"AFL"

Damn that 7plus will suck you in.
I only watch Lions games. Take no interest otherwise other than the ladder machinations throughout the year. Nearly entered Fremantle Stadium last weekend to watch the local derby but shit it was 38 degrees. A nanna nap in the air con was more appealing.

love aussie rules, local is great. (but even sanfl and wafl is too big for its boots, won't let you back the ute in.. you can do it at some vfl if you pretend you're part of catering). but 38 degrees is too hot to be doing anything that isn't wet, horizontal or closed-eyed.

Can't disagree with you Alfred, a mark every day of the week.
Down the coast for the week, loads swell for the nooks and crannies. Trying out a new stick in some fun ones.
B6 is doing acid this Arvo methinks.

Yep I like the local here. The Pomona v Gympie seniors games are great. Old rivalry. There hasn’t been a comp last few years due to lack of players. It’s on this year. Also a full girls team in the juniors which is fantastic You must remember this is boofhead ball country.

haha, deliriously exhausted, 10 hours of casual bushblock maintenance in perfect weather @blackers, I'll toddle off to bed in a mo ; ) (Pomona v Gympie is my new favourite football @seeds, I'll look into that..)

blackers wrote:

Can't disagree with you Alfred, a mark every day of the week.
Down the coast for the week, loads swell for the nooks and crannies. Trying out a new stick in some fun ones.
B6 is doing acid this Arvo methinks.

B6 has clearly been affected by dermal absorption whilst using Mr.Sheen, it’s gone to his head from the polishing of all those knobs in that old house.
I also recall Graham Cornes once had a Toyota dealership in Adelaide.
I don’t recall that model B6 mentioned, Toyota Camry limited edition ‘ Modra’ AW.

Were Graham’s eyes too close together and did he look like Quagmire from Family Guy? (Like another carrot cake with the same surname)

blackers wrote:

Can't disagree with you Alfred, a mark every day of the week.
Down the coast for the week, loads swell for the nooks and crannies. Trying out a new stick in some fun ones.
B6 is doing acid this Arvo methinks.

Blackers. Would that new stick be a Simon Jones Design board ? AW

Cracking game in Adelaide.

Pies v Swans. AW

It's been 2 ripper games in a row. Last night"s match was fantastic too.

blackers wrote:

It's been 2 ripper games in a row. Last night"s match was fantastic too.

Hi mate. As tired as I was last evening, I watched the whole game, very worthy viewing.
Still on ya road trip, how’s the new board feeling?

I’m attempting to surf on Sunday, it’s looking good. AW

It's been a week of fun waves AW, Good to hear you are back on deck. Loving the new board.

blackers wrote:

It's been a week of fun waves AW, Good to hear you are back on deck. Loving the new board.

Ooh, one of my favourite waves. Looks so good.

Go Pies. AW

blackers wrote:

It's been 2 ripper games in a row. Last night"s match was fantastic too.

How good were the bloody Catters last night.
I've said it before, but Dangerfield is the greatest player the game has ever seen.

Richmond FC.!!!!!!!
This post is to wipe the home page free of that wobbling pack of Carringbush fancy nancies.
Too many posts here about that lot!
Too many.
(They are very good at losing GF's, I'll give them credit for that. 27 in all, a VFL/AFL record!!!)

(a message from the Land of the TIGER....).
The FIGHTING FURY......YELLOW AND BLACK!

Tigers will chalk up another loss tomorrow too adam 12
Heave ho!!

mikehunt207 wrote:

Tigers will chalk up another loss tomorrow too adam 12
Heave ho!!

That's all good MikeHunt207.
All good.
Still basking in the glory of the last great (Dusty) era.
They came from 16th in 2016 to the flag in 2017.
It will be ON again for the Yellow and Black soon.
Sooner than you think.

BTW I used to play squash at Mike Hunt's squash courts in Doncaster in Melbourne back in the 70's.
He and his brother also had a "Mike Hunt's Gym"
I got the double entendre back then, that's why we liked to play squash there, and I reckon the Hunt brothers did too!
Different times back then. A different Australia.
(aaah summer days...my youth....bummer we all get too old too quick..).

