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Analysis Are the Cats a Fraud
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Falcon3518
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Rarely happens like that- nearly always the best team by the end of the year wins the flag. Regardless of their ladder position.
For sure. It is anyones game, essentially. It wasn't that long ago Sydney lost to Essendon and Geelong struggled against the Eagles. Its that season where a team just needs to be off by 5% and they will get rolled by the opposition. Should be fun!
LukeParkerno1
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Agreed. The top 5 is really close, even Freo can win it from there. It's so close up the top. Feel this year more than any year having the week off week 2 will be so critical as there aren't too many easy beats wk2. You'd want that week off imo.
This is just a bad analogy because in a single 1500m race the end result is an accumulation of all laps, and that isn't the case over the course of an AFL season. A more apt analogy would be a scenario with heats and finals. Often top athletes will do just enough to qualify and conserve energy for the final race. We see this in the AFL as you've pointed out, but that doesn't ensure the best wins. That's okay, that's part of the excitement of finals vs the pedestrian way you can win something like the Premier League. There's definitely a skill in executing when it matters most but I wouldn't say Steven Bradbury was the best speed skater when he won his Olympic gold medal or that the skill of executing when it mattered was the reason he won. There are other contributing factors, maybe not to that level in the AFL, but you could lose a couple of key players early and very much be put on the back foot.
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Kieran Perkins wasn’t the best 1500m swimmer in 1996. Highlighted by him qualifying for the final at the Olympics by less than a second. Then he came out and swum the race of his life and Daniel Kowalski became famous for being a bridesmaid
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There would be a good argument there but we talking one of one not of 22. If Geelong won their first two finals by 10 goals but lost 4-5 of their best for gf but still only just lost it would be valid but then you open up to every team using it as an excuse.
Main point is everyone knows the ultimate goal going in so being minor premier shouldn't indicate being the best team. Perhaps the greatest team ever in 2001-2003 Brisbane never finished on top but everyone knew they were the best.
Right, performing on the big stage is a factor, I just don't think it's the only factor.
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If everyone knew Brisbane were the best, why did they only start favourite in one of their three Grand Final wins?
(Interestingly, they started favourite in their loss to Port in 2004).
Hmmmmm......
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What were the odds?
Approximate odds:
2001: Essendon $1.65 v. Brisbane $2.30
2002: Brisbane $1.25 v. Collingwood $4
2003: Collingwood $1.80 v. Brisbane $2.00
2004: Brisbane $1.50 v. Port $2.75
Of course, everything is easier in hindsight...
I rate Geelong, they're well drilled and built for finals.
They'll make at least the Prelim. IMO if they meet Melbourne in either the Prelim or GF they lose.
They'll make at least the Prelim. IMO if they meet Melbourne in either the Prelim or GF they lose.
boncer34
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Where do you find those?
I can see why you think that based on Melbourne's performance against Geelong a few weeks back....
Yes not playing them at a mickey mouse stadium might actually be the difference. When was the last time Collingwood had to head down the highway to effectively forfeit a game? Last century?
Where should Geelong be on the ladder?
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Amazing that clubs have had almost a century to adapt to that stadium and still haven’t quite managed it isn’t it.
We're doomed
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What we should have done to prove our credentials is lose to that team full of kids. Twice. After leading them. Twice.
Like Melbourne did. Twice.
F***en hell does ANYBODY actually think before they post on this forum.
That may be the case. The best team winning the premiership shouldn't come as a surprise.
But the premiership isn't a rubber of that determines the best team.
Buster Douglas wasn't a better boxer than Mike Tyson.
Matt Serra wasn't a better fighter than George St Pierre.
Steven Bradbury was the Olympic champion - but he wasn't the best skater.
There are plenty of examples of the best team getting beaten too.
