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+x+x+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. One of the things which contributes to Melbourne being voted the World's most liveable city year after year. I agree, Melbourne gets better when there's more non AFL people. We of course have Victory to thank for Melbourne's seven year run as most livable city, the timing is no coincidence. I'm sure when they hand out awards, their gaze is drawn to a tiny football club.
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+x+x+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. One of the things which contributes to Melbourne being voted the World's most liveable city year after year. I agree, Melbourne gets better when there's more non AFL people. You'd think ISIS would've realised an obvious PR opportunity by now
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+x+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. One of the things which contributes to Melbourne being voted the World's most liveable city year after year. I agree, Melbourne gets better when there's more non AFL people. We of course have Victory to thank for Melbourne's seven year run as most livable city, the timing is no coincidence.
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+x+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. A close friend of mine working his way up the ladder, both he and his wife who was also a lawyer but having some time off with their new borns... anyways mu mate accepted a move to Melbourne to become a junior partner in the firm he worked for. He and his wife did not like sport at all, never watched anything sorta forced to watch the Olympics etc.... they had no interest what so ever in any code be it cricket, any of the Football codes... they did not play sport ... did not watch sport .... did not want to talk about sport ... When he arrived in Melbourne, both he and his wife were advised by the senior partner to choose a side, so they both had to pick a side to follow... actually the other partners did for them and a few times a year they had to attend games. In time he transferred back to Sydney and has never been or talked about sport since he has been back accept to say it beyond crazy in Melbourne if you don't have an AFL team you can't do business... time wise this was about 17 years ago for the move and he lasted 3 years in the Melbourne practice. He doesn't sound like partner material.
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+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. A close friend of mine working his way up the ladder, both he and his wife who was also a lawyer but having some time off with their new borns... anyways mu mate accepted a move to Melbourne to become a junior partner in the firm he worked for. He and his wife did not like sport at all, never watched anything sorta forced to watch the Olympics etc.... they had no interest what so ever in any code be it cricket, any of the Football codes... they did not play sport ... did not watch sport .... did not want to talk about sport ... When he arrived in Melbourne, both he and his wife were advised by the senior partner to choose a side, so they both had to pick a side to follow... actually the other partners did for them and a few times a year they had to attend games. In time he transferred back to Sydney and has never been or talked about sport since he has been back accept to say it beyond crazy in Melbourne if you don't have an AFL team you can't do business... time wise this was about 17 years ago for the move and he lasted 3 years in the Melbourne practice.
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+xWas at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along. One of the things which contributes to Melbourne being voted the World's most liveable city year after year.
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Was at a work event yesterday and had a new guy from Qld introduced and interviewed on stage in front of everyone. The obligatory question 'welcome to Melbourne, which football AFL team do you support?" It's always asked in the first conversation when a new person comes along.
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+xLooking back on his triumphant time as Adelaide coach, Blight could not pick which premiership win — 1997 or 1998 — was his favourite. "I reckon we should have won one more," he conceded. But how does he rate the current side's premiership prospects? "Of course they're a chance. They'll finish top four," he said. "Don Pyke's obviously doing a terrific job." As an old Woodville fan from way back, I love Malcolm and the Messiah is pretty much spot on. We should have won one more. Dunno what happened in 99. Think we should pump the breaks about making the top 4 though. We should finish there but there is plenty of time to completely drop our bundle. Oh this isn't the AFL forum, perhaps we should close this thread or move it as it seems to have run it's course as a "football thread"?
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+xtheres always the bigfooty forum for PiP... they can marvel in the shock and awe of AFL , expansion overseas , over inflated viewing numbers, , womens sport, umpires In fact PiP could even become an AFL approved media person, ( there are more of these than AFL players ) Heres how 1. Love AFL and proclaim it is the best sport in the world 2. Have a unique background ( LGBTI, ethnic, muslim , aboriginal etc) as this supports the AFL multicultirism, indigienous, gay, women, muslim, hindu,etc rounds 3. Whinge about umpires ( but not too much ) 4. Blame all scandals as society issues not code issue. ( eg drugs , violence against women , drink driving , betting.) Any other sport that has these issues are code issues, not society 5. Negative soccer articles are encouraged and will boost your profile ( see susie o brien, kane cornes , patrick smith as examples ) Newly inducted AFL legend Malcolm Blight says Aussie rules is becoming too much like the rugby codes, and has suggested the league consider rule changes aimed at showcasing skills instead of tackling. Blight, who was last night elevated to legend status at an Australian Football Hall of Fame gala in Adelaide, is far from the first to lament the congestion that has come to characterise the modern game. But the Magarey and Brownlow medallist, premiership player and coach, said he had witnessed plenty of change since the 1950s, and did not entirely like the new spectacle. "When you get 36 players in an eighth of the ground — I don't reckon that was our game," he said. "We've got to be careful we don't become rugby [league] and we don't become rugby union. They're great games, let them stay there."
