Riewoldt aka German Diver, the most pathetic protected species in the AFL

[Dry Rot]

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You know the game has not finished on TV in Melbourne.

How so? I live in inner Sydney. How the **** do I know what your TV schedule is?

And quite a few here are non-Melbournians. Or Vics.

[LostDoggy]

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Since you asked I think it makes you either immature or short on class.
You dont care what the outcome is with people getting injured as long as it benefits you.The majority of boxers embrace after a fight as a sign of respect despite what might have been said before the fight and they take no delight in anyone getting injured. Id be disappointed to see opposition fans squealing with delight if one of our guys copped the same injury.

So now i was delighted? and happy because it benefits myself, mmm don't know where you got that from.

I don't care about a lot of things, including majority of the AFL as a whole. I care about the Footscray Football Club, it's nothing personal against Nick himself. If it was any joe blow who does a hamstring every week of the year, nobody else would care either. People only have this emotional attachment to the situation, because it's a high profile player.

[LostDoggy]

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Since you asked I think it makes you either immature or short on class.
You dont care what the outcome is with people getting injured as long as it benefits you.The majority of boxers embrace after a fight as a sign of respect despite what might have been said before the fight and they take no delight in anyone getting injured. Id be disappointed to see opposition fans squealing with delight if one of our guys copped the same injury.

Just because he doesn't care for Nick Reiwoldt one way or the other i dont think it makes him short on class.

[FrediKanoute]

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The only reason I care is that I finally decided to put aside my dislike for the guy and put him in my dream team........even more reason to dislike the pr*ck

[G-Mo77]

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As long as nothing bad happens to our boys I really don't care who gets injured or suspended from other clubs.

[GVGjr]

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How so? I live in inner Sydney. How the **** do I know what your TV schedule is?

And quite a few here are non-Melbournians. Or Vics.

In hindsight and even allowing for the forum members being scattered around the globe it's probably the wrong thread to announce the result especially when people would be logging on to ascertain the extent of the injury to Riewoldt.

The Round 3 thread would have been a better spot to announce it but I understand why you did. I think we probably need to make the Round # threads Spoiler threads and if people get more information than they bargained for then that's about all we can do for them

[G-Mo77]

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Nah I'm with Dry Rot on this one. Don't come onto a football site if you don't want to get spoiled. I watch a lot of MMA, NBA and wrestling and I've learned to just not look.

[Dry Rot]

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In hindsight and even allowing for the forum members being scattered around the globe it's probably the wrong thread to announce the result especially when people would be logging on to ascertain the extent of the injury to Riewoldt.

The Round 3 thread would have been a better spot to announce it but I understand why you did. I think we probably need to make the Round # threads Spoiler threads and if people get more information than they bargained for then that's about all we can do for them

IMO it's simpler than that.

If you watch a game on delay (or have recorded it for later viewing) then you stay clear of the net, forums etc. A principle those of us living interstate know only too well.

In the case in point, IIRC the poster was watching it on delay, Riewoldt got injured and then he hit the net for more info.

And then he was surprised to find out the result!

[Dry Rot]

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Nah I'm with Dry Rot on this one. Don't come onto a football site if you don't want to get spoiled. I watch a lot of MMA, NBA and wrestling and I've learned to just not look.

Agreed.

I am attending a weekend course and will be taping Dogs v Hawks.

When I get home on Sunday night, I have the choice of leaving my mobile and iMac off and watching the game or getting on the net. If I do the latter, then I can't complain about spoilers.

[Scraggers]

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Just saw it ... It was like the German Diver was pinged by a sniper. Very serious ... Very painful ... Season ending mmm ... Probably not, but it will change his approach to his game

[LostDoggy]

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I know it's considered poor form to gloat, but frankly, I don't really care. I've never wished ill on any player before, but Nick inspires the kind of hate usually reserved for parking inspectors, despite his (previous) scores for my supercoach team.

I don't even believe in karma, but seriously, if there was a guy asking for it, Nickhead was it. Coming out this week and admitting with impunity and without any remorse whatsoever that he blatantly cheats and gets away with it, you just knew that whatever passes for footy gods these days wasn't going to let that one pass through to the keeper. It's also rare that players are ever the same again after coming back from these sorts of muscle off the bone injuries (Lloydy never was), so I daresay the best of Nick is now behind us. It really is a humbling event.

Now we'll all see if the Saints are any chop and if our predictions that they are a one-man team are true. I can't see them finishing any higher than 7th, and could very well fall out of the 8 altogether, if Nick is out for the season.

[chef]

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If it makes St.Kilda weaker for the next time we play them, well you can't be too unhappy about that.

[Missing Dog]

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How so? I live in inner Sydney. How the **** do I know what your TV schedule is?

And quite a few here are non-Melbournians. Or Vics.

That suprises me, I thought you knew everything.

[Go_Dogs]

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Big loss for St Kilda, if indeed the injury as severe as being reported. I have a feel it won't be quite that bad.

[Sedat]

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Sooner or later the penny will drop with the umpiring fraternity that they are being made to look like halfwits and will start to react negatively - it happened to Matty Lloyd later in his career and as sure as my arse points to the ground it will start happening to Roo. Umpires are only human and would not take too kindly to being consistently made to look stupid. So I would expect to see blatant infringements against Roo start to be ignored before too long, and with any luck one such blatant infringement against him will be ignored in a tight final that will prove incredibly costly to both him and his team.

At the risk of looking like a tosser for quoting my own post, but I noticed with interest a coiuple of instances early in the match where 50-50 infringements against Riewoldt were not called. An even better example of the above is Adam Schneider, who had 3-4 clear infringements against him completely ignored by the umpires. Cometti noted in the commentary, "I bet Schneider wishes he didn't clap the umpires last season".

From a Bulldogs perspective, I think it is terrific that a contender is adversely affected by injury but I'm disappointed that this has happened in Round 3 instead of Round 21 - it now gives St Kilda the opportunity to develop alternative structures and put them into practice in match conditions, which could prove invaluable if they do enter a final without Riewoldt.