footy thread
Submitted by uncle on Mon, 2015-02-23 18:01
might be time to get a footy thread going,seems like everything else is pol. incorrect or is feeding ammunition to the muppet brigade, carn the pies, fishing stories would be better but a lot of them are going to f/book because of the above I guess, sad set of circumstances
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randall df223
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Anyone willing to nominate
Anyone willing to nominate top 4, top 8, cellar dwellers (after home and away)? or perhaps top 4 (contenders), 5 - 12 (pretenders), and cellar dwellers?
my top 4 in no particular order:
hawthorn
fremantle
sydney
port adelaide
cellar dwellers in no particular order:
melbourne
st kilda
bulldogs
brisbane
the others are all pretenders.
:)
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scano
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My predictions
top 8
hawks
sydney
Freo
collingwood (carn the pies!!)
north melbourne
carlton
richmond
adelaide
bottom 4
westcoast
gws
brisbane
st kilda
randall df223
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There's the first big call
There's the first big call to upset some punters! wet toasters bottom 4!
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The bigger call
the bigger call is collingwood top 4 dont make me laugh
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
scano
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Yep
i have made that call for the last few years and although they may not have finished bottom 4 they certainly did not scare any of the big up and about teams. Mind you I am a pies supporter and things have gone pear shaped with our team since Buckley took the helm. Without lamumba and shaw across half back we may be cut to sheds throughout some of this years games.
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Good to see
Good to see you dont call collingwood a top rank team. You know as we beat no smashed you tail end of last year
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Jase123
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Top 4:HawksPortSwansGold
Top 4:
Hawks
Port
Swans
Gold Coast
Bottom 4:
Carlton
GWS
Bulldogs
St Kilda
Eagles and Freo to finish 7 & 8 :)
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Jeebus...cricket isn't even
Jeebus...cricket isn't even finished yet....haha
Ahhhh...top four at least for me contains the Hawks, Freo, Port Adelaide, Sydney/Norths.....should see the Eagles make the 8, some promising signs at the end of last year. The spoon I think will be out of Saints and Melbourne...don't see the Dees doing much improving.
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Freo.... and I'm gunna be a
Freo....
and I'm gunna be a purple pain in arse all season.
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No
I don't believe that for a second Darren.
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Footy starting Thursday night
You rippa......Fremantle for the flag.
Won't win a game [ as usual ] until we kick Ports arse first round.
Port runner ups
Richmond to surprize
Hawks to struggle into top 4 [ Depending on Cyril ] and Sydney
Spoon Wet Toast..haha..only joking Andy..They will be there abouts top 6
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Derrrrrrp
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Biggger DERRRRP LOL
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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hahaha Gold
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tim-o you got that first post right
and your right on the second but you wouldn't be tipping the old dorks again would you.
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Old?
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Adelaide will rise into the
Adelaide will rise into the middle of the top eight this year. They only just missed out last year and lost games they should have won.
Walsh has injected some belief and Walker has now recovered/regained form from his knee injury. Midfield is stronger with the Crouch boys in particular Brad who has done a full preseason this time Some good pickups too.
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pies will be in the 8
just behind freo and infront of e girls, bring it on
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Yeh!Here we go and bring on
Yeh!
Here we go and bring on the banter.
Hawks
Sydney
Port
Freo
Gold Coast
Eagles
Adelaide
And my top 8 Dark horse - GWS (about time now for the star studed youngster to stand up)
Woody to Essendoping - once the bans kick in I dont think they will be able to string enough victories together, and wont catch up once time served.
Other cellar dwellers will get more victories this year compared to last, and I DO hope Melbourne gets the most improved. Almost feel sorry for them now.
Let the laughter begin!!
PS havent realy looked at the picks etc but suspect this season will be alot tighter in the 8 than previous ones.
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Top 4 HawksSydneyPortBogie 8
Top few
Hawks
Sydney
Port
Bogie 8 side - Bris
Bottom few
St k
Dogs
Melb in no particular order...
I think Adelaide may also suprise, WC to fail & their coach to be gone...
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er... the ones who say WC
er... the ones who say WC are in the bottom 4...you have no logical sence about the AFL game, that judgement is purely made buy your distaste for the club & the ones who say hawthorn will drop.....pfft again.
Hawthorn/PA
Sydney
Gold coast
Freo
West Coast
Adelaide
Geelong, dark horse GWS
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Bugger the pies
Only have 9 home games this year, Carn the pies
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But have 17 games in
But have 17 games in melbourne so your not really hard done by
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thats because there is 9 other teams there
lets face it, don't think it will ever change ha ha
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Collingwood Flag then
Collingwood Flag then Freo, WEE Girls last.
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Top 8 Sydney Hawks North
Top 8
Sydney
Hawks
North Melbourne
Gold Coast
Port
Fremantle
GWS
West Coast
Bottom 4
Melbourne
Bulldogs
Brisbane
St Kilda
Richmond Dark horse for top 8
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Waite Dal Santo & Harvey all
Waite Dal Santo & Harvey all fit the Roo's could go alright but the chances of the stars all aligning Bodie i reckon is a long shot
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Well done Gilly
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Luke mcparkin has turned
Luke mcparkin has turned 33.... and got his PB in a recent 3 km time trial.
dockers fans gotta be happy with that.