"We should keep our space. Space is what makes our game on the ground better. We can show our skills." Blight, who played most of his career during the 1970s and 80s when free-flowing football and long kicking were the norms, said modern coaching was partly to blame. He said young players had been "hard done by" as a result. "They're not being able to display their skills, but learning more how to tackle. I don't think that's the way the game should go," he said. Zoning an option to reduce congestionThe 67-year-old suggested zoning as a possible solution by limiting the number of players on parts of the ground. "We've just got to look strategically at the game. I would try something. We have a vehicle — we have a competition at the start of each year," he said. "I'd even start to try some things at the lower levels, perhaps at the state level or just below that." Looking back on his triumphant time as Adelaide coach, Blight could not pick which premiership win — 1997 or 1998 — was his favourite. "I reckon we should have won one more," he conceded. But how does he rate the current side's premiership prospects? "Of course they're a chance. They'll finish top four," he said. "Don Pyke's obviously doing a terrific job."
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theres always the bigfooty forum for PiP...
they can marvel in the shock and awe of AFL , expansion overseas , over inflated viewing numbers, , womens sport, umpires
In fact PiP could even become an AFL approved media person, ( there are more of these than AFL players )
Heres how
1. Love AFL and proclaim it is the best sport in the world
2. Have a unique background ( LGBTI, ethnic, muslim , aboriginal etc) as this supports the AFL multicultirism, indigienous, gay, women, muslim, hindu,etc rounds
3. Whinge about umpires ( but not too much )
4. Blame all scandals as society issues not code issue. ( eg drugs , violence against women , drink driving , betting.) Any other sport that has these issues are code issues, not society
5. Negative soccer articles are encouraged and will boost your profile ( see susie o brien, kane cornes , patrick smith as examples )
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That would be punishment in itself but we're trying to help the guy to stop shit posting. A nice latino chick with big breasted nipples would have him hanging from the rafters for dear life.
Edit: Anything will do I reckon just get him to blow a load in some chicks mouth. He'll be best friends with everyone after that.
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+x+x+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like. Much as I'd like to get paid TO spout my crap, I'm actually getting paid WHILE I spout it. Not sure I would bother using my own time to do it on here. It'd be like having a twitter account with 8 followers, 2 of which are obviously prostitutes Exactly, there are two circumstances in which I post on the Internet 1. I'm home alone drunk watching football
2. I'm supposed to be working
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+xPippinu you need a nice blowie off some south american latino chick to relieve some tension. Your clearly lacking imagination in your everyday life, creating multis, arguing about non issues etc. it's all quite pathetic. Get someone to take control of you bud, you won't look back and won't feel the need to come on here to talk shit in order to fill the empty fucking void that's in your life. An AFL slave like him'd be more comfortable with copping one from some bogan shazza supplementing her Centrelink payments with giving out said blowies..
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Pippinu you need a nice blowie off some south american latino chick to relieve some tension. Your clearly lacking imagination in your everyday life, creating multis, arguing about non issues etc. it's all quite pathetic. Get someone to take control of you bud, you won't look back and won't feel the need to come on here to talk shit in order to fill the empty fucking void that's in your life.
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+x+x+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like. Much as I'd like to get paid TO spout my crap, I'm actually getting paid WHILE I spout it. Not sure I would bother using my own time to do it on here. It'd be like having a twitter account with 8 followers, 2 of which are obviously prostitutes Aha exactly
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+x+x+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like. I sleep a minimum of seven hours a day. have you tried 10:00 am til 5:00 pm ?
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+x+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like. I sleep a minimum of seven hours a day.
