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Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

The stopping play and moaning about lack of a decision is my only big strike against Hogans game imo. His kicking could be better, but a lot of the time he will throw his hands up after being infringed rather than contesting the ball on the ground, especially frustrating because he is actually good on the ground due to his core strength.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:06

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 10:30

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

gabensraum posted:

Yeah I see your point there. Just watched it again a few times and it's deceptive because he's already running when he receives the ball so you think he's had it a while but he only has a moment before he is tackled.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-13/dimma-slams-diabolical-call

I was adamant it was holding when watching live yesterday but I think you're right.

Having watched it again, I think I agree, he only had it one second (well, I'm not going to count the frames but it looked about that) and usually you get 2-3s, so I'd say it's definitely no prior. It just looked bad because of the context. What was dumb was that a lot of players were waiting for a whistle while the Roos went on a counter-attack.

On the other hand, anything that sends Richmond fans into a meltdown...

Probably a bigger issue is the non-performance of Cotchin and others. Anyway they've got a few months to muse on that.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:18

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

The Deadly Hume posted:

Having watched it again, I think I agree, he only had it one second (well, I'm not going to count the frames but it looked about that) and usually you get 2-3s, so I'd say it's definitely no prior. It just looked bad because of the context. What was dumb was that a lot of players were waiting for a whistle while the Roos went on a counter-attack.

On the other hand, anything that sends Richmond fans into a meltdown...

Probably a bigger issue is the non-performance of Cotchin and others. Anyway they've got a few months to muse on that.

i didnt like that dimma had a whinge about the non call after the game instead of just criticizing his players for not playing to the whistle

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:24

hiddenmovement: Sep 29, 2011; "Most mornings I'll apologise in advance to my wife."

That was actually a ripping opening round of the finals, and the only thing even approaching a blowout was Friday night, which I still thoroughly enjoyed.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:40

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

swans confirm buddy wont be playing again this year

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:42

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:43

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

That's a bit crook. Hopefully he gets himself right, whatever it is he's actually dealing with.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:44

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Solemn Sloth posted:

So who are richmond going to bring in to lose next years elimination final(to Melbourne)

Bennell. He'd provide more on-field skill and off-field leadership than their whole leadership group combined. That's setting a pretty low bar though.

Just imagine the fun Dusty and Bennell could get up to!

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:49

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Periphery posted:

Bennell. He'd provide more on-field skill and off-field leadership than their whole leadership group combined. That's setting a pretty low bar though.

Just imagine the fun Dusty and Bennell could get up to!

Speaking of Richmond off field, I saw friend of the club Toby Keith bragged on his social media account about the assault charges he is now in court for.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:52

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

I wonder who keeps track of these international "celebrities" that football clubs have managed to get wearing their jumper for a photo op.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:55

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

Periphery posted:

Bennell. He'd provide more on-field skill and off-field leadership than their whole leadership group combined. That's setting a pretty low bar though.

Just imagine the fun Dusty and Bennell could get up to!

i reckon jake carlisle would make great foil for riewoldt

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:55

tnimark: Dec 22, 2009

Solemn Sloth posted:

friend of the club Toby Keith

Wait what?

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:56

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

tnimark posted:

Wait what?

He means Toby Mitchell.

Anyway yeah, Richmond's problem is that their list is too shallow to cover for when their leaders go missing. In a good side, the next tier steps up. For Richmond, the next tear is guys like Taylor Hunt and Kamdyn McIntosh.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 05:59

Nutsngum: Oct 9, 2004; I don't think it's nice, you laughing.

Richmond are the team you support when you have no idea how this "footy" game works but hell everyone else is going for these guys.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 06:18

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

snaeksikn posted:

i reckon jake carlisle would make great foil for riewoldt

I wouldn't think Nick is going to be playing down back at the Saints next year? :confused:

# ? Sep 14, 2015 06:35

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

The Deadly Hume posted:

Having watched it again, I think I agree, he only had it one second (well, I'm not going to count the frames but it looked about that) and usually you get 2-3s, so I'd say it's definitely no prior. It just looked bad because of the context. What was dumb was that a lot of players were waiting for a whistle while the Roos went on a counter-attack.

On the other hand, anything that sends Richmond fans into a meltdown...

Probably a bigger issue is the non-performance of Cotchin and others. Anyway they've got a few months to muse on that.

They also conveniently ignored the North player getting taken high literally seconds earlier.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 06:56

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

The Deadly Hume posted:

I wonder who keeps track of these international "celebrities" that football clubs have managed to get wearing their jumper for a photo op.

