Anyone got access to Champion data. I bet the team freekicks for goals would make compelling reading. The soft freekicks Carlton get in front of goal is very concerning. Pretty much match fixing levels comparable to 2016 Bulldogs.
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Can you post this to the AFL.
For goals from free kick differential (for-against), Carlton is the current leader, with Bulldogs and Essendon rounding out the trifecta.
We are slightly above the middle, Hawthorn the wooden spoon.
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Three goals from three free kicks for Curnow in that last quarter was critical.
But Collingwood had more shots at goal and didn't capitalise (sound familiar?)
Carlton were sitting 15th on the ladder at the end of round 13. Are now sitting 5th at the start of round 19. Shows just how tight this comp is this year (except for North and West Coast of course).
But Collingwood had more shots at goal and didn't capitalise (sound familiar?)
Carlton were sitting 15th on the ladder at the end of round 13. Are now sitting 5th at the start of round 19. Shows just how tight this comp is this year (except for North and West Coast of course).
Happens at work as well.
People who come in, do the same job, but get less opportunities, less promotions, less pay, less gratitude.
And that’s with laws preventing that. Good luck applying that to a private sporting competition.
Im aware of a detailed study been commissioned about, but not by, the AFL along the lines of before and after the VFL expansion, and apart from massive $ for a select few, is the national sport in a better position overall than it was? Many many other metrics included and I’m hearing it’s not good reading.
Old data but an indicator non the less.
It's just evidence of AFL sanctioned match fixing (fairytale) by giving the Blues a 4-5 goal advantage per match with the softest of freekicks in front of goal.
The media have been salivating over Carlton during their wining streak even before beating Port and Collingwood. They are pushing the narrative.
2016 sold a narrative that made the game more appealing to the casual viewer. 2023 is set to repeat that trend by the looks.
It needs to be called out as systemic cheating as it affects other genuine contenders going forward.
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It's not a national competition. It's the expanded VFL. We are just guests that be dismissed at any time.
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This is why I gradually give less and less of a shit about this sport. It's closer to WrestleMania than a real league. Ports being a minor character makes it harder to tolerate.
Yes the AFL calls it a national comp and it's true in the sense that it has competition teams from all mainland states with games regularly played in Tasmania, NT and the ACT.
But there can be no denying the AFL is a Victorian centred competition, headquartered in Melbourne with the Grand Final played in Melbourne with 10 of the 18 teams based in Victoria. And 5 of the licences of the non Victorian Clubs are owned by AFL House in Melbourne.
Having played us last week - top team Collingwood is highly likely to not be required to play any games out of Melbourne for rest of the season. Strong odds of them playing all of their finals including the Grand Final at their home ground.
And the claims of Vic centric media bias is obvious, with both TV broadcast partners based out of Melbourne and several of their main commentators calling games from Melbourne rather than bothering to travel to interstate games. For many of them, their understanding of what's happening in clubs outside of Victoria is next to zero.
I don’t.I think our list is very positioned for a serious flag tilt. Having said that we do need to get a ruckman and a key defender which I think will happen in the trade period. Also have some very good talent coming through such as Jackson and Sinn. Hopefully Carr gets the gig which will top things off nicely imo.
Didn't watch the game but looking at scores it appeared to be a case of Collingwood kicking poorly this week after kicking them out of their arses last week. Would this be a correct summation?
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Yeah kinda. It definitely wasn't the same flukey Collingwood we played.
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No quite. Carlton did outplay them but not by five goals, so it's hard to say better kicking would have helped, but yeah if they kicked like that last week we would've won comfortably.
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The VFL won the “footy war” fair and square. That’s the first point.
Yet, this doesn’t make their treatment of the game any better. It’s actually bad; very bad. That’s the second point.
Hence, the war can’t be over.
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It's not supposed to be. When we joined in 1997 the AFL was marketed as a national competition. The AFL pretends it is a national competition but they continue to act as if it is just the expanded VFL. The fact that they continue to refer to non-Victorian clubs as "interstate" clubs is a dead giveaway.
MCG “hone ground advantage” and all that!
Grand finals stitched up in Melbourne for the next how many years where most of the major Victorian teams play their home games tells you enough about whether it’s an expanded VFL or not.
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My ladder prediction has pies playing Melbourne week 1 then if they lose Carlton or if the cats beat Collingwood in rd 22 they play the cats
Collingwood going out in straight sets is not impossible
Imagine
Collingwood going out in straight sets is not impossible
Imagine
Not forgetting that Dixon and Finlayson have done more centre square ruck work in their games than Curnow, Walker and Hawkins combined.
But what about the AFL fairytale!My ladder prediction has pies playing Melbourne week 1 then if they lose Carlton or if the cats beat Collingwood in rd 22 they play the cats
Collingwood going out in straight sets is not impossible
Imagine
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