Oppo Camp Other Games Rolling Thread 2024 Edition

[Chameleon75]

The hawk is cooked

 

[IlovethePies]

Yeah me included

Doesn’t particularly change anything about what I said

I might have even said Top 8 was gone

Honesty is always the best policy.

 

[stormskye]

Yeah me included

Doesn’t particularly change anything about what I said

I might have even said Top 8 was gone

A loss would have hurt more

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

If teams in the top four keep losing how is that a bad thing?

I never said it was?

I’m just saying that specifically this round, that draw hurts in hindsight

Because if we beat West Coast, we’d only be 1 game outside Top 2

 

[NMBB]

Also is Jordan Lewis reprising Christian Bales performance in American Psycho?

I don't watch Fox but yes

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I never said it was?

I’m just saying that specifically this round, that draw hurts in hindsight

Because if we beat West Coast, we’d only be 1 game outside Top 2

Ladder position in May is irrelevant. Much better for us to be in a position where top four sides lose and the ladder compresses, even if that temporarily stalls our climb up the ladder. It’s already a given we are starting from 0-3.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

Re-watching our game vs Port Adelaide and it’s pretty similar except we managed our Q2 a lot better. They start hot and try to capitalize. But if you apply the pressure they wilt. We did, Cats didn’t.

 

[cakewalk_1]

Geelong get looked after at GBHM FU stadium. I thought the umpires were best on ground in the second half.

 

[IlovethePies]

Ladder position in May is irrelevant. Much better for us to be in a position where top four sides lose and the ladder compresses, even if that temporarily stalls our climb up the ladder. It’s already a given we are starting from 0-3.

Particularly irrelevant in the current competition, which is so equalised that any team can win against any other on the day (would not even suggest that North Melbourne can't win a game).
With both Geelong and Melbourne losing, the top 8 is rapidly compressing, at the rate of a black hole implosion.
We have every chance for a top 4 finish.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

He looked alright but was basically running away from the medicos.

He really should have gone off for a test though, did you see how hard his head hit the ground?

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Re-watching our game vs Port Adelaide and it’s pretty similar except we managed our Q2 a lot better. They start hot and try to capitalize. But if you apply the pressure they wilt. We did, Cats didn’t.

Port’s midfield at full strength when we played them too. Geelong look suspect in there and their forwards can’t match ours for pressure.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Yeah me included

Doesn’t particularly change anything about what I said

I might have even said Top 8 was gone

A lot of commentators & so called experts were saying it too.. at round 3-4 !

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

He really should have gone off for a test though, did you see how hard his head hit the ground?

Yes absolutely. AFL should probably ask some questions as the medico was obstructing play trying to get to him.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Yes absolutely. AFL should probably ask some questions as the medico was obstructing play trying to get to him.

And he's had a couple of bad concussions in his career too. The Rohan one put him in hospital.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

And he's had a couple of bad concussions in his career too. The Rohan one put him in hospital.

Yeah. Hopefully he doesn’t suffer a delayed response. A running diagnosis doesn’t look good.

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

On the Port board they're pissed that they won because it might save Kenny for a while yet

 

[Chameleon75]

Yeah. Hopefully he doesn’t suffer a delayed response. A running diagnosis doesn’t look good.

not commenting on this incident in particular, but in general term’s what can they do if a player is clearly dazed but refuses to come off?

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

On the Port board they're pissed that they won because it might save Kenny for a while yet

That song sucks the life out of most of their wins and Kenny cops it.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

not commenting on this incident in particular, but in general term’s what can they do if a player is clearly dazed but refuses to come off?

I was wondering too. The AFL would need to address it, wouldn't they? Because if they are concussed & not thinking clearly, they probably wouldn't willingly choose to go off.

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[FromTheBoundaryLine]

not commenting on this incident in particular, but in general term’s what can they do if a player is clearly dazed but refuses to come off?

Tough one. Not sure of the rules around it but in rugby league they come straight off. Will check it out. Maybe the doctor informs the referee which you think would be easier in our game with four field umpires as opposed to one in league. We stop the the game for the blood rule so maybe they have to do something similar.

 

[IlovethePies]

The hawk is cooked

Would never rule out the Hawk just yet.
Kind of like I would never rule out Pendles right now either.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

No surprise Freo looked flat last night. Quite a few of them were very emotional before the game during the remembering of Cam McCarthy. On top of what would’ve been a very emotional day.....

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Tough one. Not sure of the rules around it but in rugby league they come straight off. Will check it out. Maybe the doctor informs the referee which you think would be easier in our game with four field umpires as opposed to one in league. We stop the the game for the blood rule so maybe they have to do something similar.

Agree. Surely there’s two things at play here. Some possible suggestions.

1 a player refusing medical attention on field must be against the rules if it’s not already.
2 club doctors perhaps need to have the right to stop the game, perhaps by informing the interchange officials who can then pull the whistle out and call to the umpires.

 

[jimmy35]

No one can choke like the Power but credit to them, they hung on.

That Cameron incident will be heavily looked at. Strange circumstances.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Geelong get looked after at GBHM FU stadium. I thought the umpires were best on ground in the second half.

Basically a tale of two halves with the umps

Port were getting everything at the start.

Then Geelong got it all in the second half.

Funny how Port shot out to a massive lead, then Geelong reeled them in.

"uMpIrEs DoN't InFlUeNcE gAmEs!"