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[Thechook]

8 minutes ago, Will27 said:

I guess it will be the last time the big Pavlova will try and inject some humour into the coverage.

 

Just like the players, he will turn into a robot for fear of offending anyone.

"subtle racism" oh for the life of me.

 

Fremantle Dockers star Michael Walters defends Pav over Midland 'gaffe'

 

Dockers' sharp shooter Michael Walters has come out in defence of his former captain Matthew Pavlich after he had a pot shot at Midland during the coverage of the Fremantle and Essendon game.

Social media exploded after Pavlich's gaffe about Midland, while calling the Dockers and Essendon game for Fox Footy, which Channel 7 aired on Sunday afternoon, when Walters "stole" a ball from a pack early in the last quarter.

 

When fellow football commentator Gerard Healy said "Brad Hill's steal was amazing", Pavlich leapt in and said "Michael Walters it was, but he did grow up in Midland".

Pavlich who retired at the end of last season after 353 games for Fremantle, then can be heard chuckling before adding "I'm not suggesting that..." 

 

The 35-year-old tried to continue before Healy cuts him off.

"Bring it back Pav," Healy pleads.

 

Walters took to Instagram to throw his support behind Pavlich, but admitted what he said " was not the right thing to say by any means".

"In regards to the comments made by Pav during yesterday's game was not the right thing to say by any means, but there was no intention to hurt anyone in Midland or from Midland by those comments," he wrote.

"The relationship me and Pav have had over the 8 years playing together have been nothing but respect.

 

"The reason why I'm posting this up is because I know it's going to be blown out of proportion and it would be eating the big fella up."

Despite hundreds of comments on WAtoday's Facebook page defending Pavlich's slip of the tongue as nothing more than a "joke", respected elder Robbert Eddington said the comment wasn't "funny".

"It's not a joke nor is it acceptable because it reinforces stereotypes 90 per cent of people have about Aboriginal people," he said.

"It's subtle racism about young Noongar people in Midland.

"It's subtle racism when it comes from anyone, but when it is a football commentator it is the worst kind of subtle racism."

Len Collard from the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of WA disagreed it was "casual racism".

"I think it's more about someone snubbing their nose down at the suburb," he said.

 

WAtoday has tried on numerous occasions to contact the AFL and Matthew Pavlich.

The AFL Players' Association, the Fremantle Dockers and Fox Footy have also been contacted for comment.

Sensitive little petals.   Can we still do Collingwood?

[Will27]

 

[Will27]

 

[Thechook]

1 hour ago, Will27 said:

 

Robinson looks pissed

[Radar501]

Has 2017 been that tough and unpredictable a season for footy punters?  The following stats might suggest it has.

 

After Round 7 2016, my numbers were better than this year's.   43 tips and a margin of 122 points, but I was ranked NINTH!! (out of seventeen)

 

A year-on-year comparison can also show how fickle tipping form can be.   This stage last year, Rip was perched on top of Mt. Everest.   This year he has been tossed down amongst the sodomites.   

 

EDIT:   I remember decades ago in tipping comps, if you forgot/neglected to get your tips in on time, you ended up getting Lou Richards' tips in default.   RIP Lou the Lip.

 

Edited May 9, 2017 by Radar501

[Will27]

Bloody Alex is at is again

 

Furious Demons Fan Writes Letter To Coach

09May, 2017by Mike Lynch

A furious Demons fan has vented his anger in a letter to new coach Simon Goodwin.

 

Another Close Loss

The Demons slumped to another disappointing loss over the weekend going down to the struggling Hawks by less than a kick.

The club started 2017 with a lot of hope with the expectations of fans very high- a little too high it seems.

The Furious Demons Fan Letter

One Dees fan has taken action into his own hands by penning a letter to coach Simon Goodwin.

The letter, which is quite the work of art, included the supporter’s membership which was carefully cut into seven pieces.

