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Prediction First ever triangular contest to celebrate 100 years of Dogs, Roos and Hawks
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Excellent, thanks! 18 teams, 6 games per round.
The next natural progression is 4-way contests, with goals at each quadrant of a circular ground.
Q1: 1v2 and 3v4 simultaneously.
Q2: 1v4 and 2v3
Q3: 1v3 and 2v4
Q4: either open slather, or top 2 teams play for the actual 4 points.
This will obviously require 20 teams, not 18, so Tassie then another fast-tracked entity.
It's like a mini lightning premiership in each match. 5 games per round, all in prime time. Home ground advantages largely negated.
Of course, given their current capabilities, I'd expect the AFL to come up with a fair and equitable fixture...
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3 teams, 1.5 balls?
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I don't think its a great idea, but it's better than SOO (well what SOO became), AFLX and all the other crap ideas the league has come up with.
Be good to see it done once, with three good teams with good technical coaches. Brisbane Geelong and Port say. Three rucks at every bounce, be a blast. I'm guessing each side would only concede scores to their own goal, but defending would be a nightmare as you could get two sets of forwards monstering one set of defenders..."Jeremy Cameron spills the mark, it falls to Charlie Cameron, he gets around Darcy Cameron, goal!"
How would that work, each captain has a wildcard/big red button/whatever, and when its pushed the next bounce a bonus ball gets fired into the centre as the ball is bounced? or the ball has a secret second ball inside, and the coach can activate it?
Be good to see it done once, with three good teams with good technical coaches. Brisbane Geelong and Port say. Three rucks at every bounce, be a blast. I'm guessing each side would only concede scores to their own goal, but defending would be a nightmare as you could get two sets of forwards monstering one set of defenders..."Jeremy Cameron spills the mark, it falls to Charlie Cameron, he gets around Darcy Cameron, goal!"
Not now we aren't.
How would that work, each captain has a wildcard/big red button/whatever, and when its pushed the next bounce a bonus ball gets fired into the centre as the ball is bounced? or the ball has a secret second ball inside, and the coach can activate it?
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Won't happen. It would need to be on a ground which can be made almost circular, and I can't see North and the Dogs being scheduled to play each other at the MCG.
And how does this work for the ladder? 4 points for the win still? 2 for second place? And zero for North.
Other than that, I see no objections. Maybe it needs to happen on a weekly basis once there are 19 teams to get rid of the one-team bye.
Oh. SoO is a perfect time to use it. There probably needs to be a 3 team top division. Vic v WA v SA all at once. Beautiful.
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Hey its hawkman's idea, so credit where its due. Happy to receive any and all the cash though.I think you're onto something!
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When it comes to AFL "fixturing", April 1 happens multiple times per season...?
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I thought the “VFL AFL is not the entire sport” movement had made enough ground for this ridiculous “100 years” shit to be a thing.
In no way whatsoever is next year 100 of North, Hawthorn or the Dogs. How ridiculous.
In no way whatsoever is next year 100 of North, Hawthorn or the Dogs. How ridiculous.
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Two things Bunk:
1. I think you've taken this thread to be more serious than intended.
2. AFL have already scheduled a "100 year" game in R2 for us, and I'd expect North and Hawks to have some similar acknowledgement. So I'd suggest your argument is with them and the clubs? (I'm not pushing it, just coasting off the back of it!)
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Two things Bunk:
1. I think you've taken this thread to be more serious than intended.
2. AFL have already scheduled a "100 year" game in R2 for us, and I'd expect North and Hawks to have some similar acknowledgement. So I'd suggest your argument is with them and the clubs? (I'm not pushing it, just coasting off the back of it!)
I just wanted somewhere to paste my rant!
The sport not being "AFL" has made almost zero ground. The league always and media almost always conflate the two, and therefore so do most of the public.
"100 years in the league(s)" is a milestone, worth a few t-shirt sales I guess; but if its sold as "100 years of the clubs" I'm in full agreement that would be utter tripe - and exactly what is most likely to happen. A few years after 150th comes the 100th.
