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realbez posted:There are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticise the Hawks for instance, for having the worst color scheme
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Jan 20, 2017 15:24
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Nutsngum posted:Keep in mind that the international streaming service also runs like dog poo poo a lot of the time. it ain't too bad.
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Feb 1, 2017 15:34
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harperdc posted:And that match went to overtime. Obviously the NFL has gotten carried away with the commercials and such, but I still appreciate the way the game flows from defined play to defined play like a chess match. That format allows you to really be able to appreciate each moment of the game, which makes big swings have more meaning. You can't really get something amazing like this in a free-flowing game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yru_1al8EY It's structured in a way you can't see in a game like aussie rules. In the AFL, rather than the results of strategies on a play by play basis, you just kind of have to see trends develop as the game goes along, and those are what tell the story. Things like "Oh, the Suns can't seem to get the footy out of their own end." Or "Oh, I can't remember the last time the Suns got a mark." Or even "Oh, the Suns mids turn it over like every drat time they touch the ball." That's a really foreign way to watch a game from an American perspective. It's a completely different experience and you have to treat it as such. As far as soccer, I think the biggest reason Americans don't like it, aside from all the diving, is that the play is very unaggressive in general. I don't mean that as in violence, I mean it as in a team may kick it back into their own end 5 or 6 times before they see a look that they like and actually attempt to drive it upfield. If you are a soccer fan, you can appreciate the dribbling skills of the mids as they pass it around, and the pace and crosses from wings and things like that, and it makes it fun to watch play develop, even if it develops really slowly. But if you're coming from the NFL where you basically never, ever, ever deliberately go backwards, it seems like a waste of time. "The beautiful game" is a name that sounds like an insult rather than something to be admired from that perspective. Footy is kind of the best of both worlds in that regard. It's free-flowing, but teams generally push the ball forward because it's pretty unacceptable to dally around too long in your own end, and players don't dive. It's still a completely different experience that is chaotic as poo poo if you don't know what's going on, but it's fun once you've got a few games under your belt and you start to be able to see those trends. Volkerball fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Feb 7, 2017 |
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Feb 7, 2017 15:00
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Haters gonna hate. You're just jealous you don't have a two meter Peter.
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Feb 8, 2017 10:22
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the new watch afl deal is sweet. i think foxtel bought it?
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Feb 11, 2017 01:05
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harperdc posted:I wouldn't know, the AFL clubs haven't sent their 'international pack' logins out yet and when I tried last weekend for some of the AFLW, it wasn't letting me get in to the app. I'll try the website again. the url changed in case you didn't know. there's afl live or whatever too. https://www.watchafl.com.au/ it's free until march 23rd with the PRESEASON17 code
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Feb 11, 2017 02:07
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harperdc posted:r-e-a-l-l-y hoping they sort out the payments (another friend on my club here actually emailed the Saints to ask about the international member passes, apparently that's still being negotiated or details finalized) so that I'm not paying for a membership as a way to get the international pass, and having to buy the subscription separately. That would be lovely. it also looks like they have no replays from anything earlier than this years womens season, which blows.
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Feb 11, 2017 03:32
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thepokey posted:I ended up down the youtube rabbit hole tonight due to procrastination. Was watching some American reactions to AFL and in one video they showed Hodge's goal post decapitation attempt and seemed the main reaction is Hodge should never play again and couldn't believe he was protesting innocence. Americans are dealing with Trump but they still know true evil when they see it. The don't know a good bloke when they see one because they don't even know what a bloke is. He's a poo poo bloke
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Feb 15, 2017 21:39
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pkid posted:Now confirmed as a car crash-esque BROKEN and DISLOCATED hip. Dermott said it's the same injury that finished him off. Killed Bo Jackson too. Good chance of being a career ender. Suns have the worst luck with injuries.
