AFL 2022
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Just like clockwork, the season is coming up, and the NRL has its first scandal...
Wait, sorry, force of habit
The AFL has a good size story today. Looks like prior to last season, The Demons had a wee bit of a crisis on their hands. It seems Simon Goodwin was in a bit of shit for the standard of his behaviour, including a decent smattering of work place bullying. It appears to have been so serious the head of the AFL got involved.
It obviously quietly went away, Goodwin went on to win a flag in fairly dominant circumstances. Fuck knows why it has come out now, one assumes because the AFL has not been in the media all summer and they desperately needed something?
Coaches need to be bullies sometimes. Punting and drinking are awesome. Goodwin won a flag. No story.
(also Goodwin definitely fits me "head coaches who sucked until they changed everything" metric from the AB thread)
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Just like clockwork, the season is coming up, and the NRL has its first scandal...
Wait, sorry, force of habit
The AFL has a good size story today. Looks like prior to last season, The Demons had a wee bit of a crisis on their hands. It seems Simon Goodwin was in a bit of shit for the standard of his behaviour, including a decent smattering of work place bullying. It appears to have been so serious the head of the AFL got involved.
It obviously quietly went away, Goodwin went on to win a flag in fairly dominant circumstances. Fuck knows why it has come out now, one assumes because the AFL has not been in the media all summer and they desperately needed something?
Coaches need to be bullies sometimes. Punting and drinking are awesome. Goodwin won a flag. No story.
(also Goodwin definitely fits me "head coaches who sucked until they changed everything" metric from the AB thread)
My second favourite Crow behind Rosciutto. Kind of Rosciutto-lite.
So what's he done?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Just like clockwork, the season is coming up, and the NRL has its first scandal...
Wait, sorry, force of habit
The AFL has a good size story today. Looks like prior to last season, The Demons had a wee bit of a crisis on their hands. It seems Simon Goodwin was in a bit of shit for the standard of his behaviour, including a decent smattering of work place bullying. It appears to have been so serious the head of the AFL got involved.
It obviously quietly went away, Goodwin went on to win a flag in fairly dominant circumstances. Fuck knows why it has come out now, one assumes because the AFL has not been in the media all summer and they desperately needed something?
Coaches need to be bullies sometimes. Punting and drinking are awesome. Goodwin won a flag. No story.
(also Goodwin definitely fits me "head coaches who sucked until they changed everything" metric from the AB thread)
My second favourite Crow behind Rosciutto. Kind of Rosciutto-lite.
So what's he done?
Nothing. He's golden
Seems like the hugest beat up
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Sorry, he did what? Who cares? I'm still digesting the insight shown on the forum all last season which had the Dees at best the fourth most likely to win the flag.
Given their history they were fucking lucky to be ranked that high
I think you had the Lions ahead of them. And the Tasmanian expansion proposal.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Sorry, he did what? Who cares? I'm still digesting the insight shown on the forum all last season which had the Dees at best the fourth most likely to win the flag.
Given their history they were fucking lucky to be ranked that high
I think you had the Lions ahead of them. And the Tasmanian expansion proposal.
given their history i would probably have had the Port Douglas Crocs higher as well
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Sorry, he did what? Who cares? I'm still digesting the insight shown on the forum all last season which had the Dees at best the fourth most likely to win the flag.
Given their history they were fucking lucky to be ranked that high
I think you had the Lions ahead of them. And the Tasmanian expansion proposal.
given their history i would probably have had the Port Douglas Crocs higher as well
Totally.
18 grand finals including wins in 1900, 1926, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964 and 2021 paints a very, very ordinary picture.
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@shark okay, simple
If we revert to Black & White TV, then the Demons will be a dynasty. Or if a World War breaks out
Simple. Otherwise the odds of a spoon are much much higher
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@mariner4life if we're having a serious discussion about whether they should have been dismissed so readily last season - ultimately proving the doubters utterly wrong - I'm sure you can admit you were among many who were drastically off the mark. The Dees were top of the table pretty much all season, regularly punctuated their season with statement wins, and played the best football in the comp.
OR, you can carry on about The Flag Drought and a few poor years in the 2000's as justification for such a poor read.
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a few poor years
lol
but seriously, i do that ladder every year. And i am always waaaaay off. I'll do it this year too. And again, i'll be waaay off
And you can unbunch your panties like a lot. Melbourne made a prelim in what, 2019? And got massacred. They failed to make finals in 2020. Not making them flag favs in 2021 is hardly a massive call. And it was a call echoed by most.
Were they the best team all year? yes. Was that expected in Feb? no, absolutely not. In fact many kept waiting for the wheels to fall off. No difference to when Richmond were suddenly good.
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@mariner4life They're your wife's by the way and you're missing the point, by heaps. The supremacy you've just admitted to now is exactly what you couldn't either recognise or admit to last season. The Dees were well and truly the best side all year yet you had them at best fourth most likely to win the flag. The fact they made a prelim final a year or two prior only strengthens the case for them being recognised as a flag favourite last year, after a good start. But startlingly it was only a couple of rounds out from the finals I reckon when you had them behind the Dogs, Cats and Lions, maybe others, can't recall.
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I have a correction to make. I don't think it was Mariner talking the Dees down all year, after all. Maybe a couple of slights but it wasn't you predominantly, although the way your recent comms read gave me reason to believe otherwise. I will give your wife's panties back now, un-bunched.
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I have a correction to make. I don't think it was Mariner talking the Dees down all year, after all. Maybe a couple of slights but it wasn't you predominantly, although the way your recent comms read gave me reason to believe otherwise. I will give your wife's panties back now, un-bunched.
good, i like those ones
i still take pot shots at Richmond despite them being the best team of the last 5 years.
Doing a pre-season ladder this year should be fun.
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We did the same to the Crows. Calm down.
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Looking at the opening round draw (and comparing it to the Sky schedule), afl.com.au has the Dees and Dogs opening the season, on Wednesday 16/03. But looking for this on the Sky app, they seem to think this is Live on Thursday 17/03. Tend to think Sky has this wrong? But then again a Wednesday night??
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Looking at the opening round draw (and comparing it to the Sky schedule), afl.com.au has the Dees and Dogs opening the season, on Wednesday 16/03. But looking for this on the Sky app, they seem to think this is Live on Thursday 17/03. Tend to think Sky has this wrong? But then again a Wednesday night??
wait, what? Tradition says Carlton open the season full of optimism that it's finally their year, only to be out of the game against Richmond by 3/4 time. I am not sure i can deal with anything different.