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+x+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like. Much as I'd like to get paid TO spout my crap, I'm actually getting paid WHILE I spout it. Not sure I would bother using my own time to do it on here. It'd be like having a twitter account with 8 followers, 2 of which are obviously prostitutes
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+x"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet. And this is his self professed life of luxury wanting for nothing. God help me if that's how I one day describe spending 18 hours a day on forums talking about something I don't really like.
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+xI assumed p&r Timmy was on the payroll of some old soccer trust Tweed United IN
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+x+x+x+xI am guilty of posting his 2nd article but the first article perhaps could have been posted in the enemies thread.Sydney person reads AFL article, gets upset. AFL merchant informs about which cereal the WCEs ate for breakfast today and we get clogged up in Australian football. It's the off season, it's a bit of fun, no-one is upset in Sydney, AFL is a niche sport up here, we just pity the domination of the sport in Melbourne, but this is just fun. I have to echo Robbo's sentiments. Whatever propoganda the AFL is spewing about the health of the game in Sydney don't believe it. If the game wasn't shown on Fox Sports News I would barely know it exists. No water cooler talk, no one wearing merchandise, no sherrins in the park, no kids playing AFL competitions on the weekend, no assaults in the stands or on the streets, no one grabbing your jumper and punching you. If you need to go cold Turkey this is the place. I was just noticing that the Swans are averaging a home attendance of just under 31,000, despite being near the bottom of the ladder. I wonder how that compares to the attendances of more established sports in Sydney? This is a niche sport, it has a small but strong band of followers. Just like football is a niche sport (just bigger). Sydney FC in the past 18 months has had 2 bigger attendances then the Swans & the Swans played in a local derby semi finals in Australia's biggest local competition, (biggest AFL game ever in Sydney) & yet the Sydney Derby in Australia's 4th ranked competition beat them with a H&A game. As RBB says, to see someone kicking a sherrin in Sydney, you do a double take, because it is rare.
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"People only have so much time to dedicate to sport, even the most fanatical fans"(Pippinu).......spends every waking second talking about sport on the internet.
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+x+x+xI am guilty of posting his 2nd article but the first article perhaps could have been posted in the enemies thread.Sydney person reads AFL article, gets upset. AFL merchant informs about which cereal the WCEs ate for breakfast today and we get clogged up in Australian football. It's the off season, it's a bit of fun, no-one is upset in Sydney, AFL is a niche sport up here, we just pity the domination of the sport in Melbourne, but this is just fun. I have to echo Robbo's sentiments. Whatever propoganda the AFL is spewing about the health of the game in Sydney don't believe it. If the game wasn't shown on Fox Sports News I would barely know it exists. No water cooler talk, no one wearing merchandise, no sherrins in the park, no kids playing AFL competitions on the weekend, no assaults in the stands or on the streets, no one grabbing your jumper and punching you. If you need to go cold Turkey this is the place. I was just noticing that the Swans are averaging a home attendance of just under 31,000, despite being near the bottom of the ladder. I wonder how that compares to the attendances of more established sports in Sydney?
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+x+xI am guilty of posting his 2nd article but the first article perhaps could have been posted in the enemies thread.Sydney person reads AFL article, gets upset. AFL merchant informs about which cereal the WCEs ate for breakfast today and we get clogged up in Australian football. It's the off season, it's a bit of fun, no-one is upset in Sydney, AFL is a niche sport up here, we just pity the domination of the sport in Melbourne, but this is just fun. I have to echo Robbo's sentiments. Whatever propoganda the AFL is spewing about the health of the game in Sydney don't believe it. If the game wasn't shown on Fox Sports News I would barely know it exists. No water cooler talk, no one wearing merchandise, no sherrins in the park, no kids playing AFL competitions on the weekend, no assaults in the stands or on the streets, no one grabbing your jumper and punching you. If you need to go cold Turkey this is the place.
