Go Dogs! (Before I knew anything about the sport, before I'd really figured out the rules, before I'd settled on the Bulldogs as my team, one thing I understood: to hate Collingwood.)
To the uninitiated among our community, while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something, he's totally right about Aussie Rules. It fluctuates between chaotic scraps and beautifully elegant passages of play. And it's the best place to see a glorious mullet + moustache combo running free in its natural environment.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 9 minutes ago
Go Dogs! (Before I knew anything about the sport, before I'd really figured out the rules, before I'd settled on the Bulldogs as my team, one thing I understood: to hate Collingwood.)
To the uninitiated among our community, while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something, he's totally right about Aussie Rules. It fluctuates between chaotic scraps and beautifully elegant passages of play. And it's the best place to see a glorious mullet + moustache combo running free in its natural environment.
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You can be my wing man anytime
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
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Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
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As it turns out they’re the favourites this season to win the whole thing so you’re in luck. They have a young side not unlike Fergies fledglings who play with zero fear.
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
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As it turns out they’re the favourites this season to win the whole thing so you’re in luck. They have a young side not unlike Fergies fledglings who play with zero fear.
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comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
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Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
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Robb can verify whether this is really a thing, but I had a subjective impression that there's a fair number of Collingwood glory supporters and/or people who aren't necessarily into the sport who latch on because they're the biggest name.
Whichever coward one-starred this article, I invite you to step outside and fight my kangaroo.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
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Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
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Robb can verify whether this is really a thing, but I had a subjective impression that there's a fair number of Collingwood glory supporters and/or people who aren't necessarily into the sport who latch on because they're the biggest name.
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That is indeed very true. They do have the most vociferous of fans but it’s evened out by the large number of fair weather ones who couldn’t name a single player other than Nick Daicos (the Cole Palmer of the league).
Never got into it but the pitch size is huge and the smallest can be half the area of the biggest which seems weird.
Are Essendon gonna do anything this year 😞.
The fallen giant of AFL
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
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Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 43 seconds ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
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Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
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Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 10 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 43 seconds ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
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Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
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Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
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ahhh... no chance then
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
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Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
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Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
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I can’t think of many but a few Irish players from Gaelic football have come over and done well as it’s not entirely different. But from an association football perspective you might be right - a goalkeeper who’s used to coming for corners and taking the ball would have certain advantages.
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
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Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
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I can’t think of many but a few Irish players from Gaelic football have come over and done well as it’s not entirely different. But from an association football perspective you might be right - a goalkeeper who’s used to coming for corners and taking the ball would have certain advantages.
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That was an awesome game. The Dogs almost did it but Collingwood just held on
So who is the Man United of AFL?
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 8 minutes ago
That was an awesome game. The Dogs almost did it but Collingwood just held on
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Fuсking Collingwood
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 6 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Robb compared Collingwood to Liverpool, but I think it could be reasonably argued that the valid reasons a lot of people have for hating us (size of club / disproportionate weight in the discourse around the sport / glory hunter fans) also make Collingwood the United of the AFL.
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 3 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Hmmm probably Richmond or Hawthorn.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 6 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Robb compared Collingwood to Liverpool, but I think it could be reasonably argued that the valid reasons a lot of people have for hating us (size of club / disproportionate weight in the discourse around the sport / glory hunter fans) also make Collingwood the United of the AFL.
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Whisper it but Collingwood are so annoyingly popular they’re like United and Liverpool combined.
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posted on 21/3/25
Go Dogs! (Before I knew anything about the sport, before I'd really figured out the rules, before I'd settled on the Bulldogs as my team, one thing I understood: to hate Collingwood.)
To the uninitiated among our community, while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something, he's totally right about Aussie Rules. It fluctuates between chaotic scraps and beautifully elegant passages of play. And it's the best place to see a glorious mullet + moustache combo running free in its natural environment.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 9 minutes ago
Go Dogs! (Before I knew anything about the sport, before I'd really figured out the rules, before I'd settled on the Bulldogs as my team, one thing I understood: to hate Collingwood.)
