Opinion Non-Crows AFL 10

[jenny61_99]

After a week in the abyss. I'm back. Copped my first ban for counting to 5 on the Port Power board. I actually didn't know how it worked. Soft, toothless campaigners. Would reccomend.

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What was your post meant to signify?

 

[Rotayjay]

10 years today on Bigfooty for me - thank you everyone for the memories and hilarity, especially in our non-Crows threads when Port lose finals. Here's to more of that!

 

[Vader]

10 years today on Bigfooty for me - thank you everyone for the memories and hilarity, especially in our non-Crows threads when Port lose finals. Here's to more of that!

Welcome aboard, newbie!

 

[Floating Doughnut]

Not even footy related but just heard 3 horses euthanised and one in bad shape after a jumps meeting @ Ballarat.
Time to get rid of the jumps.

 

[PeterSalt]

What was your post meant to signify?

A stab in the dark would be Houston's suspension

 

[jenny61_99]

A stab in the dark would be Houston's suspension

Geez that seems a bit precious.

 

[jenny61_99]

Not even footy related but just heard 3 horses euthanised and one in bad shape after a jumps meeting @ Ballarat.
Time to get rid of the jumps.

And horse racing.

 

[PeterSalt]

Geez that seems a bit precious.

I got 5 points and a week off on the Freo board with a "lol" post in a past life

You'd might be surprised how tolerant we are here for sh*t posters from other boards

 

[StonesThrow]

I'll get flamed but for someone having a lovely leg he sure misses a lot of targets.

Is it gameplan? Players running to the wrong spots? Poor connection between the mids and forwards?

Or is his accuracy by foot over rated.

I reckon the data is giving a misleading result with this stat. Dawson is elite at finding targets i50. Can weight the ball as good as anyone in the comp.

 

[Mutineer]

And horse racing.

And Chidren's Gymkhanas where they have hurdles and obstacles etc, , Showjumping at the Olympics etc etc?

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Geez that seems a bit precious.

Their mods always have been

(Will probably get 5 points for this)

 

[spenze]

Wiped it never to be thought of again.

I guess but you know when they first came out with “ potential “ I thought that it was a line in the sand now for clubs, some things like bumps are a definite no go and if it was consistent you’d be alright with it.

Obviously though if it was consistent there would be no players available round 3 of a season

 

[spenze]

And horse racing.

Just race the jockeys

 

[DJ75]

I guess but you know when they first came out with “ potential “ I thought that it was a line in the sand now for clubs, some things like bumps are a definite no go and if it was consistent you’d be alright with it.

Obviously though if it was consistent there would be no players available round 3 of a season

It was always going to be a bullshit excuse to hit us with an outrageous ban.
It's never been mentioned again at any point.
Just typical of a corrupt and incompetent organisation that makes it up as they go along.

 

[MatthewB]

hopefully Ports confidence is inflated due to a easy draw, fingers crossed

 

[MarcusP2]

It's inflated because they beat all those teams and knocked them down the ladder.

 

[jenny61_99]

Just race the jockeys

That would be worth watching!

 

[jenny61_99]

And Chidren's Gymkhanas where they have hurdles and obstacles etc, , Showjumping at the Olympics etc etc?

I agree. Horses (animals) dying for our amusement is a bit shit really.

 

[jenny61_99]

It's inflated because they beat all those teams and knocked them down the ladder.

10 of their 16 wins were against bottom 10 teams. And the losses to top teams during that period when they were all doing extra training. But, to be fair to them, they have won their last 6 on the trot... and perhaps have come good at the right time. I, however, am holding on to the hope that they'll be found out when the pressure is turned up.

 

[SugarShane]

It's inflated because they beat all those teams and knocked them down the ladder.

Unlike Sydney and GWS?

 

[BunjiMC]

What was your post meant to signify?

A stab in the dark would be Houston's suspension

Bingo.

 

[MarcusP2]

Unlike Sydney and GWS?

I know what you mean, but if Port won their double ups against crap teams and lost to the good ones, they'd have finished bottom half of the 8 at best (which they've repeatedly done in the past).

As an example if they'd lost to Fremantle twice instead of winning, Freo would've finished above them, Freo would've finished 4th and Port 8th. Suddenly they're middle of the pack and their score is 65 and Freos is 67. But they didn't

They only doubled up on one of the bottom 4. Just beat everyone in the chasing pack and still won enough against the good teams.

 

[ams4crows]

If Fremantle won their draw they'd have made it too (and knocked Carlton out). I think that kind of illustrates why the draws are so great and should stay.

It's rather poetic that one of the draws was between Collingwood and Fremantle. Neither club did enough to win in regulation. If you play extra time, either Collingwood or Fremantle make it at the expense of a team who did manage to win 13 games in regulation (as much as we'd love to see Carlton miss).

I think a draw should count over percentage in the case of Collingwood and Carlton, Collingwood lost less games they had two draws and that should count more than percentage. In terms of clubs on equal points making finals

 

[SugarShane]

I think a draw should count over percentage in the case of Collingwood and Carlton, Collingwood lost less games they had two draws and that should count more than percentage. In terms of clubs on equal points making finals

I don't really understand what you're suggesting. Carlton won one more game than Collingwood. Winning simply has to count for more than anything else. You can't let Collingwood in for losing fewer games than Carlton when they also won fewer games.

If two teams are level on wins, then the team that lost fewer games does get an advantage (ie, Collingwood and Freo), they get an extra 2 points for the draw. Which effectively renders percentage irrelevant.

 

[Vader]

I don't really understand what you're suggesting. Carlton won one more game than Collingwood. Winning simply has to count for more than anything else. You can't let Collingwood in for losing fewer games than Carlton when they also won fewer games.

If two teams are level on wins, then the team that lost fewer games does get an advantage (ie, Collingwood and Freo), they get an extra 2 points for the draw. Which effectively renders percentage irrelevant.

The only exception to this I can think of is when the Geelong/Adelaide game was cancelled, in the aftermath of the Walsh murder (in 2015). These 2 teams played 1 less game than all of the other teams in the H&A season that year.