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Bloody Vicco's.
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Personally I've loved living life as if there's no pandemic going on. Eating at restaurants, attending live music, shopping whenever I want, not needing to wear a mask. It's been great. Don't care if McGowan is "doing it for the votes", it benefits the people he represents so why would we complain? 5 days of lockdown in the last year compared to other states isn't a bad result.
Also have always found it strange that when a politician does something unpopular, "they only care about themselves". But when they do something popular with the people, "it must be because there's an election coming up". People will find a reason to complain about anything.
Happy for the Dockers to stay in Melbourne for a few weeks starting in R1. We can use Marvel as our training base because the AFL own it now. Get 6-7 games out of the way against Melbourne teams and then come back and do 5-6 games at home into the bye. Will be the least travel we ever have to do in a season and apparently the lads really enjoyed the hubs last year.
Get all the teams vaccinated ASAP and by the time we get to mid season there should be enough evidence from around the world that the vaccine also reduces transmission; so McGowan (fresh from a landslide victory in the election) will have much less reason to not make an exemption for footy teams.
Why should you get all the home games later?
Hawks had 1 home game last year. Does that mean we get 16 home games this year?
Nah but 7 at the same ground leading into the finals was totally a gift to the eventual premiers
There was no Covid in 2019 either which makes it even more of an asterisk
Keep the fixture as is.
If there's any issue with WA borders, WC and Freo relocate to SA and play any home games as per the original fixture, but at Adelaide Oval. No extra home games in Perth later in the season.
Public health is more important than footy, so yes I'm fine if no games are held in Perth if it means staying safe and healthy.NSW has all that without hiding away from the rest of the country.
So should politicians always pander to the stupid desires of voters? Or should they be leaders and make the right decisions rather than the easy ones?
Youre ok if you get no AFL games in Perth this year if any other states has a single case which sees your borders shut again?
Do you actually know what youre afraid of? Have you looked at NSW's stats ?
Or is it just "in Mark we trust" ?
Never deny entitled Victorians the chance to rant about WAWait, what are we whinging about in this thread again?
The only fact I read in the article in the OP literally says the AFL can go ahead with it's current fixture at this stage
Let the WA teams stay home, ignore them and just have a couple of extra byes for the teams still competing. Not like they can win away from the WA fishbowl anyway.
Richmond didn't play their first 3-4 games at home didn't they?Word salad. You got about 7 home games to Victorian based teams 0.
And couldnt even muster top 4.
No ticker your lot and the good teams irrespective of the draw ate them alive like you deserved.
you follow a Victorian club. Despite having 4 games a year in Tassie, your team always had 13-15 games in your home state of VictoriaWhy should you get all the home games later?
Hawks had 1 home game last year. Does that mean we get 16 home games this year?
SA would be interesting.They can hub in SA or SEQ. WGAF.
Literally the only side in any season of the AFL to go at a 100% win rate in victoria in 2018. (2020 doesn't count) We were 6/6 and beat our fellow grand finalists in Melbourne twice and another top 4 side. But hey, you keep clinging to that revisionist bullshit.
The V/AFL would have gone broke if it weren't for West Coast and Brisbane paying entry into the league. You should be ******* greatful your team is playing in a national competition full stop.
Also as the WAFC own both the Eagles and Dockers licences they can't be revoked and aren't under the control of the AFL. I'd love to see a court case where the AFL tries to defend an action of excluding 2 sides from the league for a year. They would lose and be forced to pay for the lost revenue of the season and potential lost revenue for future seasons as well. The AFL would be up for 150-200 million plus legal fees at the least. Then there is the AFLPA representing the cases of the players, emotional stress and so on and so forth. Would be a nice easy way to bankrupt the league and force out 4 victorian sides, GWS and the Gold Coast plus probably the AFLW as well. On top of this it would breach the AFL's contract with the TV rights contracts on 9 games a round. But carry on.
I'm pretty sure West Coast and Freo would walk away pretty happy with that, I guess in a season where you are excluded you automatically finish 17th and 18th with zero wins. Would be a pretty clear case for a priority pick on top of the teams taking pick 1 and 2 to the draft.
******* imbeciles.
7 games in a row at mcg leading in the finals was not vicbias. It was Richmond hard carry from the AFLIt was nice to make up for receiving half a home advantage in the 4 months prior to it. Would've been nicer if we had a couple of extra home games early and didn't have to win 9 in a row just to make top 4.
But hey, don't let the truth get in the way of some #ViccoBias
It was noticedSuch a total gift that nobody noticed it or thought it was a problem until after the flag.
It was noticed
I think we proved in 2020 that we could’ve played those games on the moon and still won the flag7 games in a row at mcg leading in the finals was not vicbias. It was Richmond hard carry from the AFL
And West Coast could have played all their games in their Premier's back yard and still be way off the top 4 mark.I think we proved in 2020 that we could’ve played those games on the moon and still won the flag
This is quite literally the gold standard of West Coast fan delusion. Heroes in one sentence, downtrodden victims the next. Im glad youve convinced yourself.Literally the only side in any season of the AFL to go at a 100% win rate in victoria in 2018. (2020 doesn't count) We were 6/6 and beat our fellow grand finalists in Melbourne twice and another top 4 side. But hey, you keep clinging to that revisionist bullshit.
The V/AFL would have gone broke if it weren't for West Coast and Brisbane paying entry into the league. You should be ******* greatful your team is playing in a national competition full stop.
Also as the WAFC own both the Eagles and Dockers licences they can't be revoked and aren't under the control of the AFL. I'd love to see a court case where the AFL tries to defend an action of excluding 2 sides from the league for a year. They would lose and be forced to pay for the lost revenue of the season and potential lost revenue for future seasons as well. The AFL would be up for 150-200 million plus legal fees at the least. Then there is the AFLPA representing the cases of the players, emotional stress and so on and so forth. Would be a nice easy way to bankrupt the league and force out 4 victorian sides, GWS and the Gold Coast plus probably the AFLW as well. On top of this it would breach the AFL's contract with the TV rights contracts on 9 games a round. But carry on.
I'm pretty sure West Coast and Freo would walk away pretty happy with that, I guess in a season where you are excluded you automatically finish 17th and 18th with zero wins. Would be a pretty clear case for a priority pick on top of the teams taking pick 1 and 2 to the draft.
******* imbeciles.
Why yes, that’s exactly what I was advocating for...except I made no mention of last year at all!!
This is a thread about how we might get a season off if McGowan wants to keep being heavy handed with border restrictions - so my solution involved Freo doing a bit of hubbing whilst we wait for more evidence about the vaccines and their impact on disease transmission.
But sure, let’s conflate it with last season - when by R7 the only side not to play a home game was Freo.
Do you also agree that you play only 10 of your 11 home games at your home ground, and one home game at the opposition's home ground or on a "neutral ground" played on far more by your opposition like Richmond has to? You also lose you Darby every yearWe did not get 7 in a row at our home ground leading into the finals
2020 season was also a Covid affected season where 2019 was not
As with most threads on the main board these days, I think it's got something to do with Vicrtorians not working hard enough to win West Coast premierships it hasn't earned.Wait, what are we whinging about in this thread again?
Why should you get all the home games later?
Hawks had 1 home game last year. Does that mean we get 16 home games this year?