Opinion Non-Crows AFL 13: Offseason

[Owen_AFC97]

Crooked AFL is going to umpire Cameron to the tonne.

The umpire who paid the most recent free kick to Cameron is employed by SportsBet. There’s got to be some incentive getting him to 100.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

HAHAHA

 

[ams4crows]

Anything under 50 is a win for us

 

[MrBarry]

jezza squeezing the ball makes him way more unlikeable. Hope he gets stranded on 99

I don't find anything likeable about him tbh. He's a temu Franklin.

 

[ams4crows]

5 behinds when you're chasing 100 is not great

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Haha, the league aren't even hiding it now. I hope we don't get Geelong finals courtesy that they will give Cameron a free anytime a player goes within 20m of him to try and get him the tonne.

 

[Pea Nut]

Considering that his life has fallen apart recently, I wouldn't be surprised if it emerges that Pannell was involved in match-fixing in that game, something to do with a drug debt or gambling debt.

We all knew on Bigfooty that it stank, and the cherry on top was the footage of Troy Pannell slapping a Bulldogs player's arse, as if to say 'good job'.

That’s the insinuation though isn’t it ?? With the fraud he was involved with, that match fixing was clearly on display in that game. And he was directly benefitting, whether it was because he had money on the game or associates of his did.

Anyway, I hope a couple of local thugs drag him out of his car, bash him, and then steal his car !!!!

 

[ams4crows]

Good result in the end Essendon didn't get blown out so chances of Geelong passing us in percentage is quite low now

 

[MatthewB]

only a 1.2% gain, good result

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

They play Sydney at the SCG next week, it was always going to take something ridiculous for them to gain that much percentage.

I messed around with some scores for and against for the Crows and Cats in the final 3 rounds and it was definitely within the realms of possibility that the Cats could overtake the Crows on percentage.

Ideally the Crows win all 3 games and it's a non-issue, but the chance is still very real, even with a 44 point win tonight.

 

[pjcrows]

Good luck playing Geelong in a final if Cameron is within range of the 100.

 

[treeman]

Good result in the end Essendon didn't get blown out so chances of Geelong passing us in percentage is quite low now

Wouldn't rule anything out. We need to still have good wins against West Coast and North.
This was the best we could have hoped for though.

 

[Pea Nut]

I thought it was front on contact but then apparently it was a push in the back?! Lmao

Yeah the umpire clearly said push when he ran in after he paid the free. Should legitimately lose his job for that decision. Thats atrocious !!

 

[SugarShane]

Good result in the end Essendon didn't get blown out so chances of Geelong passing us in percentage is quite low now

Great result. If we hammer the Eagles on Sunday it'll make it very tough for them.

 

[Footypie32]

Jeez, Connor O'Sullivan looks like 2 11 year olds in a trench coat.

 

[FR0GGY]

Yeah the umpire clearly said push when he ran in after he paid the free. Should legitimately lose his job for that decision. Thats atrocious !!

I feel like he just saw Cameron go down and two essendon blokes and just thought that’s unfair.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

We're still over 4% ahead of Geelong with a game in hand. Against 18th.

If we get overtaken, then so be it. It's not like we don't have chances to seal top 2.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

I messed around with some scores for and against for the Crows and Cats in the final 3 rounds and it was definitely within the realms of possibility that the Cats could overtake the Crows on percentage.

Ideally the Crows win all 3 games and it's a non-issue, but the chance is still very real, even with a 44 point win tonight.

Geelong have to actually win all 3 and if that’s the form they take to Sydney next week, they ain’t winning. Adelaide will gain more percentage on them this week too.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

We’ve been beating shit teams by 10+ goals all season, that ain’t changing this week. Eagles have been more uncompetitive at home than they have away this season too.

 

[FR0GGY]

Have all the barber shops in Geelong been replaced by methlabs?

 

[Crows I Am]

Well that's just about the best result for our minor premiership chances. With games against Eagles and Kangaroos to come, our percentage should at worst slightly increase to around 145-146. So if we lost to the Magpies then the cats would need to make up about 6 percentage points in the last two games. Next week should be a tight game so looking unlikely now they can catch us.

Seems like all the talk of Cameron's 100 goals has affected the Cats game style. They seem very focused on getting him the ball.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Good result in the end Essendon didn't get blown out so chances of Geelong passing us in percentage is quite low now

It's not as unlikely as you think.

In order for the Crows to stay ahead of Geelong on percentage, the Crows need to beat West Coast by 10 goals.

Assuming Geelong beat Sydney by 50 points and the Crows lost to Collingwood by 30 points, Geelong would finish ahead of the Crows on percentage if they beat Richmond in the final round by more than the Crows beat North Melbourne. Plus Geelong have the advantage of playing last and knowing the margin they need to beat.

 

[jenny61_99]

I've been saying it all year. We are getting shafted when we play other contenders. It's not an accident that this keeps happening.

Did they know we’d be a contender when the fixture came out? Or is it normal “fixturing” for big VIC teams?

 

[MrBarry]

It's not as unlikely as you think.

In order for the Crows to stay ahead of Geelong on percentage, the Crows need to beat West Coast by 10 goals.

Assuming Geelong beat Sydney by 50 points and the Crows lost to Collingwood by 30 points, Geelong would finish ahead of the Crows on percentage if they beat Richmond in the final round by more than the Crows beat North Melbourne. Plus Geelong have the advantage of playing last and knowing the margin they need to beat.

Both of those massively unlikely.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Both of those massively unlikely.

I wouldn't say it's stupidly unlikely.