2017 - The most one sided finals series ever

[luthor]

Hopefully the results of the two Semis puts to rest the wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the dreaded final round bye.

"Oh woe is us.........unfair on the Top 4......................"

All said and done, the status quo has been restored thjs year and we have the Top 4 playing off in the two Prelims.

After the Dogs pinched the title from 7th last year, you would think that it was the end of the Finals universe as we know it according to a lot of the "experts" in the media.

It was just an outlier after all!!!

After one of the most "even" competitions in living memory what have we ended up with?. Both EF winners being summarily dismissed by the Week One QF losers

Those railing about the bye need to understand that it can help the top 4 teams just as much as the bottom 4.

 

[milhouse1]

This is worse than an Adz thread

It's about the same really

 

[Go the Guts]

There's no disclaimer from the AFL that the finals all have to be exciting. It's football. There is always going to be close games, and smashings.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I am really troubled by that crowd figure for tonight's game. That is simply appalling.

I'll never love GWS, obviously, but I want them to succeed in Sydney for the good of the game nationally, and I thought that, of the two new clubs, they were the one really getting places with winning followers.

That is just a dreadful result.

I imagine the AFL are already shitting bricks. And WSW will be laughing their heads off.

 

[The Final Word]

I am really troubled by that crowd figure for tonight's game. That is simply appalling.

I'll never love GWS, obviously, but I want them to succeed in Sydney for the good of the game nationally, and I thought of the two new clubs, they were the one really getting places with winning followers.

That is just a dreadful result.

I imagine the AFL are already shitting bricks. And WSW will be laughing their heads off.

Official number?

 

[luthor]

I am really troubled by that crowd figure for tonight's game. That is simply appalling.

I'll never love GWS, obviously, but I want them to succeed in Sydney for the good of the game nationally, and I thought of the two new clubs, they were the one really getting places with winning followers.

That is just a dreadful result.

I imagine the AFL are already shitting bricks. And WSW will be laughing their heads off.

Disgraceful.

The attendance was nearly as bad as a big NRL club game

 

[mulz]

its so weird that the AFL gives every team a list of what - 44 players to choose from? but if you choose 'the wrong 22' to play, thats bad and we need a bye to stop it.

lists are 44 players, teams should be able to play any of those that are available for selection they want to enhance their season, surely?

Couldn't agree more, you have 44 players and should be able to manage your list accordingly, id like to see more of list management and less of teams full of kids playing in bottom teams

 

[Kipz]

Official number?

14 odd

 

[MarkCatsFan]

No it was meant to stop mass restings by finals bound teams in round 23

I never even saw this as a big deal. If a team has earned that by being enough games ahead then let them blood some kids. A round 23 game for a team that has already cemented top 4 wouldn't be a blockbuster anyway. Was a terrible decision.

 

[mattymac]

So apparently last year the bye made a great finals series. So, what explains, after a close H&A season, this year's finals being as boring as bat s**t? Take out one game and the rest has been rubbish. Low scoring and one sided. Let's hope for some good Prelims.

Last year it caught teams a bit by surprise I reckon. This year the top teams have put strategies in place so they don't get ambushed. Results have been predictable.

Could still affect the prelims we'll have to see

 

[mattymac]

I never even saw this as a big deal. If a team has earned that by being enough games ahead then let them blood some kids. A round 23 game for a team that has already cemented top 4 wouldn't be a blockbuster anyway. Was a terrible decision.

Betting $

 

[hutchy31]

No doubt it's been a huge advantage to teams finishing 5th to 8th .... as all the idiot "experts" have been telling us

That was one of the more ludicrous theories being put forward.

For all those media experts that said the pre finals bye was the reason the dogs won last year - please address all apology letters to Whitten Oval. Cheers.

 

[BTs Nana]

BLAH BLAH BLAH MY TEAM ISNT IN IT SO IM GOING TO DEGRADE THE WHOLE SERIES SO I CAN TRY AND DOWNPLAY THE PREMIERS ACHIEVEMENT BY SAYING ITS A SOFT YEAR.

* you big footy.

Harder to win in these types of years than unequal years

 

[MarkCatsFan]

Betting $

Arguably the betting companies could make more where a team is playing dead, give a good rate on the "underdog" and people would jump on. That bloodsucking industry will always be able to make their money.

 

[demondavey]

If they get into GF they will lose by 100 +

Who? Richmond?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Official number?

14,865.

Lowest attendance for a final since WWI.

 

[Tiges1229]

Who? Richmond?

No GWS.

 

[MarkCatsFan]

14,865.

Lowest attendance for a final since WWI.

Concluding once and for all that Sydneysiders would rather sit at home and watch a rugby league international than go out to the "gayfl"

 

[demondavey]

No GWS.

Not necessarily

 

[DrMike]

Hopefully the results of the two Semis puts to rest the wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the dreaded final round bye.

"Oh woe is us.........unfair on the Top 4......................"

All said and done, the status quo has been restored thjs year and we have the Top 4 playing off in the two Prelims.

After the Dogs pinched the title from 7th last year, you would think that it was the end of the Finals universe as we know it according to a lot of the "experts" in the media.

It was just an outlier after all!!!

After one of the most "even" competitions in living memory what have we ended up with?. Both EF winners being summarily dismissed by the Week One QF losers

Those railing about the bye need to understand that it can help the top 4 teams just as much as the bottom 4.

Depends if Adelaide and Richmond lose or not. We'll get back to you after that to blame the dreadful bye!

 

[SCRAY72]

Hopefully the results of the two Semis puts to rest the wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the dreaded final round bye.

"Oh woe is us.........unfair on the Top 4......................"

All said and done, the status quo has been restored thjs year and we have the Top 4 playing off in the two Prelims.

After the Dogs pinched the title from 7th last year, you would think that it was the end of the Finals universe as we know it according to a lot of the "experts" in the media.

It was just an outlier after all!!!

After one of the most "even" competitions in living memory what have we ended up with?. Both EF winners being summarily dismissed by the Week One QF losers

Those railing about the bye need to understand that it can help the top 4 teams just as much as the bottom 4.

Amen to that

 

[melbournemartin]

Needs more Melbourne.

 

[King_Steele]

Needs more Melbourne.

For the lols?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Concluding once and for all that Sydneysiders would rather sit at home and watch a rugby league international than go out to the "gayfl"

Rugby Union actually. (I will refrain from saying what conclusion that tells us about Victorians' cluelessness about life in other states.)

The Swans get great crowds, so it's not Sydneysiders per se. I'm just really concerned about what this implies for the long-term expansion picture.

 

[demondavey]

For the lols?

Yep