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  1. Dan26

    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 3

    Exactly. Another travel leg-up for the SA teas. I'll update my list: Adelaide: 11 advantage games (hosting a travelling team) 3 neutral (versus Port and vs Hawthorn) 9 disadvantage games (travelling themselves) Net advantage +2
  2. Dan26

    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 3

  3. Dan26

    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 3

    Playing neutral games in Victoria is no more an “advantage” than West Coast and Freo playing a neutral game at Optus stadium. I.e none. Zero. The only measure of travel advantage is. “NET” advantage. That is, how many more times do you host a travelling team than travel yourself. Your mob hosts...
  4. Dan26

    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 3

    Stop making excuses. You get a massive leg up every year. Not only do you host a team that has to make the travel 6,000 km round trip (up and back tonPerth) 11 times a year, you then only make that same trip 9 times yourself. You’re advantaged. Accept it. Carlton has FOUR games out of 23 where...
  5. Dan26

    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 3

    When are the AFL going to fix up the blatant travel bias gifted towards the four SA and WA clubs? Just look at the ridiculous net difference between their hosting of travelling teams compared to travelling themselves. Adelaide: 11 advantage games (hosting a travelling team) 2 neutral (versus...
  6. Dan26

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 8 - Pies v Hawks Thurs April 30th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

    The only thing that could made this result sweeter would be if the Geelong-Hawthorn game also ended in a draw a few weeks ago. I was watching the game tonight, appreciating the contest, enjoying the match, but I was totally emotionless because I hate both teams. Then, when the possibility of a...
  7. Dan26

    Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 8 - Pies v Hawks Thurs April 30th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

    Perfect result if you hate (as most do) both teams.
  8. Dan26

    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    I understand your point. Still a big call to drop him, when he was one of our best players against Melbourne and Gold Coast and has had the one bad game in a row (along with 14 other players), yet he's the one to make way?? I understand what you're trying to say though.
  9. Dan26

    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    If you didn’t want Parish dropped I apologise. Many do for some weird reason. Hewett was dropped to make a statement. Maybe there’s something Hewett wasn’t doing that the coaches want. Parish, for all his faults is in the top 6 for most statistical categories and there is no indication from the...
  10. Dan26

    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    I know (I'm not paying for a CD subscription) but the ratings shown are similar. Average teams don't drop their better players. You might not rate him as our second-best player and you might think he is 10th or 11th for example (I think he's in our top-6 approximately). But to suggest he is 24th...
  11. Dan26

    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    Whether you agree with the ratings or not is beside the point. For anyone to suggest Parish is NOT one of the best 23 players is idiotic. Think about what you're saying. You must rate Essendon's list exceptionally highly if you somehow think there are 23 players more worthy of a senior berth...
  12. Dan26

    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    In: Cox, Gresham, Nguyen Out: May, Sharp, Kako These threads do my head in every week with uneducated posters wanting Parish dropped. Yes, he had a slowish start and was average (like nearly everyone else on the weekend), but over the year, he has been our second-best player according to...
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  14. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    Gather Round is the biggest load of shit, and one of the most overrated things the AFL has implemented. Everyone says they like it, but in 4 years I've never heard a serious argument as to why it exists. You and I seem to be the only voices of common sense. Please tell me there are some others...
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    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    And in a sport where the best teams usually win, making it even more unnecessary. (Teams often win 64-65 games out of 82). You could justify the large number of games in Baseball because of the flukiness of the results, but 82 each in basketball is pure madness. No wonder the NBA's ratings are...
  16. Dan26

    Which is the smallest rivalry between Victorian clubs?

    Essendon have met Melbourne seven times in Grand Finals - the most ever recorded between any two teams.
  17. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    I'm not against the idea of adding games. Up to a point. At some point you dilute your product to the point where you hurt it. The question is, what number of games per team represents where the black arrow is?
  18. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    Here's an idea. Everyone plays 11 home and 11 away, we don't have gather round, and if teams want to hurt themselves by selling off a home game interstate that's up to them. Radical idea, I know.
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    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    True for baseball. It's not uncommon for the best team in MLB to only win 60% of their games. NOT true in basketball. Teams have won 70+games in the NBA a couple of times and the best team each year is normally in the mid 60's. OKC went 64-18 (78%). No baseball team ever goes 78%. The NBA is...
  20. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    Whether they are sold as home games for each team or as a package, less games equal more value individally. That can't be argued. It's simply a case of whether the increase of matches is worth more to the broadcaster even if the average ratings for each individual game is less.
  21. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    I'll explain it like this. More games are worth more.... up to a point. If there were, say a million games, with a thousand games on every day, no one would watch. If there one single game, everyone watches. More games equal more money up to a point where the curve on the graph peaks. The NFL...
  22. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    No, the NFL operate with a scarcity model, which they have openly admitted to. That gives them a point of difference with the NBA who have 82 games each, where it's common for teams to rest their entire starting 5. And no wonder, with 82 games none of the games really matter. NFL players never...
  23. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    The AFL Grand Final should be on the second Saturday in October one week after the NRL Grand Final. That way the AFL Grand Final gets a week of clear air and the Preliminary Final weekend falls with no direct competitiion on TV. One Prelim is on Friday, the other on the Saturday and the NRL...
  24. Dan26

    News The AFL will introduce a 24 round home and away season in 2028

    It's weird how we always think that more content is better and worth more to broadcasters, and the AFL falls into this trap with the prospect of now expanding to a ridiculous 24 games in 2028. In the U.S, the three major sporting leagues are the NFL, MLB and NBA. MLB broadcast deal (each team...
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    AFL Player 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (c)

    Champion Data player ratings had McGrath as the best player on the ground in the Gold Coast Essendon game and the second best player for the entire round behind only Jeremy Cameron (who kicked 10 goals) RATINGS FOR ROUND 6 RATINGS FOR ESSENDON vs GOLD COAST
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  28. Dan26

    Jumper clash fails

    Jesus buddy there no need to be rude. It’s nothing like cricket at all. Yes, there is the offside rule, but they still tackle each other, and more importantly they still throw interceptions. There is no excuse for such a jumper clash.
  29. Dan26

    Jumper clash fails

    NRL game on tonight is a disgrace.
  30. Dan26

    Hawthorn and Brisbane finals quirk

    How about this for a stat. In an 18-team competition with a final-8 there should be an average of 5 teams winning a final in any given year. It can be as low as 4 (if both Qualifying Final losers go out in straight sets), or as high as 6 if both Qualifying Final losers bounce back in week 2. On...

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