Pete Heartspur Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why are people putting Carlton so high up the ladder? We're not that good... Because we have Bryce Gibbs!!!! Hahahahahaha. I wonder what haircut he'll have this season!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckaBandit Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why are people putting Carlton so high up the ladder? We're not that good... Because we have Bryce Gibbs!!!! Hahahahahaha. I wonder what haircut he'll have this season!? He is rocking one of those terrible man buns according to mark murphy, shit hair for a shit kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Port Adelaide Hawthorn Sydney Fremantle -------------------- North Geelong Gold Coast Adelaide Cows -------------------- 9thmond Collingwood Brisbane West Coke Essendrugs Western Bulldogs Carrrton Greater Western Terrorists Melbourne St Kilda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFCRC Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Absolutely no idea how we'll (Doggies) go this year.. Still a development year but wanna see more improvement from a fair few players. Plus the new coach factor means it could be anywhere from 5-10 wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Why are people putting Carlton so high up the ladder? We're not that good... I tend to agree but it usually takes Mick a few years to get his Father/Son thing going with his players and when if he gets this dynamic going he can make a lot players and teams play than others can... The Collingwood sides that played Brisbane in those two GF's being the prime example. Edited February 18, 2015 by cadete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattyd89 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I still think my North boys will finish 5th or 6th. I think last year we had a great run, we can beat anyone on our day but we are just too damn inconsistent. We lose to crap teams too much and then we go out and beat good teams. Then teams as shown last year are nervous to face us in finals for the reason we can beat good teams on our day. From pre season reports Higgin is tracking well in the midfield and has a spring in his step and Waite is training well up front with the forward group. Let's hope they stay injury free to see what they will offer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigs 2 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Is there going to be a forum SuperCoach league this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Is there going to be a forum SuperCoach league this year? Happy to make one now if we have numbers. Wouldn't mind doing the Draft version, never done it before, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 520495 - League Code (Normal Supercoach) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cadete Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) I still think my North boys will finish 5th or 6th. I think last year we had a great run, we can beat anyone on our day but we are just too damn inconsistent. We lose to crap teams too much and then we go out and beat good teams. Then teams as shown last year are nervous to face us in finals for the reason we can beat good teams on our day. From pre season reports Higgin is tracking well in the midfield and has a spring in his step and Waite is training well up front with the forward group. Let's hope they stay injury free to see what they will offer. Just a question but is Wells still a bit of a whipping boy amongst North fans? Personally I think his injuries problems were not his fault and he is a man of strong character... mind you when I saw him play WAFL once against Easts one day I swore he was going to end up being a better Andrew Macleod. Then again when I saw Paddy Ryder in the WAFL I thought he could become the next Stephen Michael. What is kind of funny is how Johnson is still a whipping boy for some Cats fans... and I cant see him many not being listing him as a Champion post his career. Edited February 19, 2015 by cadete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nah, don't think wells has ever truly been a whipping boys amongst north fans. There's been obvious frustration over his injuries and the fact that he's shown so much without being able to do it regularly but don't think id have thought he was a whipping boy. That tag is firmly reserved for Lachie Hanson, Lindsay Thomas and Sam Wright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nah, don't think wells has ever truly been a whipping boys amongst north fans. There's been obvious frustration over his injuries and the fact that he's shown so much without being able to do it regularly but don't think id have thought he was a whipping boy. That tag is firmly reserved for Lachie Hanson, Lindsay Thomas and Sam Wright. Huge spud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlings Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Nah, don't think wells has ever truly been a whipping boys amongst north fans. There's been obvious frustration over his injuries and the fact that he's shown so much without being able to do it regularly but don't think id have thought he was a whipping boy. That tag is firmly reserved for Lachie Hanson, Lindsay Thomas and Sam Wright. Edited February 19, 2015 by carlings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Yeah - Footballers like Lachie Hansen have always shit me off... Every club has had one of these guys who gets picked early, has a lot of height and apparently a lot of potential and they usually just end up getting to be on an AFL list three times longer than