BALL!!! YEAH!!! The 2009 Australian Rules Football season thread. - Page 3

legend166 · (03-17-2009, 08:39 AM)

In. We should get more AusGAFers to join.

My team sucks. I got a lot of Swans players, lol.

Grug · (03-17-2009, 09:41 AM)

Originally Posted by legend166:

In. We should get more AusGAFers to join.

My team sucks. I got a lot of Swans players, lol.

Yeah, as much as I tried to avoid it, I have 6 Lions.

Bias aside, I really think we have a few good prospects that will rise in value this year, especially as Voss seems to be implementing a more high possession game plan.

tri_willy · (03-17-2009, 10:49 AM)

i'll join soon too pachael

il try and make mine so that it doesnt reek of crows bias

fisheyes · (03-17-2009, 11:01 AM)

team superduperawesome and its team full of people with first initial J will blitz this league. Just you wait.

(I'm very curious to see which of my teams - this one or the dreamteam one - do better as I actually thought about my dreamteam one somewhat, whereas this one is just all the Joshs, then Jasons, etc, etc)

Grug · (03-17-2009, 12:03 PM)

Originally Posted by fisheyes:

team superduperawesome and its team full of people with first initial J will blitz this league. Just you wait.

(I'm very curious to see which of my teams - this one or the dreamteam one - do better as I actually thought about my dreamteam one somewhat, whereas this one is just all the Joshs, then Jasons, etc, etc)

You might want to ditch Josh Hunt considering he's out for the season!

legend166 · (03-17-2009, 12:31 PM)

I hope you have Jarrad McVeigh, I'm picking him for top 10 in the Brownlow.

As another tip, Goodes is a shoe in to win it all. He's due. 2003 - 2006 - 2009. Mark it down!

Grug · (03-17-2009, 12:48 PM)

Originally Posted by legend166:

I hope you have Jarrad McVeigh, I'm picking him for top 10 in the Brownlow.

As another tip, Goodes is a shoe in to win it all. He's due. 2003 - 2006 - 2009. Mark it down!

Worst Brownlow medallist ever.

Should hand both his medals to Brett Kirk.

tri_willy · (03-17-2009, 01:12 PM)

i reckon the 2nd time he got the brownlow, that was bs. umpire bias really. i mean look what happened to hird? fucking mclaren

fisheyes · (03-19-2009, 01:02 PM)

Originally Posted by Grug:

You might want to ditch Josh Hunt considering he's out for the season!

Aw what? The Joshs are shrinking even more.

In other news, Michaelangelo Rucci has done his top 50 too. Any better? There is Essendon players in this one at least. Definitely more South Aussies, unsurprisingly, too.

Quote:

...From this top-50 list there will be eyebrows raised in how 21-year-old John Anthony - after just 12 games with Collingwood - can make such elite company.

But who else in the AFL has achieved such extraordinary efficiency as Anthony did last season when he made coach Michael Malthouse forget the Magpies had drafted him as a defender. With 68 kicks, Anthony produced 31 scores for a remarkable 25.6 - with goals in every match.

Quote:

1. Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2. Chris Judd (Carlton)
3. Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)
4. Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
5. Matthew Scarlett (Geelong)
6. Dean Cox (West Coast)
7. Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide)
8. Adam Goodes (Sydney)
9. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
10. Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
11. Joel Selwood (Geelong)
12. Cameron Ling (Geelong)
13. Jonathan Brown (Brisbane)
14. James Bartel (Geelong)
15. Brendan Fevola (Carlton)
16. Simon Black (Brisane)
17. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)
18. Leon Davis (Collingwood)
19. Alan Didak (Collingwood)
20. Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide)
21. Paul Chapman (Geelong)
22. Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
23. Nathan Bock (Adelaide)
24. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
25. Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)
26. Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)
27. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)
28. Luke Power (Brisbane)
29. Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)
30. Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane)
31. Daniel Kerr (West Coast)
32. Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
33. Matthew Richardson (Richmond)
34. Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney)
35. Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide)
36. Simon Goodwin (Adelaide)
37. Joel Corey (Geelong)
38. Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide)
39. David Hille (Essendon)
40. Corey Enright (Geelong)
41. Luke Ball (St Kilda)
42. Brett Deledio (Richmond)
43. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)
44. Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs)
45. Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)
46. Tyson Edwards (Adelaide)
47. Brett Kirk (Sydney)
48. Daniel Motlop (Port Adelaide)
49. Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)
50. John Anthony (Collingwood)

Grug · (03-19-2009, 06:21 PM)

Less than one week until season 2009 starts!

