Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 24 - Demons v Pies Fri August 24th 7:40pm AEST (MCG)

Who will win and by how much?

  • Demons by a goal or less

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • Pies by a goal or less

    Votes: 7 21.9%
  • Demons by 7 - 20

    Votes: 7 21.9%
  • Pies by 7 - 20

    Votes: 6 18.8%
  • Demons by a lot

    Votes: 1 3.1%
  • Pies by a lot

    Votes: 6 18.8%
  • Draw

    Votes: 3 9.4%

  • Total voters
    32
  • Poll closed .

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Yeah it still doesn’t make sense. You want people watching the big games I thought?
What difference does it make if it’s the 9th game of the round?
A dead rubber can be last game or Saturday twilight, yet it’s still a dead rubber.
AFL doesn’t want us watching games before Sunday?
So weird.
Because then the headlines will say the season went down to the wire

It's not a normal round, you want the most impactful games on Sunday, in the right order
 

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I’m hoping we can get more of this deep dive on why the Victorian player shouldn’t be suspended for taking a bloke’s head off and concussing him.
In all fairness, he went in for a bump and had no intention of taking his head off. you can see in the replays that he went in for the bump precisely as Moore dropped in elevation.

Unfortunately for him the AFL will suspend him but that's the risk you take going in for the bump and not playing the ball.
 

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We just spent a ****ing week arguing the choice to bump is enough and we suspend over the outcome rather than intent.

But now, it’s Moores own fault he got concussed and Pickett isn’t at fault.

He chose to bump and caused a player to get concussed. The standard has been set already.
Will 100% be suspended. Do I agree with it. No

But that's the risk you take by bumping and not playing the ball. The standard has been set.

I'm not entirely sure we can be so critical of guys like Rachele for pulling out of contests anymore.
 
We just spent a ****ing week arguing the choice to bump is enough and we suspend over the outcome rather than intent.

But now, it’s Moores own fault he got concussed and Pickett isn’t at fault.

He chose to bump and caused a player to get concussed. The standard has been set already.
Do yourself a favour. DO NOT listen to any AFL media coverage. You will not regret it.

We all love footy but FMD a game is covered in an absolutely amateur manner with too many yes men towing the company/AFL/woke line. It's deplorable.
 
What do you mean?
The AFL are saying if you elect to bump, you're responsble for the consequences. Same premise for both. If Houston gets suspended, so does Pickett. He can't use the fact that Moore lowered as he went in for the bump. It will be said that he had to be more aware.

As for the penalty. I'm not sure. I don't think Dan will be the last to miss a final.
 

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Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 24 - Demons v Pies Fri August 24th 7:40pm AEST (MCG)

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