The letter from the furious Demons fan was delivered to former Melbourne star David Schwarz with the instructions to “give to Simon Goodwin or the Melbourne Football Club in person.”

“Inept and Unforgivable”

It was quite savage… Here are a few snippets:

“They (the Hawks) and no other club respect us. They know that we will always crumble in battle.”

“We are fed up with the promise that the team will produce every time they play.”

“Jay Kennedy-Harris has done zero for two weeks……”

“Your inept selection and preparation on Sunday is unforgivable….”

It’s an impressive effort from the fan but still has nothing on the Richmond fan who dumped a load of chicken manure onto the steps of Punt Road in 2001.

[joboss]

“Bloody Alex is at it again.”

Alex is too much a gentleman and he is loyal,  he would never cut up his Membership card.

That fans behaviour is childish.

As for the chicken manure,,

Alex is a doggy doo man.

[AlexRRR]

1 hour ago, joboss said:

“Bloody Alex is at it again.”

Alex is too much a gentleman and he is loyal,  he would never cut up his Membership card.

That fans behaviour is childish.

As for the chicken manure,,

Alex is a doggy doo man.

 

Actually i ditched my membership when they took our allotted members area and turned it into reserved seating forcing me to either go way up high or sit behind the goal posts...thats when i realised they were just paying lip service to bums on seats its become a TV game thats where the real money is...

 

As for the fan...well i feel frustrated too but...number one interestingly the Hawks beat WC and now us and thats where there 2 best players of last season went..will be interesting to see how they go against Freo where Brad Hill went...does it mean something? you dam bet it does...I wont be picking the Hawks in the tipping next week...

 

Number 2 i think were showing enough and expect a big pick up from the team in the second half of the season, i recon were on song for finishing at 8 or just a touch higher...we were never going to rival the "Big Clubs" the defence isn't working well yet, Big MacDonald seems to let us down every second week and really at his level of experience now with a couple of solid guys around him he should be doing better...Hunt, Hibberard and Jetta are all solid but Big Mac gets very sloppy at times, Little mac and Frost tall and quick boys yet only a handful of games between them....as i said once before in here  Bugg is a proven playmaking defender and top notch niggler he's being played out of position...we also need another marking forward who can hit the ground running....

 

ps thanks for your unwavering support Joboss......

[AlexRRR]

ps..i read the letter...what a dill he is expecting Goodwin to refund his membership costs....the guy has no football brain only bagged a couple of players...Dont think Goods has anything to worry about with dopes like that ...haha so funny...

[farmerjo]

I will be writing one of those letters to Brad Scott if ever puts Thomas back in the side.

[Will27]

5 minutes ago, farmerjo said:

I will be writing one of those letters to Brad Scott if ever puts Thomas back in the side.

I thought Thomas was really lucky to have only received a 3 week ban for his high hit in the VFL on the weekend.

 

 

[farmerjo]

28 minutes ago, Will27 said:

I thought Thomas was really lucky to have only received a 3 week ban for his high hit in the VFL on the weekend.

 

 

He has a heap of skills but spends all his efforts on giving free kicks away.

[Will27]

This guy could really play.

 

 

[AlexRRR]

This week begins the sorting of the wannabes with the WILLbee's....

 

Wannabee Weagles vs WILLbee Dogs who are the masters of comeback , yes i know Eagles well placed at 4th..just temporary fellas...@ home have revenge on there mind, no rucks and a splurting mid will go close and could even pull it off over the premiers....

 

WILLnotbee Hawks hot fav against the Nowhere Lions, any other team and i most defiantly would not hesitate to pick them thought the northern neighbours are due for a win and where better to start than this week...

 

Running away hot and cold WANNAbee Saints up against the wont go BLUES they had there 2 weeks of being in the spotlight...Stevo and co will keep on keeping it going...

 

WILLbee Giants  WILL massacre the dreadful Bucks Pies, everybody now knows Bucks cant coach and wont listen to assistants, Ed and Gary have already begun searching for a replacement Bucks will keep his job till seasons end as long as there not disgraceful.

