I was there in 80. Shit game.
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I agree with that comment but I was more thinking the AFL won’t give any advantages to WA sides until they can see some sort of financial risk to the money but bucket that is the WA market. There’s no competition in WA so AFL have no reason to invest or give WA teams any sort of advantage.
Melbourne Storm have played a GF every 3-4yrs for the last 25 years. It’s no coincidence that VIC teams have dominated Aussie rules for the last 15yrs and GF is locked at MCG until 2037 or something.
I remember my ex-father (long story, just a sperm donor) & Godfather (legend, RIP) tell my brother, 6 years younger & pseudo-cousin same age that there would be 2 guys wearing helmets running into each other.
The boys watched the game with intent, but Basil Campbell & Phil Narkle (both legends) didn't come to the party for some reason.
Basil would have ironed out Phil. We won our first 13 games that yea, you won your last 14. Result made my parents happy though. Helped them get over 75.
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Caan the Dogs. I was in the 3 tier stand. It was awesome.
We camped outside overnight. Just kids so we stayed up all night running a muck. People started standing up at first light so we had to stand in a crush for about four hours. We got flogged and all I wanted to do was sleep.
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That was me the year before for the Derby.
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Hated that ‘80 GF … went to the next year’s with mates - glorious game of footy (WAFL at the level of VFL at that time) … really, really enjoyed the next three.
81 was the brawl when Basil ironed out Beecroft. The three in a row was epic considering we are mediocre most of the time.
Tonight highlights how much we have been frozen out of the AFL and become one of the big losers since equalisation was abandoned.
The first round now comprises over half the draft.
We had no picks in it and won’t enter till around pick 40.
Clubs like the suns have been (by stealth) provided every possible opportunity for success by the AFL, who are happy to pay the price of compromising draft fairness and shafting clubs like ours to achieve their aim.
If you are not entering the draft till pick 38 you are mainly taking about scraps, and a lot more hits than misses. Suns getting 4 top 26 players - how are we ever to compete with that?
I think the decision to hold the R1 picks next year was good. I didn’t think the opportunity presented itself for a value trade into the first round. Would be interesting to know that we offered Geelong for pick 10?
Now we need to hold out on our R1 picks next year and not bend to crazy demands from Sydney for LMD, then take someone in the top 15 or so that is likely to be a genuine talent.
We will be fortunate to get one decent role player from this years draft. We just don’t have the draft capital to expect more than that.
The first round now comprises over half the draft.
We had no picks in it and won’t enter till around pick 40.
Clubs like the suns have been (by stealth) provided every possible opportunity for success by the AFL, who are happy to pay the price of compromising draft fairness and shafting clubs like ours to achieve their aim.
If you are not entering the draft till pick 38 you are mainly taking about scraps, and a lot more hits than misses. Suns getting 4 top 26 players - how are we ever to compete with that?
I think the decision to hold the R1 picks next year was good. I didn’t think the opportunity presented itself for a value trade into the first round. Would be interesting to know that we offered Geelong for pick 10?
Now we need to hold out on our R1 picks next year and not bend to crazy demands from Sydney for LMD, then take someone in the top 15 or so that is likely to be a genuine talent.
We will be fortunate to get one decent role player from this years draft. We just don’t have the draft capital to expect more than that.
I agree, the draft is compromised bullshit.
But one thing about Walls, he finds diamonds in the rough. I'd back him to pick someone who no-one else rates, and be bloody right about them. Our problem is keeping them.
Don't reckon he's that good at trading, just finding players others can't see
But one thing about Walls, he finds diamonds in the rough. I'd back him to pick someone who no-one else rates, and be bloody right about them. Our problem is keeping them.
Don't reckon he's that good at trading, just finding players others can't see
I’d expect walls to pull someone from complete left field tomorrow. He rarely drafts sliders that have fallen down the order. For it to be a potential gem, it probably needs to be someone we have never heard of
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The Toast would be crazy not to take him at pick 30 though unfortunately.
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Why the **** aren't we all venting?
Well spotted!
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Seems a general consensus that we are happy with these 3
We had others that we would have also been happy with, but all 3 address needs, short to longer term
3 vics? Should we be angry with that?
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I enjoy reading vents
I am happy with the picks
I just wanted some cheap entertainment
Ones from SA
Delean is a speculative pick at 60. (which pick isn't?)
I like to see the kids play in the seniors, not just against their own age bracket.
He played senior SANFL and hit the scoreboard.
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The same nuffies who think we should move heaven and earth for a single player with an overblown ego will be wetting themselves when one of these 3 makes their debut.
Whatever about anything else, the fact the players are from Vic and SA means nothing.
Nuffies who think we should only draft WA players know very little about the reality of talent selection in the AFL
Well when your first pick is on the second day, what choice do you have?
Think we will go local in the rookie draft.
11 WA players picked, is a good result from the U18’s.
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More WA kids than I thought would go.
Still hoping Sanchez gets a guernsey today. I'd even be happy for him to become a Dirty Bird.
Still hoping Sanchez gets a guernsey today. I'd even be happy for him to become a Dirty Bird.
