Opinion Commentary & Media VIII

[Midas]

He reckons we take $1M so we only have to travel to Perth once and it went unchallenged by the learned panel ffs.

It’s not untrue is it?

 

[rickety]

St Kilda are so preoccupied with what others are doing. It's a loser mentality from a nothing club.

He'd like a million coming in, his whole club is poo riddled.

 

[koshari]

Honestly needs to STFU about other clubs. It's a terrible look for a head coach.

In his defence he was probobly asked, however its not like the aints financials are tge envy of the corporate eorld by any stretch of ghe imagination and iirc they played in new zealand in front of about 12k of confused onlookers.

 

[Gasometer]

Just watched that sniper Wreck-em Ralphy on the Midweek Tackle put a case across for Maynard not to join us.

He reckons the ‘much beloved premiership player’ should finish his career at the pies and pass on an anticipated $2 mill extra he would make with us and the pies coteries groups should set his life up after footy for the next 20 years.. WTF?..

Josh Barnes reckons he would take the North offer and run to the bank, Wreck-em doubles down on he should be staying at the pies.

These muppet journos that have used us as a headline boxing bag for the past 5 years are absolutely crapping themselves that we will be improving and now they’re actively championing for good footballers not to join us.. even if they get an extra couple of million hahaha.

F O Ralphy!

Just like poverty, there will always be an 18th. Hopefully not us again, but it’s just a matter of how severe

 

[Masked Avenger]

St Kilda Board should be jumping all over him - problem is he wields too much power at the Club which is their core problem.

If an inexperienced Coach was making those remarks about another Club they'd be pulled aside.

 

[ferball]

Honestly needs to STFU about other clubs. It's a terrible look for a head coach.

Hope we're keeping receipts.

 

[Samsquanch]

Yesterday's April fools jokes...

I saw the ad on channel 9 news where they previewed "breaking news" that TdK was going to Geelong and then they said something about massive changes to the fixture mid season - presumably fake stories for April fools day. I switched off as I can't stand Chompers.

Were there any decent footy jokes on any of the news or sports shows (apart from Ross Lyons)?

 

[Black Diamond]

St Kilda Board should be jumping all over him - problem is he wields too much power at the Club which is their core problem.

If an inexperienced Coach was making those remarks about another Club they'd be pulled aside.

He is not inexperienced though. It is a deliberate PR strategy from them.

I think it is stupid but their club is aligned on this.

 

[giantroo]

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AFL responds for calls to open Marvel roof more

The AFL won’t be budging on its Marvel Stadium roof protocols for night games.

Amid suggestions that the Docklands stadium was “uncomfortable” for players, coaches and fans in Friday night’s Western Bulldogs victory over Carlton, the league will maintain its roof-shut policy for all night games.

The Bulldogs’ Round 1 win over North Melbourne was also played in hot conditions with players struggling both during and after the game due to the heat.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade revealed that the club had requested to have the roof opened given the warm conditions but were denied.

On Friday night, commentator and former Collingwood player Dale Thomas questioned the effect the closed roof had on the quality of games.

“Let’s be honest, it was uncomfortable for players, it’s uncomfortable for coaches, it’s uncomfortable for the fans in the stands that are side-by-side,” he said on Channel 7.

“It makes the product even worse; the slippery ball rather than a bit of breeze coming through. It’s ridiculous.”

Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson declared “it’s about 50 degrees in here” as he removed his jacket during the post-match coverage from the Bulldogs’ changerooms.

But the league is adamant that consistency is key and that the protocol — a league decision rather than a stadium move — would remain in place as it had since Covid.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade admitted earlier in the season they had enquired with the AFL about opening it.

“We did ask them to open the roof in Round 1 and they didn’t … we thought we’d ask,”

but it obviously didn’t go anywhere. At least we’ve played in these conditions before, so we’re used to it.

It opens the roof on occasion during the day ahead of night games but it is feared to have the roof open even in dry conditions could create dew and slipperiness.

It also maintains that clubs should not be afforded the ability to request the roof be opened or closed.

The AFL Players’ Association is investigating the issue of heat stress in games and is canvassing players involved in recent hot contests — particularly in Queensland in the middle of the day as the season draws earlier into March.

 

[StazMob]

Aesthetically the roof being open for a night game would honestly be quite nice...

 

[Sphynx]

It's the right call during most times of the day. The shadows are horrible.

Winter is hit and miss, you are realistically going to have it shut for 90% of the season in winter night games anyway.

It's really just the start and end of the season where there should be flexibility.