The official season launch took place in Melbourne today, its always amusing to look at the official portraits of the club captains trying to look tough.

Nick Riewoldt - St Kilda

Chris Newman - Richmond

Jonathan Brown - Brisbane Lions

Dominic Cassisi - Port Adelaide

Grug · (03-19-2009, 06:31 PM)

Chris Judd - Carlton

Matthew Lloyd - Essendon

Brent Harvey - North Melbourne

James McDonald - Melbourne

Grug · (03-19-2009, 06:34 PM)

Tom Harley - Geelong

Sam Mitchell - Hawthorn

Adam Goodes - Sydney

Matthew Pavlich - Fremantle

Grug · (03-19-2009, 06:38 PM)

Simon Goodwin - Adelaide

Darren Glass - West Coast

Brad Johnson - Western Bulldogs

And finally, from the "I can't believe this guy is even in an AFL team, let alone captain" file....

Nick Maxwell - Collingwood

Grug · (03-20-2009, 02:42 AM)

How awesome is the 2009 season commercial!

Grug · (03-20-2009, 02:52 AM)

Rezbit · (03-20-2009, 02:54 AM)

LOL at the ad. That's quite good. Awesome song to choose, too.

And those photos are ridiculous. They gave them a choice of three poses?

tri_willy · (03-20-2009, 07:03 AM)

lol riewoldt trying to over impose himself there

& harley looks like some sort of evil sinister

fisheyes · (03-22-2009, 05:47 AM)

Those captain photos are great. Tom Harley looks like an evil genius with plots for world domination. And Sam Mitchell is fittingly standing in some kind of superhero pose ready to stop him.

Commercial is pretty meh. Would like to see it on my tv rather than a crappy little youtube version, though.

Grug · 08:04 AM

Just a reminder to Tipsters, Dream Teamers and Supercoaches to get their tips and teams finalised before the season kicks off on Thursday night.

Round 1 Fixture & Current Betting Odds

Thursday 26th March

Richmond ($2.10) vs Carlton ($1.70) - MCG

Friday 27th March

Hawthorn ($3.10) vs Geelong ($1.38) - MCG

Saturday 28th March

Collingwood ($1.31) vs Adelaide ($3.50) - MCG

Brisbane Lions ($1.27) vs West Coast ($3.90) - The Gabba

St Kilda ($1.38) vs Sydney ($3.10) - Telstra Dome

Sunday 29th March

Melbourne ($3.25) vs North Melbourne ($1.35) - MCG

Port Adelaide ($1.34) vs Essendon ($3.30) - AAMI Stadium

Fremantle ($1.85) vs Western Bulldogs ($1.95) - Subiaco

tri_willy · (03-23-2009, 04:02 PM)

will be making a late entry (obviously before the start of the round)

like them odds for adelaide, hope they thrash collingwood although thats just dreaming... or is it???

Rezbit · (03-25-2009, 06:52 AM)

Hey dudes, did you guys make an afl.com dreamteam league, or are you just going with the supercoach one?

Pachael · 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Rezbit:

Hey dudes, did you guys make an afl.com dreamteam league, or are you just going with the supercoach one?

Both!

Supercoach league : 982499
afl.com.au league : 293614

Rezbit · (03-25-2009, 12:58 PM)

Originally Posted by Pachael:

Both!

Supercoach league : 982499
afl.com.au league : 293614

Are there more Gaffers in SC or afl.com? I've already got a few teams, I don't know if I can handle two more

legend166 · (03-25-2009, 01:04 PM)

I'm telling you guys, put money on the Swans at $3.10. Crazy odds for the first round. St Kilda don't have a back line. They'll be playing Zac Dawson! Bazza to kick 6. Just watch.

tri_willy · (03-26-2009, 07:21 AM)

theres more gaffers in sc. only 4 in afl haha

Rezbit · (03-26-2009, 07:51 AM)

Originally Posted by tri_willy:

theres more gaffers in sc. only 4 in afl haha

Bah the site must be getting obliterated. I will be lucky to sneak in! God damn shitty Australian internet servers!