I reckon we might just see some player management strategies from freo this season. A bit like the cats did a few years ago.
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scottland
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So he can
So he can run faster this year thats like changing your club song will help... Oh you tried that haha
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And what will your try to do
And what will your mob try to do differently this year? win???
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Randall randall randall
Whats your teams plans for the finals this year actually win one or straight sets again? At the end of the day tou won us many finals as us last year
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randall df223
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Did your team play finals?
Can't remember seeing them there... Our effort wasn't good enough. :( but at least our boys weren't fishing in exmouth after the home and away. :)
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Gahaha
Your missing the point. you may aswell have joined us haha... I reckon its this year or not for a long time for the dorkers
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nah. We've shown we can win
nah. We've shown we can win without pav or luke. Sandi still has more years in him and we have some quality coming through.
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dream on R1
just means he will break down sooner
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I hope mckenzie's injury
I hope mckenzie's injury isn't serious. always horrible to see knee injuries. even more horrible when it happens off season or preseason. I hope for his sake and the club's it isn't long term
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uncle
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ha I would give him the same send off
As the e girls supporters gave Kelly when he did his knee at subi
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week one of NAB cup and 2
week one of NAB cup and 2 knee recons. any wonder coaches dont want to go all out for nothing. think its time to scrap the pre season junk and add another 2 weeks to season proper
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not going to be many left
for R1 at this rate, mind you those 2 could happen at training or a scratch match
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Pre Season
I see Ben Cousins has knocked off another successful pre season.
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your right, he has. the guy
your right, he has. the guy clearly still has a major problem with meth, and unforunately he looks like nothing like his former self. lost a F*** load of weight! The photos of him, he is off his rocket.
time for the media to leave him alone, and not report every little incident (i.e the fall in the hospital),
its quite sad, this is still going on even when he has had kid or kids. Drugs have the guy hard, he has a major problem and its going to destroy his life, his families and others if he keeps going down the way he is.
what a fall from grace. you dont wish these kind of addictions on anyone or their family and alot of people wouldnt understand this unless they have experieinced it with either family or close friends.
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shame really but you do
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Sad
To be fair terboz it's bloody sad. Meth is bad stuff.
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Just in
Cousins tries out for the SAS! LOL
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family emergency BJ
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funny you should say that
cousins probably could pass the selection course as he still looks supremely fit what might let him down is his strength of mind , doing something like selection or some sort of course like that might get him on the straight and narrow , its such a shame really , I hate to see him like this and I am not an eagles supporter
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Dam
Dam richmond players
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uncle
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media leave someone alone!!
The people need to know, he's on a slippery slope on
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The best thing for him
Maybe a stint in jail - for his own benefit.
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Why Paully
Plenty of shit in prison if ya got the $. All organized by the authorities, but keep it quiet..dont want the pesky public to know.
Ben would just pull some gear out of his arse and chuck a party
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I saw him at rottnest 12
I saw him at rottnest 12 months ago and he actually looked in really good shape. He was there with his young boy and appeared to be in a good space. Unfortunately the photos in today's media, he is a shadow of what I saw. so thin and gaunt. I hope for himself and his family's sake he pulls it together, but I fear that is nigh impossible now. :(
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Yep shadow of former self
Definatly not on the muscle building drugs that he and his team mates were on back in their glory days in winning 2 flags.
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haoutwide, can you count 2
ha
outwide, can you count 2 flags?????
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R1 what's the
Story with Crowley then
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Yeah, don't know. hope
Yeah, don't know. hope that Matt De boer or Tendai can step up and fill his role. Both have been trying well and had good preseasons.
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R1 what's the
Story with Crowley then
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Failed asada drug test last
Failed asada drug test last september .. not much info awaiting tribunal hearing .. no mention of substance involved . Freo to hold news conference at 12pm today ..
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ryan-crowley-tests-positive-to-banned-substance/story-fni5f22o-1227264866450
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he took
he took a pain killer (I have heard a panadol forte) its not performance enhancing , who with a dodgy back out there hasn't taken 1 , what is wrong is it hasn't been delt with , and the afl are saying they will deal with him after the bombers saga is finished his life must be a mess , best tagger in the game let him play I say until they deal with it
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Well Well
Thats interesting
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Well that's a bugger! hope
Well that's a bugger! hope it gets sorted quick.
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"Crowley becomes the second
"Crowley becomes the second AFL player to record three strikes under the league's drug policy" quoted from ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/ryan-crowley-suspended-for-testing-positive-to-banned-substance/6322770?section=sport
- Righto lads we all understand the league policy on three strikes? Good, now use your EPO wisely boys & if you are caught you have two bites at the cherry... no problem & we don't suffer sanctions
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Quote...
