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Modest in Victory Gracious in Defeat
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I know how you feel.
Your examples are flawed though – Leicester 2016 is a fairytale only if you believe in Thai billionaire princesses and Brentford 2023 (or Brighton 2023) are bankrolled by multi-millionaire (at least) gambling gurus.
Community sport is the answer. Then my local team signed, then unsigned, David Goodwillie.
Humans. Sport. I don’t know.
Football, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the money
Tom who?
Go back to your Melbourne sofa.
Anyone notice the Eagles have got a few injuries?
Rebuild has started.
Not Simpson’s fault.
TOM MORRIS: Adam Simpson is exhausted and the Eagles are a rabble. It's time for an amicable split
No offence taken!
Most of the criticism I have read and listened has come from ignorant numpties with no credibility, who prove it after a few statements. “Look at Steven Gerrard!” Jeez, what a comparison. “Celtic always win in Scotland” – except the year before he arrived, when Rangers won by 25 points. Etc.
Let’s listen to the Celtic fans and the players who have played for him – almost universal support.
Plus most Spurs fans who have been through “proven winners” like short-term, money-grabbing, not my fault narcissists like Mourinho and Conte, hapless Nuno and poor stopgap Ryan Mason (twice) have been screaming for a long-term strategy, with a plan and a project manager, who plays attractive attacking football.
A 4-year contract says that Daniel Levy has listened, this time to the right people rather than the entitled “win a trophy now” crowd.
Why shouldn't Australians be proud of Ange Postecoglou joining Tottenham?
What a legend.
'True blue Aussie' Rale Rasic, the first Socceroos coach to reach the World Cup finals, has died
Spurs fan here. Many congratulations to West Ham.
The joy of players, coach and supporters at the end is what football is all about.
Hammer Time: Late Bowen winner sees West Ham pick up first Euro trophy in 57 years
Agreed.
Plus getting Covid at the start of last season later than the Eastern States clubs
Plus Junior Rioli causing chaos from 2019 on
Plus not having high draft picks for years because of sustained success, like GF in 2015, Premiers in 2018.
Time to bottom out, take the draft picks, build up the list again.
Not to say the club hasn’t made mistakes of course, but there it is.
I’ll be there for them on Saturday v Collingwood, at my savage and childish best.
If West Coast's hellish week resembled a political leadership spill, Nisbett and Simpson don't have the numbers
Yes.
The whole thing has been hopelessly mismanaged from start to finish.
There are no winners. Everyone involved must be feeling terrible.
I’m struggling to remember the last time a major issue was dealt with well in AFL circles.
Clarkson stand-down the inevitable consequence of racism investigation botched from start to finish
Yeah – not being on a VFL list and the travel time from Perth should make that a certainty.
2023 Best 23s: Could the Eagles be better than we think this year?
Lobb is an excellent player for Freo to lose. He will instantly make the Dockers better. Heart of a diamond-studded ear ring.
2023 Best 23s: Could the Eagles be better than we think this year?
…. Especially if you live in Perth.
It’s hard enough to get a ticket to Sydney at a reasonable price at any time, let alone at short notice for a grand final.
Possibly a moot point considering the Glory’s recent history!
Hosting A-League grand finals in Sydney for three years is a terrific idea… For some
Harsh criticism in my view.
His time probably has come but I still prefer him to most commentators.
Nothing worse than fake hyperbolic commentary – with BT and others, I literally watch the game on mute.
Martin Tyler's commentary is ruining this World Cup - time to either put some effort in or retire
I agree Les.
The people umpiring are drawing the ire that should be aimed at the virtue-signalling AFL bozos who are messing up the game.
The incredible weight of terrible umpiring
A very sensible appraisal, if I may say so.
The problem is not the number of free-kicks – in the good old days, there were more.
The problem is consistency (though that has always been a challenge) and the constant changing of the rules in ways that damage the enjoyment of watching the game.
No sensible supporter wants to see a player concede a goal via a 50m penalty for expressing surprise at a decision or twitching on the mark.
