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I have been thinking:

I agree 100% with sheeds - this new finals system makes it MUCH harder for top 2 to get to where they would have got last season, ie Prelim final.

Take Carlton for example, they are gonna have to play the sleeping giants, North, in the first final. That is one hard final for both teams - what motivation is there now to finish top 2?

This season it may work out okay as top 2 are a bit better than the rest, but in a normal year, top 2 are in for very hard games, which is not fair! Shouldnt it be the aim of the AFL to have the top 2 with the easiest roads thru to the GF? Look at the recent past - when was the last good GF?

I never saw the problem with the old system itself, the MCG rule was a problem, but the system itself was as good as an eight will get IMO.

I know the AFL wont do it, but the final 5 is the best system.