Australian Football

[Panamark]

Hey BOMBER !! Good to see ya mate !
Thanks for the gracious congrats !

As for the frees, I agree. There was poor decisions both ways.
Call me crazy, but I never lost hope, even at 3/4 time.
Why ?? We are young, you are old.
I knew Carlton would run better in that last quarter. I knew it
was going to be tough, but I still felt we were a chance. I
watched every minute of the glorious spectacle.

As for Carlton not having room for improvement ?? You are
kidding me right ??? We are the youngest team in the
comp ???? Fevola didnt have his usual impact on Friday, luckily
for you guys otherwise the defeat would have been a lot bigger.

[Panamark]

Looking forward to the other big traditional clash next week, Carlton v Collingwood !

[BOMBER]

Originally posted by Panamark
Hey BOMBER !! Good to see ya mate !
Thanks for the gracious congrats !

As for the frees, I agree. There was poor decisions both ways.
Call me crazy, but I never lost hope, even at 3/4 time.
Why ?? We are young, you are old.
I knew Carlton would run better in that last quarter. I knew it
was going to be tough, but I still felt we were a chance. I
watched every minute of the glorious spectacle.

As for Carlton not having room for improvement ?? You are
kidding me right ??? We are the youngest team in the
comp ???? Fevola didnt have his usual impact on Friday, luckily
for you guys otherwise the defeat would have been a lot bigger.

Mate,his usual impact is alot less than you think.
Granted he plays a good game once in a blue moon but in no way is he consistent like the best full forwards of the game.
Proof is in the pudding when you look at his total goals at the end of the season.Neitz even kicks more than he does.His usual impact is that when he plays against full backs of the quality of fletcher,Micheal and scarlett he is found wanting.
You will improve with those youngsters over time,as the seasons go by.I'm talking about sudden improvement.Having a ruckmen out there will certainly help our midfield,and you know how important Coleman is down there at full forward for us.
Belting the Hawks on sunday should give us a shot in the arm also.

[Panamark]

G'day BOMBER, well I guess we will have to see the goal tally at the end of the year. Fevola was a handy forward last year, even if he
wasnt the leading golakicker, you cant deny that.

I really hope you beat the Hawks. I dont think my poor father (and no doubt yourself) could take a third loss, and to the bottom side in the
league at that....

I think Essendon (until they are at full strength again) are going to
struggle agianst sides that finish strongly.. but you should be ok
against the Hawks..

[Panamark]

BOMBER, I just saw on Sports tonight that they are going to try and play Matthew Lloyd against the Hawks ! That should cheer you up

[BOMBER]

Yep I saw that mate.
I don't think he will play though,if it were anyone else but the Hawks he probably would.One more week off wouldn't hurt.
There's a picture of him at training in todays paper.You can actually see the steel plate in his arm when he takes a mark,looks freaky.
Rioli will return this week,this is a huge in for us.

[MAX]

Bomber,

Who do we play next week?

[BOMBER]

The Hawks mate (Hawthorn).
They haven't beaten us in 7 years and are currently woefull.
I have alot of great mates who are Hawks supporters and they think they are going to roll us on sunday (dreamers).
They were our arch rivals in the 80s,we played off in 3 consecutive grand finals in 83,84 and 85.
They won the first one in 83 but we went back to back in 84,85.
We were 21 points down at 3 quarter time in 84 and it looke like we would lose.We stormed home to win our first flag since 65,that game is the reason I became a Bomber,it is one of my first memories of exactly understanding what football meant to so many people.

[Panamark]

Fuck, back to earth..

Im amazed, almost all of the ladder exept the top three have won
only one game..

After tomorrow there will be only one left on 0. Methinks Hawthorn....

Congrats to Collingwood, no excuses, the better team on the day.

[Panamark]

Congrats Bomber ! On the Board

You can join in with the other 9 teams on 4 points now !

Cheers Mate !

[BOMBER]

Thanks mate.
Shocking win though and we won't beat any other team in the comp playing that garbage.For the 3rd week in a row we didn't come out after half time.
All that being said,for some reason I give us a chance next week against the Cats.

[Halen High]

Go Crows!!!

Cop that Port. A 68 point thrashing. I sooooooo enjoyed watching that game.

Now, did you guys see the Brisbane v Sydney game? If ever a game was decided by the umpires it was that one and I'm not talking about the lame free-kick for Hall either.

I"M TALKIN BOUT THOSE BLOODY 50 METRE PENALTIES!

How soft are the umpires? A few little harsh words and it's a 50 metre. THAT'S CRAP. Brisbane was ripped off big time. I'm not a fan of the 50 metre penalty anyway as it cheapens the value of a goal and is too harsh a penalty. Particulary for abusive language in an emotional game like footy.

And that result will only encourage Paul Roos to continue with his anti-football mission that's ruining the game. How bad was that first half? Hope we knock 'em off next week.

[Halen High]

Originally posted by BOMBER
The Hawks mate (Hawthorn).
They haven't beaten us in 7 years and are currently woefull.
I have alot of great mates who are Hawks supporters and they think they are going to roll us on sunday (dreamers).
They were our arch rivals in the 80s,we played off in 3 consecutive grand finals in 83,84 and 85.
They won the first one in 83 but we went back to back in 84,85.
We were 21 points down at 3 quarter time in 84 and it looke like we would lose.We stormed home to win our first flag since 65,that game is the reason I became a Bomber,it is one of my first memories of exactly understanding what football meant to so many people.

Yes, those were great days for footy.

I still consider the Hawthorn side of the mid 80s to early 90s the greatest team I've ever seen.

[BOMBER]

If you want to see bad umpiring check out Scott McLarens umpiring on saturday between Carlton and Collingwood.
I didn't care who won the game but was interested in just seeing a good game on tv.That was the worst umpiring I've seen in years and Jimmy Hird should ask for his 20 grand back.

[Panamark]

Originally posted by BOMBER
If you want to see bad umpiring check out Scott McLarens umpiring on saturday between Carlton and Collingwood.
I didn't care who won the game but was interested in just seeing a good game on tv.That was the worst umpiring I've seen in years and Jimmy Hird should ask for his 20 grand back.

Yeah, that handball that whitnall did when about to be tackled on the boundary line, was clearly inside the boundary and to himself..
Not a deliberate out of bounds.. That decision turned the game in
my opinion. (Collingwood goaled)

But there was fucked decisions both ways.. (To be fair to the Pies)
Which I hate being