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(07-07-2018, 07:18 AM)Lods link Wrote:Just in defence of Harry McKay folks
As sad as I was I remember having a few laughs with friends and family at my Mum's funeral.
Don't take a ten second grab in a three hour telecast to mean anything at all.
Can you imagine one of the reserves laughing about that result within the vision of Leigh Matthews, Malthouse, the Scott's, Pagan, Roos or Parkin?
I realise times have changed, but seriously, what was the joke, an uncomfortable laugh, a Barrett moment!
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(07-07-2018, 07:24 AM)LP link Wrote:Can you imagine one of the reserves laughing about that result within the vision of Leigh Matthews, Malthouse, the Scott's, Pagan, Roos or Parkin?
I realise times have changed, but seriously, what was the joke, an uncomfortable laugh, a Barrett moment!
We have no idea..so we shouldn't judge.
It might have been totally un-football related.
That he was caught on camera is unfortunate...but we cant possibly judge him without knowing the context.
I've been pretty miserable this afternoon but still managed a couple of laughs at different times.
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07-07-2018, 07:32 AM
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(07-07-2018, 07:28 AM)Lods link Wrote:We have no idea..so we shouldn't judge.
It might have been totally un-football related.
That he was caught on camera is unfortunate...but we cant possibly judge him without knowing the context.
I've been pretty miserable this afternoon but still managed a couple of laughs at different times.
I know, but it wouldn't save him under those regimes.
It's not about guilt or innocence.
Even worse for us is when you realise Foxtel had a choice to make before they broadcast that, a Barry Hall moment!
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(07-07-2018, 07:18 AM)Lods link Wrote:Just in defence of Harry McKay folks
As sad as I was I remember having a few laughs with friends and family at my Mum's funeral.
Don't take a ten second grab in a three hour telecast to mean anything at all.
It's football though, it's supposed to be the be all and end all of life. Smiling isn't allowed....lol!!!!!.
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(07-07-2018, 07:33 AM)laj link Wrote:It's football though, it's supposed to be the be all and end all of life. Smiling isn't allowed....lol!!!!!.
I remember the disdain on this forum when a certain star player was caught laughing while walking off the field after a loss! That was someone with credits on the board!
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(07-07-2018, 07:17 AM)hanwell link Wrote:That is exactly what happens in the NFL Cookie! Thats where Free Agency comes from, say no more.....
Mate I've been a loyal supporter since 1970, I understand your grief exactly, but this game of today is all about the coach's job security, it stopped being about us, the supporters, about 15 years ago. So you may as well "jump on board" the next big thing.
You could well be right H. I'm just a bit old fashioned I suppose - too late to change now.
Reality always wins in the end.
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From the AFL website....
INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
Carlton: Phillips (hamstring), Weitering (calf), Marchbank (heart)
WTF does that mean...Arrhythmia ?
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(07-07-2018, 07:17 AM)hanwell link Wrote:That is exactly what happens in the NFL Cookie! Thats where Free Agency comes from, say no more.....
There is a bit of a difference though, the NFL isn't actively pushing expansion teams, and the NFL administration border on paranoid about making the draft and trade equitable. The AFL tends to be quite the opposite, it does seem to play favourites!
Teams in the NFL don't blink at suing each other!
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07-07-2018, 07:41 AM
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(07-07-2018, 07:40 AM)Lods link Wrote:From the AFL website....
INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
Carlton: Phillips (hamstring), Weitering (calf), Marchbank (heart)
WTF does that mean...Arrythmia ?
They've been hacked! ;D
Only joking!
Look at the AFL websites own headlines, "Does Attrocious equal Lukosius?"
That's the AFL publishing that headline!
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Watching the match took me back to the thumping in Brisbane that ended the Pagan years.
I just don't know what to think about the club anymore. The 'hope' they have sold us members for the past 3 years is getting thinner every week.
I get we are rock bottom. We have a bunch of inexperienced draftees, some shop worn retreads and a sprinkling of veterans that are only OK at best. Two genuine A graders are the only bright spots. But to get belted by the 17th place team by 10 goals is finding rock bottom and digging further.
The biggest disappointment to me are the experienced players. The likes of Murphy, Ed Curnow, Thomas, Wright, Kruezer and Rowe, however hard they may be trying seem incapable of organising their team mates, i.e. leading. These are 10 year league level players. We were cut up time and time again because we were utterly disorganised, allowing Beams, Zorko and Hodge open space. We can blame the coaching all we like, but I cannot believe that it is a coaching issue. It is a lack of discipline and leadership on the field that allows a team to play so poorly as a team.
Just can't see myself bothering to attend any more games this year.
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