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+xI am guilty of posting his 2nd article but the first article perhaps could have been posted in the enemies thread.Sydney person reads AFL article, gets upset. AFL merchant informs about which cereal the WCEs ate for breakfast today and we get clogged up in Australian football. It's the off season, it's a bit of fun, no-one is upset in Sydney, AFL is a niche sport up here, we just pity the domination of the sport in Melbourne, but this is just fun.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThree weeks ago attended a 3 day tax seminar. Don't worry I am not about to quote from budget paper 15 on truck driver deductions. But in the meeting where some people from Melbourne who used the time to spend a week in Sydney. Over lunch one day sport came up as a topic. The Melbourne folk started to laugh when 4 of us at the table starting talking about the A-League and I was explaining to 2 wsw and 1 sfsc fan the plans the Mariners had.... their attitude was one of you can't really be serious you follow soccer... anyhows as lunch worn on we heard endless stories about AFL and the A-League tis almost as if they were watching A-League metrics keeping score. For the most part we ignored them, as their arguments where they set the valuation system and under their valuation system there could only be the AFL the winner. But but but but what we found hhhhmmm no words to describe was their belief that almost every AFL player could walk into the worlds top Football sides... actually giving example of how player X side footed a ball at a certain angle into a goal. My impression was if this group was any reflection of the broader AFL community they don't believe it when we say touch needs development from 4, 5 or 6 until you are 17. 18 ... they honestly believe or these guys do that we are talking bullshit and the Great Waste of Space players could walk in and be as good as Barca ... Interesting to hear from posters from the southern states if these guys reflect the broader AFL community. You appear to have about half a dozen variations of this same story you pull out every now and then. The Victory has been the largest A-League club since the 2nd season of the A-League, in fact no other A-League club comes close in terms of attendances, membership and revenue. The Victory is located in Melbourne, and traditionally, half of its membership base have been AFL members (it's a similar story for City). Have you ever tried reconciling how the largest A-League club is located in AFL heartland and actually relies on AFL members for half of its revenue? Whereas the Mariners is located in a region where there is no AFL, and yet it's the puniest club in the A-League and is stuck in an ongoing battle for relevance and survival. Fuck it, I'm in Sochi to support Australian football today, I'm not wasting any more of my time on your NEGATIVE CONCERN TROLLING. Bang on. I've been looking for the exact phrase and you've nailed it. I'm amazed at the amount of posters here that are sucked in by this AFL hack. With the utmost respect, Munrubenmuz, that might be said to be an instance of association fallacy. The classic example is Hitler and foxhunting. I hate Hitler and most things he stood for. But, it so happens that Hitler allegedly opposed foxhunting. I, personally, think foxhunting is barbaric (irrespective of anything Hitler ever said). Supposing somebody goes about saying that foxhunting is fine because Hitler was opposed to it, am I supposed to be silent? The AFL hack may be a douche, but it doesn't logically entail that everything that comes out of his mouth is garbage. Is the traditional cultural dominance of the AFL in VIC/SA/WA/TAS/NT one of the things which hinders the success of Australian football? You betcha! That's the clever part of it isn't though? He obviously knows his stuff but he's only here to rag on football every chance he gets. It's this 'ooh look I really love soccer but look how much better the AFL is" schtick that is really tiresome. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was paid by the AFL to troll football forums. Go onto any Guardian article about Australian football and there's pippinu under the nom-de-plume of Bazza77 pouring a bucket of shit all over anything and everything. You have to wonder if he hated football so much why would he go to so much trouble to be informed enough to bag it out? The answer, paid employment. The more obvious answer is he is a sad old man, likely retired, that sadly has nothing else left. It actually breaks my heart a little that it comes to this for some people late in life. AusFootballFan was banned for far less shitposting and derailing of threads but I don't think I would wanna see Pip banned as he clearly has not much else and we should probably make some allowances for the old and infirm dears out there. There but for the grace of god etc... I do agree with this though... but it's just as likely he's irrationally obsessed with doing his bit to derail football's growth in Australia by trolling us fans.
That's certainly a lot of power in the hands of one mug punter. Hence the 'irrational' bit. But who is irrational, the person ascribed as doing these things, or the ones doing the ascribing? You're the bloke flooding a football forum with AFL rubbish day and night, night and day. If I went to bigfooty and slagged off the AFL by using football as an example to shit all over their game 100 times a day for months on end then yes you could pin that label on me. You're not a well man. You're no doubt a smart bloke, no doubt about that at all but you've got problems. But once again, who is unwell, the person accused of doing such things or the one who imagines that it's happening. Ha ha. Nice try but I've played your stupid game long enough.
