Football Related Random Thread - PART 2

[Section 5]

Neale v Hemswerth

Luke Zocchi on Instagram: "Day 6 of kicking a ball in a bin. @chrishemsworth you might’ve chose the wrong career path! And a big thanks to @lachieneale for coming along. Back to pre season a bit earlier for you mate, we’ll provide a bin."

23K likes, 205 comments - zocobodypro on October 10, 2025: "Day 6 of kicking a ball in a bin. @chrishemsworth you might’ve chose the wrong career path! And a big thanks to @lachieneale for coming along. Back to pre season a bit earlier for you mate, we’ll provide a bin.".

www.instagram.com

 

[Section 5]

Rayner wins Melbourne marathon

 

[Dalions]

Rayner wins Melbourne marathon

Well done Jack!

 

[M Malice]

Vossy the only Lion to make the cut >

Did Hird miss any and if so who goes out? Sheedy out Leigh Matthews in as coach.

 

[Tom14]

Vossy the only Lion to make the cut >
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Did Hird miss any and if so who goes out? Sheedy out Leigh Matthews in as coach.

Rance, McGovern > Silvagni any day.

 

[Elixuh]

Vossy the only Lion to make the cut >
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Did Hird miss any and if so who goes out? Sheedy out Leigh Matthews in as coach.

What about Brisbane lions champions Luke hodge and Nathan Buckley

lol @ 25% of that team coming from the Bombers.

 

[p4p1]

Vossy the only Lion to make the cut >
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Did Hird miss any and if so who goes out?

So the rules are it has to 1985-2025 right? I'm trying to base it on the team he has picked and not change the structure too much.

There is clear bias but overall it probably isn't that bad.
Cox or Gawn to replace Madden.
You don't have a FF on the bench when you already have Lockett and Duntill so Lloyd goes out.
Jonno for Waganeen who replaces Lloyd on the bench.
Is it too tall? I think you could probably get away with 4 talls if Buddy is one of them. Could probably have one tall on the bench at all times and have a mid/s rotating through the HFF.
Roos for Silvani at CHB?
I still think Dusty is overrated. Would move up Ablett Jr to a HFF if not playing him on a HFF. Jr is a better both as a player and in front of goals.
Betts comes into a forward pocket.
Not sure how or if Tim Watson can keep his spot. Fyfe is probably my favourite non-Brisbane player of the last 15 or so years. Would give him the nod at his best over Watson. His bash and crash along with his size would complement the other mids really well I think. At their absolute best, Fyfe was better than Cripps IMO.
The question on Fletcher's inclusion is if McGovern, Rance or Andrews have overtaken him? Personally I think they all have. My heart wants to replace him with Andrews. McGovern and Rance have 5 AA jackets to Harris' 3. Though I think we all agree Harris was robbed a couple of times. I don't think Weitering was as good as Andrews in 2024, nor do I think Wilkie or Moore were as good in 2023. All 3 have won a club BnF.
The weakest link in the midfield rotation is probably Buckley. Which says how stacked the midfield is. All other mids have won either 2 x Brownlows or 2 x MVPs.

Andrews Scartlett Johnson
Hodge Roos McLeod
Ablett Sr Williams Matera
Franklin Carey Ablett Jr
Lockett Dunstill Betts
Cox Fyfe Voss
Wanganeen Buckley Harvey Judd Goodes.

 

[martinson]

It's obviously a personal preference type of thing. The players in his team are all champions so no argument from me even though there are at least 25 other players who would have claims for a spot. The ones I would query are Wanganeen , Madden and Watson , and maybe Matera.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Even running into ex AFL footballers in a charity game is dangerous. I agree with Hughsy about the annoying constant beeping in the hospital - those bubbles should not form in the drips so easily.

Dave Hughes in hospital again six weeks after AFL Legends game

Comedian Dave Hughes has returned to hospital, six weeks after suffering five broken ribs and a punctured lung in the AFL's Legends game.

www.abc.net.au

 

[braddsey]

Even running into ex AFL footballers in a charity game is dangerous. I agree with Hughsy about the annoying constant beeping in the hospital - those bubbles should not form in the drips so easily.

