Oppo Camp Non Eagles AFL discussion thread III

[Kwality]

I always thought it would be worth a shot.
Take out some seats as well and make it more comrotable etc.
Freo could use it in the alternative weeks.

During the off season could rent it out to the Scorchers, warriors Wildcats etc.

Shame about the cost.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Incidentally guess who the top 2 players this year were for free kick's received?

Michael Walters 50
Nat Fyfe 49

We really need to have a word to Margetts, he's not doing his job properly

Shoutout to Oscar Allen, somehow our leading free getter in 2019. 38 frees for, 13th most in the comp.

 

[Quinz]

Incidentally guess who the top 2 players this year were for free kick's received?

Michael Walters 50
Nat Fyfe 49

We really need to have a word to Margetts, he's not doing his job properly

Fyfe is fair enough, always has players holding him.

Not sure Walters even deserves half of those frees tbh. Worst stager in the comp. Great player though.

 

[StateOE]

Shoutout to Oscar Allen, somehow our leading free getter in 2019. 38 frees for, 13th most in the comp.

He plays the ruck role against guys a lot taller. So gets high frees and blocks.

 

[archiemoses]

He plays the ruck role against guys a lot taller. So gets high frees and blocks.

Normally would be the other way playing undersized. Indicative of his footy smarts

 

[TY24]

Victorians fans shocked at airfare price rises for AFL finals:

AFL-partnered airline defends 'costly' finals price hike

Footy fans are fuming over skyrocketing flight prices during the finals – now the league's partner airline has attempted to explain the situation.

7news.com.au

Pretty much speaks for itself I think.

They should try moving to where I've just moved to.

That's a pretty standard price for an hour and a half flight, one way.

 

[Max zero]

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They should try moving to where I've just moved to.

That's a pretty standard price for an hour and a half flight, one way.

I'll give you some inside gossip.

That plane most likely to do that run is a Fokker 100.

The company that made them went bankrupt 20 years ago. Qantas bought a fleet of them cheap from Alliance Airlines for 4 mil each. To put that in perspective 717 (another plane that sometimes does these runs) costs at least 50 million. These Fokker's paid back their purchase cost in a couple of months and since then its been all profits for years. They are only halfway through their service life.

~100 passenger capacity, 3 trips a day. 900 (rough ticket cost) x 100 (passengers) x 2 (both ways) x 3 flights a day = up to 540k gross A DAY for a plane that cost 4 mil and has already been depreciated to $0.

Qantas adores those planes because they make an absolute killing on them.

Unfortunately both planes (Fokker and 717) are no longer in production and the replacement for them is an Airbus 220 which costs 120-130 million.

So once these planes go out of service (15-20 years or so) expect prices to skyrocket.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

GWS on the bottom cos they have Mumford.
59 frees against in 16 games for him.

Hickey at 34 FA and 11 FF in 18 matches ain't great either

 

[flamingEMBERS]

I'll give you some inside gossip.

That plane most likely to do that run is a Fokker 100.

The company that made them went bankrupt 20 years ago. Qantas bought a fleet of them cheap from Alliance Airlines for 4 mil each. To put that in perspective 717 (another plane that sometimes does these runs) costs at least 50 million. These Fokker's paid back their purchase cost in a couple of months and since then its been all profits for years. They are only halfway through their service life.

~100 passenger capacity, 3 trips a day. 900 (rough ticket cost) x 100 (passengers) x 2 (both ways) x 3 flights a day = up to 540k gross A DAY for a plane that cost 4 mil and has already been depreciated to $0.

Qantas adores those planes because they make an absolute killing on them.

Unfortunately both planes (Fokker and 717) are no longer in production and the replacement for them is an Airbus 220 which costs 120-130 million.

So once these planes go out of service (15-20 years or so) expect prices to skyrocket.

Do quite a few mine runs the old Fokker

 

[kane249]

Do quite a few mine runs the old Fokker

I’m going to be boarding one tomorrow

Investing in some decent noise cancelling headphones has been my best ever purchase. Listening to the drone of the engines on those small planes is like nails on a chalk board.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

I’m going to be boarding one tomorrow

Investing in some decent noise cancelling headphones has been my best ever purchase. Listening to the drone of the engines on those small planes is like nails on a chalk board.

Need to get those fully over ear Bose!

 

[Max zero]

I’m going to be boarding one tomorrow

Investing in some decent noise cancelling headphones has been my best ever purchase. Listening to the drone of the engines on those small planes is like nails on a chalk board.

Noisy yes but the safest plane in the Qantas fleet. They baby these planes like you wouldn't believe. Makes sense due to crazy amount of money they make.

 

[kane249]

Need to get those fully over ear Bose!

Read a lot of reviews and ended up going for some over the ear Sony ones, they are magic.

 

[MrKK]

I’m going to be boarding one tomorrow

Investing in some decent noise cancelling headphones has been my best ever purchase. Listening to the drone of the engines on those small planes is like nails on a chalk board.