 

Wannabee Bombers out of steam already chugging along on an old Sri Lankan railway line with jungle that grows so fast the leaves wiping the sweat from your brow as you pass along..up against the WILLbee Cats who will claw there red from the black..

 

Hate to say this but the WILLbee Crows up against the WILLbee Dees who wont get there mojo in blues terms happin until second half of the season play over in unfashionable councious Adelaide  Viney and co will look like movie stars as they touch down swaggering out of TEX airport alas the swagger is only a con as they yet have the bullets to shoot down the Crows...but we do have Pederson who's 2 game window is now closing...a reasonable 3rd game is on the cards before oblivion.....I dare say that letter to Simon will fire up the Dee's so a bit of hot curry will be thrown around the oval I'm sure...

 

Wannbee Tigers against the Nowhere Dockers...the Tigers will stage a comeback at the G though it wont be easy does Richardson still play? he could put on the boots one last time...good commentator ....

 

WontFIRE Suns @ home to the Wannabee Power, flip a coin Abblet.....Abblet....hey Abbot.....

 

DownandOUT North home to the WILLBEE SWANS...yes i think there good enough to make it only need 10 more wins to sneak into the finals...Scott and Fj great first half season team then its like why are there no chips on my plate?

Edited May 10, 2017 by AlexRRR

[AlexRRR]

Good news for Fj in todays little big paper the Age, Wayne the great one from over there at Arden street would not hesitate to hand Scott an extension....we can all thank god he has no pulling power at the club....

 

Goodwin lays the law down to the red and blue....fired up from a letter sent by a peed off supporter tells his troops they "got to be on the ball for 4 quarters against the Crows" he knows what it could turn into over there at Fashion less Adelaide oval.....The Dee's in a position to win the 4 games they lost in the last quarter he says then he says something like young teams learning do go missing....high in most stats department need to actually get over the line in front....not tomorrow simon.

 

And silly me the Suns and power do battle in China...that changes everything, the Power who orginazed the game and sill peed off about the Suns strip which happens to match the Chinese national teams could have invited someone else...like North who love playing anywhere but Melbourne...will pop into Alibaba to pick up a cargo plane of goods and a few other designer accessories when they hit town after the game to lavish back home, the game was only an excuse for the shopping trip.

 

 

[farmerjo]

Entertaining game last night.

Hope the rest of the weekend continues on the same with a few upsets for my tipping.

Optad has me under pressure already in the fantasy and i'm only 2 players in. 

[AlexRRR]

The halftime Fantasy report...

 

I spilt a cup of tea over my wireless keyboard let it dry out for a few days...the space bar is sticking.....Arrrrrrrr only 1 tea spoon of sugar in it...

 

Righto off to serious business...

 

Joseph 1198 think he is in love as he's not working on his team at all.....vs Chooks 1494. Its always possible for a comeback....but not this weekend.

 

Rip 920 vs BS Dee's 1711, ripping into rip in the first half, it will be a game of 2 half, Rip will bounce back and run my team to the Finnish line.

 

Fj 1234 vs Optus 1980, the leader is doing it in style, Fj will bounce back and no doubt run it close, Optus should be able to hold of a charging dustbowl farmer...and stay top of the pops ..

 

Gaz 1289 vs Grant 1393, Gaz is on holiday with Jo....other wise he might actually have given Grant a fright....not much left in the tank for Gas in this game...

 

 

[AlexRRR]

Surprise surprise Cam scores 97 in fantasy again and resurrects what could have been his last season with the Dee's, left to the last minuet before getting offered a new contract at the end off last season he has created a new life...hope Goodwin has noticed...originally brought over from North by Needle as a key forward never really got it going, well its pretty obvious now they guy needs to be on the ball more often, 3 goals tonight and a competitor in the ruck, has the mobility when the ball hits the ground, foolish to play just one ruckman anyway...Gwan should be swapping with Pederson in the forward line the good old fashion way...

