No Oppo Supporters 2024 AFL General Discussion

[GoTheSwannies]

I know it's a long season and we're only 5 rounds in, but I find it hard to see any of the top 6 dropping out of the 8, and I think Brisbane are good enough.

Pies have their work cut out for them but are a decent chance.

Theres going to be a lot of competition for the bottom half of the 8.

Crows have already blown their chance imo. The rest are cooked.

 

[Kiama Chris]

I know it's a long season and we're only 5 rounds in, but I find it hard to see any of the top 6 dropping out of the 8, and I think Brisbane are good enough.

Pies have their work cut out for them but are a decent chance.

Theres going to be a lot of competition for the bottom half of the 8.

Crows have already blown their chance imo. The rest are cooked.

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Melbourne a bit dodgy. Based on what we've seen so far the other 5 will make the 8. The last 3 will be a bugger's muddle.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Melbourne a bit dodgy. Based on what we've seen so far the other 5 will make the 8. The last 3 will be a bugger's muddle.

Yeah, I agree with that. Of all the top 6, Melbourne look the shakiest. They seem like the team with the most baggage and liable to implode if a couple of results go against them.

However, they've been playing well with Oliver playing injured, so once he recovers from his hand injury their side will be stronger.

 

[bedford]

Carlton have a tough 5 weeks including us at the SCG

 

[ShireSwan]

Imagine having the whole back of your club's shirt (including the colour scheme being changed) as an advert for Hungry Jacks!
AFL commercialism continually reaches new lows of pathetic.

 

[bedford]

Jumper looked good , every club has sponsors on , it's worth heaps of $s

 

[bedford]

Jason Dunstall will be elevated to legend status in the HOF

 

[caesar88]

Changes are going to come and they will inevitably end up hurting us, but for now I'm just enjoying the Victorian clubs getting a little taste of the experience of Northern clubs' reality for the past decade-plus. So many top kids from Vic, SA and WA playing the go-home card before they're even drafted has pushed us back in the draft order in a way. Yeah our pick is the same but the options for who we can take with it aren't.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Don’t feel sorry one bit for Victorian clubs

 

[Membling]

Changes are going to come and they will inevitably end up hurting us, but for now I'm just enjoying the Victorian clubs getting a little taste of the experience of Northern clubs' reality for the past decade-plus. So many top kids from Vic, SA and WA playing the go-home card before they're even drafted has pushed us back in the draft order in a way. Yeah our pick is the same but the options for who we can take with it aren't.

The irony of hawks building their threepeat off of priority pick is obviously lost on old Ralphy.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Simple. Get rid of father and son picks. Academy's etc. And if someone wants to go home the club losing the player gets 5% of the players salary added to their cap and the team who secures them loses that 5% of their cap for the player's career. Finders fee

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Changes are going to come and they will inevitably end up hurting us, but for now I'm just enjoying the Victorian clubs getting a little taste of the experience of Northern clubs' reality for the past decade-plus. So many top kids from Vic, SA and WA playing the go-home card before they're even drafted has pushed us back in the draft order in a way. Yeah our pick is the same but the options for who we can take with it aren't.

Status quo the whole competition is skewed in their favour at the slight change of balance nup cant have that.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Simple. Get rid of father and son picks. Academy's etc. And if someone wants to go home the club losing the player gets 5% of the players salary added to their cap and the team who secures them loses that 5% of their cap for the player's career. Finders fee

Easiest way which probably should happen is take the discount away, matching it is enough discount. The AFL have an amazing ability to complicate a very easy solution

 

[mattpolo8]

		W	L	D	%
1.	Sydney	17	6	0	116.0%
2.	Geelong	17	6	0	114.5%
3.	Fremantle	16	7	0	113.8%
4.	Carlton	16	7	0	111.0%
5.	Brisbane Lions	15	8	0	113.2%
6.	Melbourne	15	8	0	112.5%
7.	Collingwood	15	8	0	105.1%
8.	Port Adelaide	14	9	0	113.1%
9.	GWS	14	9	0	112.0%
10.	St Kilda	12	11	0	103.2%
11.	Gold Coast	12	11	0	100.8%
12.	Essendon	11	12	0	94.9%
13.	Adelaide	10	13	0	96.1%
14.	Western Bulldogs	9	14	0	96.8%
15.	Richmond	4	19	0	82.3%
16.	North Melbourne	4	19	0	78.5%
17.	Hawthorn	3	20	0	82.2%
18.	West Coast	3	20	0	72.8%

Had a crack.
Slight bit of bias but to explain:
Got Sydney losses v Freo (a), Adelaide (a), GWS (a), Brisbane (a), Port (a) though I can really see us winning 1 of those AO games as we play pretty well there

Geelong losses v Brisbane (a), Sydney (a), Carlton (a), Collingwood (a), Saints (a)
Freo losses v Dogs (a), Sydney (a), Hawthorn (tas), Essendon (g), GWS (a)
Carlton losses v Geelong (h), Collingwood (a), Sydney (a), Port (a), GWS (a), Collingwood (h)

And really only other shock would be GWS missing
Losses v Carlton (a), Brisbane (manuka), Sydney (a), Essendon (a), Geelong (a), Adelaide (a), Melbourne (a), Brisbane (a), Dogs (ballarat)

 

[bedford]

RUOK with GWS not in ! this must've been a bye week

 

[mattpolo8]

RUOK with GWS not in ! this must've been a bye week

the losses I've given them I think are plausible. They dont have a great record at Manuka and Brisbane are hitting form, Essendon have the ability to produce one ripper game every 4 or 5 and that could be the one, and think they'll go to Adelaide when the Crows have got their shit together and are on a run

 

[The King!]