No one tops the Bulldogs having Wheels from Degrassi as a celebrity fan.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 06:57

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Shmoses posted:

He means Toby Mitchell.

gently caress. Yeah, him.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 07:13

drunkill: Sep 25, 2007; me @ ur posting; Fallen Rib

Testekill posted:

No one tops the Bulldogs having Wheels from Degrassi as a celebrity fan.

Abba for Carlton was good.

Hawks lost Friday, Swans lost Saturday, Tigers lost Sunday, Abbott loses Monday? Please make my week.

Edit:

Blues have signed an American.
http://www.carltonfc.com.au/carlton/news/2015-09-14/blues-sign-korcheck

quote:

The Carlton Football Club has signed US basketballer Matt Korcheck as a Category B International Rookie.

Korcheck, who stands at 6�10 (208cm) and weighs 105kg, caught the eye of recruiters at a Florida screening camp in April this year. He was later invited to train with the Blues and spent three weeks at Ikon Park in August.

The 23-year old, who previously played Division 1 College Basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, hasn�t played much �Aussie Rules� but Carlton�s GM List Management Stephen Silvagni says Korcheck has shown great potential.

�Matt is a beast of an athlete and showed some real promise when he made the journey over in August, so we�re delighted to have the chance to explore that potential further,� Silvagni said.

�He�s a strongly built and quite powerful athlete, so when you couple that with his 208cm frame, the possibilities are endless in his development.�

Since being introduced to the game only a few months ago, Korcheck has already developed a passion for AFL and says it�s an easy game to fall in love with:

�Tackling is my favourite part of the game. I love the physicality of the sport, the conditioning and just how hard the players have to push themselves,� he said.

Korcheck has signed a two-year contract. He�s set to arrive at Ikon Park in November to commence pre-season training when the team returns from leave.

drunkill fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Sep 14, 2015

# ? Sep 14, 2015 07:58

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

I had to think if there was any correlation between Hawthorn premierships and Liberal PMs since Abbott came in just before the 2013 GF

1961 - Menzies (LP)
1971 - McMahon (LP)
1976, 78 - Fraser (LP)
1983, 86, 88, 89, 91 - Hawke (ALP)
2008 - Rudd (ALP)
2013, 14 - Abbott (LP)

But there's no real pattern, it's about six apiece. Furthermore, Hawthorn never won when Kennett was Vic premier (actually he was in favour of the merger so I'm not sure why we tolerate him, but anyway).

At least we can't have a Federal election in the middle of the finals series this year.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 08:18

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

I should pop back into Auspol I guess.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 08:20

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

This reminds me, when I get done with uni for the semester I think I want to model Total Number of Wins Played In as a predictor for who wins a match.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 08:22

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Mark/Goal of the year finalists up on the site now.

I'd be happy with any of the three goals winning, lean towards Fyfe myself.

NicNats mark is a step above the other two imo

# ? Sep 14, 2015 08:45

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Solemn Sloth posted:

Mark/Goal of the year finalists up on the site now.

I'd be happy with any of the three goals winning, lean towards Fyfe myself.

NicNats mark is a step above the other two imo

All 3 goals are amazing. I think I have to lean towards Eddie Betts though. In the wet on the boundary 49 out with a left foot torp. Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm clearly biased but Bruce should get the mark of the year. It's definitely between him and Nic Nat though. Nic Nat got more height but Bruce got more hang time. Both took theirs over 3 players but Bruce was all opposition. 2 players were left standing after Nic Nats mark but none were after Bruce's. I don't know why any of these things matter but they do. :colbert:

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:33

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Periphery posted:

All 3 goals are amazing. I think I have to lean towards Eddie Betts though. In the wet on the boundary 49 out with a left foot torp. Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm clearly biased but Bruce should get the mark of the year. It's definitely between him and Nic Nat though. Nic Nat got more height but Bruce got more hang time. Both took theirs over 3 players but Bruce was all opposition. 2 players were left standing after Nic Nats mark but none were after Bruce's. I don't know why any of these things matter but they do.

I can see the argument for Eddie, but I always prefer the goals that are more heavy on the lead up play rather than just the kick itself, hence liking cowdude's

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:34

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Solemn Sloth posted:

I can see the argument for Eddie, but I always prefer the goals that are more heavy on the lead up play rather than just the kick itself, hence liking cowdude's

Yeah, I tend to agree. However, sometimes the kick is just so good it makes up for it. I think that kick is probably one of those. Although, Eddie does that kind of stuff on an almost weekly basis these days.

