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**Tmee2020** · October 1st, 2016, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Motorboater

How awesome would it have been to be a VEF member when Collingwood got done by Geelong in 2011?

Yes sir! That would've been juicy!

It was pretty good.

I hope someone has stuck it up that prize prat Kennett for his put-down of the Dogs.

**Motorboater** · October 1st, 2016, 01:15 PM

Hey hey hey! No politics around here.

Oh. You're referring to Jeff Kennett?

Yeah. He was a huge knob.

**Sir Honkers** · October 1st, 2016, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by tmee2000

It was pretty good.

I hope someone has stuck it up that prize prat Kennett for his put-down of the Dogs.

We did that when we voted him out. Why do we still keep giving that man oxygen?

**Motorboater** · October 2nd, 2016, 12:39 AM

He/They live in Surrey Hills or Canterbury.

**Sir Honkers** · October 2nd, 2016, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Motorboater

He/They live in Surrey Hills or Canterbury.

It's all the other side of the Yarra to an Ascot Vale boy. Which back in my childhood was a working class suburb, not the yuppified, DINK suburb it is now.

**buttsie** · October 12th, 2016, 01:47 AM

Got to hand it to the hawks they arent afraid of off loading players who have been key to their recent successful period

Hawk bombshell: Sam Mitchell set to be traded to West Coast

Ben Guthrie October 12, 2016 10:24 AM

Mitchell could join the Eagles in 2017 on a one-year playing contract with a coaching component attached to his contract in the years after that.

The 34-year-old, who recently won his fifth best and fairest award at the Hawks, revealed it was coach Alastair Clarkson who put forward the option of joining the Eagles.

"I didn't go to the club and say I want to go to West Coast," Mitchell told SEN radio.

"Clarko came over and said, as a friend, 'Is that something you'd be interested in?'

"And you could have knocked me over with a feather to be honest."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-1...-coaching-role

http://www.afl.com.au/trade/trade-talk

**Motorboater** · October 15th, 2016, 02:29 AM

I have to say. Sam Mitchell leaving Hawthorn is the most bizzare trade or transfer I've seen in any sport.

**buttsie** · October 31st, 2016, 05:27 AM

Talk about cleaning players out

Includes links to the previous tears trades 2012-2015

Some clubs in that period have just about turned over 75% of their entire squad

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-3...e-at-your-club

**Motorboater** · February 5th, 2017, 12:06 PM

First ever week of women's football falls so far below expectations of standard, it's embarrassing.

All four losing teams, Melbourne, score as many goals as Romelu Lukaku did last night

**buttsie** · February 23rd, 2017, 06:30 PM

Cant say I've watched or listened to any of the womens matches
because I'd already seen the all star match last year

That showed the level of skill was very low if compared to the men

When you factor in

1. squads in the high 20s - barely able to cover injuries
- require top-up players who havent done a pre-season

2. They play 4 - 15 minute quarters - half the mens game

3. Only 16 on the ground - grounds that dwarf any that even those with footballing backgrounds would have played on , let alone the code hoppers
- someone didnt think it through

Its a marketing exercise designed to see how much interest there is from the public
- attending in person / watching on TV & what Sponsors are about to actually make it financially workable

Its a carnival more than a season

If its going to attract a different audience

So far the womans football has out rated the Mens Soccer on TV
Strategically it has a place

It feels like what T20 has done for cricket - drawn a different crowd to the sport

Thats why the entire exercise is largely free for the public (apart from double headers)
All under written by the new TV deal of 2.5/6/7/ something billion no doubt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_Women's

http://www.afl.com.au/womens

October 12th, 2016, 01:47 AM	#146
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,304 Times in 12,746 Posts	Silly season of trades begins Got to hand it to the hawks they arent afraid of off loading players who have been key to their recent successful period Hawk bombshell: Sam Mitchell set to be traded to West Coast Ben Guthrie October 12, 2016 10:24 AM Mitchell could join the Eagles in 2017 on a one-year playing contract with a coaching component attached to his contract in the years after that. The 34-year-old, who recently won his fifth best and fairest award at the Hawks, revealed it was coach Alastair Clarkson who put forward the option of joining the Eagles. "I didn't go to the club and say I want to go to West Coast," Mitchell told SEN radio. "Clarko came over and said, as a friend, 'Is that something you'd be interested in?' "And you could have knocked me over with a feather to be honest." http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-1...-coaching-role http://www.afl.com.au/trade/trade-talk

October 31st, 2016, 05:27 AM	#148
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,304 Times in 12,746 Posts	Retirements, delistings and trade: Who's left your club? Talk about cleaning players out Includes links to the previous tears trades 2012-2015 Some clubs in that period have just about turned over 75% of their entire squad http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-3...e-at-your-club

October 1st, 2016, 01:15 PM	#142
Motorboater Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,325 Thanks: 41,507 Thanked 38,322 Times in 4,299 Posts	Hey hey hey! No politics around here. Oh. You're referring to Jeff Kennett? Yeah. He was a huge knob.

October 2nd, 2016, 12:39 AM	#144
Motorboater Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,325 Thanks: 41,507 Thanked 38,322 Times in 4,299 Posts	He/They live in Surrey Hills or Canterbury.

October 15th, 2016, 02:29 AM	#147
Motorboater Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,325 Thanks: 41,507 Thanked 38,322 Times in 4,299 Posts	I have to say. Sam Mitchell leaving Hawthorn is the most bizzare trade or transfer I've seen in any sport.

February 5th, 2017, 12:06 PM	#149
Motorboater Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,325 Thanks: 41,507 Thanked 38,322 Times in 4,299 Posts	First ever week of women's football falls so far below expectations of standard, it's embarrassing. All four losing teams, Melbourne, score as many goals as Romelu Lukaku did last night

February 23rd, 2017, 06:30 PM	#150
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,304 Times in 12,746 Posts	Cant say I've watched or listened to any of the womens matches because I'd already seen the all star match last year That showed the level of skill was very low if compared to the men When you factor in 1. squads in the high 20s - barely able to cover injuries - require top-up players who havent done a pre-season 2. They play 4 - 15 minute quarters - half the mens game 3. Only 16 on the ground - grounds that dwarf any that even those with footballing backgrounds would have played on , let alone the code hoppers - someone didnt think it through Its a marketing exercise designed to see how much interest there is from the public - attending in person / watching on TV & what Sponsors are about to actually make it financially workable Its a carnival more than a season If its going to attract a different audience So far the womans football has out rated the Mens Soccer on TV Strategically it has a place It feels like what T20 has done for cricket - drawn a different crowd to the sport Thats why the entire exercise is largely free for the public (apart from double headers) All under written by the new TV deal of 2.5/6/7/ something billion no doubt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_Women's http://www.afl.com.au/womens