why are Port allowed interstate finals?

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If Port and Brisbane top two, the fairest way of doing it, in this weird season schedule would have been Brisbane play their finals at Gold Coast and Port at the Gabba, imo.
LMAO

Yeah, * finishing top 2. You should be penalised and play Richmond and Geelong at a neutral venue :D
 
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LMAO

Yeah, fu** finishing top 2. You should be penalised and play Richmond and Geelong at a neutral venue :D
There is no penalty in playing at a neutral venue. It is how it should be in finals for the most part.
Finish top two on back of 6 home games and 2 away games is not a reason to give a lucky team by circumstances of this season, even more home ground advantages.

Geelong have had 3 home games, one against my mob, and 5 distinct away ground disadvantages for a net negative of 2. Port have a net positive of 4 and have less percentage than Geelong and got done by Geelong on neutral venue already.

If you get a final with home ground advantage, good luck to how the cards have fallen but let's not kid ourselves it has been deserved based on the compromised nature of the schedule this season. It is not deserved at all to get some homeground advantage again when already have net positive over some of teams just below you on ladder like Cats.
 

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There is no penalty in playing at a neutral venue. It is how it should be in finals for the most part.
I'm not wasting my time with your logic.

Those neutral venues are next door to Geelong and Richmond. Why should Port TRAVEL to them?

So next year you wanna play all finals at neutral venues instead? GF in Canberra maybe?

Top 2 teams deserve home ground in Finals if it can happen. Any argument against that is completely illogical.
 
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I'm not wasting my time with your logic.

Those neutral venues are next door to Geelong and Richmond. Why should Port TRAVEL to them?
How is a game in Queensland next door to Geelong? LMAO,
You got no logic at all in your thinking and wasting time in your own confusion and weird bias.
 

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Why should Port be disadvantaged? Every fixture since the VFL expanded beyond 12 teams has been unfair so regardless of whether they benifited or not from the days break differentials during the H&A season this year is immaterial.

Where possible, there is no reason a side finishing in the top 2 should not get home finals and in Ports case the current travel restrictions say there is no impediment. If they win both they will still most likely have to beat a side that has spent most of the season playing in the state where the GF is held. Not really much different to every other year except they wont need to deal with a hugely bias crowd unless they play Brisbane.
 

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A long, long , long way from their homeground at Kardinia Park,, rofl.

This is not rocket science...
LIVING in Queensland

You are right, it's not Rocket science. Top 2 get home finals.

Obviously every other year in history is compromised by your logic, 18 games in Victoria vs 12 in SA/WA means why play finals in Melbourne, right?
 

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Huh? For MCG teams it's just the same as ever! Metricon/Gabba is nearly everyone's home ground this year so no home advantage in most games, just like the MCG normally.
Yeah, I don't think it's the huge disadvantage to them. Only 1 team this season gets the huge advantage. Brisbane. Perhaps the AFL should have scheduled them to play in SA and WA more often this season but that's too late now.
 
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You are right, it's not Rocket science.
You will never get it. You are way too biased to even think straight.
Enjoy the advantages and not kid yourself you get some deservedly if Geelong is the team you play.
They've had 3 games in 17 where they actually played on their homeground.
To have the best percentage and not be able to play any more home games on their homeground for months is the most impressive effort this season so far.
The ladder is not going to take into account the fact this season cannot have teams have same number of real home games each. As a result the ladder order is not really going to be as fair as it could be for a team like them.
They done very well to manage to get by without Selwood and Ablett recently.
 
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Says the Victorian who gets advantages EVERY year.
I do not barrack for Geelong. you've shown you got no idea about what is advantages or disadvantages are so far.
l admire teams that do well, no matter which state they from.
Your bias is amusing with misguided context and no logic.
Go Brisbane Lions, hope they win it.
 

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I do not barrack for Geelong. Could not care less but I still admire teams that do well, no matter where they from.
Your bias is amusing with misguided context and no logic.
Go Brisbane Lions, hope they win it.
And you've proved yourself a troll

Cries about advantages and wants the team with the biggest advantage to win.

I'll just block you.
 

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There is nothing fair about this season.
It is just a season to get games done.
Some clubs have had no home ground advantage games in 17 rounds of football. There is nothing fair about a team finishing high boosted by much more home ground advantages in 17 rounds getting more home ground advantages in finals based on the advantages they already gained from already.
Would have been fairer to base this seasons finals series in all Queensland given crowds maximisation cannot be the priority in current circumstances league works within.
If Port and Brisbane top two, the fairest way of doing it, in this weird season schedule would have been Brisbane play their finals at Gold Coast and Port at the Gabba, imo. But it is not going to happen so not worth worry about too much given the season already has to be compromised anyway.

Probably the fairest season we've had in a while. Play every team once instead of the clown fiesta fixturing by the AFL, only teams to have a huge home ground advantage over others is 2 in Lions and the Suns, the GF is actually up for tender.
 
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Probably the fairest season we've had in a while. Play every team once
If we played each other once and had same amount of home and away games, it would be.
It is so far from that, this year it not funny.
Some clubs have had no games at all on their homeground out of 17 games.
There is nothing fair about this season, but we all knew it could not be once outside sources made it impossible to do anything but push ahead even though we know it cannot be truly fair and has to be compromised. It is what it is. Let's not kid ourselves it is even close to fair.
 

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If we played each other once and had same amount of home and away games, it would be.
It is so far from that, this year it not funny.
Some clubs have had no games at all on their homeground out of 17 games.
There is nothing fair about this season, but we all knew it could not be once outside sources made it impossible to do anything but push ahead even though we know it cannot be truly fair and has to be compromised. It is what it is. Let's not kid ourselves it is even close to fair.

This is literally what interstate fans put up with compared to the Victorian teams like Richmond and Collingwood who camp out at the MCG and Victoria for a majority of the season.
As much as I loved watching Tigers wreck the Crows in 2017, if the Grand Final was played at a neutral venue, or as a home GF in an actual fair fixture the Crows would've stomped the Tigers.

The only thing I'm disappointed about is West Coast and Freo not getting more home games to make others realise how insane their travel schedule is.

Geelong not getting home finals is a massive farce as well. There are so many absolutely batshit stupid aspects about the standard fixture that this is absolutely nothing.

The funny bit is, I think Tigers are in the box seat to win it. Extremely dominant despite their outs. Will be the best GF they've won out of the 3.
 
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only teams to have a huge home ground advantage over others is 2 in Lions and the Suns, the GF is actually up for tender.
This shows how little you actual thought about it.
Gold Coast have not had it quite as good as Adelaide but better than most. Crows and Lions have the most lopsided advantage this 17 round seasons of 9 home games each and 2 games truly away team.
That is a net positive of 7... Very different to a normal season as you can get.
 

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This shows how little you actual thought about it.
Gold Coast have not had it quite as good as Adelaide but better than most. Crows and Lions have the most lopsided advantage this 17 round seasons of 9 home games each and 2 games truly away team.
That is a net positive of 7... Very different to a normal season as you can get.

You're literally getting a taste of your own medicine for a season and having a massive cry about it. Jesus Christ lmao
 

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This shows how little you actual thought about it.
Gold Coast have not had it quite as good as Adelaide but better than most. Crows and Lions have the most lopsided advantage this 17 round seasons of 9 home games each and 2 games truly away team.
That is a net positive of 7... Very different to a normal season as you can get.
Are you still claiming that Metricon is a Lions home ground? Stop talking rubbish.
 
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