Grug · (03-26-2009, 08:15 AM)

Supercoach servers in chaos due to some unexpected team changes.

No Heath Shaw, Steele Sidebottom or Dayne Beams for the pies has thrown many people for a spin,

75 minutes people!

Rezbit · 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by Grug:

Supercoach servers in chaos due to some unexpected team changes.

No Heath Shaw, Steele Sidebottom or Dayne Beams for the pies has thrown many people for a spin,

75 minutes people!

WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS. Shaw is in my backline!

EDIT: This is annoying AND ridiculous. Is every dickhead in Australia trying to do their team?

Grug · (03-26-2009, 09:31 AM)

I'm all locked in and confirmed.

7 MINUTES!

Ydahs · (03-26-2009, 09:40 AM)

I leave to footy training at 6pm with the Dream Team servers down, I return at 7:30pm with the servers still down... ah well, what happens, happens.

I tipped Carlton, but I have a feeling it's going to be an intense and close game.

Rezbit · (03-26-2009, 09:43 AM)

Whelp, I miss out of the SC I'm afraid. Epic fail on both Dreamteam servers.

Grug · (03-26-2009, 04:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Ydahs:

I tipped Carlton, but I have a feeling it's going to be an intense and close game.

Not quite.

Horror night for Richmond.

Absolutely flogged by a very impressive Blues outfit, their terrible skill execution didn't help.

Worst of all, Cousins' hamstring went twang gone for 3 weeks at least. Andrew Raines appears to have injured his knee again too.

Both of them are in my Supercoach team. F*** my life.

Terry Wallace will not last the year.

Pachael · (03-26-2009, 04:29 PM)

Originally Posted by Rezbit:

Whelp, I miss out of the SC I'm afraid. Epic fail on both Dreamteam servers.

Don't despair!

Quote:

League games begin in round 4 (or if joining later in the season, at the start of the next upcoming round). Note that the overall Herald Sun TAC SuperCoach competition starts from round 1 as usual.
Each team plays 'head-to-head' against every other in your league with an automatically generated fixture, between rounds 4-18 (or from the round that you joined). Each team will play against every other once. Scoring will be based on your total Herald Sun TAC SuperCoach fantasy score, with 4 points awarded for a win, 2 for draw and 0 for a loss, in your league's ladder. A Finals knockout series will follow for the Top 8 during rounds 19-22, based on the actual AFL Finals series (1st plays 4th, 2nd plays 3rd, etc). The Bottom 8 will also play-off for this league's 'minor premiership'.

The 'real' league starts in Round 4, so you can still join the league.

Fev did well

PS Richmond, well, should keep trying. It's not all bad till about 6 games in, then Wallace will be under real pressure.

Tim the Wiz · (03-26-2009, 04:33 PM)

Originally Posted by Grug:

Not quite.

Horror night for Richmond.

Absolutely flogged by a very impressive Blues outfit, their terrible skill execution didn't help.

Worst of all, Cousins' hamstring went twang gone for 3 weeks at least. Andrew Raines appears to have injured his knee again too.

Both of them are in my Supercoach team. F*** my life.

Terry Wallace will not last the year.

Bit premature after one loss, isn't it? The Richmond team is a good one and he's a good manager. Their lack of execution on ball skills and defensive pressure were hugely evident tonight, though.

Grug · (03-27-2009, 02:20 AM)

Originally Posted by Tim the Wiz:

Bit premature after one loss, isn't it? The Richmond team is a good one and he's a good manager. Their lack of execution on ball skills and defensive pressure were hugely evident tonight, though.

Its not about one loss.

Its about his 5 year plan, and he's in the fifth year. Gary March the Richmond CEO has essentially guaranteed that Wallace will be sacked if the Tigers aren't making a mark on the finals this year.

In what way is Wallace a good manager? He's had 5 years to turn the list around and he's got high quality players playing a style of footy which has killed all their confidence and playing like scared amateurs.

I can't stand Terry Wallace. He's a spin doctor in the extreme who does not deserve the reputation as a "mastercoach" that he seems to have attained. He's got nothing on his resume to prove otherwise.

