Paul Morwood wore it in the 80s. Plugger wore 4 from 1988 till he left at the end of 1994. Then Joel Smith had it till he left at the end of '97.

For them to say it's not a deliberate tactic is semantics. Riewoldt has a reputation for getting a little underneath the ball in a contested marking situation and I have no doubt whatsoever that defenders are instructed to help him on his way. I'm sure the term "tunnelling" wasn't used, so...

It's way too simple to say we want the ball pumped in to a contest instead of chipping around to loose men outside 50. You don't see it watching on TV, but at the Dome on Saturday night on one occasion Riewoldt had possession on the flank and if you looked into the forward 50 there were about four ...

It's a massive no-no in basketball. In fact, I'm not sure if you remember but it started a blue in a pre-Olympics warm-up match between the Dream Team and the Boomers in the US in 1996. Charles Barkley kept taking Shane Heal's legs out from underneath him. Heal, never one to take a backward step, tu...

I myself had to move at half time to avoid bytch slapping heckle and jeckle sitting behind me. :roll: A few minutes in to the second quarter, one idiot piped up with "game over" as a Swans player took a forward line mark (he missed the shot on goal). He later proceeded to pipe up the Swan...

I'd rather see them kick to a contest 40-50 metres down the line then CONTINUALLY chip it sideways looking for something to open up. I also reckon there was a distinct lack of movement up forward when the flood was on. Forwards are there to take contested marks. They have a better run with umpires n...

History doesn't take too kindly to people who urinate on monuments

Footy is a boring game. The AFL has made it even more boring on-field. So, the only way to get interest in it, is through off-field 'drama'. People talk about it, and people read it. It sells - the on-field element barely does these days. How often, do neutral supporters talk about how good a game ...

How about... Gold Coast Stingrays, I like that. West Sydney, don't know, West Syndey Redbacks? Or maybe West Sydney Hornets, that way the home venue can be called "The Hornets Nest", but that may be difficult as I believe ANZ stadium will be the home venue which the Swans also serve as a ...

contrived rubbish Got it in one. Both sides are as bad as eachother, though Damian Barrett didn't come across as being as a smart-alec like his two colleagues, and showed some honesty. Bailey is a tough nut mongrel and exactly what Melbourne needs, though given he'll be a square peg in a round hole...

Prompted by an earlier posting where I was asking if anyone had vision of Lazar whacking half of Freo in a pre-season cup game :lol: it got me thinking about a few others I'd seen over the years. I remember one behind play when Robbie Mace actually king hit some Footscray player who tried something ...

Zed wrote:Gold Coast Retirees .. the blue in their uniform should match the blue rinse in the hair of half the population

West Sydney Ferals or West Sydney bushpigs

Can't. Too close to the NBL's West Sydney Razorbacks. They call themselves the Pigs, for what it's worth.

Great post but ctqs please don't change avatar - remind everyone what a star Nick was! Thanks for that. It's my favorite footy pic of him too, though the one after THAT game at Victoria Park is my all-time favorite. The picture of him taking a screamer over a Richmond player was taken by an Age pho...

West Sydney Drive-bys. Wouldn't be surprised if there was an element of sky blue in their jumper to trade off the state's official colour. Has to be the Gold Coast (loan) Sharks, you'd imagine. Having said that, the way sports are going these days, expect another crap Amercanised name like Port wen...

Gavin Wanganeen- Didn't deserve his brownlow,diesel should have won that one by a mile and was blatantly robbed! Wanganeen was a dirty little sniper There's a story to that. Diesel didn't win it that year because he was mouthing off at the umps ALL day in the game against Melbourne when he got more...

fonz_#15 wrote:

n1ck wrote:The Gold Coast Flip-Flops

The Western Uggboots.

the gold coast steelers? they are going to steal our players after all aren't they?

Classic.
Or, given they reckon they're helping build the game, the Gold Coast Developers.

Call me a cynic but by admitting his drug use, is he jeopardising his chances of being allowed back into the United States? Now I wonder why he'd do that? As well, with all his media committments dried up, he needs to find a real source of income for the first time in his life. I suppose the $180k w...

West Sydney Drive-bys. Wouldn't be surprised if there was an element of sky blue in their jumper to trade off the state's official colour. Has to be the Gold Coast (loan) Sharks, you'd imagine. Having said that, the way sports are going these days, expect another crap Amercanised name like Port went...

Hey, just wondering if anyone has vision of Lazar belting those two Freo players in the first round of the 1995 Ansett Australia Cup. That was Freo's first game in the AFL. What an intiation! :D But anyway ... I reckon it'd make a great avatar. As much as I love my pic of Nicky, I reckon I might upd...

I'm getting a little annoyed about the earnestness going on around the importance - or lack thereof - of the NAB cup. If they put up $380,000 for Round One of the home-and-away season, then they may have an argument. NO team can sneeze at that amount. But other legitmate benefits of the NAB Cup incl...

was surprising to see how angry he was just after the siren, obviously it meant a fair bit to him.... good luck to the turd......gawd i hate adelaide......but not as much as i hate their ugly supporters...will never forgive or forget them for their sheer arrogance and bad behaviour when they won th...

Both.
None of this one or the other crap.

Certainly possible... what you'd be banking on is AFL eventually becoming more popular than Thugby in Sydney? 50-100 years predictions are tough... Bribane (and Melbourne) may have bigger populations than Sydney by then.... or we could all be under water! :wink: Yeah, I reckon water polo could be t...

I reckon I saw it then, too. Great way to take the pressure off him. Imagine the headaches he'd cause other teams by having the third best defender on him?

Yes we have had a shocking run with injuries in recent years. So, when theres the slightest whiff of a potential St Klda injury in Feb, HERE WE GO AGAIN is screamed from the roof tops in the media. You'd reckon Max and Kosi had been taken out by snipers the way the commentators went on about it I d...