The year from h**l for AFL........What do you think?

Question

Daniel Kerr kicked off West Coast's year from h**l when he and his father were charged with assaulting three people at a house party, then in Feb, Kerr was locked up by police after an incident in a hospital car park. There's the all to famous incident with Ben Cousins, What about Lance Whitnall story? Or Jeff Farmer convicted and fined $3000 for assaulting a nightclub bouncer, while the Eagles' Adam Selwood was accused of making derogatory remarks about a tattoo depicting Fremantle player Des Headland's six-year-old daughter in a game. Oh yeah....What about Alan Didak's drunken night at strip clubs with h***s Angel Christopher Wayne Hudson.

This list goes on and on and on.

Answer 1

More like the year of controversy.

The Year itself wasn't too bad, i mean when you look at the finals and the 8 teams that made it ...... and it was a close season too up until the last week of the home and away matches there were still teams hopeful of playing finals football.  

When it came down to the actual football and not the controversy off the the field the teams were pretty even and the season ahead looks even tighter too

Answer 2

Throw in Todd Carney, Sonny Bill Williams, Tim Smith a couple of Broncos and a Penrith Panther and you have a great year of Men Behaving Badly.

NRL and AFL players.  Too much money and free time on their hands

Answer 3

i agree big Kev

but you forgot some of the feral fans on this site also, its just as bad up north in the NRL player after player hitting the news for the wrong reasons

i think 2008 might be even worse

Answer 4

You left out the Crows players who were caught gambling. You left out Fevolas episode in Ireland. If you just want to mention WA teams just go for it. What about the Kangaroo players and their boozy goings on? That Port ruckman. Brogan the Bogan, or whatever his name is. He dongs anyone who looks sideways at him and Im not talking of on the footy field either.

Answer 5

Agreed, and the list does go on and on.

Answer 6

all i can say is roll on 2008, Ive personally had enough of all the c**p that goes on, i just want to watch the footy, good close games, less of the end to end stuff, up one side then back down the other, i want contest to take place, players playing on each other again.

hanging out for the season to begin.

Answer 7

Everything went wrong this year hun, Bloody Cousins taking drugs again and with Kangaroos going up North and all of that. I wish everything will be different next year in the AFL. For the better.

Answer 8

I think that, because of recent success, people tend to just single out the West Coast Eagles when commenting on bad behaviour of players of the AFL.

I have said in here so many times, that I am permanently blocked by some, that the Alan Didak episode made all others pale in comparison - & what did he get as punishment? Not even a soft slap on the back of the hand!

The Adam Selwood fiasco was nothing but that - a fiasco. He never said anything about Headland's daughter - he made the comment about the tattoo. He was deemed not guilty & not to have made the comment but was made, by the media & others, to be the big ogre.

I wish the Victorian clubs would cop the same amount of S***e that they dish out to others states - because they are just as bad - they just cover it up & pretend nothing happened.

Answer 9

Hey, Geelong won the flag; Greatest year ever!

All that other stuff, well...

Answer 10

That'd only be half of it too, there are plenty of things that dont get out too.

Answer 11

it just shows no one person is bigger than football

Answer 12

What do I think?

Naughty boys getting into mischief because they have too much time on their hands.

Maybe the players need a day job to keep them occupied at a grounded level, rather than thinking that they are people who can get away with indiscretions because they are "superstars"

Answer 13

I love it. I love seeing the media reports of when players get in the S***e. Especially if they are from a rival club because then I can put heaps on that clubs fans.

Answer 14

nan i enjoyed the year

Answer 15

yeh i agree big k even goodwin with his gambling what a stuffup that was. that left the crows with egg on face

Answer 16

You could have been more detailed in listing Collingwood's misdeeds as well. Plenty of pub fights & police involvement. Why have they gotten off so lightly in your rant? Hawthorn players accused of drugs. Brisbane Lions footballers fighting & kicking & therowing pooltable balls in a pub fight. St Kilda's full forward also involved. Geelong player getting drunk & arrested.You've been a bit selective in who you rubbish. Are all Adelaide players angels?