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Feb 20, 2017 00:11
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Periphery posted:Should probably just retire the Suns as a brand. It's clearly cursed and is a risk to its players. Rip the suns. They never played finals footy
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Feb 20, 2017 07:12
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drunkill posted:$5000 fine, a bit harsh but yeah, that first quarter was pretty drat confusing for everyone. I'm surprised they don't take both the normal and away strips to all games. It is only an extra bag for all the extras and then you can do promo things at the ground with the normal colours. I don't know how it is for women's footy, but I watched a documentary once on the logistics behind traveling as an NFL team, and holy poo poo. You've got to think, they're already having to pack all the medical gear, all the extra cleats and player equipment as backups in case any of their stuff breaks, all the game day staff and players, and god knows what else, and they probably don't have the biggest budgets to do it on.
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Feb 20, 2017 12:36
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Set the footy in the middle of the center square and let the players run to grab it when the siren goes off.
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Feb 22, 2017 10:23
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snaeksikn posted:Set multiples footies in the middle of the ground and teams have to rush to get them, dodge ball style We'll call it chaosballs
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Feb 22, 2017 10:32
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Cockatoo loving rules
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Feb 23, 2017 10:53
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I was gonna ask about Josh Caddy but I guess he's with Richmond now. Did he ever get any good?
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Feb 23, 2017 10:59
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spamman posted:Yeah, that looked super painful. Really? I think O'Meara looks like a dumb idiot fuckerman
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Feb 27, 2017 10:56
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Preseason and all but I'll never complain about the Suns blowing up the defending premiers. This whole first half has been a massacre. Dogs look sloppy.
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Mar 10, 2017 10:10
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How do you use like 50 more interchanges than your opponent and still get shitwrecked in the 4th quarter over fitness. Spend all that money on a new training facility and nobody even uses the loving thing. Ugh. That does not bode well.
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Mar 10, 2017 12:37
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Solemn Sloth posted:I don't think I can even remember the last time it felt like there was anything meaningful riding on a game. Don't think too hard about it because if you find an example it will probably have ended poorly.
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Mar 19, 2017 03:32
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Dyson Heppell is the ambassador for great flowing locks.
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Mar 19, 2017 14:25
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Suns are undefeated.
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Mar 20, 2017 21:02
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NTRabbit posted:Wylie Buzza's crack company are well stocked with stars of the game. Those are some next level Australian names.
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Mar 21, 2017 13:48
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Finally getting a chance to sit down and watch the Suns game. That might be the worst first quarter I've ever seen this team play. Hooray, footys back. 
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Mar 27, 2017 06:33
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thepokey posted:Round 6 2011 springs to mind. I think it was 2013 that was the first season I started watching? It was Jack Martin's first season iirc.
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Mar 27, 2017 08:38
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They should sacrifice a players firstborn in the center square before the opening siren every game to give tribute to the chaosball gods.
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Mar 28, 2017 15:35
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Periphery posted:Carn the mighty Suns!  i was about to call it a year after the last two piss poor efforts
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Apr 9, 2017 08:59
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Go gently caress yourself jaeger
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Apr 9, 2017 09:07
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That mark ruled
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Apr 9, 2017 09:20
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TG-Chrono posted:How good is it that the Swans and Hawks are bad now. It's good imo
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Apr 9, 2017 09:30
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realbez posted:That wasn't deliberate they are just very bad Lol. This is fun.
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Apr 9, 2017 09:35
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Matera is a ninja. I don't know what to make of this game.
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Apr 9, 2017 09:43
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ZombieJesus posted:Hawks making the suns look like a really good side lol The suns are making them pay for every little mistake. It's a legit good performance by them imo. Wouldn't expect it to be a trend tho.
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Apr 9, 2017 10:07
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HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT JAEGER
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Apr 9, 2017 10:17
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They asked roughy if he was surprised by the hawks start, and he was like well we've come up against 3 really good teams. Ha! Haha!
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Apr 10, 2017 10:47
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Are any of the fox footy shows any good? I watched an episode of on the couch and those guys don't seem to dabble all that much in hot takes.
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Apr 12, 2017 13:40
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Footy is better than it was a week ago.
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Apr 12, 2017 17:05
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That last kick to inside 50 by the roos was so bad. drat.
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Apr 14, 2017 09:57
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Ahahaha 26 with the Blues is a fuckin moron.
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TG-Chrono posted:Gold Coast are chuckers *hastily flips through Australian to English dictionary*
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