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Discussion in 'ORFFA' started by Simonoz, Mar 4, 2015.

  1. Fitzy

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    Len wrote:

    Anybody who hasn't seen The Martian yet, should.

    Best movie I've ever seen, easily the best since Avatar </div>

    Saw it tonight, probably not a smart move with exams in coming weeks, but was a very good movie

    And gee you know ORFFA is having a quiet period when we start rating movies
     
  2. Fitzy

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    melbandy wrote:

    I went to see it and half way through the film the evacuation alarm went off and the whole cinema complex at Westfield Doncaster was evacuated due to a burst water pipe which flooded some areas. Wasn't really worried but their emergency procedures were rather piss poor. If it was a life threatening emergency people would have died for sure. [span style='text-decoration: underline; font-size: 16px;]Anyhow, how did it end? </div>

    Do not awnser this question.... #spoiler

    Trailer looks the goods anyway
     
  3. graeme

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    Would you be present in this adventure Andy, or is it a voyeur fantasy?
     
  4. anthak

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    Snoz,
    '[span style='color: #2e2e2e;]The team will initially travel to New York in the second week of November for a training camp, including a practice match against a US representative GAA team, before arriving in Dublin in the week of the November 21 match.'
    [span style='color: #2e2e2e;]http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-16...


     
  5. anthak

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    Simonoz wrote:

    Thanks Anth........I actually heard that on Trade Radio yesterday listening to Jake Stringer.

    Funny thing is, no one knows when or where this practice game will be played yet !! </div>

    Ha! Funny they are not that organised. Should be riding off the team announcment to boost ticket sales.
    Id say it'll be fairly easy to find out once they get it sorted.

    I bet you would be looking forward to it. I went to the game in Perth last season. It was pretty amazing seeing all them great players in one place at one time.

     
  6. anthak

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    Hey, y'all should check this out:

    http://www.pozible.com/project/201127

    I thought its fitting here, given the regional theme.
    Its a cool project and it needs some extra funds to get going. I hope it can get to the target.

     
  7. anthak

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    Len wrote:

    Giants got shafted in the fixture, 7th hardest according to CD

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-fixture-2016-geelong-given-dream-draw/news-story/f35b59e45a4d4ac7d5adb1e78da7d85a </div>

    thats interesting, but I cant believe the simplicity in the analysis.
    All they've done is add up the 2015 points for and points against of all the 2016 opponents to determine hardest or easiest draws...???
    For starters, the 2015 points totals are based on the difficulty of the team's 2015 draw, so its not a particularly good measure of a team's strength.
    And it takes no consideration of breaks between games, and travel. Which surely contribute to the difficulty of a draw.

    Perhaps they have crunched the numbers and found the points totals to be more reflective than the other influences.


     
  8. graeme

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    For mine what would be informative would be if the afl were to adopt a degree of transparency in their decision making and said 'we arrived at the fixture list based on the following parameters.'
     
  9. anthak

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    anthak wrote:
    Simonoz wrote:

    Thanks Anth........I actually heard that on Trade Radio yesterday listening to Jake Stringer.

    Funny thing is, no one knows when or where this practice game will be played yet !! </div>

    Ha! Funny they are not that organised. Should be riding off the team announcment to boost ticket sales.
    Id say it'll be fairly easy to find out once they get it sorted.

    I bet you would be looking forward to it. I went to the game in Perth last season. It was pretty amazing seeing all them great players in one place at one time.

    </div>
    So, the game is on this Saturday, Snoz.
    Have you been able to find out about it?

     
  10. anthak

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    anthak wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    Simonoz wrote:

    Thanks Anth........I actually heard that on Trade Radio yesterday listening to Jake Stringer.

    Funny thing is, no one knows when or where this practice game will be played yet !! </div>

    Ha! Funny they are not that organised. Should be riding off the team announcment to boost ticket sales.
    Id say it'll be fairly easy to find out once they get it sorted.

    I bet you would be looking forward to it. I went to the game in Perth last season. It was pretty amazing seeing all them great players in one place at one time.

    </div>
    So, the game is on this Saturday, Snoz.
    Have you been able to find out about it?

    </div>

    I see the game was cancelled in the end.
     
  11. anthak

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    Len wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    Simonoz wrote:

    Thanks Anth........I actually heard that on Trade Radio yesterday listening to Jake Stringer.

    Funny thing is, no one knows when or where this practice game will be played yet !! </div>

    Ha! Funny they are not that organised. Should be riding off the team announcment to boost ticket sales.
    Id say it'll be fairly easy to find out once they get it sorted.

    I bet you would be looking forward to it. I went to the game in Perth last season. It was pretty amazing seeing all them great players in one place at one time.

    </div>
    So, the game is on this Saturday, Snoz.
    Have you been able to find out about it?

    </div>

    I see the game was cancelled in the end.
    </div>

    I thought that too, but I believe they played it in end at the NY Jets training facility..
    Haven't heard any more though </div>

    i think they called the game off and then played a smaller practice game at training amongst themselves.
     
  12. anthak

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    Len wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    Len wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    anthak wrote:
    Simonoz wrote:

    Thanks Anth........I actually heard that on Trade Radio yesterday listening to Jake Stringer.

    Funny thing is, no one knows when or where this practice game will be played yet !! </div>

    Ha! Funny they are not that organised. Should be riding off the team announcment to boost ticket sales.
    Id say it'll be fairly easy to find out once they get it sorted.

    I bet you would be looking forward to it. I went to the game in Perth last season. It was pretty amazing seeing all them great players in one place at one time.

    </div>
    So, the game is on this Saturday, Snoz.
    Have you been able to find out about it?

    </div>

    I see the game was cancelled in the end.
    </div>

    I thought that too, but I believe they played it in end at the NY Jets training facility..
    Haven't heard any more though </div>

    i think they called the game off and then played a smaller practice game at training amongst themselves.
    </div>

    Cheers, I think I missed the original memo, I thought it was always to be an 'intra' practice game :) </div>

    nah, they were meant to play some gaelic footy team from new york. Would have been interesting. I bet the opposition would be disappointed the game was called off, not to mention the fans who were gonna go watch it. Im keen to hear from snoz about the promotion of the game, because it sounded like there was not much said about it early on, and im wondering if that changed in the leadup. got called off anyway. mustve been for the best - would have been a shame to get an injury, like last year where Fyfe injured himself in the leadup to the big game.

     
  13. graeme

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    Agree with you TiB, for once I did not watch the whole game although I rushed home from golf to make sure I could. The level of skill exhibited was disappointing - I watched West Coast quite a lot this year and this game was quite atypical. Final's pressure? Perhaps.

    I do not enjoy watching this Hawthorn team play. For mine they are a team of thugs. Yes, there is the occasional passage of play of such quality I stand up and applaud. But I despair at the level of niggle and intimidation. Ruthless I can accept but I see a distinction. Sure, it is 'legal' in the sense that they do not get penalised for their approach; but it just leaves me cold.
     
  14. anthak

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    yeah hopefully they can promote the game over there a bit more.

     
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    Love it Prap... Andy you were actually in one of those new movies where you experience the outcome, sort of like a choose your own adventure!
     
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    Just wanted to start a thread about any discussions that don't warrant their own thread..........anything & everything. Anyway, was reading the paper just now. The NFL Salary cap, per team, next season, is $143 million. Think about that....there are 32 teams x $143 Mill.....is that really a player salary of 4.5 BILLION dollars, for one season ??? snoz
     
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    Isn't that frightfully close to your expat retainer sNoZ?
     

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