Dave Hughes in hospital again six weeks after AFL Legends game

Comedian Dave Hughes has returned to hospital, six weeks after suffering five broken ribs and a punctured lung in the AFL's Legends game.

www.abc.net.au

I wonder if he’s covered by AFLPA injury insurance…

 

[Lace Out]

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Gosh, that didn't last long.
According to one of the learned scholars on the AFL website, if the Swans land Curnow they'll leapfrog us as favourite to win the premiership in 2026. lmao

 

[dlanod]

Gosh, that didn't last long.
According to one of the learned scholars on the AFL website, if the Swans land Curnow they'll leapfrog us as favourite to win the premiership in 2026. lmao

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To be fair they do say "a flag favourite", i.e. one of the favourites which we would presumably also be in that group, not the flag favourite.

 

[p4p1]

Gosh, that didn't last long.
According to one of the learned scholars on the AFL website, if the Swans land Curnow they'll leapfrog us as favourite to win the premiership in 2026. lmao

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How will he go if he doesn't get the big Vic club umpiring?
What if he gets the Joe Daniher/Charlie Cameron style?

 

[M Malice]

Darcy Gardiner

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Darcy Gardiner

Age

30

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192cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

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Last 5

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12.6

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7.4

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5.2

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4.1

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2.1

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10.7

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7.9

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2.9

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M

3.7

4star

T

2.1

3star

G

0.0

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10.2

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K

6.0

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4.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.8

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G

0.0

1star

, Ryan Lester

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Ryan Lester

Age

33

Ht

190cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

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D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

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7.0

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M

3.9

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T

2.7

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MG

170.4

3star

D

10.3

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.5

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MG

140.7

3star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

0.6

3star

or Jack Payne will destroy Charlie Curnow

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Charlie Curnow

Age

28

Ht

194cm

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94kg

Pos.

Fwd

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Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

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3.6

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M

5.3

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2.2

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G

1.3

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No current season stats available

D

10.8

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K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

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G

0.8

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in the 2026 GF.

 

[Dalions]

Interesting

 

[Viceregal]

Interesting

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What is that counting? (I know we don't have that many members...)

 

[dlanod]

What is that counting? (I know we don't have that many members...)

They do a large survey and they ask people who they support in various codes as part of it. Funnily enough all of Brisbane say us even if they haven't watched a game in decades or ever.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Wow North

 

[Dalions]

What is that counting? (I know we don't have that many members...)

I would imagine it must be some sort of survey as dlanod said.

 

[Viceregal]

So in a poll of 9,660,000 people (not including those who would have chosen none of the above or declined to answer) or 36% of the whole of the Australian population just under 10% of them (9.87%) picked Brisbane as their preferred team.

Somehow methinks there is some projection of data going on here ... or a hell of a good reach for a survey!

 

[WheildonTheAxe]

So in a poll of 9,660,000 people (not including those who would have chosen none of the above or declined to answer) or 36% of the whole of the Australian population just under 10% of them (9.87%) picked Brisbane as their preferred team.

Somehow methinks there is some projection of data going on here ... or a hell of a good reach for a survey!

The sampling rates are included in the image by the way. Two different surveys, with 64,000 and 67,000 responses respectively.

 

[Viceregal]

The sampling rates are included in the image by the way. Two different surveys, with 64,000 and 67,000 responses respectively.

Thank you I didn't see that bit ... so they asked 64k people in the 23-24 financial year and then asked 67k people in the 24-25 financial year who they supported ... how does that parlay into there being 1297k Swans supporters in 2025?

(obviously a stats nuffie here)

 

[dlanod]

Thank you I didn't see that bit ... so they asked 64k people in the 23-24 financial year and then asked 67k people in the 24-25 financial year who they supported ... how does that parlay into there being 1297k Swans supporters in 2025?

(obviously a stats nuffie here)

Surveys like this get a large number of roughly representative people across the nation.

With a large enough number, you can extrapolate with a fair degree of confidence (and the survey will usually tell you what its +/- or confidence is) various statistics across the population as a whole, often using weighting to improve accuracy, e.g. you get 60% female respondents but the sex ratio in Australia has 50.5% women so you weight their responses correspondingly.

So they've done their survey, found that a certain percentage are Swans supporters, and using the population of Australia as a whole can estimate there are about 1.3m across the nation.

There's a big study of statistics and weightings etc that go into these, so in general they're fairly accurate. Even when people jump up and down about surveys over/under estimating Trump's support (as an example), it's usually a few percentage points, i.e. within the margin of error.

 

[WheildonTheAxe]

I was curious to know how the survey defined supporter, and if there were any demonstrable behaviours e.g. watching or attending a certain number of games. Couldn't find anything in the full detail

Sydney Swans are Australia’s most widely supported AFL club for 20 straight years - Roy Morgan Research

www.roymorgan.com