Preview Changes Rnd 11 vs Brisbane Bears, Sunday twilight at AO

[radiojake]

The timeslot for this match has really pissed me off.

I have to catch a late Sunday night flight. The only match of the entire round this conflicts with is Sunday twilight. So what scheduling do we get? Sunday twilight of course

It's actually one of the rare times I'll be able to watch live

 

[Rotayjay]

It's actually one of the rare times I'll be able to watch live

Are you in the UK?

 

[pjcrows]

Fair to say we need to find a way to scrap a win tomorrow. Nobody is going to just fall in to 7th or 8th this year.

 

[FR0GGY]

Are you in the UK?

Melbourne

 

[PeterSalt]

how much money they make is irrelevant in the grand scheme. The AFL is a not for profit, once they've paid for has an obligation to make the league as even a playing field as practicable.

Sure, I agree with that.

TPP is largely paid for by the AFL (with the AFLPA putting their hands out every time a new media deal is signed).They also have to prop up non-profitable clubs. They're servicing a loan taken out against Marvel Stadium during Covid. And now they're in the process of bringing another club into the competition. Grassroots footy is constantly lobbying for more funding...

The AFL has a ravenous appetite for money

 

[GreyCrow]

The timeslot for this match has really pissed me off.

I have to catch a late Sunday night flight. The only match of the entire round this conflicts with is Sunday twilight. So what scheduling do we get? Sunday twilight of course

So someone else should do Good Bad Ugly?

 

[1970crow]

you don't know the difficulty of the draw until the minor round has concluded. A few weeks ago we faced a top 4 team and blew them away at home. They're now a 12th ranked side. People get far too wound up with fixtures early in the season. Our Port win and Pies loss were better form lines than our 'top 4 toppling' Carlton win.

Edit - Currently

further to this, today's results just muddy the waters further. How good were our cats/demons losses and saints win? Hard to know, so we'll just need to wait. Port and Pies looking the most reliable form lines to this point.

 

[FR0GGY]

further to this, today's results just muddy the waters further. How good were our cats/demons losses and saints win? Hard to know, so we'll just need to wait. Port and Pies looking the most reliable form lines to this point.

Makes our cats loss worse but over GWS loss better

 

[cleanhands]

further to this, today's results just muddy the waters further. How good were our cats/demons losses and saints win? Hard to know, so we'll just need to wait. Port and Pies looking the most reliable form lines to this point.

 

[Apsaalooke]

Yeah that’s a fair call, Worrell and Parnell are the same height, Worrell is just bigger body

Parnell 178cm
Worrell 195cm

Not even close

 

[Samcro24]

Parnell 178cm
Worrell 195cm

Not even close

Sarcasm detector

 

[radiojake]

Are you in the UK?

nah Melbourne

but shift work, plus my own footy, means I normally have to make do with the replay

 

[Apsaalooke]

Sarcasm detector

Ah yes, the lowest form of wit

 

[Samcro24]

Ah yes, the lowest form of wit

But the highest form of intelligence

 

[Geoffa32]

further to this, today's results just muddy the waters further. How good were our cats/demons losses and saints win? Hard to know, so we'll just need to wait. Port and Pies looking the most reliable form lines to this point.

Jokes about Hinkley September wins aside, Port and Collingwood are the standout sides this year.


For us those loses and the Saints win suggest our ladder position is about right. We are a 8 to 12 calibre side. Might fall into Finals, but I feel we will finish 10/11th. A slight improvement on last year.
Must make Finals next year


Beat Brisbane tomorrow might change that estimate though.



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[Apsaalooke]

But the highest form of intelligence

As the great man said. Yeah I’ll cop that

 

[1970crow]

Jokes about Hinkley September wins aside, Port and Collingwood are the standout sides this year.


For us those loses and the Saints win suggest our ladder position is about right. We are a 8 to 12 calibre side. Might fall into Finals, but I feel we will finish 10/11th. A slight improvement on last year.
Must make Finals next year


Beat Brisbane tomorrow might change that estimate though.



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the thing about Brisbane is that their away output isn't a reliable indicator. A loss is certsinly bad, but a win isn't necessarily great. That said, much better to win than lose.

 

[crows dude]

Jokes about Hinkley September wins aside, Port and Collingwood are the standout sides this year.


For us those loses and the Saints win suggest our ladder position is about right. We are a 8 to 12 calibre side. Might fall into Finals, but I feel we will finish 10/11th. A slight improvement on last year.
Must make Finals next year


Beat Brisbane tomorrow might change that estimate though.



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Most of Ports wins have been by under two goals. Overated. They smashed Brisbane in round one, West Coast (lol) and North (lol). They got belted by Collingwood and us, won games by 2 pts, 14 pts, 7 Pts, 5 Pts and 4 pts.

 

[kirky]

Most of Ports wins have been by under two goals. Overated. They smashed Brisbane in round one, West Coast (lol) and North (lol). They got belted by Collingwood and us, won games by 2 pts, 14 pts, 7 Pts, 5 Pts and 4 pts.

And these wins have been whilst Butters and Rozee are flying.

Credit for winning the games but lets see how it pans out.

Think the flag is Collingwood’s to lose.

 

[1970crow]

And these wins have been whilst Butters and Rozee are flying.

Credit for winning the games but lets see how it pans out.

Think the flag is Collingwood’s to lose.

we were saying the same about Pies last year.