Hey Adam, I heard ya. We watched a replay of Round 1 again yesterday arvo as it had turned onshore. There is a lot to like in the new cubs. Give them a year or so and with 20 + games in most of them and we will be heading in the right direction. as for the Carringbyush fancy nancies, nuff said indeed.

blackers wrote:

Hey Adam, I heard ya. We watched a replay of Round 1 again yesterday arvo as it had turned onshore. There is a lot to like in the new cubs. Give them a year or so and with 20 + games in most of them and we will be heading in the right direction. as for the Carringbyush fancy nancies, nuff said indeed.

Good on ya @blackers, I waited thirty years or more for that last golden era, it was worth it. (My mate) Dusty was such a fkn gun, best of the modern era by far I reckon. It should have been four in a row but that bloody American (he's a nice guy actually) killed us in the semi in 2018, at least the Eagles sorted out the wobblers that year. The tigers were on fire that season too.

Dunno if you ever saw me post this a while back @blackers, I'm a bit of Richmond Royalty myself just quietly, my grandad is a Hall of Fame player, No. 41 in the Tiger HoF, so I''ll post this just for you if you didn't see it when I put it up here a few years ago. I had the honor of accepting his nomination at Crown ballroom back in 2013 on behalf of the family, and having a chat with Tiger Immortal Kevin Bartlett.
You can check it out here if you like, just press play on the video.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/726812/hall-of-fame-inductee-tom-ohal...

And here's some footage from my grandad's last game in the seniors, the "revenge" GF of 1934, (the Tigers came back from a defeat in the 1933 GF by South Melbourne.). It features a young Jack Dyer in his second season (No 17), (my "Uncle Jacky" as we all called him growing up, a wonderful man) and some of my grandad (No.18) with Jack Dyer going third man up in a boundry throw in over him. My grandad starred in that GF, his favorite game of all of them he said.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1053323203154923

Hope you can check it out and enjoy @blackers
As they sing today "Like the Tiger of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger
Yellow and Black
We're from Tigerland"

Dusty 2nd best of the modern era @adam12. Danger has got him there. Maybe not as many medals but for longevity, and pure muscle and tenacity, its Dangerfield for mine, this era, and all the others. Dusty bloody good though!

Mmm, dusty’s 3 norm smith medals puts him in a league of his own as much I love the guy from Moggs Creek

Last quarter game. Lions on a run against the Bulldogs

^^^;):):)

GS....i reckon Paddy deserved a Normy in the 2022 grandfinal, but was pipped by Issac Smith...who i won 70bucks off mind you for picking him as the Normie winner. Andrew Mcleod is also in my greatest players ever (dual normy winner) as is Gary Ablett snr(Indo) however, there's never...ever been a player with the sheer ferocity of Dangerfield. He's created a new prototype of sheer muscle...bull type of player. I watched many Gary Ablett senior games,...he was my greatest ever...but then along came Danger. He's not the flashiest player...he won't take mark of the year, probably not kick goal of the year....but what he does in the contest is game changing and determines results time and time again. He's as close to a white pointer on the footy field as i've ever seen. Apex predator. Good luck to anyone that wants to step into his shoes. Expect pain. Never seen a player cop so many hits as him, yet get up and get on with it. The mans a warrior. Of the highest order. Anyway..personal opinion! haha.

southernraw wrote:

Dusty 2nd best of the modern era @adam12. Danger has got him there. Maybe not as many medals but for longevity, and pure muscle and tenacity, its Dangerfield for mine, this era, and all the others. Dusty bloody good though!

Yeah, I call bullshit on that one @Southern, Patrick is a great player no doubt, a gun, but just watch Dusty make a fool of him in the 2020 GF, pulled his pants down in the final quarter, pinched the handball and slung Danger off like he was a girl. Great goal too.

It's near the end of the last quarter, and Danger played a bit of a shit game that day, knocked out a Tiger player early and it put him off that day I think. Trent Cotchin took out Gary Jnr's shoulder and finished his career on a dud note just prior to that hit by Dangerfield I remember too.

