Which AFL matchup is the most random/insignificant

[Rotayjay]

For me, it's simply any matchup between two bottom-four teams.

 

[pico]

Any match which doesn't involve Collingwood, Essendon or Richmond

 

[kid_a]

GWS v Gold Coast or North Melbourne @ Engie Stadium


That'd attract the smallest crowd in the comp (not taking into account reduced capacity during redevelopments of other grounds etc)


Most random would probs be....

Bulldogs v Gold Coast in Ballarat



No games are insignificant though, we need and should all want 18 healthy clubs in the comp....even if we may hate a few of the others' guts.

 

[Spook]

For the last few years….. All West Coast away games.

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Noted during the absolute dross a few weeks ago, when was the last time an Essendon v Richmond match actually meant something?

 

[RonnieRaven]

Bombers v Roos

 

[PerthBoy86]

For me, it's simply any matchup between two bottom-four teams.

Some of the closest, most entertaining matches have been between the bottom 4 sides. Richmond - North - WC seems to have produced a few in recent years.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Finally we have a GC vs GWS game to get excited about - and I think it'll be dreadfully one sided. But GC should make top 4 from here.

 

[Cmarsh]

GWS v Gold Coast or North Melbourne @ Engie Stadium


That'd attract the smallest crowd in the comp (not taking into account reduced capacity during redevelopments of other grounds etc)


Most random would probs be....

Bulldogs v Gold Coast in Ballarat



No games are insignificant though, we need and should all want 18 healthy clubs in the comp....even if we may hate a few of the others' guts.

Mate you do realise that North have had consistently smaller home game crowds at Hobart than the last GWS v GC game at Engie?

 

[Chip Scab1]

Noted during the absolute dross a few weeks ago, when was the last time an Essendon v Richmond match actually meant something?

'95 Semi

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Looking at clubs only st kilda vs essendon for a nothing matchup. Don’t know whether there’s much history between the two but they’re pretty middle of the road/bottom half.

Outside the football clubs you can’t get much more meh than Fremantle.

They played in the 65 GF from memory, there's history just not recent history. Tony Lockett putting that Essendon player in a headlock and nearly killing him that day out at Waverley is another part of history.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

One which nobody probably realises is insignificant but it actually is, Hawthorn vs Richmond. So many sliding doors moments over the decades yet have played in 1 finals match against each other ever. 70s powerhouses that never faced off in finals. 74 and 82 the closest it ever came to a GF showdown. I'd suggest it's arguably the most unique history of any clubs that have been in the league as long as both have.

 

[WillHayward]

North v GWS doesn't hold a lot of intrigue...

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Bombers v Roos

Current day yes but historic rivalry in the 90s into the 2000s.

 

[Morris Major]

Looking through the ladder, the Dogs have had some pretty key games against most of the teams, but I can't recall playing in a game of any significance v Richmond.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

'95 Semi

Finally we have a GC vs GWS game to get excited about - and I think it'll be dreadfully one sided. But GC should make top 4 from here.

Hopefully for our sake it is one sided, and we than do what we have to directly afterwards.

 

[cactuscall]

North v GWS doesn't hold a lot of intrigue...

That popped into my head too.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

GWS v Collingwood..except in the eyes of GWS social media team who think this is a Celtic / Rangers like rivalry.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Current day yes but historic rivalry in the 90s into the 2000s.

Of course
the Roos team of the 90s was the second best team behind the lions 3peat team to watch in my eyes.
Bombers 2000 team sus salary aside was good to.
That was 25 years ago.
I think that’s the problem with some historically good/relevant clubs they still think they are.
I move forward not backwards through life at the minute they are a long way from being relevant

 

[Doss]

'95 Semi

They played a 1 v 4 QF in 2001, so that’s not correct.

 

[Chip Scab1]

They played a 1 v 4 QF in 2001, so that’s not correct.

Interesting. Play on. (I was overseas 2001-2002 2004-2014 basically, so news to me)

I went to the '95 Semi, was a cracker (watching you boys lose brings joy to my rather pointless existence)

 

[Forward Press]

For the last few years….. All West Coast away games.

Got roundly mocked on the West Coast board so you bump a month old thread at 4 in the morning with this.

Someone got triggered.

 

[Blackhawk42]

This is all in the eye of the beholder.

For me it's Geelong vs Collingwood, because I've had to endure 20 consecutive years of them playing 2-3 times a season, including in finals quite regularly.

They also had a ridiculous run of fixtures for about 3 years quite recently where every game was an absolute stinker, no matter where both sides were sitting on the ladder.

To top it off, I never want either side to win, so unless I have multiple players in Supercoach I won't even bother tuning in, because I can't muster enough effort to care.

 

[theprospector]

Freo v North
Freo v Carlton
Melbourne v anyone
GWS v West Coast

 

[strand_victor]

I would say any Match Up involving North but they are so Irrelevant that they are Relevant.