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[farmerjo]

Hey Bookman,where is ANZ stadium at the moment.

Are you guys penciled in to play any games there this season.

[Will27]

3 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

Max Gawn is the type of leader you have for School visits

Be interesting to see how Viney responds this year.

 

He must be crushed.

[Will27]

How Eddie McGuire and Amazon could shake up the AFL on TV

 

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-eddie-mcguire-and-amazon-could-shake-up-the-afl-on-tv-20200224-p543v4.html

 

The AFL's television landscape is set for a shake-up after global streaming giant Amazon agreed to a $10 million deal with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire’s media company.

Football industry sources have confirmed to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald that Amazon is purchasing the rights for a series of football club documentaries, to be produced by Jam TV – the television arm of McGuire Media – and shown on Amazon Prime in Australia.

Collingwood and Sydney are among the clubs approached to feature in the series, but the project hit an early snag when the football department of McGuire's own club, the Magpies, indicated they were not keen on taking part.

[BookmanBkk]

3 hours ago, Will27 said:

How Eddie McGuire and Amazon could shake up the AFL on TV

 

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-eddie-mcguire-and-amazon-could-shake-up-the-afl-on-tv-20200224-p543v4.html

 

The AFL's television landscape is set for a shake-up after global streaming giant Amazon agreed to a $10 million deal with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire’s media company.

Football industry sources have confirmed to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald that Amazon is purchasing the rights for a series of football club documentaries, to be produced by Jam TV – the television arm of McGuire Media – and shown on Amazon Prime in Australia.

Collingwood and Sydney are among the clubs approached to feature in the series, but the project hit an early snag when the football department of McGuire's own club, the Magpies, indicated they were not keen on taking part.

I'm surprised Sydney would have anything to do with supporting anything connected to Eddie either. Maybe its GWS?

[BookmanBkk]

3 hours ago, farmerjo said:

Hey Bookman,where is ANZ stadium at the moment.

Are you guys penciled in to play any games there this season.

 

We would play GWS at Olympic park as their home game but all of our home games will be at the SCG as far as i know. We abandoned the Homebush stadium as a home ground. It wasn't popular with the membership, wasn't much of an advantage, poor playing surface, Concession holders refused to serve Chardonnay 

Edited February 25, 2020 by BookmanBkk

[AlexRRR]

5 hours ago, Will27 said:

Be interesting to see how Viney responds this year.

 

He must be crushed.

As you all noticed i rushed online to let everyone know Maxi was the new captain, BOOOOOOREING......there even got some vid for us to look at..."From Hell and Back" well where i came from the less chit chat the better.....there digging a might big hole for them selves....DEMONS seldom respond, when there backs are against the wall they get pushed into the morta joints...not the other way around.....

 

Viney is a Pro, the poisoned chalice that is the captaincy at Deeland is well known though Nathan escaped some how....the only one, every other captian since Neelde pretty much died a death of some sorts....now the vodoo is off Jack just watch im go....had a pre season so is primed and pumped.

 

Max is out of contract soon.....the guy can expect a massive jump in salary somewhere around the million plus a season...if he aint the captain how do they justify his salary when its a mile over everyone else? Also if he should get poached as a FA sometime soon the rewards from the AFL are much higher to there top earner and capitano.....

 

Maxi aparently makes a mean pizza.....was sacked by his mum casue he didnt turn up for work one sunday morning @ 7 am after his 17th birthday party, shes a bit mean dont you think? so got a job putting pizzas togther at Domino, he came second in some pizza contest...worked there for 4 ys till he got a pay check from the Dee's....his parents and of course himself are Kiwi.....yes black feathers..well it lookslike a black feather think its a fern leaf...came over quite young, his parents never knew anything about AFL untill he got drafted and apparently call still a goal a try......he got engaged to a hottie in NZ over the break....pics splashed around....cant belive you guys missed it....wish he would shave or at least trim it right back......

 

And yes hes a gental gaint, its his nature to not hear the talk....so you can be sure if the mrsis  nagger he wont respond....will eat anything no matter how bad and just smile.....

Edited February 25, 2020 by AlexRRR

[AlexRRR]

On 2/23/2020 at 2:56 PM, BookmanBkk said:

 

Fevola's bird's name is Alex??  ????

