Cats and the Bye - Some Numbers

[Max Milburn]

Well Gil is listening. Rumour that the midyear bye will be dropped in 2020

No doubt after Steve and Gerry whispered in each ear.

 

[Nickoo]

The bye is responsible for all crop failures, tsunamis, beer shortages and Eric Abetz.
It's a well-known fact.

I thought that was the fault of the two dollar coin....


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[ATSAM]

No doubt after Steve and Gerry whispered in each ear.

Who is Gerry???

 

[Max Milburn]

Who is Gerry???

 

[winty]

Well Gil is listening. Rumour that the midyear bye will be dropped in 2020

Wait for the melts from the Richmond board claiming it's Steve Hocking and Gerard Whateley driving it.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Well chalk up another one. Didn't show up for most of the first half.

 

[Chinacats]

Unacceptable in an elite environment! Next year nothing will change. Same old line ‘ we are a different team’ blah blah blah

 

[H E Pennypacker]

We're better off forfeiting in protest of the reaming the AFL gives us with home finals, than serving up that shit.
The AFL would achieve opposite of its desired purpose, a nil attendance and profit. And we'd be in the same position, but at least it would stand for something.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

This is it folks.

We are different this year.

If we fold again, be comforted in the fact that we have Richmond 2nd up and that streak still runs back to 2008

 

[CatToTheFuture]

This is it folks.

We are different this year.

If we fold again, be comforted in the fact that we have Richmond 2nd up and that streak still runs back to 2008

Oh wait we've got the bye coming up?

F#$%!

 

[Chinacats]

It’s not a real bye!

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Yeah, 9 days. Not a real bye. They'll have a bye before the finals though

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

It’s not a real bye!

Doesn't matter, if we get over Essendon I'm claiming it.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Yeah, 9 days. Not a real bye. They'll have a bye before the finals though

Boooooooooooooooo........

 

[cats_09]

Haven't we already kinda broken the bye hoodoo - we beat the Hawks off a massive break between round 1 & 2

we then had 11 days between the Collingwood & Freo games, with a win over Freo, while we beat the Crows off a 9 day break

While we seem to be going ok off shorter breaks this year, we have also handled the extended breaks

 

[darren forssman]

Yeah, 9 days. Not a real bye. They'll have a bye before the finals though

is this confirmed? Seems no need for it now, just get the season over

 

[Overhang]

Not sure if this has been posted before but we are pretty handy the 2nd game after the bye... but no one likes to talk about that, that's less interesting

 

[cats_09]

is this confirmed? Seems no need for it now, just get the season over

Think it will depend on where the grand final is to be played & the structure of the finals series

If the grand final is in NSW there won't be a pre-finals bye as they'll want to play the GF on Oct 17 - the NRL have their GF on Oct 25, so the AFL gf would need to be the week before

If the grand final is played anywhere but NSW it will likely be played on Oct 24, so that means a pre-finals bye

I'm with you though - screw the bye and just get the games done

 

[JohnZ]

Not sure if this has been posted before but we are pretty handy the 2nd game after the bye... but no one likes to talk about that, that's less interesting

We have a 9 day bye this week, so those stats won't matter?

But yes, it's a good stat to have.

 

[goyoucatters]

Not sure if this has been posted before but we are pretty handy the 2nd game after the bye... but no one likes to talk about that, that's less interesting
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Really interesting table, Overhang.

So across the two games combined following a 'bye', we actually have the third-best winning percentage of all teams, behind only Hawthorn and Richmond.

You'll never hear anything about that stat in the media, though.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Can I put this one to bed now?

 

[My Tilly]

Can I put this one to bed now?

Best wait till after the QF/EF has been played.

 

[catempire]

Can I put this one to bed now?

Not until we win our QF.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Not until we win our QF.

Then win the prelim

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Perhaps the framing needs to change. We are now I think 3-1 after a bye in years where there are global pandemics. Just need one every year