Football Related Random Thread - PART 2

[Section 5]

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".

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.

I don't for 1 second think the AFL would go down this type of big change.

I am just against any more teams coming into the AFL that either won't work or take 15-20 years to become relevant.
I know this applied to Lions, Suns, Crows, Power, Eagles & Dockers but that expansion was to make it a true national competition.

Below the number of wins from 13th-18th position for the four years after Covid.
And yes, some big clubs involved and that is a problem for the AFL.
However, this is the very reason these are big AFL clubs, because they get looked after.
Just look at the Blues and their prime-time games as an example.

It may look like these teams win enough games, but they often play each other twice and that accounts for wins they would not get in a fair draw.

Ladder Position	Year 2024	Year 2023	Year 2022	Year 2021
	Wins	Wins	Wins	Wins
13th	11	10.5	8	8
14th	11	10	8	7
15th	8.5	9	7	7
16th	5	7	6	7
17th	3	3	2	6
18th	2	3	2	4

 

[Dalions]

Oh dear!
Well that’s just not fair.

 

[Nathan Barley]

2012 was a bad draft

 

[Viceregal]

Oh dear!
Well that’s just not fair.

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Totally... I mean 11 years between Lachie and WAshcroft is just not right!

 

[Dalions]

2012 was a bad draft

Jaspa wouldn’t be far behind Will either

 

[briztoon]

Surprised no one has raised an issue with 2016 yet.

 

[Tom14]

Surprised no one has raised an issue with 2016 yet.

Hard to argue with Stewart's resume. Of course he's moving like he should be in an assisted living facility currently so the end might have come for him at 32/33. Clug's got 5-6 years to reopen that conversation.

 

[Tom14]

2012 was a bad draft

Disgusting to put 'Brodie Grundy' ahead of JOE for the best player from that draft.

Whitfield clears him as well.

Top of that draft is a SOS special too, O'Rourke and Plowman lmao.

 

[dlanod]

Whitfield clears him as well.

Top of that draft is a SOS special too, O'Rourke and Plowman lmao.

If you want to see the real SOS masterclass, check out 2014. Plowman was crap but still played more than all three top 7 picks combined.

 

[KissKiss]

Surprised no one has raised an issue with 2016 yet.

Im not convinced that 2014 is right either. Harris (and Heeney) have claims on that over Petracca

 

[MSB ROYS]

Thought that this was interesting re 10 game goal kickers for each club. It was good to see that Fitzroy stats were included (although it would have short otherwise!).

Most recent: Jonathan Brown, 10.1 v Carlton, 2007
Most 10-goal hauls: Bob Beecroft (2), Jack Moriarty (2), Bernie Quinlan (2), Jonathan Brown, Mick Conlan, Jimmy Freake, Fred Hughson, Bob Merrick, Richard Osborne
Total 10-goal hauls: 12
Most goals in a game: Bob Merrick, 12 v Melbourne, 1919 & Jack Moriarty, 12 v North Melbourne, 1928

Jezza, Buddy and Plugger: 10-goal hauls at your club

Take a look at the big bags of goals kicked by players at your club

www.afl.com.au

 

[Nathan Barley]

Do footballers often do stuff like this in season?

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[braddsey]

Do footballers often do stuff like this in season?

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Yep! I went to one with Cam, Kai & Zorko at Northcote bowls club about this time last year.
I’ve deleted facebook, but these things are always going on.

 

[dlanod]

Do footballers often do stuff like this in season?

Oztix

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Yep. There's frequent ones advertised here in Sydney for Swans and Giants players. Just a side gig on a free night.

 

[M Malice]

Yep! I went to one with Cam, Kai & Zorko at Northcote bowls club about this time last year.
I’ve deleted facebook, but these things are always going on.

Good decision, if it wasn't for keeping up with family and friends I would delete it as well.

I could easily live without all forms of social media, except for Big Footy of course, we are a special breed.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Yep! I went to one with Cam, Kai & Zorko at Northcote bowls club about this time last year.
I’ve deleted facebook, but these things are always going on.

Yep. There's frequent ones advertised here in Sydney for Swans and Giants players. Just a side gig on a free night.

Interesting to hang around after an away trip though rather than head home to prepare for the final game of the season

 

[braddsey]

Good decision, if it wasn't for keeping up with family and friends I would delete it as well.

I could easily live without all forms of social media, except for Big Footy of course, we are a special breed.

Yep - I only really used facebook for marketplace, and instagram for lions engagement. I’ve deleted both, and don’t use tiktok, X or any other social media. Bigfooty gives me all the online social engagement i need.

 

[braddsey]

Interesting to hang around after an away trip though rather than head home to prepare for the final game of the season

That flight from Perth to Brisbane is a killer. It may be a preference to stay the extra day Saturday and fly Sunday.

I know nothing about recovery from a football game, but sitting on a plane for 4.5 hours the day after a night game doesn’t sound awesome.

 

[M Malice]

That flight from Perth to Brisbane is a killer. It may be a preference to stay the extra day Saturday and fly Sunday.

I know nothing about recovery from a football game, but sitting on a plane for 4.5 hours the day after a night game doesn’t sound awesome.

What about the poor Pies, that 750 meter stroll from their training/admin base to the MCG 17 times a season must be a real killer on the hamstrings and calves.

 

[Dalions]

Miss this fellas left peg.
A shame he fell off so quickly in the end.

 

[M Malice]

Miss this fellas left peg.
A shame he fell off so quickly in the end.
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Richy looks like he's been in a good paddock, great that he appears to be enjoying his retirement, I wonder if he has any ambitions to get into coaching, try it out up at Noosa and then graduate to assistant at an AFL club.

 

[Section 5]

Last week's round had some big margins.
This week had 3 games that looked like they would be reasonably close
Dogs v GWS (88 points margin), Crows v Hawks and Pies v Lions

Hopefully for the AFLs sake some of these games turn out a better contest than they appear on paper.

 

[Kernel Kurtz]

Hey just looking at the fixture and home games left.
What's the go with R23 against Sydney
Friday 4:15pm
That's a bit random

 

[MSB ROYS]

Hey just looking at the fixture and home games left.
What's the go with R23 against Sydney
Friday 4:15pm
That's a bit random

Just for educational purposes only

 

[M Malice]

Hey just looking at the fixture and home games left.
What's the go with R23 against Sydney
Friday 4:15pm
That's a bit random

Next round is v Swans R22, it's 4.15pm on Saturday August 9th.

R23 is away v the Dockers, Friday August 15th 8.20pm Brisbane time.