shorter, more dedicated and often better players do because of these reasons. They rarely bother to play State League once their AFL dream is over either. Classic example being Andrew McDougall who I knew growing up in Perth... it was already obvious to a lot of Eastern State Observers that the guy had reached his peak at 17 yet the Eagles still picked him up at Number Five and he ended up in the AFL system for Seven Bloody Years because of his height and draft position. If he had been picked mid draft and been a shorter midfielder type he would have served his two years and disappeared into oblivion... instead he got to spend seven years texting girls in his Game Day Suit in the Players Box. Edited February 19, 2015 by cadete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yeah - Footballers like Lachie Hansen have always shit me off... Every club has had one of these guys who gets picked early, has a lot of height and apparently a lot of potential and they usually just end up getting to be on an AFL list three times longer than shorter, more dedicated and often better players do because of these reasons. They rarely bother to play State League once their AFL dream is over either. Classic example being Andrew McDougall who I knew growing up in Perth... it was already obvious to a lot of Eastern State Observers that the guy had reached his peak at 17 yet the Eagles still picked him up at Number Five and he ended up in the AFL system for Seven Bloody Years because of his height and draft position. If he had been picked mid draft and been a shorter midfielder type he would have served his two years and disappeared into oblivion... instead he got to spend seven years texting girls in his Game Day Suit in the Players Box. Haha yeh I know what you mean. Fucking David trotter was our only top 10 draft pick for like 10 years and might have been one of the biggest spuds to ever grace our list for the four or five years he was on it. Hanson is an interesting one, I still think he very much has a place in north's best 22. HOWEVER, he is very limited in that IMO he has to play the spare man/floater in defence. Hes got a terrific engine and is really good at backing into a pack marking but is pretty shite at most other things in the game. Basically Id pick him in that position every day of the week above most others, but he isn't really worth a pinch of shit as one on one defender or forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigs 2 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Essendon's highest ever draft pick was Scott Gumbleton lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cadete Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Yeah - Footballers like Lachie Hansen have always shit me off... Every club has had one of these guys who gets picked early, has a lot of height and apparently a lot of potential and they usually just end up getting to be on an AFL list three times longer than shorter, more dedicated and often better players do because of these reasons. They rarely bother to play State League once their AFL dream is over either. Classic example being Andrew McDougall who I knew growing up in Perth... it was already obvious to a lot of Eastern State Observers that the guy had reached his peak at 17 yet the Eagles still picked him up at Number Five and he ended up in the AFL system for Seven Bloody Years because of his height and draft position. If he had been picked mid draft and been a shorter midfielder type he would have served his two years and disappeared into oblivion... instead he got to spend seven years texting girls in his Game Day Suit in the Players Box. Haha yeh I know what you mean. Fucking David trotter was our only top 10 draft pick for like 10 years and might have been one of the biggest spuds to ever grace our list for the four or five years he was on it. Hanson is an interesting one, I still think he very much has a place in north's best 22. HOWEVER, he is very limited in that IMO he has to play the spare man/floater in defence. Hes got a terrific engine and is really good at backing into a pack marking but is pretty shite at most other things in the game. Basically Id pick him in that position every day of the week above most others, but he isn't really worth a pinch of shit as one on one defender or forward. I tell you who was exactly the same type and a high draft pick... Graham Polak. Edited February 20, 2015 by cadete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Justin koschitze surely deserves a mention. The winner must be jack watts though yeh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I guarantee if watts was delisted by melbourne at least 10 other clubs would snap him up in the draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Should never have taken him straight out of school footy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 So our (Gold Coast) PR signing (that all my friends on the coast swear black and blue did a fantastic job promoting the club) had some spare time on his hands last season and (allegedly) decided to supplement his ridiculously high salary with some transactional work? On top of that by NRL club is the Titans and they have suspended 2 players whilst they figure out WTF is going on. Terrible week for sport on the Coast. I guess its lucky for the suns that Hunt has left now, but even so its still not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Pints Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 People are doing drugs on the Gold Coast? I am shocked... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaNNaVo93 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 They fucking did it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Are lolmond still a club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Go pies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I guarantee if watts was delisted by melbourne at least 10 other clubs would snap him up in the draft You are right there as the guy is def of AFL Quality and will end up being a 200 game player but his high draft rating would still be one of 5 factors for the clubs that did pick him up. Jack Watts - Is a perfect example of the problem with the TAC Cup when compared to the Colts Systems in Perf and Adel... I know some TAC Cup Players can be selected for VFL sides on occasion but the AFL needs to start again IMO and incorporate the two leagues more completely. ATM its too hard to assess footballers from Victorian in comparison to those who play the odd game of WAFL or SANFL... we need our Victorian Under 19's playing more Senior Footy at VFL clubs and learning the football culture from these clubs. Even if its only a few odd games and just a lot more senior training (Because of course a lot of players have private school football commitments due to scholarships) but for supporters of all sides recruiters need to be able to assess Victorian Players more evenly against boys from WA and SA. Edit - Having future top picks playing for Coburg or Port would only boost attendance's at games as well... and TBH I often think the AFL could even think about raising the draft age making prospective juniors play a compulsory year of State League Football whilst completely some sort of intense course on Life as a Footballer plus offering a choice of some Tertiary Work (Uni/Tafe) to make them more prepared for life after AFL as well. In the old days the Reserves Comp provided such a backdrop for players to work on their footy and themselves... but now so many just enter the system and get chewed up and in many cases its because they are just developing slower than others. Under the current system guys like Dipper or Libba would never had made it as they both played a lot of Reserves footy before breaking through and becoming champions. Edited February 28, 2015 by cadete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Supercoach League Code: 520495, still 14 spots, get in cunts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Managed to find a few other dees supporters who also want stand and drink at the footy. Can't wait for the new season. Inb4 who's going to sit if all are standing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Managed to find a few other dees supporters who also want stand and drink at the footy. You got the numbers to take on the Purple Warriors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Managed to find a few other dees supporters who also want stand and drink at the footy. Can't wait for the new season. Inb4 who's going to sit if all are standing LOL - Is this because by the time you get to the G all the seats in the MCC are already covered by furnaces and pieces of newspaper by Bill and Jude who got their at 7am to save their spots. TTIM: The unwritten rule at the races that a form guide on an empty table in the Members that means that table has therefore been taken for the rest of the afternoon. Edited March 4, 2015 by cadete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlings Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 $4 HOT DOGS AT THE G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 $4 HOT DOGS AT THE G Would have preferred they kept the prices but improved the quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Worst part about footy season is no AAMI park chicken and chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Managed to find a few other dees supporters who also want stand and drink at the footy. Can't wait for the new season. Inb4 who's going to sit if all are standing LOL - Is this because by the time you get to the G all the seats in the MCC are already covered by furnaces and pieces of newspaper by Bill and Jude who got their at 7am to save their spots. rofl well played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFrom2009 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nakia Cockatoo looking exciting. Mitch Clark 6 goals as well. Looks good for Geelong. Looking forward to taking on GWS tomorrow with Kevin Sheedy on our side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Will Geelong ever be shit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Will Geelong ever be shit? I am just hoping Stephen Wells lives until his 406. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Heartspur Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 How he gets away with physically assaulting his opponent is beyond me! Probably the same way Murphy got away with elbowing Crowley off the ball, and Gibbs got away with throwing a forearm into Ballantynes head after he took a mark. He gave 6 free kicks away anyway, dunno what you're talking about by saying he gets away with it. They were probably well deserved! And if he only got pinned for 6 free kicks there were probably at least another 6 he got away with! So like every other person that bags out Crowley, you're just assuming hes dirty behind the play without any evidence. The way he plays is no different to any good defender who shuts their opponent out of the game. If Crowleys a dirty player, what the hell does that make the eye gouging chicken winging ex captain of yours? Dirty cheat on, and off the field! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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