Oppo Camp 2024 Finals Discussion (other games)

[rei154]

Can someone explain the outrage over the Stewart bump on Lohman?
No eyes on the ball, no play on the ball, interfered with a player making a play on the ball.

People seriously need to drop the "finals have different interpretations of the rules"

 

[Viddiot]

Can someone explain the outrage over the Stewart bump on Lohman?
No eyes on the ball, no play on the ball, interfered with a player making a play on the ball.

People seriously need to drop the "finals have different interpretations of the rules"

I liked it tbh...It was fair and in the moment. It was a bad call, the umpire said...(sic) it seemed ott.

 

[Dewnior]

Wuey is a mad Carlton supporter, not Swans fan. He was gutted that the Blues went out without a whimper.

Sounds like a bloke that will support any club that has bags to give away

 

[Dewnior]

Have the Hawks beaten every premier in the regular season since our three-peat or am I wrong?

If I was a gambling man I'd have my money on Brissie with those stats.

 

[burger09]

Can someone explain the outrage over the Stewart bump on Lohman?
No eyes on the ball, no play on the ball, interfered with a player making a play on the ball.

People seriously need to drop the "finals have different interpretations of the rules"

It's an interesting one.

Old school, saw an opportunity to inflict some damage and took it.

A cheap shot yes, once accepted.

Now is different.

Stewart's only intention was to inflict injury on the opposing player (not necessarily serious injury).

Our game is changing. Player welfare and limiting injuries are a priority for those in charge.

Stewart's action had the potential to cause serious injury. If it had, the AFL would be forced to legislate similar actions out of the game in the off season.

 

[Viddiot]

It's an interesting one.

Old school, saw an opportunity to inflict some damage and took it.

A cheap shot yes, once accepted.

Now is different.

Stewart's only intention was to inflict injury on the opposing player (not necessarily serious injury).

Our game is changing. Player welfare and limiting injuries are a priority for those in charge.

Stewart's action had the potential to cause serious injury. If it had, the AFL would be forced to legislate similar actions out of the game in the off season.

I see. Reasonable take. But they have to enforce that stringently, all season every game, and educate the commentary team. We need to know what the rules of engagement are...more so the Players.

 

[skwunk]

Have the Hawks beaten every premier in the regular season since our three-peat or am I wrong?

If I was a gambling man I'd have my money on Brissie with those stats.

Didn't beat the premier in any of '17 '18 or '19. We are the only team to have beaten or drawn with every premiership side since the start of the 20s though.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Brisbane is the remaining ‘in the window’ side so I am sticking with history.

 

[MightyHawks]

The best predictor of who wins a Grand Final is if a team is good enough to win an away Preliminary Final then they'll win the Grand Final.

So it's Brisbane.

 

[badgrill]

It's probably the most expensive streaming service, depending on your license. Assume they just meant cancel it to save yourself the $30 odd a month it costs.

is it because Seven have exclusive broadcast right to the GF so I think you wouldn't be able to watch it via Kayo?

 

[toomanysquibs]

OK, which one of you mob is this guy?

What a bunch of spuds that they'd say anything.

First Geelong lovechild Hinkley opens his mouth post win, and now this revisionism.

Geelong really are the Kings of piss weak excuses.

 

[Rushed_Behind]

I am always reminded of this meme.

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Is this accurate now after tigers won 3?

 

[Kil Phearns]

Sydney best team all year (apart from a six week stutter late in the season) v Lions probs the more talented list, but playing their fourth final (and third consecutively on the road)...

Lions are the second team to play 27 games in a VFL/AFL season, after North Melbourne in 1977.

Stand corrected 5 flags they have won.

Given that these spud clubs love to count their VFA flags, it’s 5 VFA and 5 VFL/AFL.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Sydney best team all year (apart from a six week stutter late in the season) v Lions probs the more talented list, but playing their fourth final (and third consecutively on the road)...

Lions are the second team to play 27 games in a VFL/AFL season, after North Melbourne in 1977.

Given that these spud clubs love to count their VFA flags, it’s 5 VFA and 5 VFL/AFL.

Counting flags from the amateur era is dishonest imo.

It doesn't relate at all to the AFL in particular, but at worst you cut it off when the VFL was established.

Friggin' 1800s flags belong in a history museum, not a modern day book of AFL statistics.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Is this accurate now after tigers won 3?

Maybe not, I haven’t checked. It was done back in 2014.

 

[Brishawk]

Not sure where to put this question, Mods feel free to move.

After watching the VFL GF today, what was the reason the AFL gave for granting a non existant team a license over a established team like the Southport Sharks?

Control. The afl want to own the club.

 

[Flamin Joe]

Control. The afl want to own the club.

And in doing so they created a monster.

What's done is done we can't change it, but it makes my blood boil at the huge missed opportunity.

 

[peetoo]

One of the AFL’s “brilliant” brains trust ideas. At least they ditched the boats

Paris didn’t learn the lesson

 

[grumbleguts]

Is this accurate now after tigers won 3?

Yes. Because it only goes up to 2014. (Hawthorn won three since then - Unless you were born in or after October.)

 

[flamin_heck]

I’m hoping for a Brissie win, blowout last quarter to really stick the knife in the heart of the Cats.
It will be the new one that got away for them, ala 2008 and 13. ‘If we didn’t have injuries, Covid, gastro and coaches fainting we woulda won it easily’

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Paris didn’t learn the lesson

I hope we take a leaf from Paris' book and get Gojira to open the grand final celebrations

 

[OnTheRocks]

Is this accurate now after tigers won 3?

Are you 10?

 

[LRobbo]

Geelong muppets at work claiming the playing group weren’t mentally in it after seeing Steven King

Steven King

Age

45

Ht

201cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

HO

16.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

HO

8.8

5star

collapse at training.
Give it a rinse

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Not sure where to put this question, Mods feel free to move.

After watching the VFL GF today, what was the reason the AFL gave for granting a non existant team a license over a established team like the Southport Sharks?

Can't remember the reason they gave, but we know it was about control.
The league wants to be the puppeteer of all clubs. Giving a license to a team with its own members etc means they can pull the strings

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Geelong muppets at work claiming the playing group weren’t mentally in it after seeing Steven King collapse at training.
Give it a rinse

They were fine in the first quarter