First came Michael Jordan, 2nd came Shane Warne, then came Lance 'Buddy' Franklin!

[evertonfan]

Where in the thread does anyone say that Buddy Franklin is one of the best sportsmen there is??? Any Australian would understand the thread.

It says it in the title of the thread itself. Jesus Christ.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Buddy Franklin > The English Cricket Team & Any Soccer player worldwide

FACT.

/ End thread.

 

[Sman-21]

Carey way ahead of Franklin but franklin still has room to improve.

If carey was as big a glory hog as franklin he would of had the same kind of stats.
Anytime Franklin is near the ball within 60metres from goal all he thinks about is hogging it an having a shot.
Even when hes got 3 players surrounding him he still chooses to try an take them on an have a shot instead of passing to the guys open.
Franklin = biggest hog ever in the history of AFL but geez hes good to watch

 

[Ayub 95]

FACT REAL Football > AFL> Then Lance 'Buddy' Franklin


/Thread

 

[aussie_ben91]

Carey way ahead of Franklin but franklin still has room to improve.

If carey was as big a glory hog as franklin he would of had the same kind of stats.
Anytime Franklin is near the ball within 60metres from goal all he thinks about is hogging it an having a shot.
Even when hes got 3 players surrounding him he still chooses to try an take them on an have a shot instead of passing to the guys open.
Franklin = biggest hog ever in the history of AFL but geez hes good to watch

How exactly is Carey 'way ahead' of Franklin? Anything Carey can do, Franklin can do, even perhaps better?

Are you saying Carey's not a bigger glory hog then Franklin? Haven't you ever heard of 'Pagans Paddock'? The focus was solely on Carey.

2 goals, 2 goal assists in the Grand Final, BTW.

 

[Sureshot]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance?league=eng.1&year=2008&cc=3436

English Premier League - Unofficial Average Attendance: 34,870

Australian Rules Football - Unofficial Average Attendance: 37,133

aussie_ben91 added 3 Minutes and 28 Seconds later...


Real footballers don't take dives.

How much does the average ARL game cost?

 

[Ayub 95]

How much does the average ARL game cost?

AFL mate

 

[.::Stevo::.]

Great, its now turned into another AFL vs Soccer thread.

Why cant soccer fans just piss off?

 

[punterpupnroy]

There's no finals in the English Premier League. It's just a league, and the team that finishes top of the said league after 38 games wins the trophy. Then there are various cup competitions outside the league, the main one, which you've probably heard of, the FA Cup. Possibly the biggest cup final in the world, not in terms of attendance, but in terms of global showings. It's transmittted across the globe, and although the attendance at Wembley wasn't as large as the AFL Grand Final, a game between Portsmouth (mid-table Premier League) against Cardiff (mid-table in the division below) had an attendance of 89,874.

And yeh, we have 60million people living in the UK. It's a far, far, far smaller place though, and planning permission is incredibly difficult to get for a massive stadium. The price for a new stadium is also massive, with the New Wembley costing over ?800million. If we had the space and the finance to build MCG-esque stadiums then the attendances would be massive, and the grounds would sell out every week, this is proven by teams like Newcastle, who have been incredibly poor, with massive hate for the new Owner and the director of football having an average attendance of 47,629, filling over 90% of the stadium.

Thats boring as tripe... I cant believe that, further indication that there are limited blockbusters in EPL.

 

[.::Stevo::.]

Nothing beats the Grand Final and the build up to it. It must be a massive anti-climax without finals series.

 

[King Pietersen]

Great, its now turned into another AFL vs Soccer thread.

Why cant soccer fans just piss off?

No it hasn't, and we have, I've made a new thread for EPL vs AFL So let's discuss this further in there, there's been very little input from Aussies though, which is dissappointing considering the effort I put in for the first post.

You're wrong though. The Premier League is the most exciting league in the world, the relegation battle normally goes to the last day of the season, and the big games between Manchester United/Liverpool/Arsenal and Chelsea are always massive events on Sky Sports, and the results often detirmine the title. It's far from an anti-climax, the leagues so exciting that it doesn't need a "finals series". The best team over the entirity of the season wins the league, that's the way a "league" should work.

 

[superhussey]

if your talking abut 23s, HELLO andrew mcleod!

seriously though, i love buddy and i think by the end of his career he will be better than carey, but ben calm down hes only 21 and to say hes better as of right now than carey is just stupid.

congrats on the GF by the way, hawks were awesome!

 

[mattfb]

Why cant you poms just piss off, since you really do have no idea, and go play boring soccer where people dive and fall over like little girls, whilst nothing happens for 90 minutes ending in 0-0!

LOL your a joke mate.

 

[aussie_ben91]

That is a perfect way to describe a soccer game though.

It's not a joke.

 

[.::Stevo::.]

LOL your a joke mate.

Heh, i was tired and angry

But there are ALOT of games which are 0-0 or 1-1. I just can't stand it...