Virgin have started running them on their Perth-Adelaide route, bloody joke between two major cities.

 

[southcoast]

That would be like trying to polish a space turd

One should NOT use the phrase 'space turd' around here.

It brings back bad memories for some posters.

 

[Kwality]

Hawks are in trouble now. Their team finished mid table but there's nothing in their squad that suggests they will jump up a level.

Some of the young guys might get better but the older guys will decline. Mitchell back isn't going to make much difference, he's not an explosive game changer and their midfield is already solid. Patton could help but his lack of agility may also hurt given he cant apply forward pressure.

They could easily be stuck mid table for several more years, a bit like North were under Scott.

Hope you arent trying to imply there is little difference between Clarko & B.Scott.

 

[Kwality]

Careful not to get our situation confused with the Cats' one. The AFL caving on this issue won't make our lot any fairer, it would just help the Cats, ie. give Scott exactly what he wants. Oh what a great guy, bringing up the unfairness of the MCG contract, the fact that he played for Brisbane etc (fully irrelevent, what he is campaigning for is to actually screw Brisbane). It's just a side show bringing up something that won't be changed so that he can get something changed that would benefit him and his team only.

In my view, if the MCG grand final contract is staying in place (it is), then so can this other seemingly "unfair" finals arrangement. And how unfair is it? There is a much bigger, better, and world class stadium just up the road. If it would give them better odds of winning, a coach would choose to play an entire game in private and then have the result announced later. The AFL are saving the coaches from themselves in this situation. And AT LEAST their reasoning is in line with the BS reasoning of the GF arrangement. You can be cynical and say it's about money, or just take it at face value like I do, and look at it from the fans' point of view.

Finals are the biggest games and the games that everyone remembers, and you can fit more fans in at the MCG/Etihad. That's all it comes down to. Both Scott and Geelong fans themselves are perfectly fine with locking out a few thousand Geelong fans out from attending a final in Geelong due to capacity, because it would give them a greater chance to win. And that's why it's not up to them. The competition isn't fair, so forgive me for not jumping at the idea of making it more "fair" for another VFL team. Would do nothing for us other than to make our deal look even worse.

That is the argument run by Victoria & you have bought it hook, line & sinker. The far queue for you.

Scott is making Victorians uncomfortable, forcing them to address what is a home final, is the venue or the State?

You may have also bought the MCG GF deal stitched up behind closed doors, I havent. We have seen the 1990s final series result in home finals, we have seen the Pies move from Vic Park to the G open up home prelims. The MCG deal is unfair for the comp.

The fixturing issue for Victorian clubs is far more complex than WA, they've got home games at the G, Docklands, Geelong, Ballarat, Tassie (Hobart & Launceston), Alice Springs & North Q - did I miss any?

Its way more than just one club. IF the finals system is to change the Geelong stand by Scott is a plus not a negative.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

This dude is just crazy with the stats.

 

[JADED]

This dude is just crazy with the stats.

McGovern quickest (lowest # of games) to 4AA is this week's best stat.

 

[darksquare]

This dude is just crazy with the stats.

Adem Yze played 271 games. Who pushed him out of jumper number 22 for 15 games or more?

 

[Forward Press]

Adem Yze played 271 games. Who pushed him out of jumper number 22 for 15 games or more?

Yeah got the feeling the stat is wrong. The only Z named players at Melbourne last played in 1986 and none at all in 2009 respectively.

Tweet them the correction.

 

[wraglesweb]

Anyone else interested in the Collingwood doco (Inside out )showing Collingwood's 2018 season and loss in the GF................

Airs this Tuesday night on ABC.

 

[mattyc75]

Do quite a few mine runs the old Fokker

Just flew home today

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

 

[KERRPOW]

fokker 100's are great much more leg room than the 737

 

[KERRPOW]

I'll give you some inside gossip.

That plane most likely to do that run is a Fokker 100.

The company that made them went bankrupt 20 years ago. Qantas bought a fleet of them cheap from Alliance Airlines for 4 mil each. To put that in perspective 717 (another plane that sometimes does these runs) costs at least 50 million. These Fokker's paid back their purchase cost in a couple of months and since then its been all profits for years. They are only halfway through their service life.

~100 passenger capacity, 3 trips a day. 900 (rough ticket cost) x 100 (passengers) x 2 (both ways) x 3 flights a day = up to 540k gross A DAY for a plane that cost 4 mil and has already been depreciated to $0.

Qantas adores those planes because they make an absolute killing on them.

Unfortunately both planes (Fokker and 717) are no longer in production and the replacement for them is an Airbus 220 which costs 120-130 million.

So once these planes go out of service (15-20 years or so) expect prices to skyrocket.

Borr drilling did something similar. Bought a fleet of jack up drilling rigs for a 10th of the sale price as many rig contractrs cancelled their orders.