 

From villan to almost hero Big Macdonald plays half forward tonight against the crows and did it well, the last few weeks giving away the odd goal and some very sloppy passes tonight put a lot of pressure on the Crows defence....

 

Viney is back....

 

Jack Frost after being dumped has on his return been playing like a seasoned defender tonight i could see shades of Fletcher off Essendon in him...

 

Dee's go 4/4 and looked pretty good, as North did last week showed up Crows struggle under pressure, Dee's stats in most departments this year have been on the very good side, tonight 89 tackles...

 

Cats go down again...a 2 player midfield....GWS? maybe there not as hot as everyone thinks they are just fall over the line against a club that has a clueless coach..

 

 

[Will27]

9 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

Surprise surprise Cam scores 97 in fantasy again and resurrects what could have been his last season with the Dee's, left to the last minuet before getting offered a new contract at the end off last season he has created a new life...hope Goodwin has noticed...originally brought over from North by Needle as a key forward never really got it going, well its pretty obvious now they guy needs to be on the ball more often, 3 goals tonight and a competitor in the ruck, has the mobility when the ball hits the ground, foolish to play just one ruckman anyway...Gwan should be swapping with Pederson in the forward line the good old fashion way...

 

From villan to almost hero Big Macdonald plays half forward tonight against the crows and did it well, the last few weeks giving away the odd goal and some very sloppy passes tonight put a lot of pressure on the Crows defence....

 

Viney is back....

 

Jack Frost after being dumped has on his return been playing like a seasoned defender tonight i could see shades of Fletcher off Essendon in him...

 

Dee's go 4/4 and looked pretty good, as North did last week showed up Crows struggle under pressure, Dee's stats in most departments this year have been on the very good side, tonight 89 tackles...

 

Cats go down again...a 2 player midfield....GWS? maybe there not as hot as everyone thinks they are just fall over the line against a club that has a clueless coach..

 

 

Yes, the upsets continue,

 

I think it's pretty fair to say that apart from Brisbane, there are no "gimme" games this year.

[kkerry]

On https://www.watchafl.com.au/ you can get free access for 24 hours to watch the game from China.

 

[ripstanley]

Round 8 the China Round is completed. There were a few upsets but this week we had 8 tipsters with 6/9. The actual winner is  Grannysapples with the margin of 4. Well done Grant.

 

Overall leader is still Radar 501 on 47 from Biggwazz and Ozzydom  on 46.

[farmerjo]

Arrrrh no shinboner sprit today.

Watch out the demons next week.

Be wary of an inconsistent team flogged by an ageing midfield.

Hats off to Kennedy.

 

[Ron19]

[AlexRRR]

The Fantasy round up......

 

Joseph 1732 in the battle of cellar dwellers defeats Officer "Dibbles" Chooks...1724...how embarrassing, you wont be able to show your face  around the station....Jo finally gets one well done kid from the west...

 

Rip 1792 defeated by BS Dee's 2105, came back hard Rip did take it right up the the Dee's....

 

Fj 2008 gave it a shake but went down to Optus 2175 who shall remain undefeated and top the pops.....has Fj's bubble burst? ho so close a few times just cant get the points....

 

Gaz 1635 was defeated by ever green Grant 2103...

 

Ladder

 

1 Optus 2 games clear at the top 7 zip

2 Grant best defence best attack 5-2

3 BS Dee's 5-2, its the position i won the GF from in year one....

4 Fj 4-3 the big inprover stalls.....

 

5 Gaz 3-4 and slipping...

6 Rip 2-3 and inproving

7 Chooks 1-6 a shadow of his former self..

8 Joseph 1-6 what can i say?

 

 

[Will27]

33 minutes ago, ripstanley said:

Round 8 the China Round is completed. There were a few upsets but this week we had 8 tipsters with 6/9. The actual winner is  Grannysapples with the margin of 4. Well done Grant.

