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  • stellation
    scott names the planets
    • Sep 2003
    • 9721

    #46
    Originally posted by Daisi
    I just got offered a 25 dollar ticket to the Giants game today via Instagram....anybody else? What's going on there? I wish I could get a 25 dollar ticket to Swans finals..
    They should have just made the seats cheap from the start, not thrown in at the last minute. And from the start I mean the start of the season, not just ticket sales for this game.
    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
    We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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    • Bloods05
      Senior Player
      • Oct 2008
      • 1641

      #47
      Originally posted by Daisi
      I've become very very cynical about the AFL this year,so I have little interest in anything except the Swans. No Swans, no interest in AFL.

      Apparently there's been a big push on the radio by Melbourne commentators for Swans fans to support GWS this finals series- Not gonna happen from my point of view=

      And I note the latest Morgan poll saying the Swans are the most supported team in Australia...

      How does the AFL justify treating us so badly?
      I'm with you on the Giants Daisi. The idea of Swans supporters getting behind GWS because they're a NSW team makes as much sense as Carlton people supporting Collingwood if they play GWS or the Eagles or Brisbane. It's nonsense. This is a club-based competition, not a state-based one, and it always will be.

      The issue of fairness in the competition is an entirely separate one.

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      • Daisi
        Senior Player
        • Jul 2011
        • 1500

        #48
        Originally posted by Bloods05
        I'm with you on the Giants Daisi. The idea of Swans supporters getting behind GWS because they're a NSW team makes as much sense as Carlton people supporting Collingwood if they play GWS or the Eagles or Brisbane. It's nonsense. This is a club-based competition, not a state-based one, and it always will be.

        The issue of fairness in the competition is an entirely separate one.
        Yes you're right of course...The issue of fairness is separate...but I couldn't help myself...LOL

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        • barry
          Veterans List
          • Jan 2003
          • 8499

          #49
          Umps are gifting the game to the dogs again

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          • Industrial Fan
            Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
            • Aug 2006
            • 3318

            #50
            They seemed to get involved in one way traffic when GWS has a circa 20pt lead
            He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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            • Go Swannies
              Veterans List
              • Sep 2003
              • 5697

              #51
              Umpiring balanced and Dogs are losing badly. Fabulous fightback by the umps and the Dogs are within sight.
              Must be nice to wake up on game day morning as a Dogs player and know you'll get the umpiring benefit.

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              • Blood Fever
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2007
                • 4050

                #52
                Originally posted by barry
                Umps are gifting the game to the dogs again
                And the commentators remain silent. There were some shockers with the one against Davis taking the cake.

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                • Nico
                  Veterans List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 11339

                  #53
                  Some mystery decisions that's for sure.
                  http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                  • dejavoodoo44
                    Veterans List
                    • Apr 2015
                    • 8652

                    #54
                    I thought that Greene was a bit stiff, to get kicked in the nuts and to give away a free.
                    And in the modern terminology, is Greene now off the ground with 'groin awareness'?

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                    • Sandridge
                      Outer wing, Lake Oval
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 2083

                      #55
                      Umps have been ok for the Dogs up till 3/4T but will need to really dig deep in the last.

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                      • S.S. Bleeder
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2014
                        • 2165

                        #56
                        How on earth do the Dogs get such favouritism from the umpires? They're allowed to mark 10m kicks, they constantly throw the ball, an opponent touches their them above the shoulders and it's an instant free.

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                        • longmile
                          Crumber
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 3367

                          #57
                          Loving seeing the dogs get thrashed. Even with the umpires help. So satisfying

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                          • 707
                            Veterans List
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 6204

                            #58
                            Giants are home, the Fairypups fairytale is at an end, thank goodness. Good try umps, the pups just too outclassed.

                            I know the Giants have been erratic recently but there's a truckload of seriously talented footballers squeezing under their salary cap.

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                            • Sandridge
                              Outer wing, Lake Oval
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 2083

                              #59
                              Originally posted by longmile
                              Loving seeing the dogs get thrashed. Even with the umpires help. So satisfying
                              Absolutely!

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                              • dejavoodoo44
                                Veterans List
                                • Apr 2015
                                • 8652

                                #60
                                One small advantage for us from the Giants winning, is with next year's draw. Since we finished in the bottom six, we only have to play one top six side twice. That will now be the Giants: who we always play twice, anyway.

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