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  • Nico
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    • Jan 2003
    • 11330

    #31
    Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
    I know, after the first week of the competition, only one out of the ten Victorian teams has won a game, thanks to the woke AFL!
    I woke this morning to find out that the AFL is woke!!!!!
    http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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    • Nico
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      • Jan 2003
      • 11330

      #32
      Originally posted by barry
      GWS v Collingwood was a fascinating game. Both have now mastered the Richmond style of continuous tap on to advantage that at stages of the game the ball was like a ping pong bouncing around in a netball court sized pack of midfielders.

      If you believe the Richmond style is the current best practice game plan, which I do, then it's hard to see any other sides challenging these two, other than maybe the GC suns but they are a year or two off adopting it fully.

      Brisbane don't play this style. We don't play this style. Carlton might be close.
      So could these sides now be termed as the "Woke" sides of the AFL?
      http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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      • dejavoodoo44
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        • Apr 2015
        • 8515

        #33
        Originally posted by Nico
        I woke this morning to find out that the AFL is woke!!!!!
        While you're there, have you seen Ludwig lately? I can't recall him posting for a while.

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        • Nico
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          • Jan 2003
          • 11330

          #34
          Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
          While you're there, have you seen Ludwig lately? I can't recall him posting for a while.
          He is holidaying in Vietnam to get away from the pollution in Chiang Mai. I will join him there in a few weeks. I suspect he will be back online shortly.
          http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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          • dejavoodoo44
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            • Apr 2015
            • 8515

            #35
            Originally posted by Nico
            He is holidaying in Vietnam to get away from the pollution in Chiang Mai. I will join him there in a few weeks. I suspect he will be back online shortly.
            That's good. I was starting to worry that his eyes were becoming too bad for him to post.

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            • MattW
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              • May 2011
              • 4196

              #36
              Originally posted by Nico
              He is holidaying in Vietnam to get away from the pollution in Chiang Mai. I will join him there in a few weeks. I suspect he will be back online shortly.
              Yes, good to hear. I was also a little worried about him, but also figured you'd update us.

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              • Nico
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                • Jan 2003
                • 11330

                #37
                Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                While you're there, have you seen Ludwig lately? I can't recall him posting for a while.
                I just spoke to Ludwig. They have been in Vietnam about a week and on day 2 he sat on his reading glasses in a taxi and broke the lens, so has had to rely on some cheapies. He said he will hopefully be back posting soon.
                http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                • KTigers
                  Senior Player
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 2499

                  #38
                  Originally posted by barry
                  GWS v Collingwood was a fascinating game. Both have now mastered the Richmond style of continuous tap on to advantage that at stages of the game the ball was like a ping pong bouncing around in a netball court sized pack of midfielders.

                  If you believe the Richmond style is the current best practice game plan, which I do, then it's hard to see any other sides challenging these two, other than maybe the GC suns but they are a year or two off adopting it fully.

                  Brisbane don't play this style. We don't play this style. Carlton might be close.
                  Agree. I went to the game and I commented to the people I was with that a number sections of the play reminded me
                  of a game of basketball. Even with the hand passes that go a bit astray (which is going to happen when the play is so
                  fast and they are in traffic) the teams have clearly practiced slapping and punching the wayward ball away to a teammate.
                  Tho' in the end it took some old school big boy forwards in Jesse Hogan and Callum Brown to kick straight and four and
                  five goals each to put up the winning score.

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                  • Ludwig
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                    • Apr 2007
                    • 9359

                    #39
                    Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                    That's good. I was starting to worry that his eyes were becoming too bad for him to post.
                    I somehow managed to break 1 pair and lose my other pair of reading glasses the first week in Vietnam. I'm settled in now in Da Lat until the end of April and will try to get back on RWO once I work out a better solution than my laptop.

                    Maybe Nico and i can do some joint posting if we can come to a compromise on Will Hayward and Harry Cunningham.
                    Last edited by Ludwig; 10 March 2024, 05:18 PM.

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                    • dejavoodoo44
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                      • Apr 2015
                      • 8515

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Ludwig
                      I somehow managed to break 1 pair and lose my other pair of reading glasses the first week in Vietnam. I'm settled in now in Da Lat until the end of April and will try to get back on RWO once I work out a better solution than my laptop.

                      Maybe Nico and i can do some joint posting if we can come to a compromise on Will Hayward and Harry Cunningham.
                      "So, how was Vietnam?"
                      "Dunno, I didn't really see much of it."

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                      • stevoswan
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                        • Sep 2014
                        • 8546

                        #41
                        Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                        I know, after the first week of the competition, only one out of the ten Victorian teams has won a game, thanks to the woke AFL!
                        Yeah, they should stay well away from 'touchy feely' social issues like promoting the game in states other than Victoria and damn well stick to footy!

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                        • KTigers
                          Senior Player
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 2499

                          #42
                          Yep, four games in NSW and Qld and none in the other states. And then a round where all the games are on in SA.
                          Somehow I can't see the world stopping spinning on its axis.

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                          • Ludwig
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                            • Apr 2007
                            • 9359

                            #43
                            I spent 8 days in DaNang. It's a nice city, but too may tourists. Totatlly set up for tourism.

                            DaLat is in the mountains, with a pleasant climate> it's also has lots of tourists, but itls easier to get away from the relentless instagram shots being taken. I'm here, as Nico says, mainly to get away from the the heat and pollution of Ching mai at this time of year.

                            It's my firtst time in Dalat. So far, so good.

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                            • MattW
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                              • May 2011
                              • 4196

                              #44
                              Originally posted by Ludwig
                              I spent 8 days in DaNang. It's a nice city, but too may tourists. Totatlly set up for tourism.

                              DaLat is in the mountains, with a pleasant climate> it's also has lots of tourists, but itls easier to get away from the relentless instagram shots being taken. I'm here, as Nico says, mainly to get away from the the heat and pollution of Ching mai at this time of year.

                              It's my firtst time in Dalat. So far, so good.
                              Go well.

                              - - - Updated - - -

                              Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
                              It's not working.
                              Indeed. GWS are bloody good; elite players forward, middle and back.

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                              • KTigers
                                Senior Player
                                • Apr 2012
                                • 2499

                                #45
                                I'm calling it now. An all Sydney GF this year. And the state of Vic going into a complete meltdown and the VFL
                                bringing in a new rule that EVERY week of the finals must have a Melbourne team playing in it at the MCG.

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