AFL Season 2006

Grimey · Post by **Grimey** » 19 Sep 2006 04:28 pm

And if anyone cares the Sydney vs Shockers game is on at 8pm EST

Grimey · Post by **Grimey** » 20 Sep 2006 10:00 am

Grimey wrote:Yeah thats him!
He was asked to leave because they thought he was doing "rude" gestures to the players!

And the winner of the Plasma TV is?

Yeah just got word in that my mate won it.

brent · Post by **brent** » 20 Sep 2006 10:48 am

That is awesome!

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » 20 Sep 2006 12:13 pm

brent wrote: Not sure how integral Mcleod was? He was all australian this year..

Either way, I think the Crows can get up. Missing Hart is so so, we have got plenty of backups for him. Burton will definately play, Macca too more than likely.

I dont think that Hart/Roo will..

All-Australian on reputation.

brent · Post by **brent** » 20 Sep 2006 12:29 pm

Froggy wrote:
brent wrote: Not sure how integral Mcleod was? He was all australian this year..

Either way, I think the Crows can get up. Missing Hart is so so, we have got plenty of backups for him. Burton will definately play, Macca too more than likely.

I dont think that Hart/Roo will..
All-Australian on reputation.

Admittedly I think Johncock had a finer season in the backline, however if you watched all of Adelaide's games you cant deny the run he provied from the backline which is akin to Adelaides sucess this year.

jahooley · Post by **jahooley** » 20 Sep 2006 02:18 pm

brent wrote:Admittedly I think Johncock had a finer season in the backline, however if you watched all of Adelaide's games you cant deny the run he provied from the backline which is akin to Adelaides sucess this year.

he's not bad for a smoker...

brent · Post by **brent** » 20 Sep 2006 05:12 pm

jahooley wrote:
brent wrote:Admittedly I think Johncock had a finer season in the backline, however if you watched all of Adelaide's games you cant deny the run he provied from the backline which is akin to Adelaides sucess this year.
he's not bad for a smoker...

As long as he plays as well as normal, it doesn't really bother me what he does off the field.

Darwi · Post by **Darwi** » 20 Sep 2006 06:19 pm

I get the feeling Riccuito will play.

They will park him in the goal square and play full forward.

He has enough fitness to provide a leading option... and he would still be a handful just wrestling around the goals. He may be able to pinch hit in the centre for short bursts... but I wouldn't be suprised if they just left him down front.

Clever, clever footballer...

Darwi · Post by **Darwi** » 20 Sep 2006 11:01 pm

ok... scratch that...

fox footy showed the crows training...

burton and mcleod training strongly - very likely to play.

riccuito looked exhausted - unlikely.

edgecrusher · Post by **edgecrusher** » 21 Sep 2006 09:15 pm

did anyone hear about James Bradshaw's sister today?....a brick wall collapsed on her while she was closing the garage door or something close to that and she passed away. No doubt he wont be on the footy show tonight, thats if they record it on a thursday

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » 22 Sep 2006 12:29 am

Ruciutto can't really risk it because it effects his liver so I think he'll be looking towards next year.

Yeah that's horrible what happened to his sister, how unfortunate.

brent · Post by **brent** » 22 Sep 2006 09:52 am

I imagine when the Crows beat the Weagles this year, Roo will make some sort of return for the GF, even if its in limited capacity.

jahooley · Post by **jahooley** » 22 Sep 2006 10:04 am

Why does everyone reckon the crows will win?
oh, wait - it's called 'blind faith'

Darwi · Post by **Darwi** » 22 Sep 2006 12:31 pm

Actually the blind faith bias is rampant in WA.

The debate over here is entirely on who will play the Eagles in the GF.

When I told one guy I had arranged my roster so that I ended up working this evening but had tommorrow afternoon off... he was gobsmacked that I thought the Eagles vs Crows was the match of the weekend.

It's not quite 50:50... more like 55:45 in favour of the Eagles...

But I think it will be a fascinating match.

Eagles - in better form and with fewer injuries.
Crows - risking underdone players but home ground advantage.

Eagles with a better midfield (especially in terms of depth), but the Crows with a backline capable of exposing the Eagles' dampness inside 50.

My fear is that the Crows will fade after half time by playing players coming back from injury.

Can't wait...

And to hell with it... pick Roo and park him in the goalsquare!

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 09:14 pm

My god sydney have the umpires eating out of the palms of their hands. I count 3 bullshit decisions.

1. Hall's first "mark" = goal
2. The not out of bounds decision that got a throw-in = goode's goal
3. The suicidal freo mark dropped that results in sydney goal. By Hall's standard that would have been a mark if there was a swan nearby for him to knee in the back.

Fuck sydney.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 09:57 pm

Yep, Sydney have officially paid for their second premiership. The decisions have been shocking.

DjBigK · Post by **DjBigK** » 23 Sep 2006 09:30 am

Somebody call the Waaaaaaaaambulance!

Darwi · Post by **Darwi** » 23 Sep 2006 10:59 am

Only saw bits of the game (at work)... but Sydney seemed to be generally on top and preventing Fremantle from running hard. Freo worked themselves into some scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise when the door opened.

But still, a pretty awesome effort from a side everyone had written off after a month.

As for the umpiring... didn't see any of the decisions above... but was it any worse than the bias against Sydney in the qualifying final?

Jub-Jub · Post by **Jub-Jub** » 23 Sep 2006 01:30 pm

GO SWANS

SYDNEY > WHATEVER SHITTY TEAM YOU GO FOR

jahooley · Post by **jahooley** » 23 Sep 2006 03:17 pm

It starts.
The hype here in Adelaide is intense

Texas · Post by **Texas** » 23 Sep 2006 03:58 pm

mate is it that windy? the commontaters are crapping on how strong it is... the first qtr scores support it....

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 23 Sep 2006 07:01 pm

DjBigK wrote:Somebody call the Waaaaaaaaambulance!

Bombers fan. 16 flags says STFU.

Also:

SYDNEY BETTER FUCKING LOSE

Texas · Post by **Texas** » 23 Sep 2006 07:04 pm

Sydney FTW. I hate WCE.

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » 23 Sep 2006 07:20 pm

The greatest choke ever in AFL history, touted as one of the greatest teams of all time, they didn't even make the grand final for the second year in a row, you don't get much bigger! DISGRACE and CHOKE karma comes around lol, to be leading at 3 quarter time in a HOME preliminary final and to lose, to not have the fortitude to claw out a win, even with goal umpires screwing up west coasts goals is the greatest choke in afl history a tag that I don't think the crows will get a chance to change. Rebuild next year.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 23 Sep 2006 07:25 pm

Froggy wrote: touted as one of the greatest teams of all time,

2000.