The 2011 AFL Thread: *insert desired expletives here*

[cobl04]

Carlton 1.1.7 after 55 seconds game over.

 

[Axver]

Has nobody on the Gold Coast Suns ever actually played Aussie Rules?

Though hey, what do you know, just as I typed this, the Suns finally get their first goal in the AFL!

 

[Axver]

59-7 at quarter time. Let the howls of "get rid of 'em, and GWS too!" begin.

 

[coolian2]

yikes.

 

[coolian2]

by the way, anyone know where i could find a stream of this massacre?

 

[Axver]

by the way, anyone know where i could find a stream of this massacre?

Have you checked if myp2p.eu has a link to a stream?

 

[coolian2]

Have you checked if myp2p.eu has a link to a stream?

none there. but if i wanted to watch korean soccer, i'd be sweet.

 

[Axver]

Haha, damn. That's where I usually get streams. Can't help you further, sorry. My attempts to find last week's Essendon game were utterly futile.

 

[Axver]

97-23 at half time. Sweet fucking jesus.

 

[coolian2]

can i assume carlton have shut up shop and are playing for time?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Channel 10 playing Staring at the SUN(s) lol

I totally had a giddy fanboy moment there.

 

[Tania]

Only 3 points in the Freo game. Come on Dockers!!

 

[Axver]

can i assume carlton have shut up shop and are playing for time?

Somewhat, but they've still taken the score out to 146-46 with ten minutes to go. Think I'll head off to bed now, wonder if Carlton can hold on to a triple digit margin in the end. More disappointed I'm too tired to follow the rest of the Cricket World Cup final, really.

Should also point out that Ablett's been ... well, not totally useless, but pretty ineffective.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I can't say I expected such a thrashing, but it's fair to say I'm confident enough that they'll come good.

And kudos to West Coast.

 

[The Sad Punk]

 

[Vlad n U 2]

 

[Reggo]

Wow, Reggo, you're really good at this.

Beginner's luck.

My picks for this week:

St Kilda vs Richmond
Kangaroos vs Collingwood
Port vs West Coast
Gold Coast vs Carlton
Freo vs Geelong
Dogs vs Lions
Sydney vs Essendon
Hawks vs Melbourne

 

[LemonMelon]

97-23 at half time. Sweet fucking jesus.

Not all that sorry I missed this, to be honest. I can catch these sorts of cases any time by netflixing Law & Order: SVU.

Been a great year to arbitrarily choose Carlton as the team to follow though.

 

[Axver]

Final score? 171-52. Welcome to the AFL, Gold Coast.

 

[cobl04]

i hope GWS gets beaten by 200 points every game

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I don't want to them to fail, well, it would be a different story if they steal Walker from us. Then I'd happily dig the boot in.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Impressive comeback by the Swans.

 

[Axver]

What the fuck Essendon! Ugh.

 

[cobl04]

nah nah kick a few more behinds Hawks

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Had to laugh at the figures. 16.26 , still won comfortably.

 

[bono_212]

HOW BOUT THEM LIONS?!

I know how to pick 'em

 

[bono_man2002]

What the fuck Essendon! Ugh.

Wow. I think a couple of thousand just left the queue for grand final tickets

 

[intedomine]

Massive loss to GC. The AFL have designed this new team, as opposed to previous new teams, to be premiers in 4 or 5 years, that's the idea. They never made a concerted effort to achieve this with previous new sides.

Port won their first game in Round 3 of 97, after getting smashed by 12-13 goals by a mid-table Collingwoood side.

Freo lost their first ever match by just 5 points away to the arguably the best Richmond side since the early 80's. Freo won their first ever match just a few weeks later.

Adelaide smashed eventual premiers Hawthorn by 14 goals or something back in 1991.

But I suppose all these clubs were feeding from the cream of the WAFL and SANFL, while Gold Coast aren't. They had a fair share of mature players, and were primed to be competitive.

I expected more from GC against Carlton, and they'll probably really struggle next week against Footscray. I do wonder whether it's the right thing to do on the AFL's part, to let GC be shit for a year or two, before expecting what is supposed to be the most talented of young squads to be lifting the premiership cup in 2014-2015

 

[bono_man2002]

Thats exactly it. And they will have to be pushing for flags by then, cause what happens when all their concessions run out? Its a possibility they will get screwed over after putting a few solid years into young kids, who will then get poached by other teams.

Way to early to say the whole thing is pearshaped, I know. Just sayin'.

 

[cobl04]

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