Talking Footy

eelofwest wrote:

piesman2011 wrote:

eelofwest wrote:

Let me check your Cap first make sure your not over by a cool 1m.....

I am bitter because we had a fairytale run in 2009, and to know that it was all ended by these dirty cheats i will never forgive them for that.

Agree it was unfair. Storm built that team and developed most of those players they should have offered those players less money and prayed that the stay anyway, maybe they would have.

You bring up a good point, the NRL needs a system in place were if you develop a player there should be a minor concession for them under the cap.

The Eels bring up so many junior players in the NRL only for them to leave or be kicked out due to cap restrictions, a really diabolical situation for the NRL.

Teams like the Rooster/Manly who just go around poaching players without doing any of the leg work themselves.

Does the AFL have this problem with teams that have huge junior nursery's but cant keep them due to the Cap?

Generally AFL players tend to stay where they are most of their careers. Sometimes they are moved on by their clubs or they dont have many oppotunities to play (other players fill their spots) so they look for an oppotunity to play else where. Something else that occurs is that a player who wants to return home to their state of origin. It is rare that a players to move on for money. Usually their own club can match the cash. GWS and GC were is a position to offer obscene amounts of cash for the first few years to a few players because most of their players were rookies. This got a few players to switch clubs and even codes as you know.

piesman2011 wrote:

eelofwest wrote:

piesman2011 wrote:

Agree it was unfair. Storm built that team and developed most of those players they should have offered those players less money and prayed that the stay anyway, maybe they would have.

You bring up a good point, the NRL needs a system in place were if you develop a player there should be a minor concession for them under the cap.

The Eels bring up so many junior players in the NRL only for them to leave or be kicked out due to cap restrictions, a really diabolical situation for the NRL.

Teams like the Rooster/Manly who just go around poaching players without doing any of the leg work themselves.

Does the AFL have this problem with teams that have huge junior nursery's but cant keep them due to the Cap?

Generally AFL players tend to stay where they are most of their careers. Sometimes they are moved on by their clubs or they dont have many oppotunities to play (other players fill their spots) so they look for an oppotunity to play else where. Something else that occurs is that a player who wants to return home to their state of origin. It is rare that a players to move on for money. Usually their own club can match the cash. GWS and GC were is a position to offer obscene amounts of cash for the first few years to a few players because most of their players were rookies. This got a few players to switch clubs and even codes as you know.

free agency will test this "tradition" I think.

Xman wrote:

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

Congrats on a great win

well said =D> =D>

super game!

Congrats Beaussie, you must be over the moon! Im rather happy your team beat those arrogant so-and-so's Hawthorn !

I was down at bunnings ...... saw lots of vicky kicky fans down there too

they didn't even know their GF was on

congrats to the swines for winning the least competitive & lowest standard VFL comp in Living memory

seriously that swines side wouldn't have made the 8 .... 10 years ago
this is just another sign of how lacking in quality this comp & sport has become

Raiderdave wrote:

congrats to the swines for winning the least competitive & lowest standard VFL comp in Living memory

seriously that swines side wouldn't have made the 8 .... 10 years ago
this is just another sign of how lacking in quality this comp & sport has become

bs

the top 11 AFL teams were seperated by far less games than the top 10 NRL teams

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

congrats to the swines for winning the least competitive & lowest standard VFL comp in Living memory

seriously that swines side wouldn't have made the 8 .... 10 years ago
this is just another sign of how lacking in quality this comp & sport has become

bs

the top 11 AFL teams were seperated by far less games than the top 10 NRL teams

how bout your bottom 5 sides against ours F wit ?
how bout your middle 5 .... how many wins against the 5 above them ?

how many wins for the bottom 6 against the top 6 ?

put down that turd marcus
it aint gunna shine

this was as low as your sport as ever been ... the Swines won the worst standard VFL comp thats ever been played
kudos to them

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

congrats to the swines for winning the least competitive & lowest standard VFL comp in Living memory

seriously that swines side wouldn't have made the 8 .... 10 years ago
this is just another sign of how lacking in quality this comp & sport has become

bs

the top 11 AFL teams were seperated by far less games than the top 10 NRL teams

how bout your bottom 5 sides against ours F wit ?
how bout your middle 5 .... how many wins against the 5 above them ?

how many wins for the bottom 6 against the top 6 ?

put down that turd marcus
it aint gunna shine

this was as low as your sport as ever been ... the Swines won the worst standard VFL comp thats ever been played
kudos to them

you said the swans won the least competitive comp in history. Thats BS because the top 11 were closer than the NRLs top 10. So the AFLs comp may have been more uneven but was also more competitive at the top. In fact most of the NRL finals were very one sided

Yes congrats to the swannies, they showed some character in that match, which was a rippern to watch. But Raider does make some fairly valid points above. The comp is at a low point in terms of overall quality. That said, the Hawthorn side are an awesome team so we cant take too much from the swannies.