Great players step up in the big games, they inspire greatness from their team mates, they lift their side. That's what Dusty is remembered for most. Plus the fend, and his run, and his fkn kicking was amazing to watch too.
Three Norm Smith medals says it all.

There are the greats, like Dangerfield, Ablett Snr and Jnr, Leigh Matthews, Ian Stewart, and every other great that has played the game, "Captain Blood" Jack Dyer included. All of them, everyone that has ever played the game at the highest level and become a "great".
And there is a line in the sand....
With only one set of footprints above it.
They belong to Dustin Martin.

We can debate this all you want @Southern, it's fun, but Dusty has the receipts, the trifectas. Three Flags, a Brownlow and when it counted the most, Three Norm Smith Medals.
None can top that.
No one.
Maybe forever.

@Indo, young Nick is what Jack Dyer would call a "pretty" player.
I like the Daicos family, father and sons, great players. Freakish talent in that family tree. Met Peter once or twice, sold him some chairs for a restaurant he was doing back in the day. Really nice guy.

But Collingwood still has that ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The Grand Final record.
Won 16, drew 2 and LOST 27 !!!!
TWENTY SEVEN !!!
The wobble is enduring.
Like 2018.
I danced in my living room when Dom Sheed kicked that goal. You can watch it again right now if you like, here

Best two minutes of Colliwobbles I've seen in a long time.

Don't do what Magpie fans always do and get ahead of yourself there @Indo.
Long season ahead.

(BTW how's that pedo Joffa in the gold jacket going these days??? Don't see him at too many games recently. Pity.)

Edit, sorry @Indo, my page had your opening post on this thread and I mistakenly thought it was a recent comment, like tonight recent, so you can "skim" read it if you like, or watch that Eagles 2020 GF highlight again like I'm going to now. Can't get enough of that shit!
Long live the wobble!

adam12 wrote:

blackers wrote:

Hey Adam, I heard ya. We watched a replay of Round 1 again yesterday arvo as it had turned onshore. There is a lot to like in the new cubs. Give them a year or so and with 20 + games in most of them and we will be heading in the right direction. as for the Carringbyush fancy nancies, nuff said indeed.

Good on ya @blackers, I waited thirty years or more for that last golden era, it was worth it. (My mate) Dusty was such a fkn gun, best of the modern era by far I reckon. It should have been four in a row but that bloody American (he's a nice guy actually) killed us in the semi in 2018, at least the Eagles sorted out the wobblers that year. The tigers were on fire that season too.

Dunno if you ever saw me post this a while back @blackers, I'm a bit of Richmond Royalty myself just quietly, my grandad is a Hall of Fame player, No. 41 in the Tiger HoF, so I''ll post this just for you if you didn't see it when I put it up here a few years ago. I had the honor of accepting his nomination at Crown ballroom back in 2013 on behalf of the family, and having a chat with Tiger Immortal Kevin Bartlett.
You can check it out here if you like, just press play on the video.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/726812/hall-of-fame-inductee-tom-ohal...

And here's some footage from my grandad's last game in the seniors, the "revenge" GF of 1934, (the Tigers came back from a defeat in the 1933 GF by South Melbourne.). It features a young Jack Dyer in his second season (No 17), (my "Uncle Jacky" as we all called him growing up, a wonderful man) and some of my grandad (No.18) with Jack Dyer going third man up in a boundry throw in over him. My grandad starred in that GF, his favorite game of all of them he said.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1053323203154923

Hope you can check it out and enjoy @blackers
As they sing today "Like the Tiger of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger
Yellow and Black
We're from Tigerland"

Cheers A12, Great family connections.

