2016 NAB Challenge Discussion

[Bulldog Joe]

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Liam Jones, one disposal.

but he is training well.

[Axe Man]

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Liam Jones, one disposal.

Mick Malthouse has claimed it was the most explosive disposal he has ever seen!

[Murphy'sLore]

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It was a free kick I think.

[Bornadog]

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It was a free kick I think.

Gets better and better.

[Greystache]

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Liam Jones, one disposal.

I was surprised Essendon didn't try to lure him out of retirement as a top up player. It turns out he's actually still playing

[LostDoggy]

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Didn't see the game. Seems a bit of a non-event.

The AFL could've programmed any possible combination for the pre-season opener and would presumably look for a game to inject a bit of excitement and impetus.

They went for last year's Premiers vs last year's wooden spooners at the Premiers favourite venue.

WTF?

[soupman]

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Didn't see the game. Seems a bit of a non-event.

The AFL could've programmed any possible combination for the pre-season opener and would presumably look for a game to inject a bit of excitement and impetus.

They went for last year's Premiers vs last year's wooden spooners at the Premiers favourite venue.

WTF?

I found that funny as well.

There was some complaining on here about Carlton being favoured again with a season opener as such but that's really a non-issue when you consider the bigger picture of the AFL scheduling the best and worst teams as the opener.

BTW did anyone watch either the 2 hours of pre-game coverage or one hour of post game coverage and if so can you tell me what the hell they talked about because I have no idea how you fill that time with the most meaningless training run in history as the meat in the sandwich.

[Remi Moses]

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Well the bits I saw
Jones dropped a mark ( some things never change )
Tutt kicked the ball on the full

[Twodogs]

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Poor Liam.

Geez his manager did brilliant work there.

[Twodogs]

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Liam Jones, one disposal.

Yet they talked about him for ten minutes during the commentary on SEN last night.

[bulldogtragic]

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Liam Jones, one disposal.

He's getting $350,000 to $400,000 a season allegedly. At this rate on last year's form and yesterday, each of his touches will be worth about $14,000 each this year at AFL level. To compare, last year alone Carlton payed $5,400 per disposal to Liam in the AFL. To compare Gary Ablett Jnr only gets about $2,800 per disposal, Buddy Franklin under $2,000. Liam must be a pretty special player in the eyes of the Carlton 'brains trust'.

Feel free to share this fun fact with Carlton folk.

[Bulldog Joe]

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I found that funny as well.

There was some complaining on here about Carlton being favoured again with a season opener as such but that's really a non-issue when you consider the bigger picture of the AFL scheduling the best and worst teams as the opener.

BTW did anyone watch either the 2 hours of pre-game coverage or one hour of post game coverage and if so can you tell me what the hell they talked about because I have no idea how you fill that time with the most meaningless training run in history as the meat in the sandwich.

I watched part of the telecast and was subjected to the most inane discussion by the commentary team. It seemed that the were just in a bar somewhere chatting amongst themselves with the footy on in the background. They appeared to have no interest in the game itself and just occasionally looked at some random stats to enable them to weave a player from the game into the conversation.

Hope it is not a sign of what we will get for the season ahead.

[Remi Moses]

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It was just so self indulgent it wasn't funny .
The football commentary needs a complete overhaul

[azabob]

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Was the game FOXTEL or seven?

[chef]

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Foxtel.