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Re: lugnet.sports
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Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:11:27 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
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> > (why else would any footballer be unwilling to put his head between the >legs of other men in pursuit of a pigskin ball?).
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> Two Words. John Hopoate.
All the football codes have their media stars, just ask G.Ablett who was God
until he found himself. Not sure if it's an urban myth or not, but was there
a talkback caller in Melbourne, who on hearing of Wayne Carey's off-field
activities, was heard to say "first September 11th and now this".
Take their religion seriously those Melbournites.
> > I have the impression
> > that the Brisbane team is far superior to all the Melbourne teams. Can anyone
> > who actually follows AFL confirm/deny that impression?
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> Given they won the premiership this year would be evidence for the
> superiority. On the other hand the fact that they were playing a Melbourne
> team may lower the bar somewhat. And yes, the other team was the Collingwood
> Magpies.
Collingwood should hire Greg Norman as a motivator.
> > Given my lack of interest in AFL, it is somewhat ironic that I am sitting on a
> > Collingwood Magpies chair. When I went out last weekend to purchase a new
> > computer chair ... the one I found ... was available in the fabric of the >team of your choice. It was suggested in the store that I would wish to
> > purchase the Brisbane Lions chair. But being completely lacking in AFL team
> > spirit and thinking that the colours of the Brisbane Lions chair looked like
> > mould was growing on it, I decided to base my AFL team loyalties on the
> > attractiveness of their chair fabric swatches and am now a sworn supporter of
> > the Collingwood Magpies (black background with red/yellow highlights).
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> The Brisbane Lions (imported from StKilda) wear Maroon, (is that a state
> thing?) blue and gold. The Magpies wear Black and White (hence the mascot, a
> black an white bird).
> I think you may be slightly confused. The colours you describe are those of
> the Adelaide Crows (previous premiers) and not those of the Magpies.
The Brisbane Lions were the Brisbane Bears until the remnants of the Fitzroy
Lions(?) headed north, adding blue to the outfit, while red never made it.
Maybe they should have kept the alliteration going, Brisbane Broncos, Brisbane
Bullets, Brisbane Brine Shrimp perhaps ?
Some football clubs include other colours in their merchandise and even in
their 'away' strips (but that's more Rugby League).
> Of course, being able to pick out team colours does not mean I follow AFL
> but it is useful to know which team has beaten the stuffing out of Sydney
> (Swans) this week.
...who were originally South Melbourne.
> James (who mourns the inablilty of England to put up a decent test match team)
Maybe they need another academic(who can barely bat) as captain.
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| (...) Brisbane (...) A quick quiz through my "Wildlife Of Greater Brisbane" reveals a plethora of possibilities for alliterative authentication for pigskin pursuers, e.g. Brisbane Bandy Bandies (black and white striped snake) Brisbane Barred (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Two Words. John Hopoate. (...) Given they won the premiership this year would be evidence for the superiority. On the other hand the fact that they were playing a Melbourne team may lower the bar somewhat. And yes, the other team was the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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