Hahaha. @Adam12, i knew this moment was coming.
I remember clearly exactly where i was when this most deflating moment happented.
And yep, huge kudos to Dusty for that moment.
BUT.....it's not the whole picture.
Danger is a far superior player in many facets.
Dusty is a great finisher and a great field kick, and his fend offs were legendary.
But Danger can change the momentum of the game in the scraps, where you can't even see it.
He inspires those next to him to walk taller.
Yeah i've got no hope of ever changing your mind, you're a Tiger through and through, and i love that...yeah Dusty has the reciepts...but for mine..Danger is the ultimate footballer. And he's still playing. Whatever happened to Dustin?

btw agree on the assessment of Daics @Adam12. Pretty indeed.
His dad though. Phwoaar saw him live many times.
I've noticed a bit more mongrel and muscle in Nicks games this year.
Josh still my favourite Daicos of the two though.
He's a real footballer.

I'm sorry, but you just won't see a better footballer past present or future than Patrick Dangerfield. It's a non argument.

southernraw wrote:

I'm sorry, but you just won't see a better footballer past present or future than Patrick Dangerfield. It's a non argument.

Aaah @Southern, this fun debate just goes to show that there is nothing wrong with a bit of "man love" amongst us staunchly hetrosexual Aussie blokes, (speaking for myself there @Southern, dunno what floats your boat really, I assume you are though) we all love our footy champions.

Anyway, when Patrick Dangerfield has three Norm Smiths, three premierships and more than one Brownlow you can get back to me then, and I might take your word for it.
As the fans like to say..."SCOREBOARD !"

As for Collingwood, I grew up hating them, it was in my DNA. My grandad lost three Grand Finals to them during their golden era in the 1920's when they won four in a row.
They were a brutal side back then too.

But the truth is the players always got on really well off field, the rivalry was more between the cheer squads which were huge in those days. They used to have running brawls on a Saturday night along the back lanes of Richmond and Collingwood after the teams had met that day on the field, while the players would get together for a drink or socialise after the games.
This was true too in the 70's and 80's when I used to go to the after game functions sometimes with some of my relatives that were Richmond life members. The players would all get on the piss together after the game, the umpires too.
White line fever. It (mostly) stayed on field.

They don't do that these days, but something I love about the modern game is the way the players shake hands post match on the field and opponents hang around and chat to each other, the boys have a catch up with mates they came up through the system with and players who change clubs embrace and chat with old team mates. The game has changed a lot in recent times, but that part is the same. I really like that.

And I do like Patrick Dangerfield, he's a rolled gold champion footy player, an on field General like Captain Blood was, a match winner and a gun, and a Moggs Creek boy and a surfer and fisherman. What's not to like about that? He is also an off field leader, both of his team and the game and league itself. Dusty didn't speak up much, that is his way and part of his aura, but Danger is a ripper with the microphone in his hand. A true leader of the sport itself. I admire and respect him for that as well as his playing.

And truth is I'm a bit of a Collingwood fan too these days, in the post Eddie McGuire era. I really like them now, and the Daicos boys, and the coach (he was part of the Tigers recent success). It's just fun to bring out the Colliwobble stuff to razz up their fans a bit. They are still the most "one eyed" fans in the league. Good on them.

But come @ me again on who's the best @Southern when Patrick has a few more flags and Brownlows and Norm Smiths and we can talk more about it then.

Right now, it's Dusty mate. Daylight second!

Hahaha. Okkaaaaay i'll concede that based on the 'scoreboard' it appears that Dusty is the better.
But deep down i'll never believe it! He's an absolute gun, Dusty. No doubt about it. I used to love that not only did he do amazing things when he had the ball but it was almost like his energy would stay with the ball when he kicked or passed it to other players all the way through the chain of play that he started, I swear it happened so often...whether it was just players being inspired by him, or if he was tapped into something on a different level A great of the game with the credentials to back it up too.
Great times back in the 80s by those stories. Cheers for sharing those.
Yeah i do miss the absolute fanaticism that Victoria as a state holds for football. While WA is a footy state, SA too(although SA pretty fanatical) they just don't have that same deeply ingrained football dna that is prevalent throughout all of vicco due to having so many teams and supporters.
Yeah it's in my blood to hate the pies too but agree, the current team is easy to like and get behind. As a bomber, my mortal enermy is more in the Carlton scheme of things, I want to see them lose to everyone. Collingwood included!!
Good win by the Dons last night Yeeeew!

