Best of 3 Grand Final Series

[Go the Guts]

How dare Victorian teams be good at football.

Interstaters want the game of AFL to be like cricket where Victorian players when visiting the gates of entry to the test team,see a huge closed steel gate with five hundred padlocks and a sign saying No Victorians.

Thankfully, the AFL is not run like a boys club.

I was at the G grand final day and there were a ton of Crows fans there making heaps of noise and the Crows were dominating early,our team was good enough to grind the Crows down and then go on to win by 8 goals.

8 bloody goals,no umpires can change a team who wins by 8 goals.

You blew it when doing that power stance,that gave the Richmond players enormous ammo.

Oh dear.....keep deflecting the point of the thread.....being.......we finished higher than you yet we had to play the GF at your home ground. Compromised comp! And the idea of a 3 game GF series is spot on.

 

[Interstater]

At a bare minimum the side that finishes higher in the home and away should get an extra 10,000 seats to the GF for its members.

You can keep the rest of your advantage because its clear you would see very few Victorian teams win a premiership without it.

 

[Big Crow]

It’s almost as if home ground advantage is a real thing, recognised as such in sporting competitions all around the world.

The AFL is significantly compromised until they do something about this.

 

[Interstater]

Not sure how you expected Adelaide to win the grand final with the frog sh1t they threw up last year.
You were beaten be a much better team on the day.

GF'S SINCE 1990:
Vics: 11
Interstate: 11

The stats dont lie

From 1990 - 2003
Vic beat non-vic: 2
Non-vic beat vic: 7

From 2004 - 2018 ​

Vic beat non-vic: 6

Non-vic beat vic: 1

Congratulations Victoria - you have learnt how to make the most of your advantage.

(vic vs vic)​

1990 Collingwood Essendon
1993 Essendon Carlton
1995 Carlton Geelong
1999 North Melbourne Carlton
2000 Essendon Melbourne
2008 Hawthorn Geelong
2009 Geelong St Kilda
2010 Collingwood St Kilda
2011 Geelong Collingwood

(vic vs non-vic)
1991 Hawthorn (2) West Coast (1)
1996 North Melbourne (2) Sydney (1)

2007 Geelong (1) Port Adelaide (2)
2013 Hawthorn (1) Fremantle (3)
2014 Hawthorn (2) Sydney (1)
2015 Hawthorn (3) West Coast (2)
2016 Western Bulldogs (7) Sydney (1)
2017 Richmond (3) Adelaide (1)

(non-vic vs vic)
1992 West Coast (4) Geelong (1)
1994 West Coast (1) Geelong (4)
1997 Adelaide (4) St Kilda (1)
1998 Adelaide (5) North Melbourne (1)
2001 Brisbane Lions (2) Essendon (1)
2002 Brisbane Lions (2) Collingwood (4)
2003 Brisbane Lions (3) Collingwood (2)

2012 Sydney (3) Hawthorn (1)

(non-vic vs non-vic)
2004 Port Adelaide (1) Brisbane Lions (2)
2005 Sydney (3) West Coast (1)
2006 West Coast (1) Sydney (4)

(*) - number in brackets is home and away finishing position
Indicates lower ranked team won
Indicates higher ranked team won

 

[Astro_]

It’s almost as if home ground advantage is a real thing, recognised as such in sporting competitions all around the world.

The AFL is significantly compromised until they do something about this.

Compromised by who?

We owe nothing to other sporting globes around the world, nor is a comparsion necessary

 

[tigertigertiger]

What else can we copy??

replace the hand ball with a throw

put a bar across the big sticks

we should have a president and not a prime minister

have the right to bare arms, bring back the guns

have texan accents

remove the Union Jack and replace with stripes

build a casino city in the desert

have Walmarts

put our celebrities on a higher pedestal

serve buffalo wings only at all stadiums

 

[leobarryustar]

What else can we copy??

replace the hand ball with a throw

put a bar across the big sticks

we should have a president and not a prime minister

have the right to bare arms, bring back the guns

have texan accents

remove the Union Jack and replace with stripes

build a casino city in the desert

have Walmarts

put our celebrities on a higher pedestal

serve buffalo wings only at all stadiums

Buffalo wings? Fk yeah!

Also send the GF to Sydney, its a better city

 

[10571z]

Sheehans ideas was idiotic

For example

GF 1 MCG
GF 2 - AO
GF 3 - MCG as it always would finish at the MCG (unless it was 2-0

So last year we might have 2 games only for richmond to get 2 home grand finals anyway.

lol.

Idiotic leave it as it is.

 

[smasha]

The Crows were not good enough on the day,simple as that.

 

[smasha]

Sheehans ideas was idiotic

For example

GF 1 MCG
GF 2 - AO
GF 3 - MCG as it always would finish at the MCG (unless it was 2-0

So last year we might have 2 games only for richmond to get 2 home grand finals anyway.

lol.

Idiotic leave it as it is.

This is not counting on fans who have to fork out for finals tickets,players absolutely wrecked long term after playing their guts out for three games,third grand final would field half the teams from the first grand final which destroys the notion of the best team won.

The silliest idea ever.

AO needs to be 80k minimum then the AFL would look at it.

Crows have won back to back flags against Vic teams at the G.

It is only because Vic teams have won the last five that interstaters cry that’s not fair.

No wonder interstate test cricket selectors have huge chips on their shoulders with Victorian cricketers!

 

[smasha]

Compromised by who?

We owe nothing to other sporting globes around the world, nor is a comparsion necessary

Agree,we are at the forefront.

It is up to the World to catch up to us!

 

[smasha]

The World shoves 0-0 draws down our throats while our magnificent code gets ignored by the mules from the rest of the World.

