Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: cookie1 on March 21, 2009, 11:10:38 am
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Does anyone else follow AFL? I am a tragic, diehard West Coast Eagles fan. I'm looking forward to the season starting.
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Yep cant wait! Im an Adelaide supporter.
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i avoid football of all kinds ;D
(though if pushed i will support parramatta eels, but usually only when dh is barracking for st george ;))
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You might start something here Cookie1 and divide the nation at the same time ;) I'm a Port member and everyone hates us :'( :'( I am a South Australian though so want both teams to do well, even went to the Crows second premiership win a bit back.
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I feel sorry for Port at the moment JD. They are having finance problems aren't they?
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Apparently so but then I guess a lot of other clubs are too so I guess they will work through it.
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Great match Riv Mum - suspense was killing me. Hate watching these types of matches on TV - find it much easier on the nerves to actually be there. So many young kids in the team - they did extremely well. I'm off to our match tomorrow - 30o, a bit too hot really for footy and glad I'm only watching!
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I second that Judy. Adelaide did very well. Hopefully Port will do as well. I just heard the score on the Brisbane/Eagles match and we are no longer in front. Not to worry, our first half was better than expected.
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Isn't it great to have the footy back Cookie - have watched every match they've shown here so far then at the breaks I come up and check on my forum site.
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Yes, I do miss it during the summer. Each year my DH says "didn't we see this game last year?". He dislikes AFL intensely. Lucky I converted daughter.
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Sorry your team lost Cookie, only just though! Ours was a good match today, bit warm though in the sun. No footy now for 2 weeks and thank you, yes we hope to have a good holiday.
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Each year my DH says "didn't we see this game last year?".
LUV IT - I support Geelong - wish I hadn't seen that game last year. I have been around since the early 60's when Polly Farmer was my hero.
To have won 43 out of 46 matches means ZERO when you can't win the big one.
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Thermomixer, how right you are. I certainly remember Polly Farmer, Barry Cable, Graham Moss, etc. I grew up listening to the footy. Firstly WA footy as a kid (on a very ancient radioi that crackled all the time) and then in the last few years AFL.
I have a very dear Aunt who lives in Geelong and is now 93 or 94. Her nephew/great nephew is Barry Stoneham. When Geelong have lost a game over the last umpteen years she becomes physically ill. I was so pleased to think she was still around for Geelong to win the cup, but then last year wasn't too good.
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Bring on the showdown first weekend of May! Lining up for tickets now :D
Going with friends who support Port so will be a good game just for entertainment factor!
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Riv mum I had to run and consult my fixtures list! The derbies are on that weekend. Do you call it a derby there? We head for 5 weeks at Monkey Mia then but we'll be home for that. I'm a real tragic I'm afraid. We actually have a satellite dish for when we travel so that I can see the football and DH can see the news. (amongst other things)
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St Kilda were far too good for us tonight. Can't wait to see them and Geelong play, should be a cracker of a game. The rain held off thankfully and I just sat back and marvelled at how good the opposition were! Also thought of what I am going to cook in my TMX tomorrow and wished I was home in bed by 1/2 time.
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I know that feeling Judy. In the last 12 months I've thought that many times. :'( :'( :'(
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Being a Geelong supporter, it is hard to get enthusiastic - there is one big day in Spetmeber that they have won once and lost about 7 times since 1963 ! They let West Coast get their first premiership !!!
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But Thermomixer, your team has something we would all like and his name is G. Ablett! How good is he!!
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Hopefully even better than "God" - his dad, for those no into football.
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He looks a clean cut guy, so I am sure he won't fall into the same mistakes his Dad did.; he was still a good footballer.
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Judy, your team did well. :D :D
Mine was very poor. :'( :'(
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Hi Cookie1, yes it was a great match to watch. Been a long time since I have been in a crowd of over 40,000 at AAMI Stadium, the atmosphere was great and it was a perfect night for footy. Thought your team would have beaten Freo - did you go? Football is a funny game, up one week and down the next!
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Whoohoo!!! got 8 in my tipping this week. Not bad for someone who doesn't follow footy ;D ;D
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Oh, well done ILB - we (Port Power) almost mucked it up for you ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Well done indeed ILB. My team are not doing at all well. Port aren't too bad Judy.
