Analysis Unprecedented: should the Crows tank their qualifying final?

[Jim Prideaux]

Especially if we finish 4th

Would really show the Viccos.

 

[Elixuh]

I’ve read some moronic posts in the 15 years or so I’ve been on Big Footy, but this nearly takes the cake - well done.

I'm sorry you feel that way. Hope you're doing ok.

 

[Norwood1878]

Rankine is one of Adelaide’s three best players and may hold the keys to success on grand final day.

Given he has now been suspended for 4 games, if Adelaide wins its qualifying final then Rankine will have no chance of playing in a grand final should they make it.

ON THE OTHER HAND, if Adelaide were to tank their qualifying final then Rankine would be able to play in the grand final.

Should the Crom tank their qualifying final?

No way Jose.

 

[stallon]

I hope they tank the QF then lose the semi final the next week anyway

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The value-add of Rankine in the GF is approximately one quarter of the difference in home ground advantage for the PF...., let alone the fact that's assuming they win the semi 100%.

This is incredibly stupid.

 

[Greenstar5]

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.

Pepper Brooks
ESPN

 

[Rotayjay]

I see it as all or nothing - if we win the home qualifying final, I think we'll win the home preliminary final. If we lose the qualifying, I think we would go out in straight sets.

 

[Senor M]

If they really want to protest the suspension, they should lose the next 3 games and have him miss round 1 next year. That'll show the AFL.

Miss Round 0 next year.

The AFL will ensure that the Crowd have an Opening Round match to enable Rankine to play again earlier

 

[Alwaysacrow]

Absolutely not. Izac did the wrong thing knowing what penalties have been handed out before.
There's no guarantee Adelaide will be in this position next year so they will play to go straight through to the GF.

 

[Maylandsman]

Never go full potato, oops, too late.

 

[JPetro83]

Well this Soap Opera is finally over and if Rankine deserved to suspended for 4 or 5 games it doesn’t bother me.
But with the Crows their September dream of winning a 3rd flag will depend how it goes on Saturday against my team North.
A easy win with no injuries could leave them thinking it will be easy come September.
But a drag out hard close game will be ideal for the Crows as long you don’t get any injuries.
I just want North to be competitive and not get blown away.
But inclosing all the best for September just hoping Collingwood and Geelong fall over and not win the flag.

Sorry, im old school and from a better era.. Rankine or anybody does not deserve a suspension like that from an on-field sledge. Nobody will convince otherwise. world has gone mad!
Brisbane will win the flag. Hawthorn a dark horse.

 

[Tom14]

Absolutely not. Izac did the wrong thing knowing what penalties have been handed out before.
There's no guarantee Adelaide will be in this position next year so they will play to go straight through to the GF.

Wow, such little consideration for Izak's mental health from the Crows....

 

[Freomaniac]

No, winning the qualifying final is still the best pathway to winning a flag. It's just a bit of a bonus if we have a stinker in the first week, and can somehow claw our way through the rest.

Your team won flags in 1997-8 without Modra. Crows will be fine.

I remember Mark Bickley punching a Port defender late in the 2002 season.

It was a 3 or 4 week suspension.

Crows finished 3rd or 4th that year. Lost the qualifying final, won the semi final and lost the preliminary final vs magpies.

Had crows made the 2002 grand final vs Brisbane, Mark Bickley was available to play

 

[99cents]

They should start booking spare seats on aeroplanes...NOW!!!

 

[The Terrible Thinker]

Just make the Grand Final, draw it then request the replay at Adelaide Oval.

 

[Kapow!!!]

Rankine is one of Adelaide’s three best players and may hold the keys to success on grand final day.

Given he has now been suspended for 4 games, if Adelaide wins its qualifying final then Rankine will have no chance of playing in a grand final should they make it.

ON THE OTHER HAND, if Adelaide were to tank their qualifying final then Rankine would be able to play in the grand final.

Should the Crom tank their qualifying final?

Some of your best work here, bravo.

 

[yirra_kurl]

Just make the Grand Final, draw it then request the replay at Adelaide Oval.

would that be a laugh. a drawn GF and he gets to play anyway.

 

[TigerCanMan]

This whole saga is pretty bad , my crystal ball says in 50 years time they will get the Ai wiggles as a band but must have 2 females one larger and tall lesbian one skinny and short and in a wheelchair , 2 men one unmasculine fat short bald and straight the other is tall masculine and transgender ,one Arab , one chinese one European and throw in a indigenous person , might as well have no entertainment so that everyone can sit in boredom and think about the world they inherited from our generation ...
Having said this he should of shut his trap
ABout time I did...
Roastme#

 

[PenfoldsFan]

I wouldnt.

 

[RedWhite4Ever]

What are the odds of Rankine winning the Norm Smith medal?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Cam Payne got in first, but I also came here to say only Don Pyke would be stupid enough to consider this, and he's no longer at Crom.

 

[Senor M]

Sorry, im old school and from a better era.. Rankine or anybody does not deserve a suspension like that from an on-field sledge. Nobody will convince otherwise. world has gone mad!
Brisbane will win the flag. Hawthorn a dark horse.

Mate—- you’re 42, you grew up in the 1990’s. There’s nothing “better” about that time.

This post would be understandable if you were in you actually 83 years old instead of just born in 1983

 

[Dirty Bird]

Unprecedented? Didnt we do it in 1998?

 

[Chronz]

Rankine is one of Adelaide’s three best players and may hold the keys to success on grand final day.

Given he has now been suspended for 4 games, if Adelaide wins its qualifying final then Rankine will have no chance of playing in a grand final should they make it.

ON THE OTHER HAND, if Adelaide were to tank their qualifying final then Rankine would be able to play in the grand final.

Should the Crom tank their qualifying final?

I think you bring up a very good argument. They should definitely lose the QF.

 

[Fadge]

I think you bring up a very good argument. They should definitely lose the QF.

Fully agree.