

At least they’ve improved their taxi service!

 

[James Colorado]

Apologies for the delayed summary for the bout against the Counts, but it was straight onto the Bye, and as we all know they are a team of pretty rough customers.

A seesawing affair saw the good guys in Vic Metro prove to have the most staying power, lasting until the end and not pulling out until the job was well and truly done to ensure satisfaction; this may be news to the two people in the team with significant others, so they are welcome to point this out now it's in writing.

The changes at the selection table anticipated the trends in modern qooty, with the decision to go with an even spread of capable goal kickers seeing multiple goals kicked by Gralin (3.1), Elmer_Hauser (2.1), cooney (2.0), Blaze Storm (2.0), JackNah_8 (2.1), and kickthething (2.0). Our FF in PhenomenalV1 managed a very tidy 3.3, the accuracy of which was no doubt influenced by midfield maestro okeydoke7 (11 kicks, 9 handballs - apparently he knows how to - 5 BONE SHATTERING TACKLES and a goal of his own) who was seen giving Phenom advice at training on how to make himself the focal point of the whole damn thing.

The win was set up by the midfielders and flankers, with Elmer having the pill 33 times, beez 23, Cooney 23, Bovo with 20, and Muddiemoose 20 possessions and 13 TACKLES THAT SENT THEIR OPPONENT NEARLY SIX FEET UNDER!! Gralin put on a clinic at CHF with 17 disposals and 5 marks to go with his scoreboard impact, and @SenorM complemented this positional change by becoming a wall at CHB. with 5 colossal marks to go with his 16 disposals distributing it to the midfield.

myblueroan made her state proud after a hesitant debut, with 28 disposals, 5 marks, and 5 CRUNCHING TACKLES to finish amongst the best in her sophomore outing.

Overall this was such a very even, disciplined performance that we're not going to mention how a BP in James Colorado ran off his man in a close game to kick his first SOO goal as Vic Metro captain...(he may also have been seen taking advice from Okey during the week).

 

[Gralin]

 

[kickthething]

good to get the practice game out of the way….

 

[cooney]

wooooo

 

[cooney]

Damn