blameturner Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Official AFL Supporters Thread General Discussion Congratulations to the Sydney Swans winning the 2012 AFL Competition Where do your allegiances lie? What do we all think about the Draft picks? Note from Admin: Negative and anti-AFL/GWS posts are to go in the other thread.
Kraken Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Dont want to start an argument but I hate AFL, the amount of money, resources and talent wasted on this sport is ridiculous. Australia would be a much more competative sporting nation if AFL would just disappear. matty 1
spectacular291 Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Mack could you issue the first ever moderator ban on Turnermate.... its posts like this that are the true crime in the internet forum world!
dongle Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 mate i doubt you would find many people on this forum who would defend the AFL. I agree, they try and squash there competitors
dongle Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Agree Speccy. Delete this thread. X2 AFL is the enemy
blameturner Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 I was expecting at least one person.... Its quite hilarious there are none
Sime11 Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 lol ill defend it hahahahah i dont mind it as a change of watching sport (when I get sick of watching NRL) but it will never be my number 1 sport. I gotta hand it to them though, they manage it much much better than NRL. NRL really is only for the eastern seaboard & NZ, every other part of Oz is ignored.
RBBKopite Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Mack could you issue the first ever moderator ban on Turnermate.... its posts like this that are the true crime in the internet forum world! +27384827283838 No **** sports!!!!
blameturner Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 lol ill defend it hahahahah i dont mind it as a change of watching sport (when I get sick of watching NRL) but it will never be my number 1 sport. I gotta hand it to them though, they manage it much much better than NRL. NRL really is only for the eastern seaboard & NZ, every other part of Oz is ignored. Mack could you issue the first ever moderator ban on Turnermate.... its posts like this that are the true crime in the internet forum world! +27384827283838 No **** sports!!!! I followed AFL until they got all bigoted and all we are bigger than football... seriously you stupid **** demitriou, nobody gives a **** about your sport outside of Australia... This is now officially a hate on the AFL Thread. Rules: 1. Demitriou, no matter how good an administrator he is, will always be a big ****ing **** hole Feel free to add rules
spectacular291 Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 lol ill defend it hahahahah i dont mind it as a change of watching sport (when I get sick of watching NRL) but it will never be my number 1 sport. I gotta hand it to them though, they manage it much much better than NRL. NRL really is only for the eastern seaboard & NZ, every other part of Oz is ignored. Mack could you issue the first ever moderator ban on Turnermate.... its posts like this that are the true crime in the internet forum world! +27384827283838 No **** sports!!!! I followed AFL until they got all bigoted and all we are bigger than football... seriously you stupid **** demitriou, nobody gives a **** about your sport outside of Australia... This is now officially a hate on the AFL Thread. Rules: 1. Demitriou, no matter how good an administrator he is, will always be a big ****ing **** hole Feel free to add rules This is much better Turner!! Had me worried there for a sec'!!
blameturner Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 Whats an ALF? Call me immature...but I am one of the youngest here, so I can get away with this https://www.facebook.com/garyablettjnr?fref=ts
Erebus Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 lulz at this thread...on a Western Sydney forum ffs. Let's all proclaim our undeniable love for the Giants. For they are our saviour and have truly united the region under one banner.
wilsonpastore Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 i dont see afl as the enemy, i have a preference for afl over nrl. however, i see it amusing how in the latest draw, they're trying to improve their crowds by stacking up the first 3 rounds with the best fixtures (following our lead), and by fixing the draw to ensure that all the **** teams play the shitest clubs 2 times for more equity in the final ladder. i also found it amusing in one of the articles where they quoted something along the lines of 'all top 8 clubs will play the bottom 4 clubs once with the except of sydney swans and gws giants to help them build a rivalry'
Davo Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 I know it's only early days for us but: GWS Giants 2012 average home attendance: 10,825 (33% of league average, 43% of stadium capacity) Western Sydney Wanderers 2012 average home attendance: 14,792 (137% of league average, 71% of stadium capacity) I'd love to know the numbers on how much the respective leagues have spent promoting their new Western Sydney clubs but I'm guessing the AFL have spent a buttload more.
Chaopescado Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 The Giants figures would be inflated by the ridiculous amount of free tickets they give away for their home games.
Erebus Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 The Giants figures would be inflated by the ridiculous amount of free tickets they give away for their home games. This +1000000000 I'd love to see the WSW juggernaut just steamroll the Giants in terms of support and awareness. No one CARES about AFL in Western Sydney. And for those that do, they are Swans fans.
Sime11 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 true true, to be fair to AFL tho, WSW doesnt have any other sporting codes competing for fans at the same time as we play. dont worry Erebus, the WSW Juggernaut has only just begun
marron Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 The Giants figures would be inflated by the ridiculous amount of free tickets they give away for their home games. This +1000000000 I'd love to see the WSW juggernaut just steamroll the Giants in terms of support and awareness. No one CARES about AFL in Western Sydney. And for those that do, they are Swans fans. I was looking at these a couple of weeks ago after discussion on another forum... those figures also include their jaunts to canberra and are also bumped up hugely by the derbies to which largely swans fans turned out. If you take out those games, they were getting 8000 - 9000 max, and those against the likes of Essendon, Collingwood who bring a relatively large away support. I quite like Aussie Rules and used to play it myself (I was much better at it than football). Can't stand the AFL, Demetriou and the absolute vehemence with which they treat other codes - they are also farking up the game itself imo. I always find it interesting that football fans return fire often on the basis of the game itself, which has far more similarities with football than you might think - offside rule aside, the flow of the game and the combinations required to move the ball have some similarities.
Benched Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 I remember hearing the crowd figures announced at SKODA and just thinking, bullshit. They announce 10K when it's more like 6.5K. Very rubbery.
Davo Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 I remember hearing the crowd figures announced at SKODA and just thinking, bullshit. They announce 10K when it's more like 6.5K. Very rubbery. Maybe they add the Sydney tv audience to the attendance
Erebus Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Failed experiment trying to convert League fans into ALF fans. As if that was ever going to happen.
Trojan Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Should be called australian gaylick football.. Its on bar with lawn bowls and chess in the as boring as bat **** catagory
Davo Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Apparently Folau has quit the Giants. My favourite stat is that he was paid $1million for every goal he scored in the AFL.
Boban Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 After how they responded to our World Cup bid, I have little respect for the administration of the AFL.
Neverbloom Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 dont they lie about how many juniors play too or something?
mack Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Yep. They tried to take over an oval in Leichardt that was used for NRL and Football because they claimed they had thousands of juniors, then when the Football people investigated it, everyone realised they were lying because they were counting random other suburbs that they shouldn't have. They also massively inflated their participation numbers by counting their AusKick clinics as participation even if it is a one hour lesson (AusKick is just basic skill drills iirc) for half a school term.
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