To the uninitiated among our community, while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something, he's totally right about Aussie Rules. It fluctuates between chaotic scraps and beautifully elegant passages of play. And it's the best place to see a glorious mullet + moustache combo running free in its natural environment.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can be my wing man anytime
posted on 21/3/25
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
posted on 21/3/25
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
posted on 21/3/25
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
posted on 21/3/25
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
----------------------------------------------------------------------
As it turns out they’re the favourites this season to win the whole thing so you’re in luck. They have a young side not unlike Fergies fledglings who play with zero fear.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
No nothing about the sport but as a kid often caught the bits on Saturday afternoons on World Of Sport in between the Wrestling and the final scores on the VidiPrinter. Often featured a team called Hawthorn who played in Yelo and black stripes and as it sounded like an English football ground.. they became my team. C'mon The Hawks
----------------------------------------------------------------------
As it turns out they’re the favourites this season to win the whole thing so you’re in luck. They have a young side not unlike Fergies fledglings who play with zero fear.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robb can verify whether this is really a thing, but I had a subjective impression that there's a fair number of Collingwood glory supporters and/or people who aren't necessarily into the sport who latch on because they're the biggest name.
posted on 21/3/25
Whichever coward one-starred this article, I invite you to step outside and fight my kangaroo.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER! (U17054)
posted 13 minutes ago
“…while you may recall rare occasions when Robb was wrong about something…”
Vicious
For the uninitiated amongst us, why should we hate Collingwood, please? Are they biters? T-shirt printers?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Their fans are eerily similar to Liverpool fans from a socio-economic standpoint and also from a chip on shoulder one. And club wise they have a weird amount of power where they don’t always have to go play away at rivals. Imagine a scenario where Liverpool played their away games at Anfield instead of say, Villa Park against Villa due to fan size. As they’re the biggest club they get some weird perks. Other than that the AFL is very egalitarian compared to the PL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robb can verify whether this is really a thing, but I had a subjective impression that there's a fair number of Collingwood glory supporters and/or people who aren't necessarily into the sport who latch on because they're the biggest name.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That is indeed very true. They do have the most vociferous of fans but it’s evened out by the large number of fair weather ones who couldn’t name a single player other than Nick Daicos (the Cole Palmer of the league).
posted on 21/3/25
Never got into it but the pitch size is huge and the smallest can be half the area of the biggest which seems weird.
posted on 21/3/25
Are Essendon gonna do anything this year 😞.
The fallen giant of AFL
posted on 21/3/25
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
posted on 21/3/25
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 43 seconds ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 10 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 43 seconds ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 4 seconds ago
Darcy of the Bulldogs is insanely good. Possibly the next big thing in the game (and he’s 6 ft 8 so literally and figuratively)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Would Dan Burn would do well at Ozzie Rules then. He kinda plays it in the PL already?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ahhh... no chance then
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
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Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I can’t think of many but a few Irish players from Gaelic football have come over and done well as it’s not entirely different. But from an association football perspective you might be right - a goalkeeper who’s used to coming for corners and taking the ball would have certain advantages.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 16 minutes ago
Possibly but he’d need to be able to catch a ball under huge pressure and kick with world class accuracy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are there examples of players from other sports making relatively late changes to AFL (the way you see some rugby players change codes or try out in NFL)? I guess from football, a goalkeeper might have slightly more transferable skills: catching the ball, competing for aerial balls from corners, kicking the ball from hands...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I can’t think of many but a few Irish players from Gaelic football have come over and done well as it’s not entirely different. But from an association football perspective you might be right - a goalkeeper who’s used to coming for corners and taking the ball would have certain advantages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
posted on 21/3/25
That was an awesome game. The Dogs almost did it but Collingwood just held on
posted on 21/3/25
So who is the Man United of AFL?
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 8 minutes ago
That was an awesome game. The Dogs almost did it but Collingwood just held on
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Fuсking Collingwood
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 6 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Robb compared Collingwood to Liverpool, but I think it could be reasonably argued that the valid reasons a lot of people have for hating us (size of club / disproportionate weight in the discourse around the sport / glory hunter fans) also make Collingwood the United of the AFL.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 3 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Hmmm probably Richmond or Hawthorn.
posted on 21/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Annibyddiaeth🏴 (U9094)
posted 6 minutes ago
So who is the Man United of AFL?
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Robb compared Collingwood to Liverpool, but I think it could be reasonably argued that the valid reasons a lot of people have for hating us (size of club / disproportionate weight in the discourse around the sport / glory hunter fans) also make Collingwood the United of the AFL.
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Whisper it but Collingwood are so annoyingly popular they’re like United and Liverpool combined.
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