Autopsy Round 17: Changes v St.Kilda - Brayshaw in for Stretch

[Pedantic]

Are you campaigners going to complain about Etihad again this week?

It is ridiculous that we play the Saints twice this year and both times it's at their home ground.

 

[PerfectFooty]

It is ridiculous that we play the Saints twice this year and both times it's at their home ground.

It is a better return then playing an interstate side there, which after years of whining about playing interstate sides in the last rounds of the season we actually played a vic team their early in the season.

Also it's just a football ground

 

[Ablett2Garland]

Are you campaigners going to complain about Etihad again this week?

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Pretty sure they beat us at the G' last year or the year before? Let's stop complaining about Etihad - it's still in Victoria.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Pretty sure they beat us at the G' last year or the year before? Let's stop complaining about Etihad - it's still in Victoria.

Yep exactly. In fact we came much closer to beating them at Etihad.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Should be strictly a night venue. Soulless hellhole.

 

[Pedantic]

It is a better return then playing an interstate side there, which after years of whining about playing interstate sides in the last rounds of the season we actually played a vic team their early in the season.

From a financial perspective, it was better. For actually winning games of football I can't agree.

 

[stabler]

If someone can make a gif of Fraser Gherig pinging his hammy trying to run around Nathan Carrol, it would bring me much happiness

 

[PerfectFooty]

From a financial perspective, it was better. For actually winning games of football I can't agree.

That is our own doing, not the ground

 

[Pedantic]

That is our own doing, not the ground

What? You're always less likely to win when playing at the opposition team's home ground.

 

[Topkent]

What? You're always less likely to win when playing at the opposition team's home ground.

Not if your any good, we were just ******* s**t and now we are just about average

 

[Pedantic]

Not if your any good, we were just ******* s**t and now we are just about average

Yes, even if you're good. Teams play better and are more likely to win at their home grounds, this is true for sport all over the world.

 

[Topkent]

Yes, even if you're good. Teams play better and are more likely to win at their home grounds, this is true for sport all over the world.

There is * all difference between playing at etihad and the MCG
Sport around the world is different
Playing at Old Trafford there 80000 fans all supporting one team and they don't let up for the whole game
Etihad and the MCG are both in melbourne and their will be plenty of Dees fans there
Only s**t teams use it as an excuse

 

[Pedantic]

There is **** all difference between playing at etihad and the MCG
Sport around the world is different
Playing at Old Trafford there 80000 fans all supporting one team and they don't let up for the whole game
Etihad and the MCG are both in melbourne and their will be plenty of Dees fans there
Only s**t teams use it as an excuse

It's not an excuse, it's a fact. Teams will play better at a ground where they play more often and feel more comfortable, regardless of travel (although that and crowd support exacerbate it).

 

[Topkent]

It's not an excuse, it's a fact. Teams will play better at a ground where they play more often and feel more comfortable, regardless of travel (although that and crowd support exacerbate it).

We lost to them at the MCG aswell, if we play well we win if we don't we lose .. stkilda doesn't get a 5 goal bonus at the start because there's a roof on the stadium

 

[Pedantic]

We lost to them at the MCG aswell, if we play well we win if we don't we lose .. stkilda doesn't get a 5 goal bonus at the start because there's a roof on the stadium

We are simply more likely to win if the game is played at the MCG. And having to play a side twice at their home ground in the same season is something that's fair game to be complained about, that's all.

 

[Topkent]

We are simply more likely to win if the game is played at the MCG. And having to play a side twice at their home ground in the same season is something that's fair game to be complained about, that's all.

Its as pointless as complaining about umpires
Good teams win, s**t ones have excuses

 

[PerfectFooty]

Yes, even if you're good. Teams play better and are more likely to win at their home grounds, this is true for sport all over the world.

They don't train there. If we were using MFC logic to other teams Carlton and Essendon should be cracking the shits playing at home to us at the MCG

 

[Pedantic]

Why is it pointless? The AFL's seriously unfair fixturing has improved marginally over the last few years and it's because fans and some journos have continued to complain about it.

 

[Pedantic]

They don't train there. If we were using MFC logic to other teams Carlton and Essendon should be cracking the shits playing at home to us at the MCG

Carlton play more games at the G than Etihad. From a purely football perspective, Essendon would no doubt prefer to play us at Etihad (I suppose an argument in favour of the G would be that finals are played there so any experience there is useful). But financially playing us at the G is a lot better for them.

 

[Topkent]

Why is it pointless? The AFL's seriously unfair fixturing has improved marginally over the last few years and it's because fans and some journos have continued to complain about it.

I said why I think it's s**t, it's a losers mentality to complain
Hawks wouldn't winge about playing them their twice if they had to cause they'd just beat them

 

[Pedantic]

So when the Hawks come out and complain about the concessions the NSW clubs get, they're just showing their "loser's mentality"?

Complaining all the time is stupid, but it's equally stupid to just shut up and never utter a peep about things that are objectively unfair.

 

[Sando22]

Can somewhat see where you're coming from but the advantage the Saints have held over us for as long as they have is in no way mutually exclusive to Etihad.
Yes they play well there and it's their home ground but it's 5 mins down the road from ours, the G - where they beat us last year.
If we're any good, we win this one. At Etihad, MCG, backyard.

 

[Topkent]

So when the Hawks come out and complain about the concessions the NSW clubs get, they're just showing their "loser's mentality"?

Complaining all the time is stupid, but it's equally stupid to just shut up and never utter a peep about things that are objectively unfair.

We are talking on field not off field

 

[Pedantic]

We are talking on field not off field

Callum Mills looked like he was on the field to me last week.