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No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXXVI
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- Feb 14, 2014
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Does anyone else think that the AFL this year is really segmented? People will laud how close it is on results but I have a feeling that based on last year and the off season movements, there are distinct groups of teams.
Tier 1
Richmond
Geelong
Melbourne
Brisbane
Then there is a big skill gap to the next tier
Tier 2
Sydney
Freo
Carlton
Collingwood
Tier 3
Saints
Dogs
Gold Coast
Port
GWS
West Coast
Tier 4
Essendon
Norf
Hawthorn
Adelaide
These are by no means the ladder positions I foresee but there just seems to be a very clear Best top 4 this year more than other years.
Tier 1
Richmond
Geelong
Melbourne
Brisbane
Then there is a big skill gap to the next tier
Tier 2
Sydney
Freo
Carlton
Collingwood
Tier 3
Saints
Dogs
Gold Coast
Port
GWS
West Coast
Tier 4
Essendon
Norf
Hawthorn
Adelaide
These are by no means the ladder positions I foresee but there just seems to be a very clear Best top 4 this year more than other years.
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There will be a team with a soft draw and a great injury run that launches into the top 4, there almost always is every season.
I think the competition is a bit closer than that. There is always a team that surprises.
IMO the top 4 don't have a big skill gap to the other 4 in your top group.
Dr Tigris
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How very much dare you!!
Carlton have the world's bestest ever midfield adn forward line ... and backish line sort of.
And Collonwood are so good. They won all those close games and so must be the bestest ever mentally tough(ish) team ever. And their young guns (Daicos) is the greatest everest young player to ever young play the game.
And of course Essington are so awesome, so good, bestest ever this coming year. Robbo says so, every year, and he must be right. He gets paid mega bucks to turn up drunk and say insightful things about the AFL. he even knows who the top 50 players are each year. What a genius.
Any way, the top tier is the Cats. The main board says so. So it must be true(ish)
Apart form that. yeah I pretty much agree. but hope/expect it turn into a top tier of the Tigers and then
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I see that Walsh from Carlton is out for a few months. What a shame.....
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Makes them less vanilla.
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Perfect excuse for their supporters when we beat them round 1.
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Lol I see in the HUN an interesting sentence.
"Collingwood and Geelong set the pace last season with their quick ball movement and the Tigers look set to try to match them".
We would have kept to our fast manic style of play which Collingwood and Geelong copied if it wasn't for the rule changes.
That is exactly why we changed but now apparently we are copying Collingwood and Geelong?
Balmey wept.
"Collingwood and Geelong set the pace last season with their quick ball movement and the Tigers look set to try to match them".
We would have kept to our fast manic style of play which Collingwood and Geelong copied if it wasn't for the rule changes.
That is exactly why we changed but now apparently we are copying Collingwood and Geelong?
Balmey wept.
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Essendon teammates separated as tempers flare at training
Jake Stringer and Mason Redman were involved in a scuffle on Friday afternoon.
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No pressure fellas - only 6000 days since you won a final. Relax !
Nostradumbass
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Let's see if I remember this correctly. We brushed Collingwood aside with relative ease. We gave Geelong a 6 goal headstart and they knocked out Prestia in the first 10 minutes. We hit the front and some bloke got a lucky mark Infront of goal in the last minute to win it for them.
Neither of these clubs worry me lol.
- Feb 14, 2014
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To be honest. My rankings were more based on skill than actual ladder positions. There is always going to be that team that gets an incredible draw and looks like a top 4 club and then there are teams in the top tier I could see dropping a few players and then finishing in the bottom half of the 8
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Yep, the interesting one for me is Sydney. Recent history isn't too kind to teams that cop a belting in the grand final. Highly skilled team but can they continue to grow that list based on copping a flogging.
Also Collingwood. They had a bottom 4 draw and won all their close games with a fairy tale coach. Highly skilled or not they are going to be marked men this season and will have a much harder draw (although I doubt they will actually leave Victoria).
The other one I'm not sure about is Melbourne. I reckon they've shot their bolt. Maybe just wishful thinking.
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I think Melbourne and Brisbane are going to find they are way too cumbersome come finals.
I laugh at the Carlton supporters talking up how good their midfield is and they mention the following names
Cripps , Walsh ( I give them these 2 and they are guns)
Cerra , Hewitt ( Both Good players but no where near elite)
Kennedy , Fogarty , Fisher , O'Brien , Acres , Martin , Williams FMD all very average players that are just barely average
Richmond
Martin - Prestia - Hopper - Taranto - Bolton - Cotchin - Short - Graham - Sonsie - McIntosh - Pickett - Baker
Cripps , Walsh ( I give them these 2 and they are guns)
Cerra , Hewitt ( Both Good players but no where near elite)
Kennedy , Fogarty , Fisher , O'Brien , Acres , Martin , Williams FMD all very average players that are just barely average
Richmond
Martin - Prestia - Hopper - Taranto - Bolton - Cotchin - Short - Graham - Sonsie - McIntosh - Pickett - Baker
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Obviously Stocker and the situation surrounding his drafting created plenty of mirth around here but I’ve got to say, after hearing him speaking in the media today, he’s one of the most impressive young sportspeople I’ve heard.
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Gotta call it like you see it man.
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Should use any opportunity to take the piss out of Silvagni and his drafting, that’s for sure.
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With the media sucking off Geelong for months it kind of got lost how much of a shameful performance it was by Sydney. Those are the ones that stick, how can they talk about Bloods culcha with a straight face anymore
Don't care the situation, we could be half injured limping into a granny being played at Marvel cos Hocking called in a bomb threat at the G. On no planet are we putting in an effort like that on the big stage
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