Opinion Non-Crows AFL 12: It's the confectionery with 1000 uses

[Geoffa32]

He has an MBA and a degree in business.

So a lot of people.

You can get an MBA online.

 

[FR0GGY]

I'm personally stunned that in a decision between us and a Victorian club as to who gets the advantage of playing second in week 24, the AFL chose to benefit the Vics.

Stunned.

Yeah but we are only playing north….. oh wait…

 

[Greenfinger]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but if I had to pick who’s most unlikable from Kane or Sam Manure I’m picking poo boy . I really can’t stand him. Has an ego the size of a large nation .

 

[jo172]

Memory might be spotty after 20 years, but was it James Gwilt who had the game of his life along with Robert Harvey carving us up?

Gun to my head i couldn't have told you that Ken McGregor was our only goal scorer until over half way through the third quarter

 

[jo172]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but if I had to pick who’s most unlikable from Kane or Sam Manure I’m picking poo boy . I really can’t stand him. Has an ego the size of a large nation .

This is the right call.

Kane knows what he is doing and is playing the very annoying villain.

Mclure genuinely thinks he's producing journalism which we should all be grateful for as if he's Woodward and Bernstein and acts with a corresponding piousness that's impossible to stomach.

 

[Greenfinger]

This is gonna sound strange but I think the path to a GF is easier from 2nd place than it is from 1st if there isn't a straight sets loss from the 4

2nd place plays 3rd first at home, they win straight through to the preliminary final in the preliminary they play a weaker team than they did in the qualifying final 4th or 5th

1st upon beating 4th likely play 3rd in a prelim a harder or if 3rd upset 2nd in the Qualifying final then it's 1 v 2 to make the Grand final.

Love to know the stats on how often 3rd beats 2nd compared with 4th beating 1st.

Also I think if we don't finish top two, playing Geelong at the MCG in a qualifying final is probably still a good result, if we win great home preliminary final but we get an extra game at the MCG which would help us to believe even more that we are ready.

In a normal year this would be fair but this years ladder position in the 8 may not reflect form or danger in finals. Brisbane could finish 5-6 for example.

 

[cmndstab]

I can't believe they didn't put Gold Coast on Thursday night. They'd rather give them a four-day break leading into the finals? I know there's a pre-finals bye, but that won't help them much if they get an injury. The Suns supporters would be furious, if they had any.

 

[Zzzuuuppp]

This is the right call.

Kane knows what he is doing and is playing the very annoying villain.

Mclure genuinely thinks he's producing journalism which we should all be greatful for as if he's Woodward and Bernstein and acts with a corresponding piousness that's impossible to stomach.

You'd think his ego would take a huge hit after getting that award stripped from him for making bullsh*t up about the camp. But i guess cockroaches can survive a nuclear apocalypse....

 

[PeterSalt]

You'd think his ego would take a huge hit after getting that award stripped from him for making bullsh*t up about the camp. But i guess cockroaches can survive a nuclear apocalypse....

lol .. is that legit? I didn't know he had the award stripped

Do you know the reason given?

 

[chazwazza]

Tarps with his face on it?

A giant Kern piñata

 

[Zzzuuuppp]

lol .. is that legit? I didn't know he had the award stripped

Do you know the reason given?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...t/news-story/96f4e57a34a2c771babf9af5f0d96da2

This article explains it

But then this one says he got it back:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/...or-sam-mcclure-afl-story-20220413-p5adbo.html

Wonder how much he paid to get it back....

 

[Slippery Pete]

I can't believe they didn't put Gold Coast on Thursday night. They'd rather give them a four-day break leading into the finals? I know there's a pre-finals bye, but that won't help them much if they get an injury. The Suns supporters would be furious, if they had any.

They’ve been dudded so badly with that fixture. And there’s absolutely no good reason for it either.

 

[Coopers]

Dubious experience.....

Seems pretty decent to me.

Seems like he's leveraged his AFL cash to found/invest in some businesses. Must be nice to be able to do that. Not sure if they've been successful business or not, but it's pretty relevant.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Essendon & GC were always going to be playing on Thurs & Fri, to give them as much recovery time as possible before they play their R1 game in the middle of the following week.

Cats going after us, knowing the % required... that's an AFL special.

Why not play both on the Friday to give them the same short break as opposed to giving Suns the shorter break.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Why not play both on the Friday to give them the same short break as opposed to giving Suns the shorter break.

Why do Essendon even need a longer break at all. They’re not playing finals. Who cares.

 

[skam85]

On the Geelong game and our game scheduling. It's not that deep.

The most likely scenario is it was fixtured this way to allow us ample time to make it to the airport to fly back that evening. Heck, we probably even requested that.

A 4:15pm Melbourne game is acheivable still but makes it touch and go.

The long shot hypothetical that they want Geelong to know how much % they need when they may not even be on equal points as us is classic persecution complex VFL tin foil hat stuff. It's not that deep.

 

[Coopers]

Yes. The first final I ever attended live. It was only Gwilt's second AFL game, I remember being furious that a 2-gamer could carve us up like that in a final. It was one of only four times in his entire 158 game career that he kicked multiple goals.

Meanwhile Harvey had 31 touches, 11 marks, 6 tackles and scored 3.0. **** he was a good player.

You don't win 2 brownlows by accident.

I mean, I could do it if I wanted, but I don't


Actually then it wouldn't be an accident.

Unless youre Pat Cripps

Or Barry Hall, or Braden Maynard, or Trent Cotchin

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Why do Essendon even need a longer break at all. They’re not playing finals. Who cares.

Should be fair as can imagine if this result determined who makes the 8 or home final.

So VFL to penalise the the non-Victorian team.

We should be playing the same time as the Cats as percentage could dictate a home final.

AFL are pathetic when it comes to fairness.

 

[Geoffa32]

On the Geelong game and our game scheduling. It's not that deep.

The most likely scenario is it was fixtured this way to allow us ample time to make it to the airport to fly back that evening. Heck, we probably even requested that.

A 4:15pm Melbourne game is acheivable still but makes it touch and go.

The long shot hypothetical that they want Geelong to know how much % they need when they may not even be on equal points as us is classic persecution complex VFL tin foil hat stuff. It's not that deep.

If we are relying on Geelong to not catch our percentage we ****ed up the WCE/Norf games.

They made up 4% beating Port by 88

Still need to make up another 8 over three games. Assuming we don't belt WCE/Norf.


Percentage should not be an issue. Especially after we beat Collingwood..

 

[StonesThrow]

So a lot of people.

You can get an MBA online.

Yeah. Commerce isn't exactly a high bar.

 

[jimvic]

Unless youre Pat Cripps

or the Collingwood captain

 

[Zzzuuuppp]

Honestly, same here

 

[jimvic]

Essendon already playing a b team now.

they were playing a B grade team for this whole year

 

[DJ75]

Honestly, same here

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So Ch 7 has just said - no thanks? We would rather replays of some shit lifestyle show?

Wow. Is that unprecedented? Seems like a massive statement about being given shit games.
The AFL have genuinely screwed the draw up very badly this year. Incompetence.

 

[Zzzuuuppp]

So Ch 7 has just said - no thanks? We would rather replays of some shit lifestyle show?

Wow. Is that unprecedented? Seems like a massive statement about being given shit games.
The AFL have genuinely screwed the draw up very badly this year. Incompetence.

Yeah trying to work out who loses here - Channel 7 or the AFL?