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Re: Demonstrative Abuse?
Misery loves company?
I guess - not sure I feel any better today after the Saints lost than I would have if they had won. I am still struggling with last weeks result and a little bit bitter that we weren't involved - but if you watch the game again (if you have the heart) they took some half chances (the Hayes goal in particular) that we were unable to grab and that's all she wrote.
The lionising of Riewoldt during grand final week? Sure, that was irritating but Taylor did a hell of a job on him yesterday and - whilst the conditions helped - his efforts may have been enough to win Geelong the game.
I dont know - throwing vitriol at the Saints fans doesn't sit right with me...What should I tell her? She's going to ask.Comment
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I guess that's a personal choice thing. I have empathy for some Saints players like Hayes who are out and out champions. But my hatred stems from the fact that every single person I know that is a Saint fan (I'm not exaggerating, it's every one) are those niggling, needling ones that sneer and smack of superiority whenever I talk to them about football. Their standard response always revolves around "our great list" or "window still open" or "we've got Roo and Kosi". They're arrogant and condescending to the Dogs and are oblivious to the fact that their history is as poor as ours.
I don't care what others think. When St Kilda lose, my heart sings. And the choir's going bananas right now."It's over. It's all over."Comment
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Hear hear!!! I've got similar issues...perhaps not every one, but two work"mates" are diehard Aints fans, and one in particular has been gloating and carrying on for months about their premiership chances. In fact, the week of the PF, she was talking along the lines of "When we beat the Bulldogs, and then win the Granny", and stuff like that. And it's been going for months. One had a big sook when the Aints lost their first game during the season! So I'm glad they fell over at the last hurdle. And that it hurt them.[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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I only dislike the Saints over the match last week. Didn't really care who won the GF before that if we weren't there.
Everything else is just jealousy. They have as many idiot fans as we do and as many as evry otehr club.Comment
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Not really. I'm proud of our year. I'm even more proud of our performance in the PF. But we didn't win the flag, so I'm not bragging. And that's the point I'm trying to make. It's irrelevant to my friends that are Saints fans that they didn't win the flag. You can bet your bottom dollar that the next time I talk to one of them the first thing they'll say will either be "we won 20 games" or "we beat you". There's absolutely no chance they'll say "we were dominant all year and in the GF, but we ultimately failed"."It's over. It's all over."Comment
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[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Makes no difference. If you had senior students, you wouldn't suck it up?
In the football scenario, yes they are both adults. One thought he'd touched the football (which he clearly hadn't) and when things didn't go his way, he decided to take his frustration out (in a childish way) on someone who could not respond to that.
The AFL brought this on themselves. Darren Goldspink would give as good as he got, but when a couple of players (ironically cats players) took offence to him having a go back at them, they complained to the AFL. Hence, the no tolerance rule.
Milburn is one of the worst offenders in terms of abusing umpires. He had actually been warned only minutes earlier after complaining about the previous goal.
I don't necessarily agree that a free kick should have been paid, but the umpire clearly thought he was left with no other alternative.Comment
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Students disagree with your views/judgments/decisions on a daily basis. And at times they do so in a verbal manner. If I was to mete out a punishment I knew was extremely harsh or unfair, I'd get absolutely no respect from the kids, and they'd hate me. Not to mention the backlash from my boss! In a perfect world, the kids would consistently respond with "Yes sir, no sir", with their gaze fixed intently on my every word. But that's not reality. In turn, I can't come down with a big stick every time they express any dissatisfaction.
The problem with the AFL umpires Vs Players, is that it isn't a case of "give and take". The umps are able to give orders, (at times a little less than respectfully) and yet the second a player vents some frustration verbally, he's hit with a grossly unfair penalty. The ump could've ignored it, but he chose the free kick, which he knew was going to lead to a goal (and could well have cost the game)
If Milburn's behaviour had been that bad, it shouldn't have taken up to that point for them to act.[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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