They did(and to Carlton SC too), but initially backed down when people within the club urged the AFL to wait and see how it played out. Once both ventures carked it is when the AFL moved in for the kill by amending its constitution to forbid its clubs from fielding teams in other sports(which...

I’d cap both divisions at 16 teams(though 14’d do just fine); 9 each is still far too few IMHO.

This doesn’t apply as much as it used to but up until 20 or so years ago, the AFL-zombie ones that did dislike ⚽️ could be quite vocal about it when the mood took them. But again, it’s bc their personal definition/experience of Italian-ness didn’t include calcio😔

In one of the threads from a while back about this topic, it was also posited that the relative prominence of Catholicism in Australia definitely helped w/the Italians' assimilation process(institutional Australia's then-continuous prejudices against Catholicism notwithstanding)

As has been pointed out in prior threads, it's why Flogari and Sticca are so hellbent on riding this "assimilation or bust" pale-horse re. ⚽ in 🇦🇺; growing up effnik(Italian specifically in their case) in AFL-heartland, esp. back in the day..that's what it does to ya. And bc Italian culture is...

That it is, but Alphaville deserve flowers for the original back in the ‘80s.

“Planet Rock” remains a timeless masterpiece; RIP to him✊🏼 It’s always a sad day when legends leave us, and he was def one of them.

Older than you at any rate

Have your little sook then. Just leave me out of it💡

But was I incorrect?

There’s Eurosnobs and then there’s flat-out gloryhunting poser scum, for what little it’s worth.

They’re great but they’re no NY Pan-Cyprian Freedoms🇨🇾🇺🇸⚽️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Pancyprian-Freedoms

Don’t think it’ll make too much difference TBH, aside from the possibility of Vergos being offloaded(thus freeing-up a visa-slot)

Late reply to this thread but yeah, all those Tate-esque 'redpill'/manosphere dude-bros are nothing but a bunch of closet-g@y incel Nazis, the lot of 'em. That bogan on this past season of MAFS who openly flaunted those views needs to at the very least be committed to an institution. Louis...

Daddy Diles is a vageen though; liability. Turf the fucker out already💡🙏🏼

Not raunchy per se but if you’re talking about un-PC comedy in general, Scary Movie 6 comes out in a few months’ time

It’s a good yarn but a fucken WEIRD movie; its tonal-inconsistency has a fair bit to do w/that. Considering it’s by the director of Boogie Nights, that was most likely the intention.

How do you lick a movie❓😉

Since less than 24hrs ago? Bc the vast majority of ‘em have vocally been all “State of Origin died w/Ted Whitten” “I don’t want my club’s best players getting injured while playing in this sh1t” etcetera, over the past 25+ years💡

It’s the only legitimate representative play in that code, so the AFL has a responsibility to re-embrace it. I’m just not convinced that they intend to; certainly not to the extent even I’d like to see.