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

bs

the top 11 AFL teams were seperated by far less games than the top 10 NRL teams

how bout your bottom 5 sides against ours F wit ?
how bout your middle 5 .... how many wins against the 5 above them ?

how many wins for the bottom 6 against the top 6 ?

put down that turd marcus
it aint gunna shine

this was as low as your sport as ever been ... the Swines won the worst standard VFL comp thats ever been played
kudos to them

you said the swans won the least competitive comp in history. Thats BS because the top 11 were closer than the NRLs top 10. So the AFLs comp may have been more uneven but was also more competitive at the top. In fact most of the NRL finals were very one sided

competitive is when any side has some chance against any opponent in their comp

the VFL has never had a wider gap
the NRL's .... never closer

swines ... winners of a stinker of a comp.. a rancid turd that a dog ate & then vommited up .. couldn't of reeked worse ... end of

Swannies won the closest battle for the flag in my memory, with the 8th side challenging the first. The AFLs top eight were far closer than rugbies top 8. The AFL finals were almost all close. Most of the NRLs finals were one sided snore fests.

King-Eliagh wrote:

Yes congrats to the swannies, they showed some character in that match, which was a rippern to watch. But Raider does make some fairly valid points above. The comp is at a low point in terms of overall quality. That said, the Hawthorn side are an awesome team so we cant take too much from the swannies.

E
you've fallen for the same trick that poor ol marcus .. the simpleton that he is ... has also

whorethorn were made look good by the utter rubbish sides they were playing week in week out .. the VFL is wall to wall with them.
I said this current swines wouldn't of made the 8 in 2002... neither would.. hawthingwood

its just another indicator of how far this sport has slid
woeful
just woeful

Raiderdave wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Yes congrats to the swannies, they showed some character in that match, which was a rippern to watch. But Raider does make some fairly valid points above. The comp is at a low point in terms of overall quality. That said, the Hawthorn side are an awesome team so we cant take too much from the swannies.

E
you've fallen for the same trick that poor ol marcus .. the simpleton that he is ... has also

whorethorn were made look good by the utter rubbish sides they were playing week in week out .. the VFL is wall to wall with them.
I said this current swines wouldn't of made the 8 in 2002... neither would.. hawthingwood

its just another indicator of how far this sport has slid
woeful
just woeful

if the nrl is such an amazing comp why dont Sydney follow it?

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Yes congrats to the swannies, they showed some character in that match, which was a rippern to watch. But Raider does make some fairly valid points above. The comp is at a low point in terms of overall quality. That said, the Hawthorn side are an awesome team so we cant take too much from the swannies.

E
you've fallen for the same trick that poor ol marcus .. the simpleton that he is ... has also

whorethorn were made look good by the utter rubbish sides they were playing week in week out .. the VFL is wall to wall with them.
I said this current swines wouldn't of made the 8 in 2002... neither would.. hawthingwood

its just another indicator of how far this sport has slid
woeful
just woeful

if the nrl is such an amazing comp why dont Sydney follow it?

ova 4.5 Million watched our 4 biggest games

how did the sports loving Melbournians do for their 4 biggest of their fav code
plenty more of course ?

marcus ?

give us the number
come on

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

E
you've fallen for the same trick that poor ol marcus .. the simpleton that he is ... has also

whorethorn were made look good by the utter rubbish sides they were playing week in week out .. the VFL is wall to wall with them.
I said this current swines wouldn't of made the 8 in 2002... neither would.. hawthingwood

its just another indicator of how far this sport has slid
woeful
just woeful

if the nrl is such an amazing comp why dont Sydney follow it?

ova 4.5 Million watched our 4 biggest games

how did the sports loving Melbournians do for their 4 biggest of their fav code
plenty more of course ?

marcus ?

give us the number
come on

And we had over 20 games with 50k attendance and higher. The NRL had.......2

Sydney love......? ............

The best attended game of the year: AFL
The highest rating FTA game of the year: AFL
The highest rating PayTV game of the year: AFL
The highest ratings for a round for the year: AFL
The highest attendance for a round for the year: AFL
The Highest attendance average for the year: AFL
The highest attendance total for the year: AFL
The most members of either code: AFL
The wealthiest club of either code: AFL
The club with the most members: AFL
The wealthiest code: AFL
The highest rating GF: AFL
The highest rating final series: AFL

Does the NRL win anything??? > >

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

if the nrl is such an amazing comp why dont Sydney follow it?

ova 4.5 Million watched our 4 biggest games

how did the sports loving Melbournians do for their 4 biggest of their fav code
plenty more of course ?

marcus ?

give us the number
come on

And we had over 20 games with 50k attendance and higher. The NRL had.......2

Sydney love......? ............

The best attended game of the year: AFL
The highest rating FTA game of the year: AFL
The highest rating PayTV game of the year: AFL
The highest ratings for a round for the year: AFL
The highest attendance for a round for the year: AFL
The Highest attendance average for the year: AFL
The highest attendance total for the year: AFL
The most members of either code: AFL
The wealthiest club of either code: AFL
The club with the most members: AFL
The wealthiest code: AFL
The highest rating GF: AFL
The highest rating final series: AFL

Does the NRL win anything??? > >

hmmmm .. can't..., or wont .. find the numbers eh ?

Sydney's 4 Biggest RL games in Sydney
.... 4.6 Million Tv Veiwers
Melbournes for 4 biggest flogball games in Melbourne
.... 3.2 Million


geez... you sure you lot love yr code