Football Related Random Thread - PART 2

[3KZ is Football]

I agree.

Welcome back McIvor

Yes. McIvor. Here here!

 

[Section 5]

Here's hoping we turn our Gabba form line around. Since our back to back wins in rounds 2 and 3 at the Gabba, from the Geelong win we've gone W, L, W, L, W, L, W and then tonight .... ...hopefully a win although I'm mightily concerned about tonight - moreso with Noah and Jack out and Zac being a silly, silly boy and getting himself unneccessarily rubbed out when we need him badly - particulalry when his replacement is a second gamer.

I think his replacement will be a 18th gamer who is 24years old.
Thats better yes

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Ex-footballer pens debut novel set in debauched AFL fringe

Brandon Jack draws on his time as a peripheral player in the AFL in his raucous new novel, Pissants.

www.abc.net.au

Anyone read it yet?

 

[Nathan Barley]

Go Port

 

[KissKiss]

Looking at next weekends fixture and not sure if it has been pitched as a rivalry round but just noticed it is an entirely state by state round with not one club playing interstate and all derbies taking place in the same round. Can’t say whether a round like this has occurred before

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Not sure if its a quirk or deliberate. But I reckon its a waste playing them all in one round. These games are always a little more spicy and gather more interest with neutrals than other games. Should spread them out a little across the last rounds to keep people engaged

 

[p4p1]

Not sure if its a quirk or deliberate. But I reckon its a waste playing them all in one round. These games are always a little more spicy and gather more interest with neutrals than other games. Should spread them out a little across the last rounds to keep people engaged

I would think from a revenue POV some of those games would be better on Thursday or Friday nights. Our game should be a prime time game given it is 2 v 8 and the outcome could have significant impact on how the final 8 shapes up.
Essendon Bulldogs is a shit game on a Friday night. At least there is another game on at the same time though.

 

[Nunez]

Found our new display picture Elixuh

 

[Elixuh]

Found our new display picture Elixuh

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"See those two big white sticks boys, those are the goals. Thats what we are trying to get the ball through. Now watch me kick this torp."

 

[Nunez]

"See those two big white sticks boys, those are the goals. Thats what we are trying to get the ball through. Now watch me kick this torp."

Guaranteed he sunk the torp through the big sticks from 90 out.

 

[Elixuh]

Guaranteed he sunk the torp through the big sticks from 90 out.

My only suggestion is to crop the imagine so that its just the head and him pointing

 

[Nunez]

My only suggestion is to crop the imagine so that its just the head and him pointing

Love it.

 

[Son of Superboot]

Found our new display picture Elixuh

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As much as Dewy is the doyen of the torp, that is a poor choice of whistle .

Surely he should have an ACME Thunderer

 

[Nunez]

As much as Dewy is the doyen of the torp, that is a poor choice of whistle .

Surely he should have an ACME Thunderer

Rumour has it he threw his ACME Thunderer at a Suns player at the last Q Clash and it exploded into a million pieces. The whistle was also damaged.

 

[irel]

Found our new display picture Elixuh

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Please shoot the designer of that monstrosity. Do not let them near our club ever again.

 

[morsie]

Looking at next weekends fixture and not sure if it has been pitched as a rivalry round but just noticed it is an entirely state by state round with not one club playing interstate and all derbies taking place in the same round. Can’t say whether a round like this has occurred before

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[morsie]

Saints v Demons is the oldest rivalry,at least 2000 years

 

[dlanod]

Saints v Demons is the oldest rivalry,at least 2000 years

Arguably the Cats v any other animal predates religion.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Did anyone else catch Ed's plan last night for rejigging the fixture? Yikes.

 

[M Malice]

Did anyone else catch Ed's plan last night for rejigging the fixture? Yikes.

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Reeks of everyone gets a prize.

If I am interpreting what Eddie said correctly after 21 rounds only the bottom 2 would drop out and the top 4 would get a bye in what is essentially 2 weeks of knockout qualifications followed by 4 weeks of finals as they are now. So on todays ladder only the Eagles and Kangaroos drop out and the Bombers, Tigers, Blues etc would essentially have qualified for finals.

Absolutely despise it, it rewards mediocrity.

Not surprisingly the other members on the panel loved it.

 

[lionraven]

Its a stupid idea that is being spat out to raise clicks for Eddie and his shows. Eddie would know that any fixtures changes that loses overall number of matches is a non-starter. Number of matches = more profits from TV rights. The whole point of a play in system is to squeeze more juice from the same fruit. Add in 4 extra matches and market it to advertisers. No way would a bottom 2 side want to lose more matches and hence sponsor funding in this new system. Eddie knows this. So obviously he has said all that with his entertainer hat on to get more clicks.

 

[MSB ROYS]

If you throw enough shit at the wall, eventually some may stick. Luckily for us he nearly always misses.

 

[morsie]

Its a stupid idea that is being spat out to raise clicks for Eddie and his shows. Eddie would know that any fixtures changes that loses overall number of matches is a non-starter. Number of matches = more profits from TV rights. The whole point of a play in system is to squeeze more juice from the same fruit. Add in 4 extra matches and market it to advertisers. No way would a bottom 2 side want to lose more matches and hence sponsor funding in this new system. Eddie knows this. So obviously he has said all that with his entertainer hat on to get more clicks.

Other football comps around the world deal with clubs nof making finals or trophies.I suppose soccer has a relegation system which is an incentive not to tank unlike the AFL which rewards mediocrity

 

[Section 5]

Other football comps around the world deal with clubs nof making finals or trophies.I suppose soccer has a relegation system which is an incentive not to tank unlike the AFL which rewards mediocrity

Regard a relegation system
It won't happen but maybe it should.

Top division has 12 teams that play each other twice.
Second division has 8 teams that play each other three times.

Two teams promoted and two teams demoted each year.

 

[morsie]

Regard a relegation system
It won't happen but maybe it should.

Top division has 12 teams that play each other twice.
Second division has 8 teams that play each other three times.

Two teams promoted and two teams demoted each year.

Works for me.,huge economic consequences to getting relegated, TV exposure etc so there would be epic battles to avoid relegation or get promoted.Much better idea than splitting teams into "conferences".

 

[Darren Downunder]

Regard a relegation system
It won't happen but maybe it should.

Top division has 12 teams that play each other twice.
Second division has 8 teams that play each other three times.

Two teams promoted and two teams demoted each year.

You know what… I think I like it.
The bottom 8 teams would be rebuilding.
Of course. There’d need to be safeguards to ensure that the first division teams don’t pillage the second division teams of talent.
Free agent compensation would need to be strengthened and first division teams that get free agents from second division teams would have to sacrifice draft points.
Perhaps also, second division teams could have an automatic right to extend first contracts by three years, to stop the so called go home factor.
But of course, the AFL will never act to even the competition if means depriving the wealthy clubs of power and success. It’s all about eyeballs and money.