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NPR Journalizard posted:How accurate were the bios that they gave the draftees? On the AFL website or on the broadcast? not super sure cause I don't have in-depth knowledge of the draft but I'd guess the ones on the AFL Draft Tracker site are pretty good (or at least they seem alright from what I've read about the Saints draftees).
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NPR Journalizard posted:Yeah, the draft tracker. I think someone else said it was rubbish though. Yeah, I think that was Testekill complaining about the writeup on Naughton which said he was a 'penetrating and accurate kick' which seems to somewhat contradict some of the stuff out there about him that I've seen. For example, AFL Draft Central (an independent draft info source) and Knightmare (a bigfooty hack who now writes for ESPN) both list kicking as a weakness of his, but more in terms of general technique or style (long loopy kicks) and not that it's super horrible as a rule. My general theory with reading draft profiles is to read a few different ones, average out the good and the bad parts and then ignore it all cause ultimately, apart from players taken at the real top end of the draft, it often means very little when they get to AFL level.
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Big fan of these videos, keep em coming every November https://twitter.com/sydneyswans/status/934164888447885312 https://twitter.com/TigersFC_/status/934248844375629830
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Nov 26, 2017 23:23
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Here's a good video and article on footy in a small rural town: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-27/corryong-town-divided-by-love-of-aussie-rules-footy/9103024 quote:For many Australian country towns, traditional rivalry between the football and netball clubs forms the beating heart of the community.
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Cats took Crameri in the rookie draft. Maybe it'll work out this time.
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Nov 27, 2017 12:49
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Solemn Sloth posted:Personally I look forward to two periods a year of “IS JESSE GOING HOME” instead of just one Yeah, it seems great if all it allows is clubs to trade in players to cover injuries but if it lets players bail on clubs mid season then that could be just as disruptive as injuries.
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quote:ST KILDA defender Dylan Roberton needed stitches in his testicles on Monday after a freak indoor cricket incident which saw him hit by a tennis ball. https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTYj4BBNxM/?taken-by=dylanroberton E: Can you embed an instagram video?
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Solemn Sloth posted:At least it wasn’t Essendon I guess It'll be pretty funny when Essendon don't even make the 8 next season. 
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Schlesische posted:The Bundaberg soft drinks are amazing. The blood orange is good but the creaming soda and whatever the hell the other one I tried was were pretty good too. I'm gonna have to pick one of these up next time I pick up a kebab (mix with garlic and chilli sauce). HSPs are stupid.
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I'll fight both of you.
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Or maybe Melbourne is the best city and players want to live there. Or the players don't want to be separated from their friends and family at that point in their lives. Or they just don't like the club they are currently playing for and want to play for another.
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Aside from the fact that Melbourne clearly is the best, my comment was tongue-in-cheek. However, I rarely see any suggestions on how to fix the current issues or explanations on why some clubs seem to have these issues but others don't. Port doesn't seem to be losing a bunch of quality players - in fact they are doing the opposite. Sydney doesn't haemorrhage players either. West Coast and Freo don't seem to have massive issues with the only one of note I can recall leaving in recent times (off the top of my head) being Weller who didn't even go to a Vic club. The Lions and Suns have had serious issues with losing players for mostly obvious reasons. GWS whole strategy was around drafting so many kids from Vic that they knew they'd lose some but that it would allow them to spread their list profile. The Crows seem to be the anomaly, particularly when compared to Port, so maybe there is more to it than sponsorship and media opportunities (not that they wouldn't effect the situation in some way but I highly doubt it's the key driver).
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hiddenmovement posted:http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/michael-christian-to-replace-afl-match-review-panel-under-new-judiciary-system-20171214-h04gp5.html Na, it couldn't be any worse than the previous system. quote:Collingwood premiership player Michael Christian will be the lone ranger of the revamped MRP. I stand corrected. But seriously, as long as they are consistent with the gradings over the course of the season and refer more complex/severe poo poo to the tribunal then it should be ok. But that was the case with the previous system as well and they failed miserably at that so I'm not sure what the changes do to address those issues.
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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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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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Considering so many of you have kids there is a distinct lack of photos of adorable kids in team colours in this thread. And to save me double posting: https://twitter.com/MitchKeat/status/946548581476974592
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tnimark posted:My 7yo has recently become significantly more interested in pro-wrestling than AFL football and I gotta admit, he’s right to be. It’s better. Attitude era or bust imo.
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Pretty sweet beanie you got there - no sponsor logos on things is always a massive bonus. The Saints have an option to donate your member scarf/etc to people that need it so I pretty much always do that these days. Any Dons members get the scarf this year? I heard it was particularly bad quality.
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drunkill posted:And cutting to a horserace halfway through the quarter, two or three times a game. That's loving ridiculous.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFWL1QFLdQ Not sure the rivalry is as big as they make it out to be, but I always enjoy seeing Americans talk about footy.
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