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While your Crystal ball is working well for you, I am pretty confident that St Kilda won't finish ahead of all 4 of those.

So Port add a couple of rucks who were struggling to get games with their previous club and that will make the difference? Not saying they won't be more competitive but they will need something more than that. Port need to get improvement in their back half not from a couple of slow rucks.

Actually our biggest off season move was back to the new improved and COMPLETED Whitten oval facilities

Not sure how you see that as proving any point. The 2019 draft had a 1st round NGA player matched by Freo (Liam Henry). That means Freo as a non Vic club had certainly had a lick of the ice cream prior to the change. Note also that Port Adelaide had its lick in 2020 with Lachlan Jones as a...

The system was changed after Jamarra and is the reason that Northern Academies can match before pick 40 but NGA's are unable to.

There have been quite a few sons of Bulldog Players not eligible for Father /Son Mentions have been made of Georgiades/De Koning brothers/Alex Rance but Dan Hannebery also fits with his Dad having played 32 games. Plenty of Bulldog Heritage still going around with Liberatore, West and Darcy on...

Yes I am aware that Tex kicked 10 against the Eagles. I also pointed out he has done better against the contending sides.

Fair bit of irony in a Collingwood supporter suggesting a fairness test.

I thought this thread was for unpopular opinions

Carlton supporters can jump and defend their man, but Curnow's figures are bloated from gorging on West Coast and he is currently the only Coleman candidate that has had 2 opportunities to do so. That is a fact. I have never even suggested Hawkins as deserving of AA ahead of Curnow, but Charlie...

He has 19 goals in 2 games against WCE 6 goals from 1 game against NM and 5 goals for 1 game against Geelong. His other 14 have produced 31 goals. That is unremarkable.

Take out both games against WCE and he drops to 42. Take out Taylor Walker games against Eagles and he is 44 and that is both with 16 games. So Charlie doesn't lead without his WCE benefit games.

Being best against West Coast shouldn't really count. Where does he sit if you remove the 2 games against WC

Why are you shocked at a pre-season prediction. So many things constantly changing and squiggle adapts to the outcomes. It is a predictive tool rather than a prediction.

Bailey Dale had a pretty slow start but has been excellent last few weeks. Ed Richards should be well ahead of him. He has been as good as anyone off half back. Intercept marks plus run dash and delivery.

One of the great ways to use stats for your own purpose is to keep the actual stats secret so they cannot be questioned.

The current North supporters would just about kill for a 50/50 win loss over the next 3 years

Hawthorn look about 8 years away but it is extending. They do have some good young talent but it won't happen just because they are Hawthorn. Seems to be a few gremlins in the shadows.

It is a free country and you have every right to be completely delusional

Not sure you have half a dozen actually pushing a strong case for Hawthorn's squad. Actually winning a few games might be a better aim for Hawthorn.

Tassie might have a bit of a claim with Hudson, Baldock, Ian Stewart, Verdun Howell etc. Greatest per game goalkicker of all time and a few brownlows.

Seems a lot are triggered by the analytics. The squiggle has shown a good accuracy over time but adjusts as every game is played. There is no emotion in squiggle and I accept it for what it is. I can still believe it under estimates where my team will be as 2023 is a new year and meaningful...

Hassa Mann was a good player but only a delusional Melbourne supporter could think he was better than Baldock. Half there own supporters would have just said "Go 29 - Good player than number 29."

Where is anyone claiming Richmond are receiving any unfair treatment. You are suggesting that popular opinion is that Richmond deserve unfair treatment. That is a nonsense.

I can't see how Richmond can claim any unfair treatment. Plenty of prime time and blockbuster games. Also more than 50% games at their MCG home base.

You gave a list of reasons for not winning any of the finals since 2004 and concluded that you were simply inferior to the teams you played. Nobody disputes that. So everyone agrees that Essendon were not good enough to win finals and you have somehow concluded that it was because you were not...

Given that we need to make top 4 to have the chance of playing in those games, I see no issue with the year of the Ox. If we keep making the pointy end we will win our share.

So the excuse for not being good enough is simply not being good enough. After 18 years of not being good enough when does that change? Or do they just keep on being not good enough?

All due respect to Lukey. He was a good solid player for quite a long time at the Bulldogs. He did always have deficiencies and by the time he was old enough to play at Geelong his best was done. Should be retired.

ANZAC Day certainly should not be restricted to the current Collingwood Essendon extravaganza. An unnecessary leg up for membership and sponsorship. Should be scheduled to teams who have earned the right, such as reigning premier or top 2 from previous years home and away.