Mega Thread 2024 Media & Miscellaneous Thread

[apuchar]

Yeo said he would prefer to stay in Perth.

 

[Sturty2Hurty]

Said more than Lyon.had in 7 years..I like

The ‘anywhere, anytime’ mantra was nice for a while but it worked against us in the end.

 

[Taylor]

Yeo turns 31 in a touch over four months, if he is gone end of this year or in a couple of years it's soon.

WC has the decision to make on whether they want to play Yeo along with Kelly and float in the 9th to 13th spot for a couple of years being more competitive but having access to lesser players or commit to their rebuild and stock up.

Not discounting the value in having a winning culture.

 

[Taylor]

JL has experienced both WA sides and working at Collingwood, very few other coaches have that exposure. Two interstate clubs and a Melbourne based (literally) club.

 

[Pivot Piece]

It’s tough listening and the old eagles carry on is grating

They try and include some dockers content but it’s a filler between Eagles rant

At least it’s WA content though
Some good WAFL discussions

Was much better with Duffield

Shelter Footy Cast is decent. Mark Readings and Will Schofield are obviously Eagles supporters but it is a 50/50 split between Freo and West Coast discussion and they generally hide their bias quite well and at least pretend to be positive about Freo.

 

[freo1]

Yeo turns 31 in a touch over four months, if he is gone end of this year or in a couple of years it's soon.

WC has the decision to make on whether they want to play Yeo along with Kelly and float in the 9th to 13th spot for a couple of years being more competitive but having access to lesser players or commit to their rebuild and stock up.

Not discounting the value in having a winning culture.

WC are in the box seat with Yeo. THey either keep him on for a low contract (which i think is reasonable) or another club like Adelaide pays well overs, and because of that he leaves and the eagles get a good compensation pick for him.

 

[Taylor]

WC are in the box seat with Yeo. THey either keep him on for a low contract (which i think is reasonable) or another club like Adelaide pays well overs, and because of that he leaves and the eagles get a good compensation pick for him.

WC will be lucky to get band three for Yeo given he turns 31, meaning no bonus points out of twelve, in the ranking.

 

[Paracleet]

WC will be lucky to get band three for Yeo given he turns 31, meaning no bonus points out of twelve, in the ranking.

A deal that size could see it go from nothing to as high as three maybe? They'd be happy with that. If its less and they have the space they might prefer to keep him if they are otherwise still saving the maximum amount they are allowed to roll over for more than 1 year (the amount of which that is I can't be bothered checking).

Obviously they'd want the full 1 year rollover amount in 2026 so they need to structure their payments to leave the cap at 95% for that year. Funny really; Reid being so good could have negative knock on effects for their cap management on multiple levels and timescales. Oh no.

 

[Cam Payne]

Reid being so good could have negative knock on effects for their cap management on multiple levels and timescales. Oh no.

I very much hope wild stories like Tassie offering $30mill over 10 years are true.

 

[Taylor]

I hope Reid goes to Carlton for $1m a year in a ten year deal worth $45 million with the added places at Carlton powerbroker businesses and it finally ends that rort.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I very much hope wild stories like Tassie offering $30mill over 10 years are true.

Twenty would get the job done.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I hope Reid goes to Carlton for $1m a year in a ten year deal worth $45 million with the added places at Carlton powerbroker businesses and it finally ends that rort.

His girlfriend could even read the weather on news bulletins for $1 million

 

[Taylor]

His girlfriend could even read the weather on news bulletins for $1 million

Easy

 

[Purple Suit]

We better not lose Sat night home games over this

Why would we? Due to the time difference, the last flight out to get in by midnight is 6pm. You wouldn't make it from a 2:30pm game. The next lot of flights is 11pm for the red eye arriving at 5am. No one is taking that one and you could still make it from a 5:30pm game anyway.

The issue is our travel schedule and the AFL doing absolutely nothing to help us while making our opposition get more breaks and advantages when most of them travel 5-6 times a year max. If a Melbourne team has a six day break off travel then so be it.

 

[Spirit Level]

So the actual AFL are calling us "interstate teams" now.

If there was any proof needed that this is still the VFL, this is it. At least they're being honest about it now.

 

[CapitalA]

How often do teams play us sat night and the play Friday night the week after?

And then play 5 games in a row in Victoria?

 

[mightymouse75]

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So the actual AFL are calling us "interstate teams" now.

If there was any proof needed that this is still the VFL, this is it. At least they're being honest about it now.

What does it say ? Can you Barraphrase it for us. Or will we get barratrauma

 

[masai tu]

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So the actual AFL are calling us "interstate teams" now.

If there was any proof needed that this is still the VFL, this is it. At least they're being honest about it now.

That term “interstate teams”, gives me the trots.

Non Victorian ok, but it is not the VFL ?.

 

[Halfbaked]

His girlfriend could even read the weather on news bulletins for $1 million

Was it Shuey's wife that got the job as the boundary rider at a few afl preseason and aflw games a few years ago?

 

[CakeEater]

Was it Shuey's wife that get the job as the boundary rider at a few afl preseason and aflw games a few years ago?

&got a media career on Triple M

 

[Deveraux]

JL has said twice this week that over the last 4 weeks we've taken the most shots on goal and conceded the least.
I think one of the restump lads debunked it but can someone actually do the math for me. That can't be right can it.

 

[s_wd6]

JL has said twice this week that over the last 4 weeks we've taken the most shots on goal and conceded the least.
I think one of the restump lads debunked it but can someone actually do the math for me. That can't be right can it.

According to the AFL app we’ve had 116 shots at goal in the past 4 rounds. According to the restump guys we've had 99. They clearly aren't counting the shots that didnt score.

I can't be bothered checking every team but Dogs, Sydney, Brisbane who restump guys had above us too have all had less shots on goal than us according to the app.

Also interesting is that we are only behind port (by 0.2%) when it comes to shot efficiecny per i50. So when we get it in there we're generating shots, just not making the most of those shots.

 

[Midnite65]

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So the actual AFL are calling us "interstate teams" now.

If there was any proof needed that this is still the VFL, this is it. At least they're being honest about it now.

Yes it must be such a disadvantage to fly from Sydney to Melbourne.

 

[CaseySibosadoHOF]

JL has said twice this week that over the last 4 weeks we've taken the most shots on goal and conceded the least.
I think one of the restump lads debunked it but can someone actually do the math for me. That can't be right can it.

Claim is pretty much true, only real caveat is that you gotta count scoring and non-scoring shots, plus the teams at the top are more bunched together than the teams at the bottom. Also, Brisbane are level with us for shots taken. Oh yeah, and I guess on form at least we've faced the 2 worst non-Norf teams in those 4 games.

Expected score is probably a better metric because it encapsulates shot quality and quantity, but fwiw here it is (cleaner table with the TLDR here, attached is the long form if budding math teachers wanna check my working).

Teams	Shots Taken	Shots Conceded	Difference
Adelaide	100	92	8
Brisbane	116	87	29
Carlton	87	113	-26
Collingwood	110	80	30
Essendon	103	93	10
Freo	116	78	38
Geelong	107	120	-13
Gold Coast	114	94	20
GWS	82	98	-16
Hawks	97	99	-2
Melbourne	97	86	11
Norf	75	132	-57
Port	106	87	19
Richmond	64	136	-72
St KFC	80	96	-16
Sydney	113	84	29
WCE	87	103	-16
WB	115	91	24

 

[Alfonz]

I think we had 8 or 9 shots on goal versus Sydney which didn't even score. Not sure what the record is, but that would have to be right up there.