The way Richmond played last night has that horrible look of a team that has lost faith in their coach and their gameplan. Terry has a couple of months to stop the rot or he is on borrowed time. The poor bastards have the Cats next week, it could get very ugly.

fisheyes · (03-27-2009, 01:28 PM)

I've never understood the hype for Wallace either. What exactly has he ever acheived? As far as I can tell the best he ever did was taking the bulldogs to the prelims in 97 and 98, only to be beat by the crows both times. Big woop. But when Richmond got him you would have sworn they'd recruited jesus.

Also, seeing cousins get injured is hilarious to me. Just the way it coupled with the absolute trashing in what was an amazingly overhyped 'showdown' just amused me.

speedpop · (03-27-2009, 02:04 PM)

Obligatory "go the Blues!"

tri_willy · (03-27-2009, 04:14 PM)

wallace will be axed if the tiges cant make it to the finals. i will literally lol if he mentions "oh yea, we can still mathematically make the finals" fuck that!!! get 12-13 wins with a healthy % and you're just about guaranteed!!!

tri_willy · (03-28-2009, 08:18 AM)

FUCK YEAH! CROWS WIN!!! FUCK YOU COLLINGWOOD!!!

Rezbit · (03-28-2009, 08:21 AM)

Originally Posted by tri_willy:

FUCK YEAH! CROWS WIN!!! FUCK YOU COLLINGWOOD!!!

Both teams looked pretty unfit. Second half seemed to be either lots of dropping off the man, or lots of clogging up. The game wasn't exactly at a ripper of a pace either. Some good young players for the Crows though!

tri_willy · (03-28-2009, 08:22 AM)

yea the weather wasnt too ideal for them i guess, but they did look flat out. looks like bernie vince has stepped up. petrenko looked alright as well

tri_willy · (03-28-2009, 11:53 AM)

wow.. sydney did not just play aussie rules for the 2nd and 3rd quarters. big meltdown there. well done on the sainters whilst brissy wins despite a bad last quarter. looks like grug will be happy with the brissy win

zenbot · (03-28-2009, 12:42 PM)

Originally Posted by tri_willy:

wow.. sydney did not just play aussie rules for the 2nd and 3rd quarters. big meltdown there. well done on the sainters whilst brissy wins despite a bad last quarter. looks like grug will be happy with the brissy win

Heard we were down six goals after the first 20 minutes and thought we were done. Rhan Hooper is a legend.

Grug · (03-29-2009, 02:49 AM)

My throat is trashed after last night.

We got blown out of the water in the first quarter, great comeback.

Rhan Hooper was fantastic.

Daniel Rich was amazing on debut. Love this kid. All class.

Michael Voss... undefeated coach.

fisheyes · (03-29-2009, 01:01 PM)

Go the Power! Good job boys. Was scared when Megahead went off to the rooms but thankfully he came back and didn't look injured at all.

shiwasu · (03-29-2009, 01:25 PM)

Originally Posted by speedpop:

Obligatory "go the Blues!"

We're on top of the ladder. Yahoo!

speedpop · (03-29-2009, 04:32 PM)

Originally Posted by shiwasu:

We're on top of the ladder. Yahoo!

I'm just a bit peeved because even though the match was on One HD, didn't get a sniff at the game till 11pm or so up here in Brisbane even though I heard Victoria were getting it live. We copped swimming instead - annoys the shit out of me.

Grug · (03-29-2009, 04:39 PM)

Originally Posted by speedpop:

I'm just a bit peeved because even though the match was on One HD, didn't get a sniff at the game till 11pm or so up here in Brisbane even though I heard Victoria were getting it live. We copped swimming instead - annoys the shit out of me.

Foxtel is the AFL fan's best friend.

_Alkaline_ · (03-29-2009, 11:50 PM)

Went to the Collingwood vs Adelaide game on Saturday (Crows fan here). What a win.

But damn, I already knew the Pies' fans were feral, but the guys I was sitting next to took it to a whole new level.

Q: What has 37 legs and 9 teeth?

A: The Collingwood Cheer Squad.

santouras · (03-29-2009, 11:59 PM)

Originally Posted by Grug:

My throat is trashed after last night.

We got blown out of the water in the first quarter, great comeback.

you bastard