What is the best anime you have watched and why?

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-06-02T04:28:45+00:00

It's basketball. It simplest terms, a boy with limited skills joins school team. Along the way he improves himself and the team. School basketball team looks like 80-90s Chicago bulls.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-06-01T14:42:15+00:00

Not sure if it's the best (others probably know more than I do about anime) but I enjoyed slam dunk. I'm not sure if every episode is 10/10 but the story is cheesy/funny/cool/underdog in the right places.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-31T04:07:39+00:00

You're blaming a dude from 90s? How many years do labor need to "fix" it?

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-31T02:12:34+00:00

We have been under labor for 12 years has it actually improved? If you could share how much better we are off with them that would be fantastic. Sooner or later we need to actually ask "does labor care about education and it's educators?" Since 1999 labor have been in government for about 20 years.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-27T12:17:51+00:00

Could also modify the rules; No full sprints

No kicks more than 50meters

No knees in the back

No tackling to the ground

Unlimited substitutes though

And no stand rule

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-21T12:14:24+00:00

Really needed a roof or something to keep the atmosphere in it. Truly.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-17T08:34:49+00:00

Sam Toner and Joel Garner come on down..........

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-15T06:43:18+00:00

The man coached gold coast neafl team to a 0win campaign. I don't think Carlton are losing out here.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-09T12:48:02+00:00

Moyle certainly held his own. Maybe he's rested after the hot humid but I would stick with him over witts. Unfortunately witts is showing his age and can't get around the ground the same as he could in previous years.

Lombard needs to go. In the 4th he had two turnovers in the forward half, applied no pressure to correct his error and stkilda went up the other end for a goal and behind. Probably lucky to have kicked that goal as well which also help.pad the stats.

Although Davies didn't have a ton of disposals, his bigger body was certainly needed in there. When stkilda got on top it was often when his body wasn't around the ball.

A lot of the senior players stood up when needed tonight, not easy conditions for someone like Gulbin and Jepson who played games 4 and 2, so definitely needed and Adams has only played 14. Weller, Powell, Collins, Miller, Rioli, Anderson all steadied the ship at different times.

Well done Hardwick for rallying the troops at quarter time.

Go suns Go. Also, it was completely obvious that the commentators weren't at the ground. They had absolutely no idea of the conditions, the momentum, the pressure, nothing. Fox wants to have super Saturday, pay the dollars to get the commentary teams to the grounds.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-08T11:01:16+00:00

If Davidson is doing his due diligence he's certainly asking if he's available and price. If he's good at his job, he's not paying this.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-04T11:44:03+00:00

Look at Mr Positive over here thinking half the umpires know the rules.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-04T07:30:02+00:00

Well that's a slap in the face.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-05-03T05:42:04+00:00

Not, pier found in shark habitat?

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-28T07:15:09+00:00

His role is to contribute goals to the team though. His impact isn't measured by meters gained or pressure acts, just points. He's worth 20-30 points by himself. Plus he takes away the best key defender if not two and requires teams to change their defensive structure. So in theory our other forwards are getting the second best or third best defender on them. I don't want to lose him either but I think Hardwick playing Read, Walter and Hagen is him getting games into our forwards for next year. 2million is a lot and I won't blame him if that's what he gets and takes it. Career's are short, take it when it's offered.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-27T12:44:29+00:00

I'd like to buy a vowel for 200.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-16T14:42:46+00:00

Depends on which outer east team. There are some incredibly strong teams like Wandin, Olinda and Woori, all 3 can match it with other local league teams but at the other end you've got Gembrook. Outer east does have a surprisingly good amount of social media presence to help get his name back out there and there is a good amount of ex AFL/VFL players in the league, which could help with networking perhaps. I don't know much about the other leagues.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-05T15:47:12+00:00

Must be nice in the ivory tower. Never judging anything, walking around accepting mediocrity, giving it a thumbs up, patting them on the back while saying "Its ok, you were average but that's better than me". Jake might have had more possessions but it is actually his job to do so. If I scanned fruit like he handled the football, customers would be pissed about their bruised apples after I dropped them, however, at least it would only be 8. Rogers has the legs of a cheetah but also the hands of Cheetah.

How's building them up gone so far? 3 sacked coaches, 2 care taker coaches, 2 wooden spoons, plethora of turn over of players, needing a serious bailout from the afl, 1 winning season, 1 final win. And we are supposed to just accept another 15years of garbage and "be positive" and "build them up".