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I am guilty of posting his 2nd article but the first article perhaps could have been posted in the enemies thread.
Sydney person reads AFL article, gets upset. AFL merchant informs about which cereal the WCEs ate for breakfast today and we get clogged up in Australian football.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThree weeks ago attended a 3 day tax seminar. Don't worry I am not about to quote from budget paper 15 on truck driver deductions. But in the meeting where some people from Melbourne who used the time to spend a week in Sydney. Over lunch one day sport came up as a topic. The Melbourne folk started to laugh when 4 of us at the table starting talking about the A-League and I was explaining to 2 wsw and 1 sfsc fan the plans the Mariners had.... their attitude was one of you can't really be serious you follow soccer... anyhows as lunch worn on we heard endless stories about AFL and the A-League tis almost as if they were watching A-League metrics keeping score. For the most part we ignored them, as their arguments where they set the valuation system and under their valuation system there could only be the AFL the winner. But but but but what we found hhhhmmm no words to describe was their belief that almost every AFL player could walk into the worlds top Football sides... actually giving example of how player X side footed a ball at a certain angle into a goal. My impression was if this group was any reflection of the broader AFL community they don't believe it when we say touch needs development from 4, 5 or 6 until you are 17. 18 ... they honestly believe or these guys do that we are talking bullshit and the Great Waste of Space players could walk in and be as good as Barca ... Interesting to hear from posters from the southern states if these guys reflect the broader AFL community. You appear to have about half a dozen variations of this same story you pull out every now and then. The Victory has been the largest A-League club since the 2nd season of the A-League, in fact no other A-League club comes close in terms of attendances, membership and revenue. The Victory is located in Melbourne, and traditionally, half of its membership base have been AFL members (it's a similar story for City). Have you ever tried reconciling how the largest A-League club is located in AFL heartland and actually relies on AFL members for half of its revenue? Whereas the Mariners is located in a region where there is no AFL, and yet it's the puniest club in the A-League and is stuck in an ongoing battle for relevance and survival. Fuck it, I'm in Sochi to support Australian football today, I'm not wasting any more of my time on your NEGATIVE CONCERN TROLLING. Bang on. I've been looking for the exact phrase and you've nailed it. I'm amazed at the amount of posters here that are sucked in by this AFL hack. With the utmost respect, Munrubenmuz, that might be said to be an instance of association fallacy. The classic example is Hitler and foxhunting. I hate Hitler and most things he stood for. But, it so happens that Hitler allegedly opposed foxhunting. I, personally, think foxhunting is barbaric (irrespective of anything Hitler ever said). Supposing somebody goes about saying that foxhunting is fine because Hitler was opposed to it, am I supposed to be silent? The AFL hack may be a douche, but it doesn't logically entail that everything that comes out of his mouth is garbage. Is the traditional cultural dominance of the AFL in VIC/SA/WA/TAS/NT one of the things which hinders the success of Australian football? You betcha! That's the clever part of it isn't though? He obviously knows his stuff but he's only here to rag on football every chance he gets. It's this 'ooh look I really love soccer but look how much better the AFL is" schtick that is really tiresome. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was paid by the AFL to troll football forums. Go onto any Guardian article about Australian football and there's pippinu under the nom-de-plume of Bazza77 pouring a bucket of shit all over anything and everything. You have to wonder if he hated football so much why would he go to so much trouble to be informed enough to bag it out? The answer, paid employment. The more obvious answer is he is a sad old man, likely retired, that sadly has nothing else left. It actually breaks my heart a little that it comes to this for some people late in life. AusFootballFan was banned for far less shitposting and derailing of threads but I don't think I would wanna see Pip banned as he clearly has not much else and we should probably make some allowances for the old and infirm dears out there. There but for the grace of god etc... I do agree with this though... but it's just as likely he's irrationally obsessed with doing his bit to derail football's growth in Australia by trolling us fans.
