Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 2 - Saints v Pies Thurs March 21st 7:30pm AEDT (MCG)

[My Cotchin Rules]

Blues fans are really laying the boots into the reining premiers.....makes you wonder how they would be when they actually win anything this century. That haunted thought, though, is looking like a reality very soon, unfortunately.

 

[YeoShuey]

He's had to go and quickly learn our players names.

Should just go up and say “Jack”, and will have a 10-20% or so percent chance of being right

 

[Elixuh]

BT sounded absolutely morose on the final siren. Don’t think he has it in him tonight.

BT on the siren when asked if he is up to doing roaming Brian tonight:

 

[TheKanga]

Has a premier ever finished bottom 4 the next year before?

 

[EconomicDecline]

Agree with all of that, honourable mention to Leigh Fisher, that was his best game for the Saints to date as well.

Write a letter to the AFL. Fisher never umpiring another Saints game AGAIN would have a mega thread on the Saints board blessing the AFL.

 

[Red Bull]

The con was good while it lasted …

 

[Tristan34]

As much as I’d like it to happen, I think they will break their duck v hawks and prob beat port at the G if they have got off the beers, coke and hookers by then.

Port will be a top side this year...

 

[Freomaniac]

Delicious

Magpies has no chance in hell tonight.

30 free kicks to 14 saints way. And Ross Lyon tactics on top of that too lol

 

[Blue1980]

Blues fans are really laying the boots into the reining premiers.....makes you wonder how they would be when they actually win anything this century. That haunted thought, though, is looking like a reality very soon, unfortunately.

It’s the circle of life, we lay the boots in, and it happens to us.

I won’t miss this opportunity, we could lose our next 10 and they could win their next 10, so good to get in now .

 

[WilloTree]

As much as I’d like it to happen, I think they will break their duck v hawks and prob beat port at the G if they have got off the beers, coke and hookers by then.

 

[TheKanga]

Pies will be 0-4 after next week

With Hawks in gathering round the following week who beat them last year.

 

[Blue1980]

Port will be a top side this year...

Both things can be true, pies can beat them and port can be a top side this year.

I don’t think the pies are going to lose every game, as fun as that would be to see.

 

[YeoShuey]

Has a premier ever finished bottom 4 the next year before?

I don’t think so?

 

[Cleansweep17]

Port will be a top side this year...

idk about them at the MCG though.

This Sunday against us will be telling. Only lost by 10 points last year without Lynch.

 

[Blue1980]

I don’t think so?

Surely it has, somewhere at some time.

I don’t think pies are finishing bottom 4 unless they cop a whole bunch of injuries.

With a relatively full side they will win at least 10 games at worst.

 

[YeoShuey]

With Hawks in gathering round the following week who beat them last year.

Finn Maginness going to keep Naicos very quiet again.

 

[YeoShuey]

Surely it has, somewhere at some time.

I don’t think pies are finishing bottom 4 unless they cop a whole bunch of injuries.

With a relatively full side they will win at least 10 games at worst.

Depends if you count Adelaide in 1999 when there were only 16 teams in the comp? I guess so if that’s counted.

Just made the bottom 4 after winning a Premiership.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Blues fans are really laying the boots into the reining premiers.....makes you wonder how they would be when they actually win anything this century. That haunted thought, though, is looking like a reality very soon, unfortunately.

Should have seen them at QT in the Prelim.

I don't mind the Blues though, they've copped worse over the last 20+ years from the Tigers success & Pies success. Let them have some time to gloat.

 

[dean33]

And Brisbane in Brisbane next week !!

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This would imply Collingwood are the equivalent of Sonny Liston however they are more your Buster Douglas type champion.

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

It’s the circle of life, we lay the boots in, and it happens to us.

I won’t miss this opportunity, we could lose our next 10 and they could win their next 10, so good to get in now

.

Wont happen, pies look way off it and the Blues have a different feel since round 11 or whatever it was last season. You're finding ways to win even if it's ugly and that's a sign of a hungry team and in the right headspace, similar to the 2022 pies.

 

[Jack Lord]

This isn't about umpire bashing, but what is the idea behind allowing Leigh Fisher

Leigh Fisher

Age

40

Ht

188cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

7.5

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

out there tonight?

Wouldn't it be more sensible to have him avoid saints games entirely?

FMD the AFL is a stupid operation.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Pies peaked they got a flag which is all you can ask for really.

Most of their senior players have fallen off that 10% or so its a ridiculously tough competition hence B2B is extremely rare.

 

[Strahany]

For those that don’t often watch Saints games, Leigh Fisher

Leigh Fisher

Age

40

Ht

188cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

7.5

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

often fists St Kilda with his decisions - almost as if he is over compensating for any potentially perceived bias.

On many occasions he has double-fisted St Kilda. And I’m not talking interlocking hands making the double-fist, but 2 separate and fully formed fists adjacent to one another. A far greater circumference.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Pies board already referring to the Schulz trade as the worst in history

Well depends how low they finish.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Pies are still on honeymoon but at the same time their game has proven to be unsustainable, always seem to find themselves in a state of flux. Never truly dominated games even last year and were extremely lucky to walk away with a premiership. No one can take that away from them though. The stars aligned and they were able to grind one out in a very even season. Playing high on life with close wins, found themselves on top of the mountain, but now the edge has worn off and are well and truly, and very quickly, being piffed off it.

Beyond the aging best 22, they are concerningly slim.