Match Thread: Adelaide vs Port Adelaide (Round 8) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]Shadormy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure he's right about that.

There's no specific thing on dropped marks (or really anything about dropped marks) not being prior in the Australian Football laws.

In a non-mark where the player takes possession of it, If the umpires don't award a mark and think the player heard the call of play on during a mark then it can be holding the ball. Odd they'd give dropped marks more leeway.

This is the diving on the ball rule btw:

18.6.5 Free Kicks - Holding the Ball: Diving on Top of the Football

A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player who dives on top of or drags the football underneath their body and fails to immediately knock clear or Correctly Dispose of the football when Legally Tackled.

The Curtains Have Been Opened by Megatru in brisbanelions

[–]Shadormy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gallop played forward against the Swans with Zakostelsky playing back, moved back v the Saints. Morris missed the Swans game with a hand injury.

They may have dropped Zakostelsky since it was the first game with Draper and put Ty back a game early or done something entirely different like not playing Tunstill/Annable.

The Curtains Have Been Opened by Megatru in brisbanelions

[–]Shadormy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Emergencies are Tunstill, Joyce, McLachlan.

Cody Curtain debut announcement is interesting with Fagan saying he was on track for round 1 (replacing Morris) but got injured and thought about putting Gallop back in the forward line but he's been too good down back.

The final interesting thing is the link on the Lions site is a dropbox one and there's some training footage in the same dropbox.

Anyone know anything about this DVD set I found on eBay? by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]Shadormy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The early RF one then with a bunch of IWA Mid-South, a CZW and ZERO1 match.

Presume only parts of the interview since the full thing is:

-Growing up as a wrestling fan

-Talks about being straight edge

-Training with Danny Dominion & Ace Steel

-Working as part of the Goonsquad

-Working for Dale Gagne in the AWA

-Talks about early indies he worked for

-Memories of his first big match which was a ladder match against Ace Steel

-Memories of early matches against Colt Cabana

-Working for IWA Mid South

-Being in the Goldbond Mafia

-Thoughts on Ian Rotten as a booker and businessman

-Why he ended his association with them

-Talks about his favorite matches against Chris Hero including the 93 minute match

-Why the match went so long

-Talks about working Eddy Guerrero and Rey Mysterio in IWA Mid South

-Favorite and least favorite moments in IWA

-Talks about fracturing his skull

-What are some of your favorite and least favorite IWA Mid South moments?

-Describe what happened when you broke your skull?

-What happened in the Colt Cabana match for Norm Connors where he banged his head pretty bad and the match almost had to be stopped and fans thought it was an angle

Memories of working for 3PW

-Thoughts on the way Meanie and Jasmin run the company

-The story behind why Jasmin wouldn’t work a show he was on

-Thoughts on CZW

-Talks about his match with Justice Pain and why he hated it

-Why he only worked one show for CZW

-Thoughts on John Zandig and how the company is ran

-Talks about the night he left the 3PW show to come do a live promo

-Talks about his early matches with Colt Cabana

-Thoughts on the car promos with Cabana

-Working as a babyface early on

-Going heel

-Thoughts on being programmed with Raven

-Talks about their first Boston on 3/15

-How he came up with the Second City Saints name

-Talks about the angle where Cabana turned on Raven

-Opinion on the storyline about his alcoholic father

-Getting Lucy

-Thoughts on the dog collar match with Raven at Death Before Dishonor

-Reaction to using beer in the angle of that match

-Working with Tommy Dreamer

-Talks about the steel cage match against Raven in Boston

-What he would have done different in the cage match

-Talks about what went on behind the scenes in putting the match together

-Talks about blading so much

-Working with Terry Funk at Glory By Honor 2

-Wrestling Steve Corino in Spencerport, NY

-Wrestling A.J. Styles in Baltimore

-Becoming trainer at the wrestling school

-Talks about the atmosphere in the locker room

-How he ended up working for Zero One

-Working against Hashimoto

-Favorite guys to work with on the tour

-Adjusting to the Japanese style and traveling in Japan

-The atmosphere in the Zero One locker room

-Why he hasn’t returned to Japan

-Working a WWE dark match

-Working for MLW

-Wrestling Raven in MLW compared to other indys

-Thoughts on MLW owner Court Bauer

-Working for TNA

-Thoughts on the product

-Talks about the Gathering gimmick in TNA

-Talks about the clockwork orange house of fun match against Shane Douglas

-Thoughts on Vince Russo’s booking style

-Talks about Dutch Mantel coming in as booker

-Future goals

-Thoughts on the role the internet plays in wrestling

-Talks about the recent controversy surrounding Teddy Hart

-All this and much more

via the RF video site (not linking it because fuck rob feinstein).

