The Sport Thread

[satan 59]

Nice hit, refs got the call wrong. GtjfJKbiLuw

[RelentlessOblivion]

I hate when you can't find the video you want on youtube, I was going to post a video of a wicked tackle by Port Adelaide's Angus Monfries on West Coast's Matt Priddis but the vid is nowhere to be found

[satan 59]

He lined him up, he sized him up, he laid him out. My fav all time hit, and most pleasing it was my team. dEylfgdwEnQ

[RelentlessOblivion]

well Port Adelaide were defeated for the first time in 2013, beaten not by our opposition North Melbourne but by the umpires, 27 free kicks against us only 5 for us in the entire game including the most rediculous free kick ever payed where one of our players was tackled around the neck from behind and rather then recieving a free kick from the umpire who was standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM said umpire gave a free kick the the opposition IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE PLAYER STILL DISPOSED OF THE BALL LEGALLY (even the commentators were appaled at that one)

[funkster]

http://t.co/iYKoVxeiOy My eldest , James , with his team having won the Liverpool U10 Futsal tournament earlier today How proud am i

[satan 59]

How does this match up to your Footie RO? A minute of agony for Bruins' Gregory Campbell - Penguins vs Bruins - 2013 Eastern Conference Final

[RelentlessOblivion]

impressive, I think there's more spectacle in the footy though with things like this happening 6479mw-fADI

[RelentlessOblivion]

as an AFL fan I am absolutely shattered. To see one of the oldest clubs in the land, Melbourne, become completely irrelevant is horrible. The tale of today was pretty telling in the end Melbourne lost by 83 points and the line used to describe the game was "This feels about right, Collingwood aren't good enough to beat Melbourne by ninety points plus but Melbourne aren't good enough to lose by under eighty points". There were fifty five thousand people at that game today at a ground with a capacity of over one hundred thousand and with ten minutes left in the game the stands were literally empty, even the supporters of the team that was winning had enough and walked out.

[satan 59]

That's not good for your game never mind the team. You always want "your" team to win but you have to have good competition othewise it's dull.

[satan 59]

Stanley cup final starts Wednesday, best of 7. That way it will be the best team and not a 1 off. Go Bruins.

[RelentlessOblivion]

That's not good for your game never mind the team. You always want "your" team to win but you have to have good competition othewise it's dull.

in an 18 team competition we're halfway through the season and just completed the first of three bye rounds where a third of the teams have a bye and the ladder stands as 1. Geelong 10 wins, 1 loss, 2. Hawthorn 9 wins, 1 loss (they had the bye last week), 3. Sydney 8 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 4. Essendon 8 wins, 3 losses, 5. Fremantle 7 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, 6. Collingwood 7 wins, 4 losses, 7. Carlton 6 wins, 5 losses, 8. West Coast 6 wins, 5 losses, 9. Richmond 6 wins, 4 losses, 10. Adelaide 5 wins, 6 losses, 11. Port Adelaide 5 wins, 5 losses, 12. Gold Coast 5 wins, 6 losses, 13. North Melbourne 4 wins, 7 losses, 14. Western Bulldogs 3 wins, 7 losses, 15. Brisbane 3 wins, 7 losses, 16. St. Kilda 2 wins, 9 losses, 17. Melbourne 1 win, 10 losses (fourth time in six years they have been 1 and 10), 18. GWS 0 wins 11 losses (but they have only existed for two seasons including this one now)

[satan 59]

Well last nights game took a while 3 overtime periods of hard hitting hockey, I'm knackered as that means it finished about 5.30 am UK time and my alarm goes off at 5.50. Today was a killer. lol

[RelentlessOblivion]

SANFL rivalry round and that means just one thing: Port Adelaide vs Norwood and the resumption of hostilities which have raged for 100+ years

[Idlewilde]

I can contribute to this thread with just one post-so why not now? I'm deeply uninterested in following sport events on the TV. When I was in France this February I stayed with a friend who is a big football fan and wanted to see the Paris Saint Germain's game with David Beckham. He bought beers and wanted company, so he lured me into watching it with him. He told me "we'll play a drinking game-you pick up a football player and when the commentators say his name, you drink. If he scores a goal, bottoms up. So he said-I pick Beckham, it's his first game with that team, you pick what? Since there was only one player I knew, I said Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He was mentioned. A lot. He scored. A lot. I got one very unpleasant hangover but I managed for once to enjoy a football game.

[RelentlessOblivion]

good weekend for AFL, Port Adelaide's under 18 women's team won the premiership in their competition for the second year running, Port Adelaide's top grade women's team secured a spot in the finals, in the SANFL Port Adelaide defeated Norwood by five points in a game where 177 tackles were laid (the average tackle count for a game is about 40) seeing Port Adelaide win their third consecutive game and giving them a good shot at playing finals, and in the AFL Port Adelaide snapped a five game losing streak in emphatic fashion defeating GWS by 75 points

[RelentlessOblivion]

an AFL/SANFL matter here The media in South Australia today decided to put to the SANFL exactly how they should go about making room for an Adelaide Crows seconds team (a team for the Adelaide listed players not on AFL duties) whilst at the same time getting rid of the most hated club in the league. They suggested the SANFL remove the Port Adelaide Magpies from all level of competition and replace them at all levels with an Adelaide Crows side. This would mean removing a side which has played in 71 SANFL grand finals in its 143 year history and won 36 of them, the most successful club in the SANFL, a club which has won 6 premierships in the last 20 years surpassed only by Central Districts who have won 9, this would also mean removing the best development setup in the state, Port Adelaide's junior, under 16 and under 18 sides are regularly among the best in their competitions and in the national under 18s competition this year six Port Adelaide players are representing our state. Perhaps the most important consideration though is that the Port Adelaide Magpies bring in $700,000 of revenue every year direct to the SANFL making them the largest source of funds in the SANFL. Of course the media know all of this but they don't care they just want to be rid of one Port Adelaide side so they can focus fully on bringing about the downfall of the AFL team.

[deathstorm]

hey murp do you kno marcos ambrose from tazmania an austrailian island drove in v8 supercars now drvies in nascar

[RelentlessOblivion]

yes I do and it's a shame he left the V8 Supercars when he did there's been one dominant driver ever since.

[deathstorm]

yeah v8 supercars is awsome

[RelentlessOblivion]

only some of the races, Adelaide is an awesome race to watch as is Bathurst but there are a lot of boring races in between. Having said that the last race was just pure chaos.

[RelentlessOblivion]

still delirious with joy after my team Port Adelaide defeated the reigning AFL premiers Sydney by 18 points today to notch up their seventh win of the season and take another step towards the goal of every AFL team, finishing top eight and playing finals

[RelentlessOblivion]

another win for Port Adelaide, another step towards finals

[RelentlessOblivion]

a couple of recent AFL highlights for you Satan 59 since I know how you love the big hits sGj1IWWJzek what a tackle Ve9QimU_evA that hit breaks his jaw and causes a severe concussion but it was perfectly fair and legal

[RelentlessOblivion]

hey Strategos it's the Ashes and Australia are so good we can let our number 11 do all the scoring VKfADKB7tvI

[RelentlessOblivion]

I have never been so ashamed to call myself an Australian. The greatest cyclist we have ever produced Stuart O'Grady confirmed as nothing more then a drug cheat. That scumbag has brought into disrepute the sport of cycling for all Australians.