[1965]It's kowtow not cowtail[/1965]
It is kowtow, thank you for the correction.
...but yes, perish the thought that there's a still a large segment of the great unwashed who just want to watch football and forget about the troubles of the world, work and the week for a couple of hours and not be lectured about & reminded of them by their social betters such as you- let alone have them expecting a full body contact sport played by grown men of their own volition to be tough, hard and even occasionally violent with little regard to delicate middle-class sensibilities....oh the humanity ...
"social betters", pfft!? What is that, Nietzsche?
There is a certainly irony to you swinging class politics in my face, but anyway. Football sets the bar high(er than the MINIMUM expected) in regards to social decorum, and it has enjoyed a tremendous increase in following and support since it has made the switch more tangible. Whatever, its a good thing. It helps people understand that their beer swilling, repugnancy no longer has a place in football as it hurts the brand. So accuse them (the AFL) of being brand managers and I'll agree wholeheartedly. But if the consequence is that people think twice before hurling vile abuse or posting some abhorance online without anonymity because the "white shirts" went and got "PC" then that's more than fine with me. Go and tune into the MMA, and watch the blood splatter all over the floor if that's what you need to escape.
..and if you think Lewis Taylor is worth 8 picks higher than Dan Butler and McIntosh - who was second and one vote of first in the B&F after 8 rounds - isn't even worth a half-decent offer, then all I can say is good luck and good day to you sir...
This is confusing. What I think and what Grant Thomas thinks were the points of debate here. I'm not sure what Sydney's valuation of players has to do with anything. (Although I personally think Lewis Taylor was a steal.) But there are so many other factors at play when exchanging a player for a draft pick than a reductive quid pro quo summation.
But I'll finish by saying how many clubs would have been able to trade their 5th rated small forward who was taken 11 picks later than the pick he was traded for? And how many supporters would be banging on about it in supporter forums about how we got ripped off? Who cares, this isn't the topic of conversation anyway.
We had champion players everywhere in 2017. Grant is just another naysayer that can't handle what we have become and so expresses some word vomit on twitter and then demands that we stop accosting him and interpret it as a complement. Hurry, get him to AFL house....
