AFL grand final Draw - Full Replay or Extra Time

[Silkie]

Extra time. All Day Long. Remember the scenes in Richmond post match after the drawn GF in 2010. As the rain began to fall, the fans wandered off, bewildered, not knowing what to say. Felt like Monday morning going into work. Yuck! The whole week felt wrong leading up to the replay. You can't climb Everest again so soon. God only knows how the players got up for it.

Half of them didn't

 

[mr bagcroft]

Would that still be your opinion if you won the replay?

My oath, honestly.
Is not all about the saints all the time, just mostly.

 

[Blue1980]

Extra time, no doubt - what if there's a draw in the replay??
Actually surprised that there hasn't been more draws in GF's and finals in general.

3 out of 125 grand finals seems about right, we had 2 draws this season out of 207 games.

Admittedly a draw maybe a bit more likely in a GF due to theoretically more evenly matched sides.

 

[Altum Volantes]

2 replays - 1 to replace the drawn game and another as punishment for stuffing up the first time.

 

[Madas]

Honestly surprised the feelings are so pro-extra time rather than reply, didn't realise I was in such a minority.

The other aspect I liked about the replay is the fact that more members attend, as the corporates have all been taken care of in the first game.

Think there was a nickname "the people's grand final" for the second one last time, can't remember which paper was calling it that.

The members point is a actually a good one
Never thought of that
But I still don’t agree with the replay

 

[JackOutback]

It appears I'm in the minority but I loved the drama of the replay in 2010, everyone having to get up and do it again, the elimination of all those corporate packages and more fans getting to see it. Yeah, it's a shame the game didn't live up to it, but the win feels more deserving. The best team wins, not necessarily the least fatigued.

 

[Linda Lovelace]

This really is a stupid game. It's so insular that it is inbred.

Imagine a foreign sports fan trying to wrap their brains around this being a a serious point of discussion.

 

[loki04]

And if they had played extra time in 2011 and the pies had won, then they would all be saying extra time is best.

I personally enjoyed the replay and would again if pies weren't involved. Extra week of footy finals for best 2 teams...

 

[terrybull]

Happens once in every 30 years, keep the draw. Replay was one more thing that was unique to our sport…

 

[Wallaby]

I tend to want a replay, for 2 reasons.

1) I'm an old-fart traditionalist.
2) It's the same rule as a H&A game. No extra time.

However - I wouldn't be fussed if it moved to extra time. I can see all the arguments for it, and we already use it in other finals for commercial rather than football reasons. If the GF did become extra time, then all H&A games should also be extra time.

 

[The Passenger]

It's interesting to note, the crowds in the 3 Grand Final replays the competition had:

1948 - 52K in the replay (85k in the drawn)
1977 - 98K (108k)
2010 - 93K (100K)

NSWRL had the same in their two drawn grand finals
1977 - 48K (65K)
1978 - 33K (51K)

 

[kranky al]

Extra time for sure
The Pies / Saints GF was the perfect example of what not to do

Yup was a terrible result considering it was one of the great grand finals.

 

[peetoo]

Extra time. 2010 would be an all time classic if there was a winner

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Should have been extra time decades before 2010, and it should be a golden goal if there's another draw in extra time, not a golden point, that's a horrible rule.

 

[RUNVS]

I think we all know the real answer needs to be multi-ball

 

[ClintEastwood]

Only extra-time makes sense. Get it in ASAP.

 

[kranky al]

Sudden death, where the first player on either team smothers the current afls biggest serial pest player like Toby green / Hayden Ballantine / Tony libba / etc to death wins the granny.

He should be released from the boundary with a 20m head start.

Ratings win, fun for the whole family - what’s not to like ?

 

[PJays]

Honestly, this one is a complete no brainer.

I'm all for having certain unique traditions- like the Saturday arvo GF.

But extra time is a no brainer. Just check out the 2015 NRL GF with the golden point, or any playoff basketball game in OT, or any world cup soccer match with a penalty shoot out. Adding extras adds so much value and excitement. It can turn a very good game into a great one.

Full replays are anticlimactic, because you end up with a sequel that usually fails to live up to the original. Like a bad movie franchise that should've only had the original, or an old player going one season too long.

 

[bloodsbigot]

Replay. It's not like it happens often. We're a different sport from others. Embrace the differences.

 

[The Mailman Delivers]

Should have been extra time decades before 2010, and it should be a golden goal if there's another draw in extra time, not a golden point, that's a horrible rule.

I agree that a golden point is a horrible idea, but a golden goal can absolutely never be used. That's because, although unlikely, one team might score 6 or more behinds first, before the other scores the first goal.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Replay. It's not like it happens often. We're a different sport from others. Embrace the differences.

Replays were never different or unique to our sport. Soccer has always had replays in Cup games. They finally mostly got rid of them in finals. They went them gone in all Cup games, but they’re too big a money spinner for small clubs, so they can’t.

 

[Smelly Catt]

Extra time, get it over and done with on the same day, the clubs, players and fans deserve a result.

The AFL on the other hand does not deserve another chest full of dirty corporate money from people who aren’t even there for the game.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Replay.

It’s so unique to our sport.

Rarely happens.

Also ****s the corporates over.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

I agree that a golden point is a horrible idea, but a golden goal can absolutely never be used. That's because, although unlikely, one team might score 6 or more behinds first, before the other scores the first goal.

How would that be an issue? The 6 behinds just wouldn't count and the game would just keep going until there's an actual goal. Although, the rule they brought in is fine by continuing on with more extra time swapping the ends to make it more fair if the first extra time doesn't decide a winner.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

what if there's a draw in the replay??

I remember in 2010, the commentators saying the replay grand final had extra time in case of draws.