I'm in Adelaide and couldn't be happier the crows are out. Couldn't be put up with the gloating all year long.

are you a port fan? wouldnt have rubbed it in that much, or do you just not like afl altogether?

Oh god no. Not AFL fan at all.
I'm originally from NSW. Been over here a year and a half and just can't get in to it.

fair enough you wont mind that i will laugh if melbourne nrl team wins ...again, how many they got now
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This will be their first legitimate.
Would have had many more if they didn't breach the salary cap, but don't get too carried away, most of the players are banana benders.

thats likewise with sydney in the afl - not a lot of home grown talent. karmicheal hunt and izzy folau whats your opinion there?

Great league players and a loss to our game, much better league players than AFL players. How do you think they preformed this year?

I used to think exactly the saame(bout nfl, not rugby) but im definitely an NFL convert

essentially its obviously a marketing exercise but hunt looks promising, hell never be absolutely top class but everyone knew he wouldnt be. so when he kicked that goal after the siren to beat carlton was pretty special. folau i dont think is going to be able to adapt - interestin experiment tho

Hamilton saga nearing endgame
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Only Lewis Hamilton truly knows where he wants to drive next season - and perhaps not even he does just yet. But the signs are that the saga that has been occupying Formula 1 for months is nearing its endgame.
Hamilton has two competing offers on the table for his future - one to stay at McLaren and one to move to Mercedes.
The latest indication is that he is leaning towards staying where he is; one McLaren insider even suggested at the Singapore Grand Prix that a deal could be inked within days.
At the same time, there may be a complication. There are suggestions that earlier this year Hamilton signed something with Mercedes - a letter of intent, a memorandum of understanding, perhaps - that he would need to get out of before he can commit to McLaren. His current team have heard talk of this, too.
The conventional wisdom is that Mercedes are offering Hamilton more money and that the deal is sweetened further by greater freedom over personal sponsorship deals. Those are highly restricted at McLaren because of the team's breadth of marketing tie-ups.
But BBC Sport understands it is not quite as simple as that.
For one thing, some sources say the figures quoted for the Mercedes offer in the media so far - of £60m over three years - are significantly larger than what is actually on the table.
Of course, in theory, as one of the largest car companies in the world, Mercedes can afford to pay almost any figure it wants.
But the board's commitment to Formula 1 has been in question all year. While it is understood that the company has now reached an agreement with the sport's commercial rights holders defining the financial terms under which they have committed for the next few years, F1 is not a money-no-object exercise for them.
McLaren believe their offer to Hamilton is broadly similar to Mercedes', and that in terms of total remuneration he could actually end up earning more money if he stays where is. 

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/09/hamilton_saga_nearing_endgame.html