I think you made that quote up for effect. I see no reference to it.
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Yeah... noThe actual
Yeah... no
The actual quotation is in the article with link provided... the bit underneath without quotation or citation, well that's not a quote. I do see that the sneaky pricks have now amended the article, screen shots are your friend!!
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Yeah...no
OK i will take you word for it. Perhaps my computer takes me to a different link...but I can see no-where in the article where 3 strikes is refered to or Crowley becoming the second player...
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Phew! Thanks man, I thought I
Phew! Thanks man, I thought I was off to the gallows... I'm an honest bloke just don't listen too my mates
On a serious note I see they have made a retraction as has The Australian, reference was made to Crowley being the second player behind Tuck to test positive three times.
Defamation suit or a paddlin'? Does it also beg the question is Crowley on his 2nd strike & they have let slip?!
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Interesting.
Thanks. Who knows. My bet it is not 2 strikes, nor as bad as why would he have played on.....but my 25 g-grade amateur games hardly rate me as an authority on this subject.
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The ABC done a quick edit
The ABC done a quick edit after prematurely ejaculating it was along the lines of “ Crowley is only the second player after Travis Tuck to be named under the 3 strikes policy, Tuck having been charged after being found in his car unconscious from a drug overdose.”
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Lol
Well well well who would have thought he was a cheat
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think you could tell that
from his attitude, all the pinching etc,what a charming little man, whats ross the boss think, mummm has he been lying??
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i seem to remember
I seem to remember a brownlow medalist that pinched and scratched the shit out of ben cousins his name was Tony Libratore or are we all forgetting that
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It is reportedly a pain
It is reportedly a pain killer tablet.
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for the 3 times
?????
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He actually failed it Rnd 17
He actually failed it Rnd 17 July 13th .. infraction notice handed in October .. banned substance was found in a pain killer apparently that was not issued by the club doctor hmmn and his legal reps are independent from the club . Accepting a provisional suspension until hearing .
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a swan distrcits
player got 2 years for similar if I remember
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Don't know how this is
Don't know how this is connected to a three strikes policy???? someone has made a gaff reporting that. It's an asda match day test. they occur outside of the three strikes policy which is targeted towards recreational drugs.
it's apparent that he wants it dealt with by taking the provisional penalty. perhaps it is so minor he may only miss a few games. We won't know until the hearing.
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Did well to keep it quite
Did well to keep it quite over summer
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you can do that
when you lie,remember Ross the boss denied anything last week or the weekend,personal issues, like all of these things cover up makes it worse
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There have been confidentiality issues preventing anyone at the club talking about it.
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come on mate
Collingwood players never have dramas do they , seem to remember Alan Didac was in a car with a hells angel that was blasting away with his pistol of in metro Melbourne , that same bloke 4 days later viciously assaulted a woman and shot and killed two citizens in Melbourne , question why didn't Alan Didac go to the police and say "hey I met this bloke that is well out of control " at the time that bloke was wanted by both the Qld and Nsw police but no Adan did no wrong
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Makes you wonder if he had an opportunity to declare prior to the test like in any other D&A test. I do one of them every month nearly, good job I get an opportunity to declare or I'd be up that well known creek.
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Perhaps he did declare it?
Perhaps he did declare it? won't know until it all comes out in the wash.
and as for lies.... it was described as off field issues preventing his selection at this time.... where is the untruth in that statement?
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Even if it was something as simple as a mersyndol or even an Oxy, they show up as an opiate in drug tests, pathology can ascertain wether that opiate came from a pain killer tablet or wether it was a shot of something more sinister. It costs a bit to do, but it will give you a yay or nay. But as the rules say, if you have it in your system, your gone, regardless. Just ask that bike rider dude.
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Yip
Gas chromatography will ID the substance. If Codeine or even Tramadol he might get a reprimand. It IMO is hardly performance enhancing as it has sedating properties. Going up for a mark and falling asleep - LOL.
If S8 opioids he is in some strife IMO.
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If its s8, and he has a
If its s8, and he has a prescription, he is probably more guilty of being stupid for not going to the club doctor....
I think the performance enhancement comes from being able to play through an injury that would normally keep you out of the game. similar to why such drugs are banned in horse racing. they mask the pain so the horse can run, but in doing so could lead to further injury, and in the case of horse racing may result in an animal being put down (not that I am suggesting Crowley be put down, although I am sure there are others who would prefer that to occur!)
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Unlikely, opiods were
Unlikely, opiods were favoured by endurance athletes to push through pain barriers & not to mask injuries. An ageing tagger needing to put in big km's, I would never assume Crowley is guilty of stupidity but of trying to be a crafty old fox.. ?
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Well, in the media yesterday
Well, in the media yesterday that we'll respect afl doctor Peter Larkin said basically what I said in that's it's banned because the authorities don't want players playing through acute injuries and risking further / permanent injury. so while I don't disagree with you scenario, I am quite confident of my understanding as well :)
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funny isn't it, two faced mongrels
they allow players to dope up during a grand final for existing injuries
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