Plus I cannot understand why Richmond were not given a 50m penalty at the end of that game because it always is if a player kicks the ball away after a free kick is given against him. And I dislike both teams as I am an Eagles supporter!
Overly officious umpiring is making AFL all but unwatchable
I don’t despise the umpires at all – they are trying to do an incredibly difficult job in real-time under orders from people who every year change the operating conditions for the players and the umpires.
Stamping out dissent is a great idea. The way the umpires were instructed to do it insulted anyone with any intelligence.
How the AFL has completely botched a noble quest for umpire respect and made them more despised than ever
While I’m sad that you’re leaving with a deserved Nobel Prize, all the best for the future!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
I agree with the premise of the article – that the Eagles need a rebuild and might not be going hard enough on it – but the three delistings you mention do make sense.
Ainsworth – proven not good enough to impact the contest at AFL level for a number of years now.
Collins – didn’t do enough (unlike Connor West) to justify retention. While not as good, Alex Witherden is intended as the Hurn replacement.
Johnson probably the unluckiest of the three, but we’ll take him back at West Perth if he’ll have us.
We need to go to the draft for depth of pace and power of players who can run through the midfield at AFL level, not pick up all these HFF & HBF list-cloggers. Proper list management needed!
Are the Eagles refusing to accept they need a rebuild?
Good article Andy.
I am trying to channel cash to NPL via Sorrento rather than buy yet another Spurs shirt, although I’ll always be a member and supporter.
Perth Glory U23s knocked us out 3-1 and played some good football to be fair.
Last round drama in the NPL
I prefer it to the anodyne official moniker of Perth SC.
In way more important and awful news: have you seen this? Danny Hodgson in a coma and might not make it:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/uk-parents-of-perth-man-fighting-for-life-desperate-to-fly-to-wa/100443120
FFA Cup Round of 32 preview: ESC Joondalup SC vs Adelaide Olympic
We came third but are very much a set-piece side, though we do have more depth this year, particularly in attack.
Jordan Brown is so good with the long throws – pity he can’t get on the end to head them in too! Scott Witschge is a very dangerous forward and getting Chris Jackson and Jordan Roberts (back) has helped too.
Funny – we looked so poor in pre-season but it’s actually been a successful year. Perth Glory U23s are next – tough gig. And Perth Azzuri & Floreat Athena are decent teams too. Love community sport!
FFA Cup Round of 32 preview: ESC Joondalup SC vs Adelaide Olympic
I’m not sure what happened to ECU this year – they came to us (Sorrento) early on and beat us 3-0 (with a bit of help from a referee who gave a yellow card for every tackle), but fell away badly.
I do like Nicol, a very subtle forward, who pulls his shorts up so high he looks like a Hungarian from the 50s!
FFA Cup Round of 32 preview: ESC Joondalup SC vs Adelaide Olympic
All true, but I still don’t like it!
'Terrible thing for football': Reaction as Messi reunited with Neymar at PSG in $56m a year deal
I’m white and male, but not angry. At the moment anyway.
Not all men are white. Not all white men are angry. Not all angry people are white or male. But sometimes white men are angry.
We need to teach logic and reason in schools, as well as civics. And history. Like the ancient Greeks did. Would avoid a lot of confusion out there in the world.
Why Taylor Walker’s apology isn't enough
Yes I agree – football is being ruined by money. Eventually everything is.
Will Manchester City and PSG’s money eventually kill football?
I agree with everything you’ve said and that doesn’t happen with many articles.
A horribly-scripted PR job it indeed was. All those do is drive the resentment deeper into angry white men.
After “the camp” and everything the Crows have gone through, it is incredible that a senior player can say whatever he said.
Having said it, all he can do is apologise, but I’d rather in his own words from the heart than from the AFL’s brand control computer.
Why Taylor Walker’s apology isn't enough
Lucas Moura in Amsterdam.
Goals to win titles, goals to inspire titles: Six of the most dramatic late goals in football history