The Association Football AFL Thread 3.0

[Art Vandelay_]

Feel like with Battle and Barrass that the clock is now ticking for clubs like Carlton, GWS, Brisbane and Port who've been chasing success. Hawthorn know how to win and all those clubs are starting to accumulate 30yo+ players.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Just never stops being funny.

Collingwood for the next year: You can't lose a final if you don't make it

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I guess we just have two different views on loyalty I guess.

I get it's a bit different at AFL level to European football because the money is so much different and in the AFL you want to maximise the money side of things but again that just leans into money over loyalty.

I dare say we're not paying TB a pittance too.

We all want our players to stay loyal but in reality is West Coast going to fold because Barrass leaves?

I am pointing out that as a fan of a big football club that can attract whomever they want that your logic seems to be flawed. Never seen you upset LFC has attracted someone from elsewhere to join them.

Home vs not home is largely irrelevant here. TB wants a new challenge and has other factors that have made that choice easier. Surely you can just wish him well having helped win a premiership?

 

[chef]

 

[jod23]

We all want our players to stay loyal but in reality is West Coast going to fold because Barrass leaves?

I am pointing out that as a fan of a big football club that can attract whomever they want that your logic seems to be flawed. Never seen you upset LFC has attracted someone from elsewhere to join them.

Home vs not home is largely irrelevant here. TB wants a new challenge and has other factors that have made that choice easier. Surely you can just wish him well having helped win a premiership?

Nah **** that guy haha

I hope Hawthorn win absolutely nothing while he's there and we rise from the dead and win 8 Premierships.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Blakey Weitering Ryan
Zorko McGovern Houston.

Should be Andrews over Ryan.

 

[gaskin]

Anyone who has watched our games and decided on Ryan in the team or even in the squad obviously doesn't know footy. The bloke has been shithouse most of the season.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

The AA team rarely has all the best players in it but I genuinely cannot believe Sheezel hasn't been selected. As if the team could have any less meaning.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Since the turn of the century the AA team has meant less and less, especially when they started picking midfielders to fill out the forwards.

 

[SM]

Since the turn of the century the AA team has meant less and less, especially when they started picking midfielders to fill out the forwards.

Glad they didn't do that this year.

 

[Dockeroo]

The AA team rarely has all the best players in it but I genuinely cannot believe Sheezel hasn't been selected. As if the team could have any less meaning.

Cornes sneaking in one of his boyz for the last spot on the bench. Not for the first time too lol

 

[SM]

Cornes sneaking in one of his boyz for the last spot on the bench. Not for the first time too lol

Butters? Not sure he was the controversial pick.

 

[Loonerty]

Merrett has been punished for the team dropping off. He had maybe one or two off games but was pretty consistently at a high level all year.

Really amazed he went from potential AA captain to not in the team.

 

[jod23]

Gov the best key defender this year was actually recognised. I'm actually amazed at that.

 

[RPCB]

TIL about Tom Barrass

37

Tom Barrass

Age

28

Ht

197cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

8.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

6.1

5star

T

0.9

3star

MG

158.5

3star

D

10.1

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.1

2star

M

5.6

5star

T

0.3

1star

MG

139.6

2star

D

11.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

0.4

3star

MG

160.0

3star

. His fiancée is Heath Ledger’s step sister.

I might have just ruined The Dark Knight for Jodly.

 

[jod23]

TIL about Tom Barrass. His fiancée is Heath Ledger’s step sister.

I might have just ruined The Dark Knight for Jodly.

Nothing can ruin The Dark Knight. A classic.

 

[RPCB]

 

[DBAH0]

 

[Magma]

you would struggle to find worse on here than those. bloody hell.

 

[RPCB]

 

[Magma]

it was never going to happen. unless someone came out with a jeremy cameron

5

Jeremy Cameron

Age

31

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

esque trade, and probably even more than that seeing for how long he was contracted, it just couldnt happen. melbourne as a club could not allow it to happen. but now all of a sudden the journo's are gonna walk back saying oh yeah a deal couldn't happen. well ****ing duh.

 

[Jatz]

Actually think it was in Melbourne's better interest to make it happen tbh.

They're not winning another flag with their current list and they've got players they could cash in on before the Tassie concessions kick in.

 

[SM]

They'll get reasonable picks for ANB and Pickett if/when both of those go, and surely they push out Oliver before Trac.

 

[Jatz]

The haul they'd get for Petracca would be far higher than Oliver.

Not to mention Christian will be 29 before next season starts and is coming off some pretty significant injuries.

I get they're trying to save face a bit but the bolder move would be to try and reset now.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Clubs who cut deep have longer rebuilds. The braver move would be keeping as many players as possible and trying to nail the picks from ANB and Kossie