#AFL Round 17 Weekly Discussion Thread

[Ludwig]

Not an anthropologist, then?

Don't you mean ethologist?

[Hotpotato]

I looked that up : hilarious!

[dejavoodoo44]

Don't you mean ethologist?

Oh, why are people so unkind?

[Blood Fever]

Don't you mean ethologist?

Animal kingdom more diverse

[Hotpotato]

What about the Lion Kingdom?
Can they win the Premiership?

[Markwebbos]

Can Hodge win his 5th premiership?

I don’t see why not. There doesn’t appear to be a standout team this year, and Lions improving.

[Nico]

Gee I thought we were bad. Port looked like they could all do with a good bath and a shave. As Ron Barassi used to say; if you can't play at least look like a footballer.

Brisbane; clean cut, quick, sharp and looked like a football team.

[Meg]

Last week: Port 15.11 d Crows 5.14

This week: Crows 23.13 d Suns 8.8 and Lions 14.13 d Port 6.13.

And the Suns have play the Lions again Round 21 .....

[707]

Last week: Port 15.11 d Crows 5.14

This week: Crows 23.13 d Suns 8.8 and Lions 14.13 d Port 6.13.

And the Suns have play the Lions again Round 21 .....

I think that works out to a 33 goal thrashing for the Suns? If my quick maths are correct.

Situation getting very serious now at the Suns, AFL must do something quickly, and not a bandaid job like free hit at half the VFL dregs they got last year, just soaked up cap and added list cloggers. It has to be something comprehensive or they will implode. Rankine signed on for another two but reckon a heap more kids will be looking to bolt if 2020 is more of the same, and it projects that way. Jack Martin appears gone from the jungle drums.

[Meg]

I think that works out to a 33 goal thrashing for the Suns? If my quick maths are correct.

Situation getting very serious now at the Suns, AFL must do something quickly, and not a bandaid job like free hit at half the VFL dregs they got last year, just soaked up cap and added list cloggers. It has to be something comprehensive or they will implode. Rankine signed on for another two but reckon a heap more kids will be looking to bolt if 2020 is more of the same, and it projects that way. Jack Martin appears gone from the jungle drums.

Agree. Something drastic that would require AFLPA agreement.

For example, Suns (and only Suns) first & second round draftees are offered twice standard salary for their selections provided they sign a legally binding contract to remain at the Suns for 4 years (twice the standard two years). With clause that allows the Suns to review the contract after two years with option to discontinue (that is allow player to leave) or to continue for two more years at same or a market rate salary if the latter is demonstrably higher. However the player cannot refuse the last two years if those terms are met.

Only exception being on agreed compassionate reasons.

[KTigers]

Gee I thought we were bad. Port looked like they could all do with a good bath and a shave. As Ron Barassi used to say; if you can't play at least look like a footballer.

Brisbane; clean cut, quick, sharp and looked like a football team.

There might be something in this. For many years the Yankees were incredibly successful when the team's owner instituted
a no facial hair or long hair policy.
As for the Suns, these weekly fifteen goal thrashings achieve absolutely nothing and are embarrassing to the code.
It's a pity Hodgey can't play for both Queensland teams and inject a bit of steel into those boys. It's not like they can't play,
their heads just aren't in the right place right now.

[KTigers]

While I'm here, and I know this is not footy, but was anybody else switching between channels to follow the end of the
Mens final at Wimbledon and the end of the final of the World Cup. That was nuts, and both events occurring simultaneously in
different parts of London. Hard to top.

[mcs]

While I'm here, and I know this is not footy, but was anybody else switching between channels to follow the end of the
Mens final at Wimbledon and the end of the final of the World Cup. That was nuts, and both events occurring simultaneously in
different parts of London. Hard to top.

Crazy night of sport KT by all reports. I had to go to bed, but thought the Cricket World Cup would be close (went to bed with england about 2/50ish I think it was). To be honest though, it should have been a shared trophy if you ask me - the arbitrary measure to seperate the teams (number of boundaries hit) in my humble opinion was a very, very poor choice. If a game is so close it is tied twice on the normal scoreboard, just accept it if you ask me.


Back on footy, but gee Gold Coast truly looks like being a graveyard for every sport. The titans in the NRL just sacked their coach, and poor old Dew is getting nowhere. There is plenty of talent on that list, but its just that at the moment. I don't know how you could possibly fix it quickly either.

Enjoying how the Lions are playing though - hope they go all the way now we are well out of the picture.

[barry]

Maybe Stewie dew is not the coaching sensation we thought he was.

Gold coast's problem is player retention. They need a sizable salary cap extension until they are well established.
It's a no-brainer.

Same thing has happened at GWS, but is hidden by their competitiveness.
All the draft picks in the world don't mean @@@@ if they all leave after 2 years.

A side made of GWS an GC poachies would be better than any state or origin team.

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Crazy night of sport KT by all reports. I had to go to bed, but thought the Cricket World Cup would be close (went to bed with england about 2/50ish I think it was). To be honest though, it should have been a shared trophy if you ask me - the arbitrary measure to seperate the teams (number of boundaries hit) in my humble opinion was a very, very poor choice. If a game is so close it is tied twice on the normal scoreboard, just accept it if you ask me..

Agree it's a rough way to decide a winner. I would have thought a second super over would have been fairer.

[KTigers]

I'm not the greatest fan of Paul Roos, but he did say one thing that I always remember. Talking about leadership, he said
leadership was one player standing in a section of the field, telling the other players what to do during a game. I know all
the clubs have their leadership groups, but unless the players in them are really prepared to take command of another
bunch of players (as Roos describes) and make themselves unpopular from time to time, then a leadership group is just
another funky, new age phrase to make players who aren't the captain feel a bit better about themselves. There is no
doubt the GC boys can play, they just need some direction on the field (from a Luke Hodge, Jarrad McVeigh or Heath Shaw
type) and some stubbornness injected into them to not keep getting rolled every week like this.