The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

Who cares about the AFL.First time in many years I will be going to watch my beloved Bears at Henson Park.

 

[JohnK]

Who cares about the AFL.First time in many years I will be going to watch my beloved Bears at Henson Park.

Newtown vs North Sydney? Ah the good old days....

 

[Pushka]

Who cares about the AFL.First time in many years I will be going to watch my beloved Bears at Henson Park.

I reckon a few of us do . Better than that game they call Rugby League where all they do is stick their heads (and other extremities it seems ) up others backsides and grovel in the dirt like we did as kids <running for cover>

 

[Pushka]

Why is it that within 12 hours of replacing something you've been looking for, for over a month, you then find the original?

 

[Quickstatus]

I reckon a few of us do . Better than that game they call Rugby League where all they do is stick their heads (and other extremities it seems ) up others backsides and grovel in the dirt like we did as kids <running for cover>

You just dont understand the value of bonding accrued in a close proximity male-male touchy feely game.

 

[drron]

I reckon a few of us do . Better than that game they call Rugby League where all they do is stick their heads (and other extremities it seems ) up others backsides and grovel in the dirt like we did as kids <running for cover>

Though as a youngster I played real football not aerial ping pong.
Soccer.

 

[JohnK]

Why is it that within 12 hours of replacing something you've been looking for, for over a month, you then find the original?

The worst thing is when you see something but not need it and then a few days later need it but cannot find it.

 

[Pushka]

Though as a youngster I played real football not aerial ping pong.
Soccer.

Well yes. But the reason why soccer doesn't really take off in Australia as much as it could is those nancy boys who roll around in agony, get the free (?) and carried off the ground then a couple of minutes later are back on again injury free. Aussies don't do that.

 

[drron]

Though my soccer career ended when I was carried off injured and unconscious.

But some league fellows are decent people.See this article-
Hannah Rye, who took Newcastle Knights player Trent Hodkinson to her formal, has died

 

[docjames]

They could simply have charged you $7.30 and included the sauce.

Then all the non-sauce eaters would complain of having to pay for something they dont want.

Component pricing - the airlines are the masters.....

 

[mannej]

Well yes. But the reason why soccer doesn't really take off in Australia as much as it could is those nancy boys who roll around in agony, get the free (?) and carried off the ground then a couple of minutes later are back on again injury free. Aussies don't do that.

When was the last time you watched AFL?

 

[Pushka]

When was the last time you watched AFL?

Well, saw several matches over the weekend. Yes, there are a couple of tankers but the players in the teams that matter aren't. . Quite the opposite.

 

[GarrettM]

You gotta love this country. You can't have any sort of sport discussion without fans of various codes getting into each other.

I love footy, and football. For different reasons.

I don't really care for league, and I don't understand rugby at all, but I don't need to belittle the two either.

Can't we all just enjoy what we enjoy?

 

[whatmeworry]

Well yes. But the reason why soccer doesn't really take off in Australia as much as it could is those nancy boys who roll around in agony, get the free (?) and carried off the ground then a couple of minutes later are back on again injury free. Aussies don't do that.

One of the reasons it hasn't taken off is the media. Lots of vested interests in the AFL and bad TV deals shunting the sport to Pay TV. Plus people controlling Soccer from Sydney have also usually been dodgy more interested in little thiefdom.

Seen plenty of broken legs in Soccer. Even CTE in older Soccer players using the old leather balls.

Dementia: the shocking legacy of England's 1966 World Cup triumph - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[JMEL]

I just successfully redeemed a US domestic flight for the morning of Xmas Eve, which would otherwise have cost $500 AUD cash. Flight time of two hours. Absolutely crazy!

I really needed this flight to make it to a family Xmas do. Gotta love it when you suddenly see award availability just when you need it the most, and at peak season no less!

 

[Steady]

You gotta love this country. You can't have any sort of sport discussion without fans of various codes getting into each other.

I love footy, and football. For different reasons.

I don't really care for league, and I don't understand rugby at all, but I don't need to belittle the two either.

Can't we all just enjoy what we enjoy?

The same could be said for discussions about SYD/MEL, politics, religion, Merlot......

 

[mannej]

Well, saw several matches over the weekend. Yes, there are a couple of tankers but the players in the teams that matter aren't. . Quite the opposite.

You gotta love this country. You can't have any sort of sport discussion without fans of various codes getting into each other.

I love footy, and football. For different reasons.

I don't really care for league, and I don't understand rugby at all, but I don't need to belittle the two either.

Can't we all just enjoy what we enjoy?

I enjoy all sports, it's just comments like that that irk me. For the record, wasn't there a recent statistic suggesting that the most participated sport in the country is the round ball game (This is more directed at Pushka).

You can't say that Australian sport fans aren't passionate.

 

[Pushka]

I enjoy all sports, it's just comments like that that irk me. For the record, wasn't there a recent statistic suggesting that the most participated sport in the country is the round ball game (This is more directed at Pushka).

You can't say that Australian sport fans aren't passionate.

Netball maybe.
Can you tease out those statistics? Probably more kids play soccer at school. But that might change now girls can have a career in Aussie Rules. It would be interesting to look at the statistics of adults playing soccer versus AFL. Given all the local Australian Rules footy clubs where adults play, the numbers playing may change. I don't know any of son's friends who played soccer. All of them played Aussie rules. Some played Rugby Union. None played league.

(PS GarretM. While I don't like rugby league it's nothing against those who do. As long as I don't have to watch it. No need to take it so seriously. I sure as heck don't. It's a joke Joyce)

 

[love_the_life]

Kids!
Two boys get locked in supermarket overnight - consume $500 worth of food

 

[RB]

Who cares about the AFL.First time in many years I will be going to watch my beloved Bears at Henson Park.

I read this story last year Beer, Footy & Food Festival 2017 - Sydney