Deaneus!
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Prognostication!
Having heard a lot about Adelaide dropping out of the 8 this year, it reminded me of an oft-noticed theme about footy journalism*, and the journalists: make a prediction before the season, bury it amongst the troves of undigestible rubbish they write; only revisit prediction afterwards if it is successful. I don't recall ever seeing anyone in FJ bring up their pre-season prediction in the post-season environment.
So I thought I'd do it for them.
here's me, picketing The Advertiser's football writers
I'd like to keep a time capsule if you will, of the poorly-researched, poorly-thought out, poorly written thoughts of our esteemed FJs, right here in this OP. Then at the end of the season, we'll measure them against that arbiter of truth, reality.
If you can find a ladder prediction from an FJ somewhere on the web, post a link so that I can update the OP. I'll add it to the list, and we'll see who if anyone actually knows what the * they are talking about. Not all ladders will be done the same - I'd prefer all 18 teams, but some people only do the 8, etc. No matter - all can be measured against that which is incorruptible (reality). Just to make it interesting, I'll happily add anyone who wants to put up (at least) a premier, top 8, wooden spooner and Brownlow medallist - yes, this means you. It's like the TV show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" except it's not TV, I'd probably say Grade Fiver, and instead of a grade fiver you're up against FJs, so the answer is an obvious yes for most of you.
*footy journalism will hereafter be written as FJ, which may or may not also stand for Fritzing Joke
Here is the current listing (updated 22/3/16):
Having heard a lot about Adelaide dropping out of the 8 this year, it reminded me of an oft-noticed theme about footy journalism*, and the journalists: make a prediction before the season, bury it amongst the troves of undigestible rubbish they write; only revisit prediction afterwards if it is successful. I don't recall ever seeing anyone in FJ bring up their pre-season prediction in the post-season environment.
So I thought I'd do it for them.
here's me, picketing The Advertiser's football writers
I'd like to keep a time capsule if you will, of the poorly-researched, poorly-thought out, poorly written thoughts of our esteemed FJs, right here in this OP. Then at the end of the season, we'll measure them against that arbiter of truth, reality.
If you can find a ladder prediction from an FJ somewhere on the web, post a link so that I can update the OP. I'll add it to the list, and we'll see who if anyone actually knows what the * they are talking about. Not all ladders will be done the same - I'd prefer all 18 teams, but some people only do the 8, etc. No matter - all can be measured against that which is incorruptible (reality). Just to make it interesting, I'll happily add anyone who wants to put up (at least) a premier, top 8, wooden spooner and Brownlow medallist - yes, this means you. It's like the TV show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" except it's not TV, I'd probably say Grade Fiver, and instead of a grade fiver you're up against FJs, so the answer is an obvious yes for most of you.
*footy journalism will hereafter be written as FJ, which may or may not also stand for Fritzing Joke
Here is the current listing (updated 22/3/16):
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