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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs Hawthorn at home
Last post by kruddler -
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I hate Thursday night footy.
There is wisdom in those words.

As I grow older, I hate anything not Saturday or Sunday, the weekend is greatly diminished and there is less to look forward to.

No wonder the USA society is full of bitterness and hate, each day blends into another, nothing is reserved or special!

Brick back KB and co, 'Grumpy old men' are back!

For me, footy takes priority on the weekend. I try and fit my social life (as limited as it may be) and kids sports around who is playing and when.
So to get something like that 'out of the way' before the weekend is a blessing for me. It frees up time that i can do something else instead.
Since footy season finished (and kids soccer) i've managed to play golf twice and go to the driving range twice. Previously, it'd be 3 years combined before i could reach that same total.

The AFLW is a quicker version of footy and is able to fit in better.....also less likely chance of spoilers if i can't watch it live.

So i've got no problem with Thursday night footy (unless i wanna go to it) and Sunday/Monday night footy etc.
I'd prefer our away games to always be on at that time.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by kruddler -
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It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
Modern kids miss out on all the fun of toeing the casting lug on the end of those brown plastic footies!

The rubber ones that superceded them were not much better.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
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It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
Modern kids miss out on all the fun of toeing the casting lug on the end of those brown plastic footies.

Maybe that is why some think some of the kicking skills have degraded, as it was sure a deterrent for getting it wrong!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Lods -
My grandfather had to go to court and copped a heavy fine for calling an umpire a 'cheat and a mongrel' about a 100 years ago.

Papa had too many rums that day. Nana wasn't impressed. :D
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
They were tough on crime back in 1902; Charles Pickering was charged with "playing football in the street" in Prahran and was fined five shillings - the equivalent of around $40 in today's money. 

It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
Other statistics of note:

[1] Last year Harry McKay was 9th, this year 11th.
Jacob Weitering was 4th last year, this year he was 12th.
Ollie Hollands was 3rd last year with 1673 votes. This year he was 19th with 569 votes.

[2] Last year Nick Haynes managed 1237 votes; this year he scored 763 and was outside the top 10. Yet, I would argue he was at least as effective this season. I think we played better more often, so Nick's efforts were not always as obvious.

[5] Five of the top 10 vote getter this year were new to the club. That says hug amounts to me! If we can replicate this in 2027, we will be a serious threat, as I don't think most of our newcomers are going to be significantly worse.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
Congratulations to Sam Walsh, winner of the Jim park Award, with a whopping 5113 votes!

Congratulations to Patrick Cripps comes in 2nd, with 3879 votes, over a thousand votes behind Walsh, but almost a thousand points ahead of Jagga Smith. Considering his slow start to the year, this is a huge effort. Crippa's 1st BOG for the year was in Round 9. By that time, Sam Walsh had been BOG 5 times already.

Coming in 3rd, was Jagga Smith, 2921 votes, a brilliant effort for a youngster in his first effective season, particularly coming back from the knee reconstruction.

George Hewett was 4th this season, with 2102 votes. George got his first significant votes in Round 13.

Walsh was better than 500 votes better than George Hewett's score in 2025. Similarly, Patrick Cripps was about 1000 votes better than his score for 2025, where he was also second.

Marc Pittonet came in 5th, with 1441 votes. Last year he scored 159 votes and did not get into the top 10.

Last year 9 players got more than 1000 votes; this year it was the same, 9 players.