That's certainly a lot of power in the hands of one mug punter. Hence the 'irrational' bit. But who is irrational, the person ascribed as doing these things, or the ones doing the ascribing? You're the bloke flooding a football forum with AFL rubbish day and night, night and day. If I went to bigfooty and slagged off the AFL by using football as an example to shit all over their game 100 times a day for months on end then yes you could pin that label on me. You're not a well man. You're no doubt a smart bloke, no doubt about that at all but you've got problems. But once again, who is unwell, the person accused of doing such things or the one who imagines that it's happening.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThree weeks ago attended a 3 day tax seminar. Don't worry I am not about to quote from budget paper 15 on truck driver deductions. But in the meeting where some people from Melbourne who used the time to spend a week in Sydney. Over lunch one day sport came up as a topic. The Melbourne folk started to laugh when 4 of us at the table starting talking about the A-League and I was explaining to 2 wsw and 1 sfsc fan the plans the Mariners had.... their attitude was one of you can't really be serious you follow soccer... anyhows as lunch worn on we heard endless stories about AFL and the A-League tis almost as if they were watching A-League metrics keeping score. For the most part we ignored them, as their arguments where they set the valuation system and under their valuation system there could only be the AFL the winner. But but but but what we found hhhhmmm no words to describe was their belief that almost every AFL player could walk into the worlds top Football sides... actually giving example of how player X side footed a ball at a certain angle into a goal. My impression was if this group was any reflection of the broader AFL community they don't believe it when we say touch needs development from 4, 5 or 6 until you are 17. 18 ... they honestly believe or these guys do that we are talking bullshit and the Great Waste of Space players could walk in and be as good as Barca ... Interesting to hear from posters from the southern states if these guys reflect the broader AFL community. You appear to have about half a dozen variations of this same story you pull out every now and then. The Victory has been the largest A-League club since the 2nd season of the A-League, in fact no other A-League club comes close in terms of attendances, membership and revenue. The Victory is located in Melbourne, and traditionally, half of its membership base have been AFL members (it's a similar story for City). Have you ever tried reconciling how the largest A-League club is located in AFL heartland and actually relies on AFL members for half of its revenue? Whereas the Mariners is located in a region where there is no AFL, and yet it's the puniest club in the A-League and is stuck in an ongoing battle for relevance and survival. Fuck it, I'm in Sochi to support Australian football today, I'm not wasting any more of my time on your NEGATIVE CONCERN TROLLING. Bang on. I've been looking for the exact phrase and you've nailed it. I'm amazed at the amount of posters here that are sucked in by this AFL hack. With the utmost respect, Munrubenmuz, that might be said to be an instance of association fallacy. The classic example is Hitler and foxhunting. I hate Hitler and most things he stood for. But, it so happens that Hitler allegedly opposed foxhunting. I, personally, think foxhunting is barbaric (irrespective of anything Hitler ever said). Supposing somebody goes about saying that foxhunting is fine because Hitler was opposed to it, am I supposed to be silent? The AFL hack may be a douche, but it doesn't logically entail that everything that comes out of his mouth is garbage. Is the traditional cultural dominance of the AFL in VIC/SA/WA/TAS/NT one of the things which hinders the success of Australian football? You betcha! That's the clever part of it isn't though? He obviously knows his stuff but he's only here to rag on football every chance he gets. It's this 'ooh look I really love soccer but look how much better the AFL is" schtick that is really tiresome. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was paid by the AFL to troll football forums. Go onto any Guardian article about Australian football and there's pippinu under the nom-de-plume of Bazza77 pouring a bucket of shit all over anything and everything. You have to wonder if he hated football so much why would he go to so much trouble to be informed enough to bag it out? The answer, paid employment. The more obvious answer is he is a sad old man, likely retired, that sadly has nothing else left. It actually breaks my heart a little that it comes to this for some people late in life. AusFootballFan was banned for far less shitposting and derailing of threads but I don't think I would wanna see Pip banned as he clearly has not much else and we should probably make some allowances for the old and infirm dears out there. There but for the grace of god etc... I do agree with this though... but it's just as likely he's irrationally obsessed with doing his bit to derail football's growth in Australia by trolling us fans.
That's certainly a lot of power in the hands of one mug punter. Hence the 'irrational' bit. But who is irrational, the person ascribed as doing these things, or the ones doing the ascribing? You're the bloke flooding a football forum with AFL rubbish day and night, night and day. If I went to bigfooty and slagged off the AFL by using football as an example to shit all over their game 100 times a day for months on end then yes you could pin that label on me. You're not a well man. You're no doubt a smart bloke, no doubt about that at all but you've got problems.
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