What did you think of Ben Cousins and his salute to the camera? I was disgusted. Very poor sportsmanship. I had occasionally felt sorry for him, but that was the last straw. :(
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Yes I agree, makes you wonder what was going on in that head of his at the time. It won't win him any fans. Another bad loss for Ports, can't work them out this year at all. Crows match was a beauty though, those young lads played really well and it is them who will take the Crows forward, not the older players. Big crowd at the match, even their numbers have dropped a lot lately so it was nice to see the stadium full.
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Well, you have to be happy with that snatched win Thermomixer. Any win is a good win I say and I was barracking for Geelong because my dear old Mum picked them.
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I was happy when they won their first flag since 1963 - they are still a mystery though - how could they have lost last year??
Relief that they won more than happy - the last Saturday in September is THE match - the rest is stressful
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Being a Geelong supporter, it is hard to get enthusiastic - there is one big day in Spetmeber that they have won once and lost about 7 times since 1963 !
WE ARE GEELONG - the GREATEST TEAM OF ALL !!!!!!!!! Well deserved - yippeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice song, great match, pity there had to be a winner. Pleased for you though Thermomixer. Roll on 2010 season.
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Well done Geelong!!! What a fantastic game. ;D
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Its a sad old household here tonight....my other half being an avid Saints supporter and still waiting to see them win that elusive Grand Final, as he was only 6mths old the last time they won!!
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My mother is a Saints supporter. I have seen Geelong lose 6 or 7 Grand Finals - so I know what it is like for St Kilda supporters.
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Yeah Geelong. I was really pleased at their win. ;D ;D
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We were at a wedding (which didn't bother me as I am not a football person ;) ;)) but DH spent the whole time with his phone on silent getting text updates from our neighbour :-)) :-)) ;)
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Now there's a few more non-AFL-ers appearing, I feel better ;D ;D. I have only one regret about the footy finishing - now cricket starts!!! blahhhh ;) (DH is English, so our house is more soccer/football oriented). We actually got married 13 years ago on the grand final day!! (not that we realised of course!) and some of the rellies were very unimpressed ;D ;D A bit "unaussie" of us I know!! Am hoping my DS will stick to soccer or tennis or golf!! ;D ;D.
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lol I LOVE the cricket ;D My kids have always played soccer as well
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I love cricket too Kathryn. I always say that I wouldn't have survived my youngest DS's sleep disorder if the IPL wasn't on TV to keep me company in the middle of the night. That year I amazed my DH's friends by knowing almost every score of every match. :)
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Now there's a few more non-AFL-ers appearing, I feel better ;D ;D. I have only one regret about the footy finishing - now cricket starts!!! blahhhh ;) (DH is English, so our house is more soccer/football oriented). We actually got married 13 years ago on the grand final day!! (not that we realised of course!) and some of the rellies were very unimpressed ;D ;D A bit "unaussie" of us I know!! Am hoping my DS will stick to soccer or tennis or golf!! ;D ;D.
You're in good company Ali. Both of them will put me to sleep if I watch them :-)) :-)) Years ago at work 3 of us were stuffed into a small office, and my desk was inbetween 2 other desks. The guys I worked with 1 was a very passionate Essendon supporter and the 2nd guy was equally passionate about St Kilda. It never stopped >:( .As soon as the Grand Final was over they were on about selections, then pre-season stuff then before I knew it was the next season again. So soon learnt to switch off. Saying that I did beat them 3 years in a row in the footy tipping ;D
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Saying that I did beat them 3 years in a row in the footy tipping ;D
lol - I'd imagine nothing annoys a footy fan more than a non-footy follower winning the tipping!! ;D ;D ;D. My work mates weren't too bad this year as there were no WA teams in it of course!
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.... We actually got married 13 years ago on the grand final day!! (not that we realised of course!) and some of the rellies were very unimpressed ;D ;D A bit "unaussie" of us I know!!
Saw a wedding on my way home from work to watch the Grand Final - I thought that it was abad choice of day ! Also had a colleague get married GF day many years ago - he was from Sth Aust - before the AFL days and so probably had no trouble getting a discount on the venue ;)