 

Walking the dog here in an afternoon (which takes an ETRNITY because all the women stop me and make goo-goo eyes at my dog) i am always seeing millenial types paying for their Uber eats outside their places. Must be costing them a fortune

Yes....his ex wife and  new GF is names Alex.....she is the one and the same...they have this sort of relationship where she throws him out he goes on a bender then cleans himself up so she takes him back in....over and over,.....for the sake of the kids....that sort of thing, she isnt to bad looking so why she is stuck in concrete with this fella is beyond me...

[AlexRRR]

You got to love Melbourne.....31 yesterday 19 today currently 17 at 8.35 am....looking like low 20s till mid next week then who knows....I have sore shoulders and lower back courtesy of the weather on return, soooo many strains of virus's out there now god knows what I got....normally I try and stay away from shopping centres on weekend...you know...kids.....always catch something especially in winter......

 

Notice Wendy signed up for Fantasy, hope you'd dont forget after 5 weeks that your in it like you did with tipping last year dear......Well you know women...they get busy and they CANT concentrate on more than one thing at a time...and if your a man using a woman name its the same deal....means you were meant to be a woman but something went wrong on the production line....

 

Sudds should be happy 5G came out around Xmas and should now be a proud owner of a 5G phone while still the network is mainly 4G and they still haven't worked out which 5G will be the one to push in the future which means as people take up 5G my iPhone thats on 4G will become faster as the take up happens....thank you very much....and do I think I need a 5G phone? no I dont, and why dont I need a 5G phone? becasue I dont plan on streaming from the said device or download stuff as my phone is a phone and thats all it is.....thats why I have countless tablets and computers at my disposal not to mention a Sony 65inch TV that could be connected to the internet if I had a doctorate in engineering....It once was, not that I bothered to use it, I bought this lovely gizmo in 2013 so its a dinosaur, but hey it had lovely color....I do recall the process of choosing it and it was painstaking.....as you know us Libra's keep changing our minds....in 2012 I was exiled in Thailand for a year, and every now and then id be out shopping and would find myself in the gadget departments of Central, with not much to do id go look at the tellies as I knew id be going home one day, no chance of staying there full time, it had been an adventure and enjoyed the experience but home even with <deleted> weather was more appealing, well I narrowed it down to the Samsung and Sony....55inch was first my thought....well I wont go on to long about it though I did spend countless hours looking at tellies in BKK, about a month before departure I found myself in Central Chitlom I think or Ploenchit something like that...the Central with the great food court on the top floor....and on one side of me was the Sony range and on the other side of me was the Samsung range, 55, 60 and 65inch all lined up for me in a row...they were so polite to have them lined up like this for me...and stools in the middle of the tellies...like they must have been reading my mind with all the vists I had made....now I was attracted to the Samsung thats for sure and it would only been between these two anyway and in the end I should have got the Samsung but....at the time I felt the Samsung was bit cool.....had like a blue hue, nice for Thailand but cool Melbourne...I dunno..... Sony had the warmer color....and then the size? well in the end I said to myself....Sony....and 65inch because id be disappointed 3 month later if I bought the 55inch...its took a lot of effort to get to this point.....almost a year....we Libras.....I did get out of the habit of changing my mind often years ago after driving ex nuts....poor babe....I just put it up there to the right of my head at 1 o'clock and return to ponder every now and then....ho I can be spontaneous for sure....I love spending money dont you worry about that, well I ponder a spend especially if its a big one like a car or telly......that telly wasnt cheap 5gees at the time was quite a lot when average price was around 3,500 $ not B, anyway once I decide I shut up shop and dont revisit as thats when the pain would churn me head in....

 

Well Internet tv been a new thing at that time I didnt ask to many questions it came with box of stuff and just thought what I was getting was normal....wrong.......silly boy, im sure the Samsung was much easier to connect to the modem, never mind and all I can say is thank god for Apple TV, though I been thinking about getting Vodafone's streaming box for a cool $75 because Apple TV can be frustrating to use, talked to a honey at the Apple store who advised me so i mucked around with the settings on the remote, it seems better now but really....there is NOTHING on the Apple TV remote nothing....like its not hard to use but really......Anyway I mostly watch from my iMac, the TV hardly goes on in my house, the iMac was purchased around the same time as the telly and its now getting to the time for an upgrade, daughter is getting excited as she knows its going her way soon....this time I decided on the 24inch iMac bigger screen....since I watch mostly there, well....Books put his two cents worth in and won me over, since I have 3 computers in the house it was silly to buy another....the 13inch MacBook Pro I love and on now will connect to a new 4K monitor, ULD and all that stuff....32 inch too....already seen what I like....of course Books thinks im over doing it but hey that monitor is only around $1000 and it plugs in using the same cable the pro charges with...and I save around 1,800$ thats 2 weeks in Pattaya with fringe benefits thrown in...