Haha i was in Geraldton the day the Weagles snuffed out the Pies,
Was a great day Indo!! The town was buzzing.
Agreed, that game of Cox in the prelim was his crowning moment.

I preferred the next game. Was flying down from the Sunny Coast and got to hear collypie hearts broken in the final quarter and the wash up. Felt like vengeance was ours in a second hand manner. While we were well beaten, nothing better than seeing your foes go down by a kick in the final moments of the Grand final. As for Cox, I am sure he is a lovely human but he is a trash talking wanker on the field. Without the consistency to back it up. Something about Collingwood big men stepping up against the Tiges, Travis Cloke only ever played well against us.

blackers wrote:

I preferred the next game. Was flying down from the Sunny Coast and got to hear collypie hearts broken in the final quarter and the wash up. Felt like vengeance was ours in a second hand manner. While we were well beaten, nothing better than seeing your foes go down by a kick in the final moments of the Grand final. As for Cox, I am sure he is a lovely human but he is a trash talking wanker on the field. Without the consistency to back it up. Something about Collingwood big men stepping up against the Tiges, Travis Cloke only ever played well against us.

You’ve got me in tears Blackers. AW

indo-dreaming wrote:

Travis Cloke was another frustrating player to watch, such a contested marking beast, and then he would miss it from 10 metre's out.

IndoDreaming. Hi mate.

I’m hearing ya and I with you, frustrating is an understatement. Some days, not often, kick a goal from miles out, most days, couldn’t kick over a jam tin. AW

Any discussion about Collingwood in the modern era needs to include their former coach, captain and clanger king Nathan Buckley.

A good player but not in the same league as the true greats of the time - Voss for shear in your face mongrel/toughness at the ball and Hird for equal toughness at the ball as Voss but regular brilliance to his team’s advantage. Buckley regularly clocked up 30+ possessions via clanger kicks up field which would come straight back to him. Good but no way worth the admiration that the Collingwood nuff nuffs gave him!!

GuySmiley wrote:

Any discussion about Collingwood in the modern era needs to include their former coach, captain and clanger king Nathan Buckley.

A good player but not in the same league as the true greats of the time - Voss for shear in your face mongrel/toughness at the ball and Hird for equal toughness at the ball as Voss but regular brilliance to his team’s advantage. Buckley regularly clocked up 30+ possessions via clanger kicks up field which would come straight back to him. Good but no way worth the admiration that the Collingwood nuff nuffs gave him!!

He wasn’t called FIGJAM for nothing.
Kick us while we’re down, dig the boots in. We just may come back to bite you on the bum with our one teef. AW

Not familiar with that term AW, but I go to bed tonight safe in the knowledge my brother in laws have been yelling at the TV all night watching their Hawks get done by Port, a TV doesn’t deserve such abuse, it’s only there to humbly serve its owner!

Oh good news!

In the true spirit of SA hosting gather round....how's this one. Probably in the wrong thread...but..

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Here you go @AW and @indo. Here's one for you. Maybe you were here too.
I was at this game..up the Southern end behind the goals...the Waverly Gardens end.
One of the best games i've attended...the other probs the Adelaide V Geelong prelim or semi at Footy Park in 1997 and the Cats V Demons last game of the year at Kardinia Park..the one that Tom Lonergan busted his kidney in. Fark there's probably more but they're the first ones that come to mind. A Lions game at the Gabba where they came back from a long way against the doggies was a good one too but i had to leave early after a bit of a scuffle. Fucken Brisbane crew. So violent!
But this one in 1990 was an absolute classic. The crowd noise was intense. It's the year your pies went on to take the glory. Still stings to this day you bastards. But hell....what a famous victory for you lot to take the flag. Leigh Matthews as coach. The infamous Gavin Brown and Terry Daniher clash...btw i still consider TD the greatest Bomber in my time as a fan. Was so sad to see Millane pass away only a month or so later. Damn what a gun. Gangster! One of those people that just had presence, with or without the ball.
Anyway fuck yas on that 1990 premiership. I'm still not over it and i suspect that gives you both supreme happiness!!