Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2022

[holybishop]

 

[holybishop]

Poor North

 

[dexter_]

Only given 2 seasons. Was he really that bad?

 

[freo1997]

Only given 2 seasons. Was he really that bad?

3 but yeah. What a joke.

 

[Taylor]

The Bombers had a lazy workrate. That starts between the ears of the individual player but it sticks around because the coach doesn't take a stand.

 

[freo1997]

Clarko should go to north imo.

Might make finals with Bombers 23, 24 and 25.

But norths youth is coming.

 

[freo1997]

Tbh Ross Lyon should look at Essendon.

 

[Nothing]

I’m gonna get a bit crazy and try and calculate our top 4 chances, so

• Result in Melbourne v Brisbane: almost certain, 99.5%
• Win vs GWS: Favourites, we have better form and more to play for, they are missing Greene, but it is in Sydney and GWS are talented and erratic. 70% sounds about right to me
• Carlton win: 50% here. I think Carlton win but it’s very 50/50

AND/OR St Kilda win: It is in Melbourne not Sydney, but it’s hard to make a case for the Saints vs the Swans with better form and more to play for. 10% is fair.

So 0.995 x 0.7 x (0.5 + 0.1) = ~42% chance of making the top 4. I’m not crazy you’re crazy.

You're slightly pessimistic on the odds, particularly for Saints. It's ~25% according to the betting odds, which brings the chances up to ~52%. That makes the $2.25 for top 4 over the odds.

 

[oldgoat]

Jeez we are gone completely off the radar amongst the AFL media in Melbourne.
There Will be a few hacks scratching their heads if we win and Carlton win next week and we are top 4.
“Didnt freo sneak in quietly to a qualifying final?” “Where the hell did they come from?”

Not necessarily a bad thing for us but it’s bloody irritating nonetheless not to be mentioned. We have won 14 games this year and earned the right to be respected a bit more than we are.
My goodness me I’d love it if we turned over one of these big Melbourne clubs in a knockout final..

**** em.
Respect will come with a "Fremantle Kiss"!
...right Jock?

 

[greatgatsby]

Can we please spare a thought for North in all this - their supercoach snatched from them! Maybe not too late to get Zeibull?

 

[Van_Dyke]

Can we please spare a thought for North in all this - their supercoach snatched from them! Maybe not too late to get Zeibull?

i hope he goes there for the banter at essendon

 

[_007_]

I hope he goes there so Zurhaar falls to us

 

[Joose]

Tbh Ross Lyon should look at Essendon.

Boy you must really hate Essendon

 

[greatgatsby]

Can we please spare a thought for North in all this - their supercoach snatched from them! Maybe not too late to get Zeibull?

Who is Zeibull??

 

[Purpletown]

This headline is good for a laugh.

 

[holybishop]

Imagine if Clarko backflips now.

 

[Bigger]

I totally support Essendon being s**t for as long as possible and do not believe Truck Rutten was/is the answer, but Essendon fielded a younger side than their opposition in every single game they played this year.

I don't think shitcanning the bloke in charge of that is super logical.

Essendon are, of course, stuck very firmly in the land of feels now. Logic left when Hirdy was getting anti-ageing drugs (metaphorically) jabbed straight into his *en eyeballs.

 

[FreoRicci]

North deserve to have a coach like Clarkson. They’re not bad, have more upstanding and history then St Kilda.

Essendon. Ha

 

[BStaff17]

Sydney lost their first final in 05 but they matched up with a non Vic side in the GF in WC

Sydney don't have to travel 5 hours by plane either to get to the ground.

Travel isn't really a big factor for them unlike the other states.

 

[gaskin]

Sydney don't have to travel 5 hours by plane either to get to the ground.

Travel isn't really a big factor for them unlike the other states.

Travel is really only a factor for us and the other mob. Even the SA and QLD teams spend hardly any time in the air.

 

[largebus]

Bombers massively over achieved with a young list last year and were lucky to make the 8 with an 11-11 record, considering Carlton or the Bulldogs might go 12-10 and miss out.

Firing him would be at least a year's step back with their age profile.

 

[Stinky Lomax]

Bombers massively over achieved with a young list last year and were lucky to make the 8 with an 11-11 record, considering Carlton or the Bulldogs might go 12-10 and miss out.

Firing him would be at least a year's step back with their age profile.

Unless they have a target in mind & that target is interested. I’m not saying they would/could be any better, but sometimes the marketability of the coach is just as important as their coaching abilities.

 

[BStaff17]

There will be AFL players getting drafted this year weren't born when Essendon last won a final let that sink in.

 

[estibador]

A lot of generous people here. I suspect many wouldn't be feeling as charitable had they watched their own team dishing up what Essendon did for most of this year.

 

[Stinky Lomax]

A lot of generous people here. I suspect many wouldn't be feeling as charitable had they watched their own team dishing up what Essendon did for most of this year.

The good news is I’m sure the Port fans were happy with their win & stoked to have Kenny going around again.