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    Is it time for a National Reserves League?

    I'm sorry, but that argument is pathetic. It is the argument of those who have nothing left to argue. All SANFL clubs contributed to the development, growth, success and assets of the SANFL from 1877. Like any sporting comp, the SANFL was/is an ongoing asset, where goodwill and brand (i.e. the...
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    Is it time for a National Reserves League?

    Depends what you mean by 'want'. Want them to exist and be sustainable in the AFL? Or want them to ride roughshod over everyone and everything so that every little whim gets granted, regardless of the rules, common sense, or the best interests of SA footy as a whole?
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    2015 South Australian Draft Prospects

    Speaking of 'class above'—Mitch(ell) Carter is a big forward who was amazing for Norwood in the U/18 Norwood v North preliminary final (was streamed on YouTube). He blew North out of the water by kicking 4 goals in a second quarter when he just plucked and drilled anything that came near him...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Race for the flag, in squiggly lines

    Because I, like anyone, love data that conforms to my prejudices, I'm pleased to see Brisbane 1998 to Brisbane 1999 take the gold medal. Brisbane 1998 was the biggest underperformance with a quality list in the AFL era. They singlehandedly ruined my 1998 tipping comp—I kept looking at the side...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Race for the flag, in squiggly lines

    Go back to the beginning re whether Squiggle takes account of the 'convincingness' of a team's victory (yes it does if you're talking about margin—and it also factors in whether it's home or away, the number of points given up as a measure of defensive quality, as well as raw margin, etc; see...
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    The double chance - a curse on finals systems since 1902

    Finals are a money-spinner because (with a few embarrassing exceptions) people enjoy watching them. The much-debated 'double chance' matches (and let's not forget that there are 9 finals, 7 of which are knockouts) in the first week are likely to be really high quality games, and simply much more...
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    AFL "integrity rule" re Freo and North resting players

    Yep, a favourite wins, plus an upset occurs. And amazingly, those two things occur within the same round! Totally far fetched. Plus North Melbourne are perfectly happy to travel to Adelaide to play a final rather than playing one in Melbourne, right? To say otherwise would be far-fetched. The...
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    AFL "integrity rule" re Freo and North resting players

    This is exactly why North's proposal is comp-rigging and the AFL should have banned/should ban it. Everyone is sore and carrying around niggles/tired bodies at this time of year. That's a constant. It doesn't matter if you enter into selections to manipulate the table and rest up your players so...
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    2nds Official Swans Academy Thread (Player News and Discussion)

    The simplest formula will be to change the father/son rules so that if another club bids a first round on Dunkley, and we're committing to Mills with our first round, we don't get Dunkley. The rules would only need to be tweaked slightly, essentially to say that once a F/S bid has been placed on...
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    So who was overlooked in the National Draft?

    Baulderstone is an interesting one; he fits the mould in some ways but breaks it in others. He is only average-to-good as a knock ruckman, but the prevailing wisdom is that merely totting up tap numbers is a meaningless statistic that doesn't win games. Also, he is not super-athletic, which is...
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    2014 Mature Aged Players

    I'd imagine that the difference between ND and rookie for him would be the degree to which clubs are concerned by his hamstring history, and how his recovery from a poorly-timed bout of dengue fever is tracking. Would be a surprise to see him overlooked entirely.
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    AFL bans Sydney from trading players in

    This post is a really cool example of attempting to explain something that makes no sense, pretending that it makes perfect sense, and making no sense in the attempt. Que? They're not over the salary cap. If they were over the salary cap they would be punished as salary cap cheats. They are...
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    Father-son and Academy bidding

    It's not hard to make the argument that, with not far off 50% of the Australian population between them, NSW and Qld form a significant part of the long-term (financial, if nothing else) future of the code that justifies special rules to increase participation rates and encourage potentially...
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    2014 Brownlow Discussion

    Massive shock that he got in front of Fyfe in the last round, but 26 votes means it's certainly no Bradbury win. Anyone who's supported the Bloods can relate to a guy who's arrived on a rookie list at the age of 20, and has just got there by sheer hard work.
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    2014 Mature Aged Players

    It's an amazing story. Even hardcore Norwood fans were surprised to see him going into the centre square at the start of the round 1 clash v Port Adelaide. Thought it might have been a shock tactic to throw out the opposition's defensive structures, before he drifted back forward. But from the...
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