AFL : too blind to see it.

[Rotayjay]

They are reactive, they will only look at this when a big name player misses a GF due to concussion protocols

If they play for a non-Victorian club, maybe not. If a big Victorian club, certainly.

 

[HTPunter]

Stopping the season with a month to go allows momentum to rebuild.

Stopping the season with 1 game to go I think will take away the fever pitch hype - it can’t be hyped up for 2 weeks straight. The casuals are caught up in the hype currently.

Maybe the end of season bye should be with 2 weeks to go in the H&A season - everyone gets a rest but it doesn’t break with momentum of teams or the season or hype

 

[HTPunter]

Iltimatel

I like a war of attrition. No breaks, play through.

I like a war of attrition. No breaks, play through.

ultimately this is my preference.

The AFLPA hates it but I’d rather make the flag as hard as possible to win. Lachie Neale types forced to play and perform despite struggling throughout the year to train are great stories and seperate the men from the boys. Love it

 

[LordLucifer]

I like a war of attrition. No breaks, play through.

Seconded !!

Get rid of ALL byes, mid-season & pre-finals.

 

[Pistol Night]

Seconded !!

Get rid of ALL byes, mid-season & pre-finals.

And quarter and half time breaks

 

[LordLucifer]

The below set-up gives you both a week off at the start of the finals series (for the top-6) and a week off before the Grand Final without extending the number of weeks of the finals series. You get the best of both worlds.

WEEK 1 (byes for 1,2,3,4,5 6,)
1st elimination final: 7 v 10
2nd elimination Final: 8 v 9

WEEK 2
1st Semi Final: 1st vs lowest ranked Elimination final winner (1 v 8)
2nd Semi Final: 2nd vs highest ranked Elimination final winner (2 v 7)
3rd Semi Final : 3 v 6
4th Semi Final : 4 v 5

WEEK 3
1st Preliminary Final: highest ranked team vs lowest ranked team (1 v 4)
2nd Preliminary Final: 2nd-highest ranked team vs 2nd lowest ranked team (2 v 3)

WEEK 4
Bye (ensuring 14 day break for Grand Final)

WEEK 5
Grand Final (1 v 2)

Jam that idea well and truly up your patootie !!

 

[LordLucifer]

And quarter and half time breaks

Let's just start with the byes shall we.

Bloody iriot !!

 

[Pistol Night]

Let's just start with the byes shall we.

Bloody iriot !!

Nah i agree. The byes take all the momentum out of things. Clubs might have to rest players more strategically to be cherry ripe by finals time

 

[Dan26]

Jam that idea well and truly up your patootie !!

It'll probably come in (I hope) when the AFL moves to a 19-team league. It's clearly a better final-10 the the proposed wildcard mess. And as I stated earlier it gives the top-6 a week off after the last home and away game AND there is a week off before the grand Final without extending the final series. It's win-win.

And it's fairer too. The Preliminary Finals, for example would be 1v4 and 2v3 if the higher teams win through. This can't happen under the current system.

 

[rapidfire7]

I am yet to find any supporter anywhere who thinks that the prefinals bye is a good thing.

 

[MightyHawks]

Think the Swans would have been better playing the Grand Final as soon as they could have.

8 days gave them plenty of time to worry about losing it again - they didn't need any more time.

 

[Bjo187]

I love the weeks break before finals, it really builds the anticipation, the crowds and tv ratings are massive and all 4 finals are intense. It's been a great initiative.

The bye before the grand final they tried in 21, it was really boring waiting two weeks for 1 game that was so over analysed due to a lack of any other content, I didn't like it. In my opinion, the best team still wins the flag in the end anyway.