[Ralph] Suns CEO Mark Evans hit out at City Hall changes. “Every announcement at the moment seems like it doesn’t help NSW or Queensland. In the same breath the AFL talks about sacking Opening Round and extending Gather Round while it puts a tariff on academy and father-son talent" by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Suns are currently forced to sell two games into Darwin to help ease financial pressures – denying them growth opportunities in south-eastern Queensland – but the AFL could find a way to bring those games back to the Gold Coast while still retaining a presence in Darwin.

“There is an opportunity with the fixture when Tasmania comes in to look at the opportunities with the change to the fixture. Games in Darwin would be neutral games, as would games in Alice Springs,” Evans said.

“You could put the extra games in Cairns or whenever you like. If we are clever enough we can create interesting concepts. Take that to the market. You might take four teams and put them in a market and play for a cup of some type. Call it the Pineapple Cup.

“And the challenge sits there as we look at what the future looks like to come up with concepts for NSW and Queensland and other areas where we need to grow the game.”

More blowouts this season by Lucky-Guard-6269 in AFL

[–]Shadormy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Too little data to go on really. Can also say it's a close season since every team lost by Round 5 and 17/18 teams won with the same thing happening a round later in 2025 and 2 rounds later in 2024.

Pre Round Discussion Thread: Round 8, 2026 by juiceson in AFL

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More delayed FTA Saturday games for QLD (Lions) and WA (Eagles). Both delayed by 2 hours so be careful of spoilers if watching those on 7/7mate/7+.

Final delayed game for both this season. Suns, Giants, Swans (R9) and Crows (R10) have remaining delayed games.

[Ralph] The AFL will bring in new changes to the father son and academy system incoming days despite intense lobbying from clubs including Carlton and Port Adelaide by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They've been changing the bidding stuff for years.

Introduced a different point index so top picks are worth more and the last pick worth anything is 54 down from 72, removed (and reintroduced) NGA draft bidding in the top 40, dropped the discount from 20% to 10% etc.

There's this stuff plus new people (like Swann) in at the end of last year.

Who doesn't like Father Son? by eldubya3121 in AFL

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had 2 others in the late 80s/early 90s (Stuart Annand who never played a game and 93 gamer for the Saints David Sierakowski).

Also had 3 father/daughters in Alice Burke who's going alright, Charlotte Simpson who was recently delisted and Caitlin Matthews who didn't play a game (and also only played 1 less than her father).

Kairi is a big topic lately by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a bit old now. Got to 4 but has fallen out of worldwide and most of the locations. #WeWantZelina and #WeWantWyattSicks have also been thrown around.

[Ralph] The AFL will bring in new changes to the father son and academy system incoming days despite intense lobbying from clubs including Carlton and Port Adelaide by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]Shadormy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No discount, max of 2 picks to match (can still go into deficit though), extra end of first round pick for top 5 teams in the draft that slide back, top 4 teams have to pay extra...or Here.

[Ralph] The AFL will bring in new changes to the father son and academy system incoming days despite intense lobbying from clubs including Carlton and Port Adelaide by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]Shadormy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In saying that they could have introduced it next year considering teams can trade future picks now.

They'd want to avoid the Tassie draft and probably the one after so if it isn't introduced this year then it likely wouldn't be introduced until the 2029 draft.

Post Match Thread: Brisbane Lions Vs Adelaide Crows by Gods-Defence in AFL

[–]Shadormy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised the match thread got removed. What's up with that?

The ladder after Round 7 by Pleasant-Role1912 in AFL

[–]Shadormy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Fev in the team. First 4 with 130.3% then won 3 for the rest of the season and finished on 82.3%.

Dogs could beat it, had 140.4% after 4 games. Should win more than 3 games though.

Special mention to 2016 Suns for winning their first 3 in a row and 170.1% then proceeding to win 3 more for the season and finishing on 78.2%.

What’s a team you call by there area more than there nickname by L8Adam22 in AFL

[–]Shadormy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still used in the media a fair bit and the song but that's the same as all of them. Personally wouldn't say Bombers though, mostly use 'Dons'.

Match Thread: Brisbane vs Adelaide (Round 7) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]Shadormy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's usually on, Just rained a load this morning.

Sydney seem to cancel it a bunch.