 

The monitor WILL have to wait for me to go back to work, I been on a spending spreee since I returned, thats next week, I only do part time these days, couple of the boys are dyeing for my return, and I thought I was loathed....

 

Well them pills have worked but now im getting a sore throat....time for a second cupalatte I think....no expresso this morning and single shot in the latte today....

 

News....not much today...or maybe I couldnt concentrate, the C virus is getting big news with stock markets taking a dive, now I ask you, are investors so easily spooked? like who keeps selling at a loss and makes money? I ask you...my theory is its most of what goes on is engineered, like there are big money players who spook the markets on purpose......oh yes there is.....so who after them are the sellers? the million $ question.....I mean if your into stocks the rule is either your a day trader or your a stayer, its a bit like rising house prices in AU, like the country is crawling economically so they say yet people are buying houses...so how does that work? I always thought security along with a good income and a relative good economy was the key to that.....your not going to buy mu ch in Melbourne for under 600,000 these days if ur a family man....and that means your way out in the sticks with me.....but wait....I was always close in when I needed to work once going into semi retirement I moved out....much better here, its quite during the week......

 

Fj's boys WILL meet in a practice game at Arden st...near the fab station against  the terrific Dee's, according to the Demon website this game will be strangled live cum Friday so Fj if you have the time which will be around 9 am Thai country life time you may want to tune in, you can forget about cleaning snakes out of your spouting, and push the rice to one side turn the lappie on and go to the MFC.com,.au website and no im not aware its being streamed by fox or anyone else, this is the first step of clubs taking control of there destiny, I do expect the camera work will be rather lame...a guy sitting on top of a pole following the action around....maybe they got Sandy to come out of retirement to call the game...who knows......Ho I been to Arden st when Barassi was coach of North....I do recall the weather boards falling off the coaches box once when he boomed out some abuse the players couldnt hear...them coaches use to be the devil in disguise in those days....

 

Just started raining....and it was summer yesterday.....I do recall Ron B first practice game at Melbourne...I use to be a WILL Junkie in them days....a Footy Junkie....go to everything, well at the breaks during the game Ron stayed on the ground and not one spectator came up to him and thats for the entire day, like so scared were we......im a bit of a people watcher you know, so this was really amusing to me, like its not in my nature to want to talk to celebrities as I dont like to contribute to there big heads, well one time I did, this is back when my ex-wife was still a little hottie, we found ourselves in the World Record store in Camberwell and Bert Newton came in.....he was waiting in line...and he seems humble enough and very likeable too, ex was a big fan of his and I knew this, she was way to shy to say hello so I did it for her. I got sex when I got home....

 

Rain stoped wind is up and sun is out....football weather is here....its a good day to stay inside.....

[BookmanBkk]

1 hour ago, AlexRRR said:

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You got to love Melbourne.......

Best loved from afar

 

 

 

 

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Notice Wendy signed up for Fantasy, hope you'd dont forget after 5 weeks that your in it like you did with tipping last year dear......Well you know women...they get busy and they CANT concentrate on more than one thing at a time...and if your a man using a woman name its the same deal....means you were meant to be a woman but something went wrong on the production line....

 

What are you saying here Alex?

 

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News....not much today...or maybe I couldnt concentrate, the C virus is getting big news with stock markets taking a dive, now I ask you, are investors so easily spooked? like who keeps selling at a loss and makes money? I ask you...my theory is its most of what goes on is engineered, like there are big money players who spook the markets on purpose......oh yes there is.....so who after them are the sellers? the million $ question.....I mean if your into stocks the rule is either your a day trader or your a stayer, its a bit like rising house prices in AU, like the country is crawling economically so they say yet people are buying houses...so how does that work? 

 

 

Invocare, Australia's largest funeral home company, was up as much as 15% today as coronavirus fears hit.  Coronoavirus is good news for eh death industry

Edited February 26, 2020 by BookmanBkk

[ripstanley]

1 hour ago, BookmanBkk said:

 

 

 

What are you saying here Alex?

 

 

 

Invocare, Australia's largest funeral home company, was up as much as 15% today as coronavirus fears hit.  Coronoavirus is good news for eh death industry

 

Thai roads are better. 

