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  1. Howard Littlejohn

    Which Final Ten System is the best option to use post-2028?

    It depends on what the primary purpose of finals is. A method to determine a premier, or money. If the former, even with 20 teams eight is only acceptable due to how screwy the fixture is. But still too many when most yeats there are 3-4 realistic chances and the rest are making up numbers. If...
  2. Howard Littlejohn

    **** off Jose Next clubs to be folded

    Carlton. The question each week is whether they fold in the first quarter or the fourth.
  3. Howard Littlejohn

    Opinion Should Showdown 60 in round 16 this year be a standalone fixture?

    Instead Collingwood v Richmond will no doubt be the Friday game and the Showdown Saturday night
  4. Howard Littlejohn

    Opinion Is it time to have the actual game clock displayed in stadiums?

    Sure, but the accuracy would vary. Think they did that back in the old days, more likely to be more accurate now but it wouldn't be known to the part-second.
  5. Howard Littlejohn

    News "State of Origin is back" - Eddie McGuire, March 2025

    Because Allies and All-Stars were perhaps the most ill-conceived thing in the history of sport.
  6. Howard Littlejohn

    Opinion Is it time to have the actual game clock displayed in stadiums?

    The answer is quite simple. Count up clocks on the broadcast again, and only the timekeepers know how long remains. Silly signs mean much less.
  7. Howard Littlejohn

    Fast Food

    I suspect people forget how expensive it is until they've ordered, and by then just think "**** it". I know I sometimes do when I'm om my way home with zero energy to cook, and my brain has shut down.
  8. Howard Littlejohn

    Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does the sequel; More Things

    I had not considered this before, but isn't Miss Piggy also a material girl. Cotton and felt perhaps.
  9. Howard Littlejohn

    Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does the sequel; More Things

    The emphasis very much on the "ish" as American has little do with the language of England.
  10. Howard Littlejohn

    20th AFL Team

    And all in one place, which Tasmania definitely is not. There are only smaller markets remaining, at least for basing teams in new cities.
  11. Howard Littlejohn

    20th AFL Team

    Does Brisbane have that same cultural and geographic divide that Sydney has from its west? Along with western Sydney being near-Brisbane population and economy on its own. Sunshine Coast is too small for some time yet, I don't see a 3rd SEQ team until GC are nearly selling out regularly (though...
  12. Howard Littlejohn

    The shambolic mess of Opening Round

    The 150th anniversary game is mid-March. And normally the BBL, which does attract crowds, runs through January and maybe into February. I would like to see CA change the domestic calendar so the Tests ran through January, when more people have days off for the mostly day games. But even if there...
  13. Howard Littlejohn

    20th AFL Team

    Canberra, Launceston and Ballarat could get 1:10 games almost exclusively after around mid-April to maximise crowds. But its a winter sport, if its a night game in a blizzard so be it. If the Cowboys can play night games at Bruce, Collingwood can play night games at Manuka.
  14. Howard Littlejohn

    Reasons for disenchantment / lower attendance

    Is a $16 pint that outrageous? I thought $12 to 15 was the going price here, but haven't had a drink at a bar in Australia for a long time.
  15. Howard Littlejohn

    Do Collingwood need to enter a rebuild phase?

    This is true. FA does work very much in favour of larger clubs, if they can use it and are not total basket cases. Along with the intangibles (big games, MCG, etc) there is a lot more money to be made through the exposure and support base of a larger club. Even with the limits on third-party...
  16. Howard Littlejohn

    Round 8

    Not well enough to push Geelong. The one advantage is being at the rather narrow Kardinia Park, the inability to defend the widest part of the ground (necessary for North to provide some help to a lacking back six) might not be as evident. Geelong do have an advantage at Kardinia, but in this...
  17. Howard Littlejohn

    20th AFL Team

    Sydney and Canberra are not the same city, or even in the same jurisdiction. Canberra doesn't have GWS any more than Darwin has the Suns. WA3 and WA4 would be teams 21 and 22, easily enough population, economy and most importantly sponsors for four teams. 3 and 4 would obviously have small...
  18. Howard Littlejohn

    News "State of Origin is back" - Eddie McGuire, March 2025

    Watch them **** it all up again by bringing back Allies.
  19. Howard Littlejohn

    The shambolic mess of Opening Round

    For 2027 Geelong could be at hgome, and no Melbourne games. Tasmania at home 2028, nine games all outside Victoria. Still give NSW and Qld games the prime time. But, really, I do believe the gimmick has exactly zero impact in the northern states, so just play a normal round in round one...
  20. Howard Littlejohn

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Rd 7 - Freo v Blues - Sat April 25th 6:15pm (Optus Stadium)

    Relief for Carlton. They won't be blowing a second half lead.
  21. Howard Littlejohn

    Analysis North under Alastair Clarkson

    That's fair, imo. Except we're not beating Adelaide, esp in SA. To really say advancement has been made there need to be a couple of wins against the group of mid-table sides that might just make or just miss the horrid "wildcard". I don't think we go in favourites for any of those games, but...
  22. Howard Littlejohn

    WSYD Biggest rivalry for GWS

    Surely its Sydney. Local derbies tend to have some spice even if the teams are far apart in ability at the time. (Not that they are always close, but they start with feeling). Dogs seems more of a similar position over a decent period thing, but not long enough to be a forever rival; and maybe...
  23. Howard Littlejohn

    Fixture Collingwood boss wants new midseason mini cup and fixture changes

    The number of poeple wanting to watch all three games would be pretty small. A few on sites like this, but among the less obsessed football public very few. And a 5:20 start means finishing 40 minutes later the already problematic Sunday 4:40. People in outer suburbs already can't take the kids...
  24. Howard Littlejohn

    Have Richmond passed North and west coast

    Hard to put a number on it, but against any of second division (bottom six) teams they can manage a win. A couple of weeks ago I thought they had gone past North, based largely on North's easy run being against nobody. I now think I was mistaken, especially having seen more of how Carlton are...
  25. Howard Littlejohn

    Have Richmond passed North and west coast

    Litany of Stupid, I accept that title.
  26. Howard Littlejohn

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 6 - Blues v Pies Thurs April 16th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

    Was that 666, got a warning earlier in the quarter?
  27. Howard Littlejohn

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 6 - Blues v Pies Thurs April 16th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

    Anderson's pick up was star-worthy.
  28. Howard Littlejohn

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 6 - Blues v Pies Thurs April 16th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

    So, I was away for ten minutes including 3/4 time and look what happened ..... are Carlton being, well, Carlton?
  29. Howard Littlejohn

    Reasons for disenchantment / lower attendance

    The AFL and Seven don't believe anyone in Victoria will tune in to a game without any Victorian teams. And it lets the AFL claim the Dogs, a traditional "small four club" got their share of Friday nights.
  30. Howard Littlejohn

    Reasons for disenchantment / lower attendance

    Quite a few peobably. The median household has two subscription streaming services last I saw. The popular ones are probably Netflix and Disney. Its a bit of a mysetery how wide penetration is for Kayo, but it would only be the middle and upper income who already deeply follow a Kayo sport...

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