WSW crowds of 20k
GWS crowds of 5k
The only people attending games in Qld are victorians living here
AFL is dead
Sydney swans get woeful crowds and they are champions
AFL is dead
Adelaide Crows have over 45,000 members, Port Adelaide over 40,000 and Kev did not even mention them.
You are talking ill-informed shite as usual.
[quote=“Sandymount Red, post: 774188, member: 1074”]Adelaide Crows have over 45,000 members, Port Adelaide over 40,000 and Kev did not even mention them.
You are talking ill-informed shite as usual.[/quote]
Im not familiar with the lesser states and have little or no interest in what happens in them
You’re not familiar with much regarding AFL full stop.
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 774187, member: 80”]WSW crowds of 20k
GWS crowds of 5k
The only people attending games in Qld are victorians living here
AFL is dead
Sydney swans get woeful crowds and they are champions
AFL is dead[/quote]
They sold out Cairns ground last July for some mickey mouse game that took over the city. QLD natives lapped it up.
Australia’s decline as an International Rules force sums up the malaise in sport in general in that colony. It’s embarrassing for them as the game is basically Aussie Rules with a round ball to make it easier for the Aussies.
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 774146, member: 80”]http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-team-storms-off-pitch-over-allegation-of-sectarian-remark-29261374.html
http://www.cso.ie/en/index.html
please post a list of intercounty GGA players where both parents arent Irish[/quote]
Eh they don’t have to be IC players for me to be right and you talking absolute horseshit.
[quote=“Gman, post: 774151, member: 112”]great result for Collingwood today. thought Geelong were going to see it out, but Krakouer proved the match winner.
Tommy Walsh will be home before the year is over.[/quote]
Shocking. I’m very surprised, I have alot if time for him but he seemed to be afraid to contest some ball. Seemed completely out of his depth. In hindsight though playing Freo at full forward may not have been the best idea. Like anyone though he deserves 2-3 games minimum in a row to see if he’s up to it.
Kerry are now the favorites for Sam for 2014.
They do every year, I was at that game the season before and I played in that local league. AFL is strong in North QLD and when the population grows from FIFO they are planning another team up there in time, probably after a Tasmanian team in 4-5 years. A Kiwi team is also a distinct possibility. AFL has its issues, but popularity and growth are certainly not issues.
utter tripe
I think you’ll find Dublin are favourites for Sam in 2014, Kev.
And for 2013.
so the GGA which is inclusive has 0 players yet the the AFL who does isnt
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 774146, member: 80”]
please post a list of intercounty GGA players where both parents arent Irish[/quote]
Sean Cavanagh - both parents from the UK
never heard of him
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 774207, member: 80”]so the GGA which is inclusive has 0 players yet the the AFL who does isnt
:D[/quote]
Again, apples and oranges. I was talking about the promotion and attitude to 2 particular players. I never compared the GAA and I never talked about inclusion. I was making more of a point on the general Aussies pchye and their unability to realize they are judging people on colour and where they are from. Madjak Daw stand out cos he is black. Not that he bucked the trend of his fellow Sudanese who play together is safety nets of all Sudanese Soccer teams. He went and mixed in a different culture (which is brave) while coming from a very different one. He will open the doors for others, but he will have, not thru any great Aussie/AFL initiative. What they should be doing is showing the positives of where others come from. Go to Sudan (not just a war torn country) Fiji( not just a nice island)Ireland (not just economically in the mire)etc and show the sporting backgrounds these people come from. Show that fundamentally people and sportsmen are very similar in many ways. Aussies don’t get that and they are inheritidly xenophobic because the promotion of Aussie pride and all the good things that Oz has gets mixed up in a kinda Aussie Good/Everywhere else not as good kind of attitude.
They talk about different culture all the time, yet they don’t understand how to accept other cultures.
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 774146, member: 80”]http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-team-storms-off-pitch-over-allegation-of-sectarian-remark-29261374.html
http://www.cso.ie/en/index.html
please post a list of intercounty GGA players where both parents arent Irish[/quote]
Craig Dias, the O’Hailpins, everyone in the North etc.
dias has an irish mother
the ohailpins are basically muldoons
lee chin is the only 1 and he has suffered horrendous abuse so no one here mentions him
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 774221, member: 273”]Again, apples and oranges. I was talking about the promotion and attitude to 2 particular players. I never compared the GAA and I never talked about inclusion. I was making more of a point on the general Aussies pchye and their unability to realize they are judging people on colour and where they are from. Madjak Daw stand out cos he is black. Not that he bucked the trend of his fellow Sudanese who play together is safety nets of all Sudanese Soccer teams. He went and mixed in a different culture (which is brave) while coming from a very different one. He will open the doors for others, but he will have, not thru any great Aussie/AFL initiative. What they should be doing is showing the positives of where others come from. Go to Sudan (not just a war torn country) Fiji( not just a nice island)Ireland (not just economically in the mire)etc and show the sporting backgrounds these people come from. Show that fundamentally people and sportsmen are very similar in many ways. Aussies don’t get that and they are inheritidly xenophobic because the promotion of Aussie pride and all the good things that Oz has gets mixed up in a kinda Aussie Good/Everywhere else not as good kind of attitude.
They talk about different culture all the time, yet they don’t understand how to accept other cultures.[/quote]
does the AFL have xenophobic rules in place like the GGA?
does the AFL have a ban like the GG did?
does the AFL get involved in military matters like the GGA did?
the hypocrisy of a green gga orangeman talking about other organisations is vile
Go hang out with your family fella, it’s Sunday. At least when you make a fool of yourself around your kids they laugh.