[Will27]

Disgraceful the Swans let this happen on their watch.

 

I wonder if at halftime the coach ever told him to "pull his finger out".

 

Warwick Capper had halftime sex at the height of his AFL career

 

Former AFL bad boy Warwick Capper has lamented a bygone era of the great game including his halftime sexcapades with ex-wife Joanne.

Capper, a former Sydney Swans and Brisbane Bears superstar, said old school fun has been sucked out of AFL because there is too much at stake.

 

“There’s too much money, the players get paid too much and they get fined,” Capper told Confidential.

“Back then, I used to have sex in the toilets at halftime. Now, it’s don’t show any emotion, don’t wear tight shorts, don’t wear white boots, don’t do a handstand, don’t kick 100 (goals).”

 

Asked to clarify his halftime activities, Capper said: “Yes, I had sex at halftime with Joanne. I’d be tired for the first five minutes of the third quarter, so I sat in the square until I got my energy back.”

[BookmanBkk]

41 minutes ago, Will27 said:

Disgraceful the Swans let this happen on their watch.

 

I wonder if at halftime the coach ever told him to "pull his finger out".

 

Warwick Capper had halftime sex at the height of his AFL career

 

Former AFL bad boy Warwick Capper has lamented a bygone era of the great game including his halftime sexcapades with ex-wife Joanne.

Capper, a former Sydney Swans and Brisbane Bears superstar, said old school fun has been sucked out of AFL because there is too much at stake.

 

“There’s too much money, the players get paid too much and they get fined,” Capper told Confidential.

“Back then, I used to have sex in the toilets at halftime. Now, it’s don’t show any emotion, don’t wear tight shorts, don’t wear white boots, don’t do a handstand, don’t kick 100 (goals).”

 

Asked to clarify his halftime activities, Capper said: “Yes, I had sex at halftime with Joanne. I’d be tired for the first five minutes of the third quarter, so I sat in the square until I got my energy back.”

Must have worked for him in the 1987 season when he kicked 103 goals ????????

Capper was 77 games for 279 goals for Sydney ... Had he stayed at Sydney he might have booted 600+ or even 800 with a 200 game career

[Will27]

3 minutes ago, BookmanBkk said:

Must have worked for him in the 1987 season when he kicked 103 goals ????????

Capper was 77 games for 279 goals for Sydney ... Had he stayed at Sydney he might have booted 600+ or even 800 with a 200 game career

The Wiz is on the You Cannot Be Serious podcast which is quite enjoyable.

 

https://smartassam.podbean.com/

Edited February 26, 2020 by Will27

[BookmanBkk]

CTE found in Polly Farmer's brain

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma (often athletes), including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head that do not cause symptoms.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/cte-discovered-in-polly-farmer-s-brain-in-landmark-afl-first-20200226-p544oq.html

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by BookmanBkk

[AlexRRR]

2 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

CTE found in Polly Farmer's brain

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma (often athletes), including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head that do not cause symptoms.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/cte-discovered-in-polly-farmer-s-brain-in-landmark-afl-first-20200226-p544oq.html

 

 

Not suprised, just ask Aaron H, hes up there in heaven somewhere as hell does not exist, though its likely Aaron all ready had a loose and shrunk brain before he began playing football....You can catch up with his  antics on Netflix....

 

So what to do?

 

Helmets dont help much but dont tell Brayshaw that, they have yet too establish what sorts of tackles lead to it, at the moment its concussion but I bet all that tackling where your body is getting thrown around and pounded is part of it too....

 

The answer is to make a footballer like they make a racing car....sounds far fetched but actually not.....then Japanese sex dolls are pretty close to the real deal all they need is a motor...now im pretty sure we would watch in droves if them AFL girls looked like them Jap dolls...

 

Cloning is still a human as it will have a soul no doubt, So thats out...the Japs are streets ahead of there time but not for contact sport...if Murdock put some squllions into help develop a motor for them dolls we could have a winner....I mean we have robots already its a matter of making the motor more sport friendly and stick into a well made Jap doll....imagine the Dee's could field 10 Leigh Mathew look alike and 5 Polly farmers and the rest Lance Franklins.....well the AFL would have to step in and knock that on the head..it would confuse Chanel 7 and Fox...but your getting my picture by now...

