News Media Thread, 2024: Insightful, Inciteful and Incomptent

[ziad]

Confirmed: Swings to the face are legal as they do not have the potential to cause injury.

And you defence is that you do it all the time.

 

[Schtinker]

Giants star Sam Taylor out indefinitely after rupturing testicle

GWS star Sam Taylor, heralded by many as the best defender in the AFL, faces an indefinite period on the sidelines after rupturing a testicle during the Giants' game against Port Adelaide.

www.abc.net.au

Star GWS defender Sam Taylor

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Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

has been ruled out indefinitely after undergoing surgery on a ruptured testicle.

Taylor suffered the injury during last week's 22-point win over Port Adelaide.

 

[Schtinker]

Co-captain Duggan closes on new Eagles deal

West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan is set to re-sign in the coming weeks, but his management has conceded it had ‘taken a little bit longer than we would’ve liked’.

thewest.com.au

West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan

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Liam Duggan

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

283.7

4star

D

16.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

283.7

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.2

3star

is set to re-sign in the coming weeks, but his management has conceded it had “taken a little bit longer than we would’ve liked”.

“It’s moving forward, which is positive. It’s probably taken a little bit longer than we would’ve liked but Duggo’s a terrific character, a terrific player as well,” Seccull told Gettable.

“We’re looking much closer to putting pen to paper. Definitely want to have it done sooner rather than later, both parties – we’re definitely getting there,” Duggan told Triple M.

“I’ve wanted to sign on for a long time and the club have been really forward in letting me know they want me to be part of the future as well, so something will get done definitely.

“I want to be an Eagle for life, so it’s a few years and I’m starting to get towards the back end (of my career).”

 

[Keys]

Interview touches on several topics but it’s only 3 minutes long meaning it doesn’t go into much depth on any of them

Would have liked this to be far longer

 

[Bender_]

Interview touches on several topics but it’s only 3 minutes long meaning it doesn’t go into much depth on any of them

Would have liked this to be far longer

Surely there's an extended version somewhere - seems like a lot of work for 3 minutes.

Inb4 sex life etc.

 

[Keys]

Surely there's an extended version somewhere - seems like a lot of work for 3 minutes.

Inb4 sex life etc.

I’d hope so

 

[kane249]

Giants star Sam Taylor out indefinitely after rupturing testicle

GWS star Sam Taylor, heralded by many as the best defender in the AFL, faces an indefinite period on the sidelines after rupturing a testicle during the Giants' game against Port Adelaide.

www.abc.net.au

Indefinite? Thought he was a chance to play this week as he was listed as (teste)

 

[DanWCE]

Indefinite? Thought he was a chance to play this week as he was listed as (teste)

Funny post. Got me in ruptures.

 

[Bender_]

Indefinite? Thought he was a chance to play this week as he was listed as (teste)

Funny post. Got me in ruptures.

You 2 are nuts.

 

[kane249]

You 2 are nuts.

Like Sam, sometimes you just need to go balls out

 

[bzparkes]

These jokes are severely below the belt .

 

[Bender_]

Like Sam, sometimes you just need to go balls out

Likely the doctor that let him keep playing gets the sack.

 

[Ishmael_]

Remember she like all the execs see each club as a dollar sign, success or failure is irrelevant as long as they are profitable.

Yup, 100%.

Whenever the AFL says something about 'assistance' and 'equalisation', it should be understood that they are referring to loss minimisation.

Priority picks and academies go to financially distressed clubs; marquee timeslots and fixture assistance goes to revenue generating, TV draw cards.

The salary cap and especially the soft cap were introduced to save the AFL's bottom line. Firstly, by reducing their direct subsidising costs and secondly by limiting their overall OpEx.

It's literally all about money. I'm sure the AFL loves the canard, 'footy socialism', because it distracts from the fact that it's a monopoly, a not-for-profit cartel.

 

[DanWCE]

Yup, 100%.

Whenever the AFL says something about 'assistance' and 'equalisation', it should be understood that they are referring to loss minimisation.

Priority picks and academies go to financially distressed clubs; marquee timeslots and fixture assistance goes to revenue generating, TV draw cards.

The salary cap and especially the soft cap were introduced to save the AFL's bottom line. Firstly, by reducing their direct subsidising costs and secondly by limiting their overall OpEx.

It's literally all about money. I'm sure the AFL loves the canard, 'footy socialism', because it distracts from the fact that it's a monopoly, a not-for-profit cartel.

Are you quite right? The boys and I are busy making scrotum jokes at the moment

 

[Ishmael_]

Are you quite right? The boys and I are busy making scrotum jokes at the moment

Gee Dan, talk about pearls before swine. Not all of us are just hanging out, waiting for that perfect moment to dip into our coin purse and rustle up a couple of gems.

How about next time taking a second before unloading on your fellow posters, it's unseamly!

 

[Avalor]

Giants star Sam Taylor out indefinitely after rupturing testicle

GWS star Sam Taylor, heralded by many as the best defender in the AFL, faces an indefinite period on the sidelines after rupturing a testicle during the Giants' game against Port Adelaide.

www.abc.net.au

He's not the first, I seem to remember this happening to someone else too a while back. Ouch!

 

[Grahame]

Interview touches on several topics but it’s only 3 minutes long meaning it doesn’t go into much depth on any of them

Would have liked this to be far longer.

Don Pyke impresses me every time I hear him.

Good to hear we’ll be ‘aggressive’ in trading. Who knows some of the hypotheticals on the Trade thread might even be close?

All that said, so far it’s all just words from a new CEO. Let’s see how it pans out.

 

[UseR2006]

No surprise the purps hate us.
Surprised we are in the top 5 for Port
Hilarious that we hate the pies more than freo

 

[Rowan18]

No surprise the purps hate us.
Surprised we are in the top 5 for Port
Hilarious that we hate the pies more than freo

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We beat Port twice after the siren in less than 12 months.

Our hate for Collingwood is surprising, considering we beat them in a GF.

 

[KERRPOW]

i dont mind collingwood.

i hate saints & geelong.

 

[The Dodger]

Yeah I would've expected Essendon to be higher.
I guess they've been irrelevant long enough people are forgetting.
If Essendon actually get good again it would be a blight on the comp. Thankfully their penchant for short cuts (read cheating) and their extreme levels of entitlement are actually helping keep them down which is nice to see. But they will make you wish for a dominant Richmond/Collingwood make no mistake about it.

 

[KERRPOW]

Even carlton....their fans are extremely insufferable.

 

[Bender_]

My dislike for other clubs stems mostly from their fans.

Port are a team full of campaigner players though. (Historically)

 

[UseR2006]

The thing about essendons current turn is that any success is born from the fact they have a west coast player for a list manager and a west coast ceo.

So really any success is ours anyway.

 

[Bender_]

The thing about essendons current turn is that any success is born from the fact they have a west coast player for a list manager and a west coast ceo.

So really any success is ours anyway.

It also makes our close loss to them look something something.