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    Re: AFLX revealed: Who your club plays and when

    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Couldn't agree more. I don't think I've heard one person say they think it's a good idea. I get they're going for the 20/20 market and the US sports razzle dazzle but I'm not sure the game needs it. At least with 20/20 it resembles cricket. This isn't Aussie rules at all.
    AFL has to be classified as a national heritage cultural entity and start to have more oversight from independent bodies. It's turning into a farce. We want our game to have roots in Australia not America. It's too precious to let corporations like Marvel entertainment take it over. Our sport is built on something that evolved from communities in a complex way. Stamping American values all over it willy nilly won't nurture the game.
    Marvel Stadium, Apple Federation square, what next?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost Dog View Post
    AFL has to be classified as a national heritage cultural entity and start to have more oversight from independent bodies. It's turning into a farce. We want our game to have roots in Australia not America. It's too precious to let corporations like Marvel entertainment take it over. Our sport is built on something that evolved from communities in a complex way. Stamping American values all over it willy nilly won't nurture the game.
    Marvel Stadium, Apple Federation square, what next?
    Our club was born in blood and boots...

    (I still loved the games last night but I know what you are saying...I guess that to me all that ‘stuff’ You mention is exactly what AFLx is for. Leave the clubs and traditions out of it and just have some fun.)
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    I get what you are saying. I felt myself being an old curmudgeon as I wrote my last post. Still... It's all fun and games until Bont rolls an ankle. Call me sensitive but... I'm so over injuries to my favorite players! If they are going to do it then, go balls out... make them wear WWF style outfits.
    But in terms of options, why not do something with the vfl instead? Or do a mixed comp, men and women? Or a legends style fundraiser? Anyway, I'm going back to my rocking chair and blanket.
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    Re: AFLX revealed: Who your club plays and when

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost Dog View Post
    Still... It's all fun and games until Bont rolls an ankle. .
    Nat Fyfe to have surgery on his elbow following last night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Nat Fyfe to have surgery on his elbow following last night.
    I wouldn’t put this down to AFLX. He did go into the game with a bad elbow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post
    Our club was born in blood and boots...

    (I still loved the games last night but I know what you are saying...I guess that to me all that ‘stuff’ You mention is exactly what AFLx is for. Leave the clubs and traditions out of it and just have some fun.)
    I ended up watchimg all the games and enjoyed them. The emphasis on pace and skills without the prospect of serious impact means they there are more contests for the ball without players not involved in the contest crashing into the pack with no intention of going for the ball.

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    Nat Fyfe to have surgery on his elbow following last night.

    Thank god it's not the Bont.
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    Fyfe has a bursa on his elbow that has been causing pain, he's now gone into surgery for that.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Fyfe has a bursa on his elbow that has been causing pain, he's now gone into surgery for that.
    Ive had one of those for the last few months. It's better known as tennis elbow the doctor said.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Oh noes.

    Vale AFELX, we hardly knew ye.

    What a pointless, predictably shithouse waste of time and resources.

    At least this forecasts better support for the women's competition.
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    Maybe David Stevenson should go back to Nike overseas. First he was turfed out of our club before he got an arse imprint into the CEO chair, and then progressed in his career to the AFEL where AFELX was his baby.

    I'm not sure I've ever said this, the AFEL actually did something good for everyone (by stopping their self harm of the game).
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    The biggest shock here is that there is someone within AFL HQ that actually had the self awareness to admit they created a turd AND pulled the trigger to kill it off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by comrade View Post
    The biggest shock here is that there is someone within AFL HQ that actually had the self awareness to admit they created a turd AND pulled the trigger to kill it off.

    #RIPZooperGoals
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