Simple. Get rid of father and son picks. Academy's etc. And if someone wants to go home the club losing the player gets 5% of the players salary added to their cap and the team who secures them loses that 5% of their cap for the player's career. Finders fee

How about Academy kids just don't go in the draft at all unless the club they are tied to don't want them

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

How about Academy kids just don't go in the draft at all unless the club they are tied to don't want them

I still dont know what the problem is tho how about stop giving North year out year in priority picks? giving them pick 3 for McKay was all sorts of nonsense.

Get rid of compo picks.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

the losses I've given them I think are plausible. They dont have a great record at Manuka and Brisbane are hitting form, Essendon have the ability to produce one ripper game every 4 or 5 and that could be the one, and think they'll go to Adelaide when the Crows have got their s**t together and are on a run

They will belt Carlton for starters, Adelaide are ordinary and have you seen the Dogs play? They won’t drop many games

 

[hairy biker]

Harley Reid has been named the Rising Star nominee for round five

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

		W	L	D	%
1.	Sydney	17	6	0	116.0%
2.	Geelong	17	6	0	114.5%
3.	Fremantle	16	7	0	113.8%
4.	Carlton	16	7	0	111.0%
5.	Brisbane Lions	15	8	0	113.2%
6.	Melbourne	15	8	0	112.5%
7.	Collingwood	15	8	0	105.1%
8.	Port Adelaide	14	9	0	113.1%
9.	GWS	14	9	0	112.0%
10.	St Kilda	12	11	0	103.2%
11.	Gold Coast	12	11	0	100.8%
12.	Essendon	11	12	0	94.9%
13.	Adelaide	10	13	0	96.1%
14.	Western Bulldogs	9	14	0	96.8%
15.	Richmond	4	19	0	82.3%
16.	North Melbourne	4	19	0	78.5%
17.	Hawthorn	3	20	0	82.2%
18.	West Coast	3	20	0	72.8%

Had a crack.
Slight bit of bias but to explain:
Got Sydney losses v Freo (a), Adelaide (a), GWS (a), Brisbane (a), Port (a) though I can really see us winning 1 of those AO games as we play pretty well there

Geelong losses v Brisbane (a), Sydney (a), Carlton (a), Collingwood (a), Saints (a)
Freo losses v Dogs (a), Sydney (a), Hawthorn (tas), Essendon (g), GWS (a)
Carlton losses v Geelong (h), Collingwood (a), Sydney (a), Port (a), GWS (a), Collingwood (h)

And really only other shock would be GWS missing
Losses v Carlton (a), Brisbane (manuka), Sydney (a), Essendon (a), Geelong (a), Adelaide (a), Melbourne (a), Brisbane (a), Dogs (ballarat)

I really cant see us winning 17 games! Fremantle 16wins i cant see that either.

GWS will finish top 4 minimum, Geelong draw is ridiculously easy especially the run home i cant see them losing more than 3-4 games for the season either.

 

[mattpolo8]

They will belt Carlton for starters, Adelaide are ordinary and have you seen the Dogs play? They won’t drop many games

Without taylor they absolutely won't. Charlie will have a day out.

Adelaide aren't ordinary, they started ordinary. And I think they'll get better as the season gets on. And the dogs yes, are rubbish, but they still have elite players and are absolutely capable of an upset. We do have to play them twice.

 

[mattpolo8]

I really cant see us winning 17 games! Fremantle 16wins i cant see that either.

GWS will finish top 4 minimum, Geelong draw is ridiculously easy especially the run home i cant see them losing more than 3-4 games for the season either.

Just can't see freo dropping a home game hey

 

[anotherletdown]

This idea of 3 gather rounds a year kinda stinks

No doubt Any gimmick they can think of will happen

If it reduces double ups it probably helps even out the comp a bit. Just can't imagine clubs willingly giving up home games for neutral ones. Too much money involved

 

[anotherletdown]

They are averaging 110 point losses. They have just a handful of talented kids. Sheezel will stay, Wardlaw is a toughie, Duursma is a flight risk and McKercher will head Tassie targets. Larkey is a good kpf And LDU is talented but flakey. Larkey aside they don’t have talented talls.

Expect they will get assistance again. They don’t attracted A graders. The place is rotten and other Clubs will lose patience. I don’t see there will be much improvement next year. Another bad start in year 4 will increase the pressure.

Anyway I am taking week 6 Season 4 in Clarko Lotto.

Criminal if they get more compo, last year was borderline ridiculous as it was.

I think they've burnt out most the experienced players and the kids are too young but that's on them to fix, not every other team in the comp to make space for their ineptitude.

I don't think there's been a better case for folding a team in decades