Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 30

[Ford Fairlane]

North have jumped St Kilda, lead 28 to 9

 

[Lefti93]

Lions, Giants? Hawks, Dogs.. whoopidy ay, my oh my what a wonderful day

You're winning big games and you're coming here. That'd be the last thing on my list to do. You said ****.

 

[Capital Power]

Four games this weekend with a margin >80 points. So what was the rationale for another team again?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Freo are 6-2 against top 9 teams and 7-4 against bottom 9.

If they don't wake up soon they will be 7-5 against the bottom 9.

 

[Andy_B]

Four games this weekend with a margin >80 points. So what was the rationale for another team again?

Vibes

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Four games this weekend with a margin >80 points. So what was the rationale for another team again?

There are a lot of teams in the bottom 9 with long injury lists and not much hope. Drop off mentally late in the season when you have no hope of playing finals and modern footy played in stadiums with great conditions ( ie the mud heaps no longer exist) and the oppo score very quickly.

And sometimes the good sides have a shocker late in winter.

 

[240volt]

I honestly can’t see how bringing in another team is going to improve the game as a spectacle.
I find it almost impossible watching neutral games in 2025, the over possession and constant poor umpiring has me and I’m sure many others turning off.
I believe we should be going the opposite way and have less teams or possibly two divisions.

 

[afl2004]

 

[davesnothere]

Dudley would be our best small forward

 

[davesnothere]

Voss has a we’re cooked sign?

 

[JimmyBC]

Dudley would be our best small forward

Could've rookied him umpteen times when he was at Centrals. Still looks like he has fitness issues I guess.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Could've rookied him umpteen times when he was at Centrals. Still looks like he has fitness issues I guess.

Slightly slimmer than willie

 

[JimmyBC]

Slightly slimmer than willie

Yea I'll be interested to see how Duds looks after his second pre-season at Freo, knows where the goals are was certainly worth a punt particularly with some of the potatoes we've played up forward in recent years.

*Could've had Willie for basically nothing when he was at the Bays a number of years ago too.. asleep at the wheel as usual.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Houston isn’t exactly setting the world on fire

https://afl.shar.estori.es/go/clip/74e6f08e-ea77-7f73-c301-3a1b8053717a?collectionId=top-clips

 

[bomberclifford]

If I was going to turn for a man, Chris Scott would be on the list.

 

[philreich]

Current odds for Friday night - Geelong $1.01, Essendon $21.00. Even the Eagles are only at $17.00 to beat the Crows.

 

[240volt]

Current odds for Friday night - Geelong $1.01, Essendon $21.00. Even the Eagles are only at $17.00 to beat the Crows.

This time of year with teams trying half arsed you’re going to get even more lopsided games.
It’s just not good enough for the paying supporters, there needs less teams or two divisions.
The last third of a season is rubbish, your either competing for finals or given up and trying to finish as low as you can.

 

[Grave Danger]

This time of year with teams trying half arsed you’re going to get even more lopsided games.
It’s just not good enough for the paying supporters, there needs less teams or two divisions.
The last third of a season is rubbish, your either competing for finals or given up and trying to finish as low as you can.

With our rapidly dwindling percentage I think we can scrape into the bottom 6, so there's a win!!

 

[Expensive_Horse5538]

Today marks 12 years since this iconic showdown comeback:

 

[240volt]

Today marks 12 years since this iconic showdown comeback:

Then and now

 

[Ford Fairlane]

If you are a North Melbourne assistant who is about to get dumped, is it helpful to have Tom Morris saying you are highly regarded?

 

[240volt]

If you are a North Melbourne assistant who is about to get dumped, is it helpful to have Tom Morris saying you are highly regarded?

Highly regarded and Norf in the same sentence just doesn’t look right.

 

[scotty13]

Random thought bubble that has probably been discussed here somewhere...

But, it would be massively beneficial for the club to lose the last 3 games of the season for 3 reasons:

1. It would mean St Kilda are likely to finish above us, they are 1 game behind us ATM and play Rich, Ess, GWS. This means we could threaten to walk NWM to the PSD as we will have a pick before them. I mean there is a chance that WCE or NM take him, but when was the last time a player didn't get to where they wanted in the PSD... Or at least the same state? It's unlikely because I imagine we will offer Butters, Bergman, Georgie and the next 10 1st round picks for him than play hard ball.

2. It would mean we fall into the bottom 6, which means double up games against WCE, NM, Rich, Ess, Car/Mel and Crom. An easier draw for Carrs first year at the helm, and a good season could see us get Butters signature.

3. Hinkley finishes with 6 consecutive loses. Finishes a loser.

 

[Lefti93]

Random thought bubble that has probably been discussed here somewhere...

But, it would be massively beneficial for the club to lose the last 3 games of the season for 3 reasons:

1. It would mean St Kilda are likely to finish above us, they are 1 game behind us ATM and play Rich, Ess, GWS. This means we could threaten to walk NWM to the PSD as we will have a pick before them. I mean there is a chance that WCE or NM take him, but when was the last time a player didn't get to where they wanted in the PSD... Or at least the same state? It's unlikely because I imagine we will offer Butters, Bergman, Georgie and the next 10 1st round picks for him than play hard ball.

2. It would mean we fall into the bottom 6, which means double up games against WCE, NM, Rich, Ess, Car/Mel and Crom. An easier draw for Carrs first year at the helm, and a good season could see us get Butters signature.

3. Hinkley finishes with 6 consecutive loses. Finishes a loser.

I thought about point 2 yesterday too

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Random thought bubble that has probably been discussed here somewhere...

But, it would be massively beneficial for the club to lose the last 3 games of the season for 3 reasons:

1. It would mean St Kilda are likely to finish above us, they are 1 game behind us ATM and play Rich, Ess, GWS. This means we could threaten to walk NWM to the PSD as we will have a pick before them. I mean there is a chance that WCE or NM take him, but when was the last time a player didn't get to where they wanted in the PSD... Or at least the same state? It's unlikely because I imagine we will offer Butters, Bergman, Georgie and the next 10 1st round picks for him than play hard ball.

2. It would mean we fall into the bottom 6, which means double up games against WCE, NM, Rich, Ess, Car/Mel and Crom. An easier draw for Carrs first year at the helm, and a good season could see us get Butters signature.

3. Hinkley finishes with 6 consecutive loses. Finishes a loser.

By now we should know that you never “try” to lose

And we actually don’t even need to try anyway