Edited February 26, 2020 by AlexRRR

[Will27]

3 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

CTE found in Polly Farmer's brain

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma (often athletes), including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head that do not cause symptoms.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/cte-discovered-in-polly-farmer-s-brain-in-landmark-afl-first-20200226-p544oq.html

 

What a player Polly was as well.

 

The WA Football commission were thinking about naming the WAFL after him and calling it the Polly WAFL

[AlexRRR]

21 minutes ago, Will27 said:

What a player Polly was as well.

 

The WA Football commission were thinking about naming the WAFL after him and calling it the Polly WAFL

I Actually do recall seeing him play live dear WILL.....

 

A mate was a keen pussy fan so we did venture forth as young kids into the world of VFL were we could hardly see over heads of fans....so being a Dee fan mate did like cause it meant we could see some action from the seats at the G....

 

My first VFL game was at Windy Hill Essendon playing Collingwood...full house in the 60's didnt see a thing cause we were too short.....my close friend was a way to keen Bomber supporter, in fact around where I lived they were either Fitzroy, Essendon or Collingwood with a few Blues thrown in, you see these clubs are North of the Yarra, well more North than the rest, being tribal you go with the closest...but me of course...im the type that always bucks the trend.....well to be fair Dee's creamed everyone when I was a very young kid...so you know, you go for the winners.....then other teams I mentioned weren't bad either in them there days taking lots of cake before and after we controlled the VFL for 10 looooong years.....

[BookmanBkk]

37 minutes ago, Will27 said:

What a player Polly was as well.

 

The WA Football commission were thinking about naming the WAFL after him and calling it the Polly WAFL

What a delicious idea! ????

[Will27]

4 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

CTE found in Polly Farmer's brain

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma (often athletes), including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head that do not cause symptoms.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/cte-discovered-in-polly-farmer-s-brain-in-landmark-afl-first-20200226-p544oq.html

 

With concussion articles today on John Barnes and Shaun Smith, I can see the AFL making some changes.

Compulsory helmets?

Ban the bump?

 

Don't shoot the messenger gang.

[Will27]

I reckon it's too hard to compare players from different era's.

You wouldn't be unhappy with either one.

 

John Longmire takes the fifth when asked who’s No.1 between Lance Franklin and Wayne Carey

 

John Longmire played with Wayne Carey and coaches Lance Franklin, but don’t ­expect him to reveal who he thinks is the better player.  Not yet, anyhow.

Longmire initially laughed at the craziness of the question.

 

“I won’t be coaching him then, and then I can make a ­decision.

“But they’re close. There’s not much in it.”

Carey is widely considered one of the greatest players to have played the game, a claim that also sits comfortably with Franklin.

Carey played 272 games and kicked 727 goals, was a powerhouse centre half-­forward, highly skilled on both sides of the body, a ­prodigious kick and superb pack mark.

 

And a leader on the field of the highest calibre.

 

Franklin has played 300 games and kicked 944 goals, does not mark like Carey, and never uses the right side of his body.

But he is dynamic on the deck, agile, and arguably a more penetrating kick than Carey. He has become a strong leader.

“I just can’t call it now,” Longmire said.

 

Franklin, 33, needs 56 goals to become the sixth player in VFL/AFL history to kick 1000.

The five are Tony Lockett (1360), Gordon Coventry (1299), Jason Dunstall (1254), Doug Wade (1057) and Gary Ablett Sr (1031).

 

 

 

[Will27]

This is what most expected I think.

 

Finals or bust for Hinkley, Koch confirms

Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has confirmed that Ken Hinkley’s term as senior coach will hinge on whether the Power makes finals in 2020. Koch said Hinkley had put on record that he had a trigger clause in his coaching contract that would be enacted if Port played finals this year – activating a contract for 2021.

 

Koch indicated the contract reflected the club’s position – that the question of whether Hinkley coached Port in 2021 - would be decided by whether the club reached finals.

 

‘‘That’s not from me, that came from him,’’ said Koch, who was speaking after the announcement of a lucrative five-year sponsorship deal with MG Motor that Koch saw as shoring up the club’s financial position.

Asked if this meant that to be coaching in 2021, Hinkley would have to get Port into the finals, Koch said: ‘‘Yep, yep.

‘‘That’s nothing new because he said it ... in most of our contracts, whether that’s players or coaching staff, I’m a great believer in performance triggers.’’

 

Koch said Hinkley had set a finals objective for this year ‘‘and I completely support him. He actually said finals and challenge for a grand final, I love him for it. That’s great, don’t be afraid to do it.’’