 

Overall leader is still Radar 501 on 47 from Biggwazz and Ozzydom  on 46.

Congrats Mr Smith.

 

It's Getting harder and harder each week.

 

[AlexRRR]

Preview of next week's Fantasy games....

 

The game were have all been waiting for...my turn to play Jo

 

JoBlow vs BS Dee's....The boss on the improve though wont be good enough for the inform Dee's...that letter to Goodwin has got them "All Fired up"

 

Chooks vs Optus....put  down your eye glasses and and get yourself a beer, its going to be a very long afternoon for the Niddrie Kid....no upset here Optus will keep on keeping on...

 

Rip vs Grant, this could be the game of the round, at least the closest, unassuming Grant does it quietly and gets results, Rip on the other hand can take it right up to him,  on the improve should run it close..

 

Fj vs Gaz...hope Gaz is back from his holiday......will need to be on the ball against Scotts second in command ....

 

Dam sticking keyboard...has a mind of its own....will spray something on it..     Paslode nail gun degreaser and cleaner at 20$ a can it might do the trick....we shall see.... 
 

Edited May 14, 2017 by AlexRRR

[AlexRRR]

Yep Paslode nail gun degreaser and cleaner did the trick...here have i been labouring away for the past few days with a sticking space bar....

 

Its meant for cleaning and degreasing my battery/gas nail guns fellas...so its designed to go near electrical stuff...there for dont stress when you become clumsy like me and spill your coffee, tea beer or vodka over your keyboard just send me you PayPal, cheque or money order for $155 and i will mail you back a can of this magic solution....you can EFT into my account too....its all good...

[Ron19]

Preview of next week's Fantasy games....
 
The game were have all been waiting for...my turn to play Jo
 
JoBlow vs BS Dee's....The boss on the improve though wont be good enough for the inform Dee's...that letter to Goodwin has got them "All Fired up"
 
Chooks vs Optus....put  down your eye glasses and and get yourself a beer, its going to be a very long afternoon for the Niddrie Kid....no upset here Optus will keep on keeping on...
 
Rip vs Grant, this could be the game of the round, at least the closest, unassuming Grant does it quietly and gets results, Rip on the other hand can take it right up to him,  on the improve should run it close..
 
Fj vs Gaz...hope Gaz is back from his holiday......will need to be on the ball against Scotts second in command ....
 
Dam sticking keyboard...has a mind of its own....will spray something on it..     Paslode nail gun degreaser and cleaner at 20$ a can it might do the trick....we shall see.... 
 

Gaz is back, going to spend a couple of days with him in the big smoke mid week. Might give him a few tips on how to improve his tipping. [emoji15]

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[ripstanley]

1 hour ago, AlexRRR said:

Preview of next week's Fantasy games....

 

The game were have all been waiting for...my turn to play Jo

 

JoBlow vs BS Dee's....The boss on the improve though wont be good enough for the inform Dee's...that letter to Goodwin has got them "All Fired up"

 

Chooks vs Optus....put  down your eye glasses and and get yourself a beer, its going to be a very long afternoon for the Niddrie Kid....no upset here Optus will keep on keeping on...

 

Rip vs Grant, this could be the game of the round, at least the closest, unassuming Grant does it quietly and gets results, Rip on the other hand can take it right up to him,  on the improve should run it close..

 

Fj vs Gaz...hope Gaz is back from his holiday......will need to be on the ball against Scotts second in command ....

 

Dam sticking keyboard...has a mind of its own....will spray something on it..     Paslode nail gun degreaser and cleaner at 20$ a can it might do the trick....we shall see.... 
 

Do not forget that the Gold Coast and Port Adelaide have a bye next week after their arduous trip to China.

[joboss]

""8 Joseph 1-6 what can i say?""

Some BYES coming up mid season,,

My chance to trade up to a full team...

I am leading the tipping at work,  tips 49,  Margin 208.

Spread yourself about abit,  sure to pop up a winner somewhere.