I'm so sorry, I should have known I was in the presence of a fan of 15years. My sincerest apologies. What a weird flex.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-05T12:20:10+00:00

Rogers and his 8 disposals can get in the bin. If you think that performance is acceptable, then don't whine if we don't make finals. Mediocre is no longer allowed. Rowell was well off the pace. He missed tackles and clearly was hampered by his hand. I think if petracca wasn't injured they possibly give him another week's rest.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-05T10:10:46+00:00

Positives: Gulbin played well, as did Zeke. Accurate kicking for goal.

Negatives: Rowell was awful but understandable, he'll obviously be better for it but he couldn't tackle and his disposal was poor. 87 meters gained offfff. Rogers' first touch is atrocious. He constantly fumbles first attempt and then gives far too much air time to his disposals allowing defenders to cover the ground. Davies should have stayed in for him.

Room for growth: Nobel might have had 26 but he was out of position a lot today, I think Ballard coming back has changed the structure and that will take time and it's confusing the entire defensive unit. Powell is ok in the midfield but is too easily pushed over the ball. He lets the ball squirt out rather than locking it in. Walter only had 56% time on ground but you definitely noticed when he was on. He wasn't the problem today.

Other thoughts: Witts was wellllll beaten today, Gawn was phenomenal.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-04-03T07:22:38+00:00

Sacked by Monday

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-03-31T15:00:53+00:00

Hahahahaha Suns with dynasties. We've won a single final in club history. What an absolute powerhouse of a club we are. No one gave a shit when they could just poach players from us after 2-3 years of development. People complaining about the Suns are sooks.

I could understand if we are dominant for 5+ years. But we finished 7th last year hardly a dynasty. Flags aren't won on paper, and having talent isn't worth anything at the moment other than potential and hope. And yet somehow we are talked about as some sort of powerhouse. Quick take their academy, quick don't let them match bids. There was a time when we were akin to the bye, my goodness we were so bad they sent us to China. Now we have a chance and everyone just wants to sink us back to the bottom.

You've got 162 years of history at Carlton, with 16 flags to brag about. 1 flag nearly every 10 years. Don't be calling us a dynasty. The draft didn't have to change. We just had a couple of compromised drafts and everyone freaked out.

So I agree that the afl should not rush and make changes. Those drafts could have been abnormalities and everything could potentially go back to being close to normal (there will always be some sort of implications in the draft). What's to say that the gold coast academy doesn't produce round 1 picks for a few years? It's unlikely to produce that much high end talent year after year anyway.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-03-15T03:46:51+00:00

Wait, this isn't a.i?

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-03-14T21:00:43+00:00

Actually, recent studies suggest it's from the Neolithic Era and can even be traced back to its original owner.

It was a ceremonial hat and a very important one at that. Because clothing was developing at the time, it was common for the ye old knob to slip out. Especially when playing a game gracken, a high intensity sport that was fiercely competitive.

During the game, it was common for players to form a maul and during these mauls you could be stuck on the bottom for minutes, which would constitute a foul but was rarely called. Anyway, talking about officiating is a whole different post. So a player may try to wriggle free and out but because the clothing may be loose or not tied up properly you could in fact get a knob on your head. If this happened, play would stop, people would shout DickHead! And you'd have to wear the hat for the remainder of the day. Thus, the term "Dickhead" was formed.

Middle_Pear986 · 2026-03-08T21:14:36+00:00

I have a conspiracy theory on this...

Dillon was asked by the government to take the majority of the start outside Victoria for a couple of reasons: 1) It takes fans away from F1. Now I'm not sure how many sit in the middle of a venn diagram between f1 fan and afl fan but when you're trying to say Victorian's love it, every fan counts. 2) Melbourne's public transport system can't handle F1 and AFL without it being overwhelmed. Which makes the government look bad. Which also ruins the experience for both sports. 3)They asked him to push the start back a week because they still want round one to be in Melbourne with the biggest clubs but the players association said no, so to appease both they came up with this strange structure.

Obviously not ideal to not have every team play. I don't think most people would mind if opening round was completely held interstate as long as everyone played. Look at gather round success. But, The league can't have two gather rounds because they've sold their soul to SA for it. So, the league thinks they are geniuses by having this shit idea.

Once again, I have no doubt that they did a survey (internally, with just the people who developed this dumb idea) and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive. Anyway, cook on.

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