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Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:08 am
by Rob
Simmo79 wrote:Hey, how do the AFL ambassadorships work? Who has them?
You either need a foreign or obscene sounding name or be a drug cheat.
Nic Naitanui
Bachar Houli
Jobe Watson
Jimmy Toumpas
Stephen Coniglio
Karmichael Hunt
Patrick Karnezis
Majak Daw
Lin Jong
Alipate Carlile
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:04 am
by kilonewton
yob wrote:http://aflworldcup.com.au/melbourne/
As the birthplace of the world’s greatest game, Melbourne is the logical choice to host the inaugural Australian Football World Cup.
I can't fault this logic.
This bloke must be stopped.
He set up an organisation in the UK in opposition to the established league, somehow got some government funding and then allegedly skipped the country when he was questioned as to the status of his visa.
Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
And in my opinion he's by far the worst umpire I've ever played under.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:30 am
by yob
kilonewton wrote:Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
I thought those were the eligibility criteria for GB
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:57 pm
by IanRitchie
yob wrote:kilonewton wrote:Now he's claiming to be organising a "world cup" a year after the official International Cup, which looking at the eligibility criteria, means I can turn out for GB. (Far too old, fat and slow now though)
I thought those were the eligibility criteria for GB
i was going to say
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:05 pm
by Jeffles
gyfox wrote:GWS start off this season with the derby at Spotless Stadium instead of ANZ. It will be interesting to see what the ground looks and sounds like nearly full.
A bit like every Easter Show I'd imagine.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:24 am
by dibo
It'll look like a Swans game
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:31 am
by Simmo79
So Vlad's leaving at the end of the season
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:11 pm
by bazza
Simmo79 wrote:So Vlad's leaving at the end of the season
Who is coming in to clean up the mess?
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:36 pm
by gyfox
bazza wrote:Simmo79 wrote:So Vlad's leaving at the end of the season
Who is coming in to clean up the mess?
A panel of ex captains has been commissioned… oh, sorry, wrong job and wrong code.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:48 pm
by yob
There will be a few capable administrators from the Ukraine available, once Putin pisses all over their border.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:37 pm
by the crow
Allan Joyce will be looking for something soon.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:15 am
by bazza
the crow wrote:Allan Joyce will be looking for something soon.
I look forward to the 4 week shutdown while he attempts to break the union
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:06 am
by yob
Craig Thomson, has good form with rooting everything
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:01 pm
by yob
At the moment the AFL clubs are meeting to discuss how much more socialism is needed to make the socialism work.
Here we have a very rare bit of honesty in the AFL world - from a bloke who's found the exit, so isn't scared about Big Brother any more.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-03-03/c ... es-a-swipe
"And yet other clubs, clubs that have squandered opportunities, that are now incurring millions of dollars of losses, are being propped up.
"Melbourne gets two-and-a-half million dollars a year, and has been getting it for quite some years, because it's incompetent.
Re: AFL 2014
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:23 pm
by Simmo79
Takes a swipe at mismanaged clubs at the same time as taking a swipe at the AFL for considering ending the "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, especially Swans" policy. Not at all hypocritical.
Add: also he made a call-back to his pre-Giants statements on the 2nd Sydney club. Seems like he's after Gyfox's heart.
So if COLA is scrapped, what will be the impact on the Swans?
"I think over the period of time it's tantamount to economic vandalism. It completely misreads this market and in my experience, the vast majority of VFL people still get confused between rugby and league and they call it rugby and you say 'what game are you actually talking about'. Before, the NRL prospered basically because it had been around so long and because it's a suburban game. Now it has money.
"I think what we're seeing is GWS moving from Blacktown – go and Google the former mayor's comments. (Former mayor Alan Pendleton recently claimed the Giants have betrayed Blacktown). He said 'we were dudded, we invested all this money, now they've got this you-beaut venue in the centre of Sydney, a long way from the outer west'. I just question that people get it. This is what we predicted would happen.
"I think between rugby league's newfound wealth and vision, and soccer's emerging legitimacy, the capacity to run a self-sustaining AFL team in the outer west is pretty negligible. I'm out of office (at the Swans), but I say to you – doesn't this brand new facility at Olympic Park indicate that the experiment with the outer west is sort of over?"