Roar Guru
Joined March 2015
21.9k
Views
17
Published
5.8k
Comments
Fan of the AFL, will watch most things though. He/they
Published
Comments
Summer has come and passed. It is now time for another season of AFL football, new initiatives that will either infuriate or spark joy…
The AFL season is almost upon us once again. I guess that means it's time for my annual contribution to the absurd discourse by…
It’s that time again. The Who once sang "got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year". Much like the Walkers in Tommy,…
This is Part 2 of my 'predictions for the upcoming NFL season. Once again I randomised the order of all NFC teams and now…
For the last few years I've produced a – prediction seems like too considered a word, a conjecture? – conjecture of what the coming…
Lazarus, come forth. After skipping last season due to - something? I think I had a reason. Something must have happened but I can't…
While the AFLW competition is still new, the clubs competing in the competition have histories stretching back decades. With only four clubs without women’s…
Usually, this is the time of year when people are enjoying the start of their preferred football code's season - or looking forward to…
Early autumn is one of my favourite times of the year. The warmth of the midday sun fades into a cool evening perfect for…
While many use their intellect and analytical skills to deduce the most likely of the various outcomes prior to the AFL season, I prefer…
The AFL grand final is only a few more sleeps away. As the culmination of months of matches and thousands of individual contests, it…
This time last year, I randomised a list of all the AFL teams and decided to argue why that would be the correct outcome…
At the start of the year, I decided that instead of putting down my accurate thoughts what the teams of the AFL would do…
With Round 2 done, it's now perfectly acceptable to start making broad assertions as to the form line of teams, especially if those assertions…
Any other time I talk about Demons beating Giants I'm discussing a fantasy novel; if I bring up the time the Swans beat the…
Early this year I spent a month in the United States, and experienced three of the most popular American sports. At each event I…
As at the start of every season, there are people who look carefully at the results of the pre-season, the last couple of seasons,…
Unless it’s Damien Barrett. He doesn’t understand what a sliding door is.
'Cool': Captain Cummins dishes out perfect, one-word response to Pakistani's shock 'better team' claim
They made $1.5 billion on the Barbie movie.
Why LGBT fans are so hurt over Jordan Henderson's Saudi move
Copeland is right. It doesn’t matter if the ball hits the ground after coming into the control of the fielder. It only matters if the ground helps the fielder take the catch.
'Complete control': Moises rejects fuss over 'embarrassing oversight', 'flat out wrong' BBL catch controversy
Yes they do. Famously the South African flag changed from the old apartheid flag to one including the colours of the ANC after Mandela was elected.
Plus the election of governments is not the only kind of politics.
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
No absolutely in the way I think
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
So sporting bodies are political then
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
If you want to find a verse to justify anything in a religious text you will find it. That’s the issue with allegory. No matter what faith you profess there will be someone who wants to/has already committed violence in its name, and will do so again
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
In that case shouldn’t they abolish playing anthems and displaying flags? They are political statements just as much as Usman putting a black armband on is
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
As always: capitalism ruins everything
Saudi sportswashing plus a second IPL season adds up to bad news for cricket as we know it
Defeatist. Pure whataboutism. If everything is bad to some degree then there’s no point in trying to minimise harm. If that’s how you want to approach life that is only depressing
Saudi sportswashing plus a second IPL season adds up to bad news for cricket as we know it
Duplicated from another article:
Toby Greene got a 6 match suspension (out of 22) for bumping an umpire while having a conversation. Tom Curran getting 4 matches (out of 14) for sprinting at an umpire and yelling at him seems fortunate in comparison. Different sports not withstanding.
'Hang their heads in shame': Sixers' ump intimidation appeal sets a bad example for sport at all levels
Toby Greene got a 6 match suspension (out of 22) for bumping an umpire while having a conversation. Tom Curran getting 4 matches (out of 14) for sprinting at an umpire and yelling at him seems fortunate in comparison. Different sports not withstanding
'Didn't expect the stand-off': BBL Pom apologises to ump, 'deeply regrets' controversial incident as ban upheld
The way it’s phrased sounds like you have to get approval for a black armband. “Sorry you can’t wear a black armband for this match. That person is too distant from you to be worth memorialising.”
'Makes no sense': Khawaja slams ICC charge over first Test armband protest as Albanese goes into bat for opener
Oh he’s a Rhodie? That explains it
COMMENT: BBL Pom's disgraceful ump incident deserves bigger ban - and shame on Aussie icon for 'both-sidesing' it
I’m actually wondering if the producers told them one of them had to be devil’s advocate and she drew the short straw. Was such a messy defence
COMMENT: BBL Pom's disgraceful ump incident deserves bigger ban - and shame on Aussie icon for 'both-sidesing' it
Yeah the Qld and WA teams need to be playing out of the heat for the first month
AFL reveals new concept to kickstart 2024 season, with focus on NSW and Queensland
I’m looking forward to it. I think experimentation is fine with the fixturing. It’ll all come out in the wash.
Also the Swans moved to Sydney in 1982/3. So 13 or 14 years not 11
COMMENT: Congratulations, AFL - 'Opening Round' is the dumbest thing you've ever done
I’m going to enjoy this
AFL reveals new concept to kickstart 2024 season, with focus on NSW and Queensland
If he needed a replacement helmet he should have spoken to the umpires so they would approve the replacement so the appeal couldn’t be upheld.
'Felt like I was at war': Skipper defends appeal as Mathews launches tirade over 'disgraceful' TIMED OUT dismissal
Huffing his own farts
UK View: 'Cowed and broken' - Poms' 'deeply galling' Aussie loss slammed as Starc takes cheeky 'moral victory' dig
If it was founded it wouldn’t be hearsay would it?
'It's hard on your family': Goodwin hits back at drug rumours as CEO defends Oliver's 'personal challenges' in open letter
Is that a mystery? National teams always get bigger crowds than domestic games. Look at the Wallabies compared to super Rugby, the national cricket team compared to the Sheffield shield.
If the Matildas can draw sell-out crowds, why can't the A-League Men?
Yeah but I was refuting that it didn’t exist a decade ago. It was a niche event that took time before getting popular, not something that was founded and immediately had a huge market share.
Las Vegas gamble a high-risk, low-reward play by NRL … the US couldn’t care less about your funny little game
The UFC was founded almost 30 years ago. It built its audience very gradually before merging/buying a bunch of other promotions and becoming the big deal it is now
Las Vegas gamble a high-risk, low-reward play by NRL … the US couldn’t care less about your funny little game
Someone commenting on a news piece on a sports website that someone should do something to prove their virtues definitely would qualify as virtue signalling though.
'Some human rights are inalienable': Khawaja scores a win in battle to display peace logo - as Albanese backs opener