 

Asked if Hinkley had put pressure on himself, Koch said: ‘‘He’s put expectations on. He’s owning success, which I love. I don’t do Sunrise to be No.2.’’

The Sunrise host said the club was excited ‘‘and quietly confident’’ about their prospects for 2020.
He said he believed the club had the talent and maturity to make the finals. ‘‘Too right we do ... in my eyes this is the best list we’ve had since I’ve been here.’’

 

Koch agreed that Hinkley’s contractual arrangement was similar to that of Alan Richardson entering last year at St Kilda.

The Port chairman revealed that the club had chosen to have a sole captain (Tom Jonas), rather than last year’s co-captains of Jonas and Ollie Wines, ‘‘because our supporter base and members were incredibly vocal, particularly going into the 150th year’’.

 

 

 

 

[BookmanBkk]

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

This is what most expected I think.

 

Finals or bust for Hinkley, Koch confirms

Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has confirmed that Ken Hinkley’s term as senior coach will hinge on whether the Power makes finals in 2020. Koch said Hinkley had put on record that he had a trigger clause in his coaching contract that would be enacted if Port played finals this year – activating a contract for 2021.

 

Koch indicated the contract reflected the club’s position – that the question of whether Hinkley coached Port in 2021 - would be decided by whether the club reached finals.

 

‘‘That’s not from me, that came from him,’’ said Koch, who was speaking after the announcement of a lucrative five-year sponsorship deal with MG Motor that Koch saw as shoring up the club’s financial position.

Asked if this meant that to be coaching in 2021, Hinkley would have to get Port into the finals, Koch said: ‘‘Yep, yep.

‘‘That’s nothing new because he said it ... in most of our contracts, whether that’s players or coaching staff, I’m a great believer in performance triggers.’’

 

Koch said Hinkley had set a finals objective for this year ‘‘and I completely support him. He actually said finals and challenge for a grand final, I love him for it. That’s great, don’t be afraid to do it.’’

 

Asked if Hinkley had put pressure on himself, Koch said: ‘‘He’s put expectations on. He’s owning success, which I love. I don’t do Sunrise to be No.2.’’

The Sunrise host said the club was excited ‘‘and quietly confident’’ about their prospects for 2020.
He said he believed the club had the talent and maturity to make the finals. ‘‘Too right we do ... in my eyes this is the best list we’ve had since I’ve been here.’’

 

Koch agreed that Hinkley’s contractual arrangement was similar to that of Alan Richardson entering last year at St Kilda.

The Port chairman revealed that the club had chosen to have a sole captain (Tom Jonas), rather than last year’s co-captains of Jonas and Ollie Wines, ‘‘because our supporter base and members were incredibly vocal, particularly going into the 150th year’’.

 

 

 

 

 

Port to miss the finals I would say.

Being a coach under Chairman Koch must be a nightmare

[BookmanBkk]

3 hours ago, Will27 said:

With concussion articles today on John Barnes and Shaun Smith, I can see the AFL making some changes.

Compulsory helmets?

Ban the bump?

 

Don't shoot the messenger gang.

 

Messengers are always shot, it's the sign of a successful dictatorship 

 

What can they do?  Make it a contactless sport?  Perhaps that's what Netball fans such as @AlexRRR or @Thechook might enjoy but i don't think the general viewing public is going to get off on it.

AFL, Rugby, League, that american game, they ll have this major issue with a game that knowingly helps brain damage along. I guess Boxing and MA have the same issue and that hasn't seen a deterioration in watching popularity.

Mothers and fathers are going to be less and less likely to want their kids playing the contact games, as more evidence emerges.

 

The AFL Thought Control boffins have introduced plenty of rules protecting players from nasty clashes, but there is still going to be head clashes, esp when you consider players are trained to be brave and watch the flight of the ball , not a player coming in to smash their head.

 

Perhaps all players could wear inflatable bubbles around their heads?

[farmerjo]

IMHO taking the bump and shirtfront out of the game has led to players leading with there head first.

It also leads to lack of awareness around the ball. 

[Will27]

More concerning/disappointing news

 

Daniel Venables to sit out season

 

After a considered evaluation and discussion, West Coast Eagles premiership forward Daniel Venables will sit out of football in 2020.

Venables has trained to a modified program during the pre-season, with variances in the levels of comfort he has felt after training sessions. At the forefront of the mind in this decision is Venables long-term health and wellbeing.

