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Wait, so the new system is if you challenge the decision, and lose, you have to pay $10k instead of "incurring extra matches". But we've been told all along that players weren't incurring an extra week for challenging, they were just choosing to waive a percentage reduction available for pleading guilty. Like, in the past an offence worth 225 points (so 2 weeks) would be downgraded to 168.75 points (1 week) if you pleaded guilty. But now that's not happening. So what is that same offence worth next year? Is it worth 225 points and you can't get a downgrade anymore? Or are they downgrading all the values to the 25% reduced score? Or alternatively, is the new system just "Michael Christian tells you what your suspension is without any reference to points/gradings/etc and you challenge it if you want?" No doubt also maintaining their insistence on not allowing challenges to use precedents from previous suspensions. cmndstab fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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Melbourne players sought council from the AFL Players' Association to have their pre-Christmas gruelling training camp called off. Players cited injury concerns after last year's corresponding camp saw Christian Salem concussed and Dom Tyson injure his knee. Fairfax Media understands that Melbourne players met with the AFLPA to seek guidance on how to approach the situation with the club. Last year's camp became infamous for how physically and mentally hard it was. Players had to endure gruelling beach runs, strength tests and sleep deprivation that included being woken up in the middle of the night and given tasks. Salem knocked himself out after a brick in his backpack hit him while hiking. The defender later admitted to not packing the bag properly. Star midfielder Tyson was also a casualty, hurting his patella tendon. It's understood that Melbourne will continue to train normally up until Christmas.
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Solemn Sloth posted:stobie poles were invented because not even trees would be caught dead in adelaide I had to search for what these are  good god they look unsafe
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Either the Dees training camp was legit dangerous and they got lucky with injuries last year or the players are a bunch of babies. Of course it's almost impossible to make any kind of real judgement unless you are there, but that can't be a good sign either way for them. Crows possibly having post GF loss hangover/morale drop?
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gay picnic defence posted:It's understood that Melbourne will continue to train normally up until Christmas.
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Cool this is fine I didn’t like football anyway
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The Deadly Hume posted:normal by Melbourne standards or compared with the rest of the league? Melbourne standards probs edit: Monfries signed for two years with Footscray VFL, going to transition into a coaching role afterwards Testekill fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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Apparently a bunch of senior Adelaide players turned up to preseason fat and bombed a time trial
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I too would hit the Cheezels and Coopers longnecks for a couple months if I put in a performance like that.
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I for one am shocked that the Adelaide and Melbourne football clubs could be putting in underwhelming performances.
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All part of our long term strategy to peak on Grand Final day instead of the Prelim this year. We just need to shift everything forward eight days. By next week we'll be breaking all our club records and, dare I say it, training the house down!
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cmndstab posted:All part of our long term strategy to peak on Grand Final day instead of the Prelim this year. We just need to shift everything forward eight days. By next week we'll be breaking all our club records and, dare I say it, training the house down! They certainly do seem to be training well for Christmas day.
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Another young Victorian extends his contract at Freo, Luke Ryan who was a rising star nominee last year https://twitter.com/freodockers/status/941139414574555136
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racing identity posted:Apparently a bunch of senior Adelaide players turned up to preseason fat and bombed a time trial Is Darren Jarman the Crows' fitness coach?
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Lethlean finally found his golden parachute at the saints, 17 other clubs breath a sigh of relief
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Solemn Sloth posted:Lethlean finally found his golden parachute at the saints, 17 other clubs breath a sigh of relief Jokes aside, I think he will be a good administrator.
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Nutsngum posted:Jokes aside, I think he will be a good administrator. Is that a euphemism?
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I think it's good leadership by the Melbourne players to stand up about the camp. It's not saying they don't want to train hard, it's that they don't want to jeopardise their season with injuries occurred by training in unusual ways. Look at the way the NFL athletes train - nothing fancy, just grueling days in the gym and on the practice field which gets them fit AF and ready for football. I've watched videos of some of the training sessions going climbing up mountains etc... Petracca got slammed for hurting his foot dunking a basketball in the off season, but then the club could make them walk a track that is prime for ankle breaking when they could just be training on an oval?
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Nutsngum posted:Jokes aside, I think he will be a smooth operator
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Spedman posted:Jokes aside, I think he will be a smooth criminal
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HOW DARE YOU CALL THE BALL OBLONG http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/21769248/nba-how-australian-rules-football-made-ben-simmons-best-rookie-lebron (seriously pro-click)
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By the way that's my early submission for the new season thread title AFL 2018 - HOW DARE YOU CALL THE BALL OBLONG
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As good as Simmons would have been in the AFL, I have no doubt he made the right choice, and in 15 years will have earned enough money from max contracts and endorsements to buy the AFL on a whim. Quite often he looks like he's been told the NBA will be tough, challenging, and physically demanding, and he can't figure out why it's not yet, as he crashes through, around, and over multiple times all-defensive, all-NBA, and all-star defenders on his way to another basket or visionary assist.
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I went down to my local oval today to watch the mighty Adelaide Strikers lose a BBL practice match to the Redbacks. http://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/strathalbyn-practice-match-report/2017-12-15 It's the same oval the Crows and Dockers are playing a JLT preseason match in February.
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So uh this sounds pretty wild http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...2bc7b4f4f7f3ded Tl;Dr there was a proposal in 1988 to move an “existing Melbourne club” to Los Angeles, re-brand them the Crocodiles, and basically Paul Hogan it up in late ‘80s LA. This would’ve meant the LA team flying back multiple times a year, and long trips from individual VFL clubs; sounds like they had an American airline on board as sponsor and supplier. It sounds like it was shot down pretty quickly, but I wonder if it would’ve lasted more than five years had they done it. Unreal.
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It wouldn't have lasted 6 months, most of the teams in the VFL were already insolvent in 1988
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I’m torn. It’s an audacious plan, and I still think it would be cool to see a league I’m interested in crossing overseas. I’m sure some of the VFL’s target locations would’ve been open to having a spring/summer tenant (Rose Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum) but of the two, Memorial Coliseum hosted other events and AFL at the Rose Bowl may have gone over as well as AFL at The Gabba this year. And there’s the question of ground size...ironically, San Francisco and Seattle may have been better equipped field-size-wise but also hosted baseball teams in their football stadiums at the time (and both football stadiums in Seattle at that time used green-colored concrete and called it “turf”). Overseas worked well for rugby because the countries all know the game. AFL (VFL) would’ve had a much harder time.
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'We don't think go home factor will be a problem for Vic Metro kids being drafted to the Christchurch Keas" - AFL House "This back door allowing people to arrive in Australia from pacific islands, probably by boat, in order to steal jobs and benefits from our hard working Aussie footballers, is now closed" Obergruppenführer Dutton, some months later NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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The Dees aren't having the best off-season so far. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/melbourne-player-investigated-for-alleged-sexual-assault-20171221-h08npw.html quote:Victoria Police are investigating a player from the Melbourne football club over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Bali in September.
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Apparently Harmes, Hogan, Kent, and Gawn were in Bali together, and Gawn has deleted all his social media pics from the trip.
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Rumour is that a Carlton player is pregnant. Rules state that: quote:The policy, which was circulated to clubs on Friday, states that pregnant players must inform their club's medical officer as soon as they find out they are expecting. drunkill fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Dec 21, 2017 |
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