 

[Interstater]

The World shoves 0-0 draws down our throats while our magnificent code gets ignored by the mules from the rest of the World.

Perhaps its time to give more focus to which teams win the minor premiership?

5 - Essendon (1990, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001)

3 - Sydney (1996, 2014, 2016)
3 - Geelong (1992, 2007, 2008)
3 - West Coast (1991, 1994, 2006)
3 - Port Adelaide (2002, 2003, 2004)​

2 - Adelaide (2005, 2017)
2 - Hawthorn (2012, 2013)
2 - Collingwood (2010, 2011)​

2 - St Kilda (1997, 2009)

1- Fremantle (2015)
1- North Melbourne (1998)
1 - Carlton (1995)

0 - Brisbane, Suns, Giants, Melbourne, Richmond, Bulldogs

 

[smasha]

Perhaps its time to give more focus to which teams win the minor premiership?

5 - Essendon (1990, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001)

3 - Sydney (1996, 2014, 2016)
3 - Geelong (1992, 2007, 2008)
3 - West Coast (1991, 1994, 2006)
3 - Port Adelaide (2002, 2003, 2004)​

2 - Adelaide (2005, 2017)
2 - Hawthorn (2012, 2013)
2 - Collingwood (2010, 2011)​

2 - St Kilda (1997, 2009)

1- Fremantle (2015)
1- North Melbourne (1998)
1 - Carlton (1995)

0 - Brisbane, Suns, Giants, Melbourne, Richmond, Bulldogs

We had form when it counted!

 

[Interstater]

You could argue that there should be a greater award if the team that finishes minor premier wins the grand final:

1993 - Essendon
1994 - West Coast
1995 - Carlton
2000 - Essendon
2004 - Port Adelaide
2006 - West Coast
2007 - Geelong
2010 - Collingwood
2013 - Hawthorn

Its fair to say they will be remembered as the most dominant teams in the AFL era.

 

[wormburner67]

The team that wins the minor premiers are the best team in the league.
The GF should be considered more a token reward then an absolute result if played at all.

 

[Art Corvelay]

Soccer is s**t.

Bullshit.

And FIFA could teach the AFL a thing or 2 about corruption.

The team that wins the minor premiers are the best team in the league.
The GF should be considered more a token reward then an absolute result if played at all.

Leagues are too addicted to finals money to reward consistency.

 

[Roovolution]

The Crows were not good enough on the day,simple as that.

Just like you weren’t good enough last Thursday night when we beat you by 36 points or when you played us the year before at Adelaide Oval and we beat you by 70 points. Perhaps it was that pesky home ground advantage thing....

 

[Boomerfan99]

Can anybody name a sport that actually plays a best of 3 final?

NRL state of origin is a representative series, not a final.

NBL

 

[This Is Anfield]

Just like you weren’t good enough last Thursday night when we beat you by 36 points or when you played us the year before at Adelaide Oval and we beat you by 70 points. Perhaps it was that pesky home ground advantage thing....

Looking forward to your #freekickadelaide video from last night.

PS: Look what a team can do away from home with the right attitude.

 

[This Is Anfield]

The team that wins the minor premiers are the best team in the league.
The GF should be considered more a token reward then an absolute result if played at all.

This would only work if it was a true home and away season.
This would mean a 34 game season... good luck.

 

[dean33]

You could argue that there should be a greater award if the team that finishes minor premier wins the grand final:

1993 - Essendon
1994 - West Coast
1995 - Carlton
2000 - Essendon
2004 - Port Adelaide
2006 - West Coast
2007 - Geelong
2010 - Collingwood
2013 - Hawthorn

Its fair to say they will be remembered as the most dominant teams in the AFL era.

Yep that Brisbane team that won 3 flags in a row must not have been that good if they didn’t win the minor premiership...

 

[Interstater]

Yep that Brisbane team that won 3 flags in a row must not have been that good if they didn’t win the minor premiership...

Essendon were the better side in 2001 (as you would remember from the qualifying final).

Port were in 2003. We just didn't know how to win AFL finals yet.

Brisbane were arguably the best side in 2002.

2003
1 Port Adelaide 18 4 127.23 72
2 Collingwood 15 7 121.58 60
3 Brisbane Lions 14 7 121.94 58
4 Sydney 14 8 115.04 56

 

[dean33]

Essendon were the better side in 2001 (as you would remember from the qualifying final).

Port were in 2003. We just didn't know how to win AFL finals yet.

Brisbane were arguably the best side in 2002.

2003
1 Port Adelaide 18 4 127.23 72
2 Collingwood 15 7 121.58 60
3 Brisbane Lions 14 7 121.94 58
4 Sydney 14 8 115.04 56

Brisbane were the best side in 2001
Brisbane were the best side in 2002
Brisbane were the best side in 2003

 

[footyfan1978]

Imagine the rename!
The 2019 Grand Final Series?
The 2019 Grand Finals?
the Grand Final has always been about who can show up on the day and perform.

That is why it is called a GRAND Final.
If this concept ever got legs in late 2050's, you can no longer call it a grand final.
In fact you would have to revamp the whole naming of certain finals. Preliminary Final should be reduced in name to Semi-Final. Second week finals called Quarter Finals. If you had a best of 3 concept for final two teams left standing you would be best calling final 1 of that series a Preliminary Final as no premiership is decided in that game. The second week would be "The Final" and if third final needed it would then be called Grand Final. If only two needed then retrospectively "The Final" would end with label as Grand Final.

The Challenge System to decide premiership in early 1900's is closest to something akin to this where they got to "The Final" and if minor premier won, in retrospect they labelled it the "Grand" Final for that year, if minor premier beaten in it, they had right to re-match to decide the premiership and that was the Grand Final.