 

[KiwiRoo]

In his defence he was probobly asked, however its not like the aints financials are tge envy of the corporate eorld by any stretch of ghe imagination and iirc they played in new zealand in front of about 12k of confused onlookers.

to be fair it was played on a small ground that made Geelongs ground look like the African Savanah.
so it was an awful game to watch, with most of the crowd wondering what the fuss was all about

 

[Sphynx]

Targets like Oliver would only happen with some sort of reallocation of list assets.

Like if we lost a McKercher or Duursma etc imo.

Mitch Lewis is probably a realistic, high risk/reward type target. Particularly if they go after Allen.

 

[Chadwiko]

Aesthetically the roof being open for a night game would honestly be quite nice...

I miss it. It's so good.

 

[My Left Foote]

Why hasn't anyone asked Ralf what he wants to do? Also, Ralf hasn't Tweeted since November 2022 I think the AFL has silenced him, shut him up, someone needs to look into this.

 

[muttley45]

What's the odds Harley Reid follows the Judas career path ?

 

[Pres]

Just watched that sniper Wreck-em Ralphy on the Midweek Tackle put a case across for Maynard not to join us.

He reckons the ‘much beloved premiership player’ should finish his career at the pies and pass on an anticipated $2 mill extra he would make with us and the pies coteries groups should set his life up after footy for the next 20 years.. WTF?..

Like it or not this and the extra brand opportunities available is a gigantic advantage the big Melb clubs have over us with respect to retaining/attracting free agents and OOC players. It's rarely spoken about but it's a massive force that works directly against equalisation.

And it's basically impossible really to legislate against.

I've heard interviews with both Dusty and Dane Swan post-retirement where they both touched on this as a big factor behind their decision to stay at their clubs. Dusty basically quoted the Jon Ralph logic above.

 

[Billy Not Really]

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AFL responds for calls to open Marvel roof more

The AFL won’t be budging on its Marvel Stadium roof protocols for night games.

Amid suggestions that the Docklands stadium was “uncomfortable” for players, coaches and fans in Friday night’s Western Bulldogs victory over Carlton, the league will maintain its roof-shut policy for all night games.

The Bulldogs’ Round 1 win over North Melbourne was also played in hot conditions with players struggling both during and after the game due to the heat.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade revealed that the club had requested to have the roof opened given the warm conditions but were denied.

On Friday night, commentator and former Collingwood player Dale Thomas questioned the effect the closed roof had on the quality of games.

“Let’s be honest, it was uncomfortable for players, it’s uncomfortable for coaches, it’s uncomfortable for the fans in the stands that are side-by-side,” he said on Channel 7.

“It makes the product even worse; the slippery ball rather than a bit of breeze coming through. It’s ridiculous.”

Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson declared “it’s about 50 degrees in here” as he removed his jacket during the post-match coverage from the Bulldogs’ changerooms.

But the league is adamant that consistency is key and that the protocol — a league decision rather than a stadium move — would remain in place as it had since Covid.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade admitted earlier in the season they had enquired with the AFL about opening it.

“We did ask them to open the roof in Round 1 and they didn’t … we thought we’d ask,”

but it obviously didn’t go anywhere. At least we’ve played in these conditions before, so we’re used to it.

It opens the roof on occasion during the day ahead of night games but it is feared to have the roof open even in dry conditions could create dew and slipperiness.

It also maintains that clubs should not be afforded the ability to request the roof be opened or closed.

The AFL Players’ Association is investigating the issue of heat stress in games and is canvassing players involved in recent hot contests — particularly in Queensland in the middle of the day as the season draws earlier into March.

Honestly just re-do the stadium at this point. If you can't have the roof open like 90% of the time what's the point of this giant hotbox.

It's just a gross stadium as time goes on anyway, the MCG always feels nice to go to but we hardly EVER get to be there for our own games.

 

[Hojuman]

What's the odds Harley Reid follows the Judas career path ?

Is the pope a catholic odds Mutt's.

 

[Cool Kangas]

​

AFL responds for calls to open Marvel roof more

The AFL won’t be budging on its Marvel Stadium roof protocols for night games.

Amid suggestions that the Docklands stadium was “uncomfortable” for players, coaches and fans in Friday night’s Western Bulldogs victory over Carlton, the league will maintain its roof-shut policy for all night games.

The Bulldogs’ Round 1 win over North Melbourne was also played in hot conditions with players struggling both during and after the game due to the heat.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade revealed that the club had requested to have the roof opened given the warm conditions but were denied.