There remains some lingering symptoms following the very significant head knock he received in the round nine game against Melbourne last year.

He has not played since that game and after deep consideration has decided he will not play this season.

 

 

[Will27]

CTE and concussion stories have exploded all over the media today.

 

I'm predicting the bump will be banned within 3 years,

possible as early as next year.

 

TBH, you hardly see them anymore anyway.

When Sydney Stack bumped Jacked Viney last year, it made headlines.

[AlexRRR]

On 2/27/2020 at 11:52 AM, Will27 said:

I reckon it's too hard to compare players from different era's.

You wouldn't be unhappy with either one.

 

John Longmire takes the fifth when asked who’s No.1 between Lance Franklin and Wayne Carey

 

John Longmire played with Wayne Carey and coaches Lance Franklin, but don’t ­expect him to reveal who he thinks is the better player.  Not yet, anyhow.

Longmire initially laughed at the craziness of the question.

 

“I won’t be coaching him then, and then I can make a ­decision.

“But they’re close. There’s not much in it.”

Carey is widely considered one of the greatest players to have played the game, a claim that also sits comfortably with Franklin.

Carey played 272 games and kicked 727 goals, was a powerhouse centre half-­forward, highly skilled on both sides of the body, a ­prodigious kick and superb pack mark.

 

And a leader on the field of the highest calibre.

 

Franklin has played 300 games and kicked 944 goals, does not mark like Carey, and never uses the right side of his body.

But he is dynamic on the deck, agile, and arguably a more penetrating kick than Carey. He has become a strong leader.

“I just can’t call it now,” Longmire said.

 

Franklin, 33, needs 56 goals to become the sixth player in VFL/AFL history to kick 1000.

The five are Tony Lockett (1360), Gordon Coventry (1299), Jason Dunstall (1254), Doug Wade (1057) and Gary Ablett Sr (1031).

 

 

 

For what im worth and its not much to most, Wayne gay Carey who I like more as a commentator than a footy player....ran hot and cold like my bathroom tap most of the time....Lance is a pure machine unless carrying an injury, Lance is by far the second best player ever in VFL or AFL....Lethal Lee is my number uno....being 2ft nothing and pure muscle a bit underhanded and a very intelligent player on the ball showed what pure class at 105 could do as a broken down wreak in the forward line for the last 4 or so of his years playing the game...This guy produced pretty much always as does Lance...Now if you want to say who's the best big man ever....then its Lance...then Jimmy....Lance can at least ruck and plays like a tall midfielder where's Jimmy was a bit of a hack ruckman but a contributor who played like a tall midfielder both very affective in there rolls....

[BookmanBkk]

18 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

For what im worth and its not much to most, Wayne gay Carey who I like more as a commentator than a footy player....ran hot and cold like my bathroom tap most of the time....Lance is a pure machine unless carrying an injury, Lance is by far the second best player ever in VFL or AFL....Lethal Lee is my number uno....being 2ft nothing and pure muscle a bit underhanded and a very intelligent player on the ball showed what pure class at 105 could do as a broken down wreak in the forward line for the last 4 or so of his years playing the game...This guy produced pretty much always as does Lance...Now if you want to say who's the best big man ever....then its Lance...then Jimmy....Lance can at least ruck and plays like a tall midfielder where's Jimmy was a bit of a hack ruckman but a contributor who played like a tall midfielder both very affective in there rolls....

 

To summarize:
Swans decision to bring in Buddy, 2nd best player ever in your words, was a stroke of genius

[BookmanBkk]

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

More concerning/disappointing news

 

Daniel Venables to sit out season

 

After a considered evaluation and discussion, West Coast Eagles premiership forward Daniel Venables will sit out of football in 2020.

Venables has trained to a modified program during the pre-season, with variances in the levels of comfort he has felt after training sessions. At the forefront of the mind in this decision is Venables long-term health and wellbeing.

There remains some lingering symptoms following the very significant head knock he received in the round nine game against Melbourne last year.

He has not played since that game and after deep consideration has decided he will not play this season.

 

 

It is going to shorten many a p[layers careers IMO. Besides the player being reluctant to risk knocking the noggin again, insurance companies wont want to cover the player ongoing and clubs will be reluctant to recruit a player with previous head knocks

[farmerjo]

Just make the players where helmets and be done with it.

The other alternative is to reintroduce the bumps and ban tackling.????