If someone kicked a 75m torp after the siren to win a game I'd instantly give them the award and stop taking submissions.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:38

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Periphery posted:

Yeah, I tend to agree. However, sometimes the kick is just so good it makes up for it. I think that kick is probably one of those. Although, Eddie does that kind of stuff on an almost weekly basis these days.

If someone kicked a 75m torp after the siren to win a game I'd instantly give them the award and stop taking submissions.

Malcolm blight, goal of my heart

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:38

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Solemn Sloth posted:

Malcolm blight, goal of my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Ct1eNANdQ
:chanpop:

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:44

pkid: Jan 30, 2005; I was raised on the dairy, BITCH!

Solemn Sloth posted:

Speaking of Richmond off field, I saw friend of the club Toby Keith bragged on his social media account about the assault charges he is now in court for.

Friend of Jake King, who nearly got the arse from the club for bringing him into the rooms.

snaeksikn posted:

i didnt like that dimma had a whinge about the non call after the game instead of just criticizing his players for not playing to the whistle

He answered a question, he didn't bring it up.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 10:17

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

StandByHard

# ? Sep 14, 2015 10:20

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

Periphery posted:

Eddie does that kind of stuff on an almost weekly basis these days.

Eddie has had career best season twice in a row now since joining us, GOTY for that ridiculous torp to go along with what has to be his first AA selection would be much deserved.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 10:30

MUSCULAR BEAVER: Dec 26, 2014; HENDO! HENDO!

nicnat's mark will win for sure, he jumped on the shoulders of a 200cm tall ruckman who was already jumping for the ball, haha its not even close

however, eddie and fyfe's goals are hard to chose from... fyfe's did have a nice build up

# ? Sep 14, 2015 10:56

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

I bet I know at least two of the three GOTY contenders just from watching too many games on the International Live app. All of that commentary is burned into my brain and that of my teammates at my local, so it's just nonstop "YOU CAN'T DO THAT, SURELY" and "WE'VE SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES BEFORE" during the lazy goals kicking section of practice.

[Edit] Here's a decent article on Korcheck: Link here!

He wasn't a superstar - far from it from the sounds of it - but became a really hungry yet team-focused role player on a team that played NCAA basketball at a very high level. I think Holmes played at lower-division schools, but Korcheck played at a huge, more famous and traditional power. I think he'll translate alright.

harperdc fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Sep 14, 2015

# ? Sep 14, 2015 11:08

Applecross WC.: Sep 13, 2004; Reverence and Disregard

gay picnic defence posted:

Are Richmond fans as over/under medicated in person as they seem over the internet?

I walked back home through the CBD and expected to be abused by a Richmond fan and wasn't let down.

Crossed the road past one going in the opposite direction and he said "loving roos supporters, go and get hosed"

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:00

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

harperdc posted:

I bet I know at least two of the three GOTY contenders just from watching too many games on the International Live app. All of that commentary is burned into my brain and that of my teammates at my local, so it's just nonstop "YOU CAN'T DO THAT, SURELY" and "WE'VE SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES BEFORE" during the lazy goals kicking section of practice.

[Edit] Here's a decent article on Korcheck: Link here!

He wasn't a superstar - far from it from the sounds of it - but became a really hungry yet team-focused role player on a team that played NCAA basketball at a very high level. I think Holmes played at lower-division schools, but Korcheck played at a huge, more famous and traditional power. I think he'll translate alright.

It's been done before. Dean Brogan won national titles in both the AFL (Port) and NBL (36ers) so there's a bit of crossover as ruckmen. Which seems to be the easiest role for imports to get into if they come from other sports that need good hands and vertical leap attributes. Mike Pyke being ex-rugby, Jim Stynes, etc.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:07

ZombieJesus: Feb 26, 2005; He died for your sins, he rose for your BRAINS

Seriously surprised Xavier Ellis didn't even get a fine for that hit on Cyril, but stoked he won't miss any games

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:17

ZombieJesus: Feb 26, 2005; He died for your sins, he rose for your BRAINS

Oh and throwing my vote in for cow dude, that goal was so much better than the others.

The marks are all super even, I dunno who will get that one. Nicnat probably for the height factor, but the others are both really nice too. Let's say nicnat so we can get premiership, brownlow, Coleman and MOTY all in one season

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:25

pkid: Jan 30, 2005; I was raised on the dairy, BITCH!

Lindsay Thomas should be excluded from Mark of the Year because he is a oval office.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:31

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

HAHAHAHHA the FFA has beaten the AFL to employing full time referees, even while claiming they don't have cash to pay the most successful soccer players in the country a proper wage.

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 10:30

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

Give the mark to Walker for 2011.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:27

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