GWS recruits ice hockey goal posts for 2013
Roar Rookie By st penguin, 28 Feb 2013 st penguin is a Roar Rookie
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GWS has announced it is on the brink of signing up a set of ice hockey goal posts as its marqee signing for the 2013 season.
Following the departure of Israel Folau in the off-season, GWS have been keen on making a big name signing as a replacement and believe the American import is the answer.
The goal posts, currently employed by the Los Angeles Kings, are tipped to take up a position in the club’s forward line.
A clearly beaming Andrew Demetriou was delighted at the news. “This yet again proves the international appeal of our game,” said the AFL supremo.
PR experts hired by GWS hailed the move as a marketing masterstroke by the fledgling team. “Even if the posts don’t kick a single goal, they are going to be generating a lot of free publicity in the papers. The ice hockey goal posts will pay for themselves many times over.”
GWS coach Kevin Sheedy admits it may take some time for the ice hockey goal to settle in, “We fully expect it will take a while to get used to our game. Mainly because the posts are used to being on ice but also because they are a set of non-sentient goal posts”.
The signing has raised some criticism from within the AFL, questioning why GWS pay millions on a high profile import when perfectly good ice hockey goals exist in Australia.
However, supporters and critics both agree on one thing – it surely can’t play worse than Folau.
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February 28th 2013 @ 7:42am
albatross said | February 28th 2013 @ 7:42am | Report comment
It’s not April 1st already is it?
February 28th 2013 @ 8:24am
langou said | February 28th 2013 @ 8:24am | Report comment
Nice one Penquin
February 28th 2013 @ 8:42am
Redb said | February 28th 2013 @ 8:42am | Report comment
It’s funny, the A League have recruited some clapped out has beens that barely move faster than a set of hockey goal posts. Perhaps some cross code opportunities?
February 28th 2013 @ 9:05am
langou said | February 28th 2013 @ 9:05am | Report comment
As opposed to those quick agile GWS recruits like Brogan, Cornes and ‘junior’ McDonald
February 28th 2013 @ 9:22am
Redb said | February 28th 2013 @ 9:22am | Report comment
Patton and Cameron are their future. Watch this space, they dont need Folau.
February 28th 2013 @ 9:18am
Strummer Jones said | February 28th 2013 @ 9:18am | Report comment
Whilst probably not just quite hitting their quality, may have been best to send the article to this AFL journal that accommodates these articles rather than Roar.
http://thedailymaggot.com/
February 28th 2013 @ 2:54pm
st penguin said | February 28th 2013 @ 2:54pm | Report comment
Not sure about that website mate. All those stories look made up.
February 28th 2013 @ 9:36am
Bob Anderson said | February 28th 2013 @ 9:36am | Report comment
Just don’t take Jonathan Quick.
February 28th 2013 @ 9:49am
Titus said | February 28th 2013 @ 9:49am | Report comment
Bahaha………..aren’t Ice-Hockey posts a bit too short to play AFL?
February 28th 2013 @ 10:27am
josh said | February 28th 2013 @ 10:27am | Report comment
They’d be taller than Tony Liberatore. i’d be concerned they’d get plenty of free kicks against them for tunneling.
February 28th 2013 @ 10:15am
Bunny Colvin said | February 28th 2013 @ 10:15am | Report comment
You obviously have no clues about hockey. It is dominated by Canadians, not Americans.
February 28th 2013 @ 11:56am
Yank Paul said | February 28th 2013 @ 11:56am | Report comment
You obviously have no clue. The piece said that the goal posts are coming from Los Angeles which, last time I looked (And I was RAISED in California), is in America. Learn your geography.
February 28th 2013 @ 12:08pm
micka said | February 28th 2013 @ 12:08pm | Report comment
Having been raised in California you would likely know that nearly 70% of the Kings playing list is Canadian.
The kings may be in LA but the goal posts are most likely born and bred canucks. Brought down from Ontario in their flannelette shirt, chugging maple syrup and confused by the lack of a timber industry in LA.
Carn the Red Wings.
February 28th 2013 @ 2:33pm
st penguin said | February 28th 2013 @ 2:33pm | Report comment
Like all the all the finest literature, I developed a long and intricate back story for the goal posts. It was actually made in China but brought to America at a young age by its parents in search of a better life.
Unfortunately I had to cut this part out for the sake of brevity.
February 28th 2013 @ 3:01pm
micka said | February 28th 2013 @ 3:01pm | Report comment
Was it made in China from steel refined from ore dug up in Australia then?
We can claim the Ice Hockey Goal posts as our own!!!
On the other hand if it is Chinese born, we are ticking a few boxes in terms of the diversity in the AFL… this thing may have legs after all.
First it was the irish experiment, then the league converts, now we may be moving into inanimate objects.
I hear the Dees have been sniffing around the Nylex factory for a nice big Poly Tank for a key position. Bombers have been seen recruiting biohazard sharps containers and my beloved Blues are rumoured to be trialling cuckoo clocks in Germany as international rookies, just to inject a little ticker into their game.
March 2nd 2013 @ 3:45pm
bryan said | March 2nd 2013 @ 3:45pm | Report comment
“First it was the irish experiment, then the league converts, now we may be moving into inanimate objects.”
The “A League” have beaten the AFL to,it,judging from the results of the Perth Glory” in recent months.
Of course,back in the day,the Dockers had their share of “barely animate objects”.
I barrack for both these teams! :0
March 7th 2013 @ 2:08pm
Bob Anderson said | March 7th 2013 @ 2:08pm | Report comment
The are a good number of Americans on the Kings roster including two of their star players, their captain Dustin Brown and goalie Jonathan Quick. Not sure about the goalposts though.
February 28th 2013 @ 11:55pm
Big Boss said | February 28th 2013 @ 11:55pm | Report comment
What do you think Don Cherry thinks about LA hockey?
February 28th 2013 @ 10:31am
Christo the Daddyo said | February 28th 2013 @ 10:31am | Report comment
This article is really funny, well-written and clever.
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actually, no – I was just kidding.
February 28th 2013 @ 11:08am
Jay said | February 28th 2013 @ 11:08am | Report comment
Meh.
February 28th 2013 @ 11:55am
micka said | February 28th 2013 @ 11:55am | Report comment
Low hanging fruit penguin.
Low and about 12 months late