On Friday night, commentator and former Collingwood player Dale Thomas questioned the effect the closed roof had on the quality of games.

“Let’s be honest, it was uncomfortable for players, it’s uncomfortable for coaches, it’s uncomfortable for the fans in the stands that are side-by-side,” he said on Channel 7.

“It makes the product even worse; the slippery ball rather than a bit of breeze coming through. It’s ridiculous.”

Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson declared “it’s about 50 degrees in here” as he removed his jacket during the post-match coverage from the Bulldogs’ changerooms.

But the league is adamant that consistency is key and that the protocol — a league decision rather than a stadium move — would remain in place as it had since Covid.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade admitted earlier in the season they had enquired with the AFL about opening it.

“We did ask them to open the roof in Round 1 and they didn’t … we thought we’d ask,”

but it obviously didn’t go anywhere. At least we’ve played in these conditions before, so we’re used to it.

It opens the roof on occasion during the day ahead of night games but it is feared to have the roof open even in dry conditions could create dew and slipperiness.

It also maintains that clubs should not be afforded the ability to request the roof be opened or closed.

The AFL Players’ Association is investigating the issue of heat stress in games and is canvassing players involved in recent hot contests — particularly in Queensland in the middle of the day as the season draws earlier into March.

What is the actual point of having a retractable roof if they won’t ****ing open it. Makes zero sense.

 

[Twinkletoes]

It’s not untrue is it?

Plus a practice game in Bunbury and no home game IN MELB v the WA clubs. It’s not a net reward of $1M.

 

[Passmore]

I guess the execs don't give a shit when they're sitting in restaurants and boxes with air con.

Sent from my SM-A908B using Tapatalk

 

[Loose_Cannon]

What's the odds Harley Reid follows the Judas career path ?

He's already on a different path as he has fronted up to year 2. Whether he leaves in contract, sticks it out then goes, or does a Judd and stays for a short time after his rookie deal and then moves on remains to be seen, but I doubt he stays a one-club player.

 

[Samsquanch]

​

AFL responds for calls to open Marvel roof more

The AFL won’t be budging on its Marvel Stadium roof protocols for night games.

Amid suggestions that the Docklands stadium was “uncomfortable” for players, coaches and fans in Friday night’s Western Bulldogs victory over Carlton, the league will maintain its roof-shut policy for all night games.

The Bulldogs’ Round 1 win over North Melbourne was also played in hot conditions with players struggling both during and after the game due to the heat.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade revealed that the club had requested to have the roof opened given the warm conditions but were denied.

On Friday night, commentator and former Collingwood player Dale Thomas questioned the effect the closed roof had on the quality of games.

“Let’s be honest, it was uncomfortable for players, it’s uncomfortable for coaches, it’s uncomfortable for the fans in the stands that are side-by-side,” he said on Channel 7.

“It makes the product even worse; the slippery ball rather than a bit of breeze coming through. It’s ridiculous.”

Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson declared “it’s about 50 degrees in here” as he removed his jacket during the post-match coverage from the Bulldogs’ changerooms.

But the league is adamant that consistency is key and that the protocol — a league decision rather than a stadium move — would remain in place as it had since Covid.

Western Bulldogs assistant coach Brendon Lade admitted earlier in the season they had enquired with the AFL about opening it.

“We did ask them to open the roof in Round 1 and they didn’t … we thought we’d ask,”

but it obviously didn’t go anywhere. At least we’ve played in these conditions before, so we’re used to it.

It opens the roof on occasion during the day ahead of night games but it is feared to have the roof open even in dry conditions could create dew and slipperiness.

It also maintains that clubs should not be afforded the ability to request the roof be opened or closed.

The AFL Players’ Association is investigating the issue of heat stress in games and is canvassing players involved in recent hot contests — particularly in Queensland in the middle of the day as the season draws earlier into March.

Just how they like it.

 

[Black Diamond]

Like it or not this and the extra brand opportunities available is a gigantic advantage the big Melb clubs have over us with respect to retaining/attracting free agents and OOC players. It's rarely spoken about but it's a massive force that works directly against equalisation.

And it's basically impossible really to legislate against.

I've heard interviews with both Dusty and Dane Swan post-retirement where they both touched on this as a big factor behind their decision to stay at their clubs. Dusty basically quoted the Jon Ralph logic above.

Last night on 360 Gary Lyon said that WC should go after Hawthorn players by lining up their sponsors to talk to players about post-career jobs.

He was quite serious.