Archie Perkins

Nov 21, 2024 | bigfooty.com | Shane Heard |Archie Perkins

#4 Haha this thread would be twenty pages long by now. Guess Richmond smashed the draft doors open! Made possible because of the volume of quality player exodus with them smashing the door on their way out. So no surprise Richmond smashed the draft. They held a draft hand better than expansion teams first drafts....

Nov 7, 2024 | bigfooty.com | Archie Perkins |Nic Martin

It's that time of the year again when we nominate those we consider who have contributed to make our Board great. Previous winners are:eDPSant555Cupido4lyfeDapperJongDEROLance UppercutZach Packageeth-dogHere are the ground rules:1. A maximum of three nominations are allowed per poster2. No playing the man/woman3. Only the nominations of Essendon supporters will be considered4. Moderators are ineligible and cannot be nominated no matter how awesome you think they've been.

Oct 28, 2024 | bigfooty.com | Shane Heard |Archie Perkins |West Indies

In 1995 the NBA awarded its 28th franchise to the Canadian city Toronto in the hopes of capitalising on its new found global popularity due mostly to the rise of Michael Jordan as a global superstar. Canada was not known at all for its basketball exports at the time and was very much a country obsessed with ice hockey. Toronto in particular was known for passionate supporters of the local Maple Leafs NHL team and virtually no other sport could get a look in at the time.

Sep 24, 2024 | bigfooty.com | Shane Heard |Archie Perkins

The AFL Event Office has cancelled the barcodes of a range of corporate hospitality tickets just days out from the grand final after its portal was hacked. [NOTE - it is barcodes that have been cancelled, not tickets. Affected ticket holders have been emailed tonight. Barcodes will be reissued.]The event office handles corporate tickets – the smallest allocation for the grand final at the MCG on Saturday.

Sep 21, 2024 | bigfooty.com | Archie Perkins

#11 How have they done that? Grand Final always in Melbourne. Draft much harder for non-Victorian teams as we have access to far fewer players in the draft pool since we have to avoid all the players who will want to go home almost immediately. AFL have done nothing to help with this. Victorian teams massively benefit from the "go home factor". I mean look at Richmond just this year, managing to basically fix their midfield issues by recruiting both Hopper and Taranto....