AFL

Want to be an AFL media personality? It's easy — just follow the four-step Kane Cornes plan.

1. Look up which teams that lost on the weekend.

2. For each of the teams, come up with a reason why either:

a) It's the players' fault. They're too lazy. Don't train hard enough. Don't put in enough effort!
b) It's the players' fault. They're not skilled enough!
c) It's the coach's fault. Bad tactics. Bad strategy. He's allowing those players to be lazy!
d) It's the recruiter's fault. They picked/traded for the wrong players!

3. Get your producers to find a passage of play, interview, or press conference you can say backs up your claim.

4. Go on TV or radio and say what you think confidently, as if you're really pissed off about it.

Yeah, the older Richmond players didn't show enough effort. You really don't care — you used to play for Port Adelaide after all.

But you pretend you do on TV and the radio, because it makes great content.

That's really all it takes, folks!

#AFL #footy @afl #Nine #KaneCornes #Adelaide #Melbourne #SouthAustralia #Victoria

Wrong logo in the thumbnail for Carlton. Will probably get fixed.

Where to now for North?

Smashed by a fairly ordinary Hawthorn side, with some big injuries including Day, Lewis, Jiath, Wingard, and Breust.

The big question: Is the issue North's list? Or has the game gone past Clarko as a coach?

"Meanwhile, North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson concedes his side is still a long way off the pace after forecasting the match would be an indicator of where his rebuilding outfit sits in its development.

"He was left in no doubt and North has now lost 26 of 27 games since success in Clarkson's first two outings at the helm early last year."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1113608

#AFL @afl

Hawthorn just being utterly outclassed by Gold Coast.

Not sure if the return of Will Day will make a difference or if they need to go back to the draft, but they desperately need another quality midfielder. #AFL @afl

How the mighty have fallen. Reigning premiers Collingwood less than one goal ahead of a bottom-four side, in Hawthorn, in the fourth quarter.

#AFL @afl

cross-posted from: https://aus.social/users/ajsadauskas/statuses/112121946640090153

Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)

A really good run down by @philip on the plans by the AFL (and its predecessor, the VFL) to build the world's largest stadium in outer-suburban Melbourne.

Unfortunately, a planned railway line past the stadium to Rowville was never built. That meant a massive 25,000-spot car park as the only real means to get there.

While most of it has been demolished and redeveloped for housing, the oval itself still used by Hawthorn Football Club as a training and administration centre.

https://youtu.be/LvvLwiRCx4s?si=x2QvxepgPtBtJZfx

@fuck_cars #AFL #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cars #stadium #stadia #Melbourne #sport #footy #football #stadiums #history #Victoria #VicPol #Australia #planning #Hawthorn #AusPol #CarBrain

Hawks looking very competitive against Essendon in the first half. Newcombe and Worpel are stars.

But.

They really need to work on those set shots!

#afl @afl #footy #Hawthorn #HawthornHawks #Essendon #EssendonBombers #Melbourne #sport #spirtsball

So, anyone watch the footy tonight?

What happened to Collingwood?

https://youtu.be/BSW70NaokAI

#AFL @afl #footy #Collingwood #CollingwoodMagpies #Sydney #SydneySwans

AFL Grand Final. May the better team win.

Go Lions! #AFL #AFLGF #AFLfinals @afl

Spoiler-free version of the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_AFL_Grand_Final&amp%3Boldid=1177018888

Cool that the odds are pretty much even, it should be competitive: https://www.oddschecker.com/australian-rules

It starts on Saturday Sept 30 when https://time.is/Melbourne hits 2:30pm

Please keep spoilers out of this thread; we can do another spoiley thread.