Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2024

[poshman]

Spewing. Missed the margin by a point. Had Sydney by 21.

I had them by 19.

 

[heypenny]

What is the Swans age profile compared to ours?

Wouldn’t think it would be too different really

25 years and 8 months for today's match, with an average of 105 games.

For round 1, we'll probably be around the 24 year and 7 month mark with an average games in the 70s.

 

[gaskin]

Genuinely surprised Sydney outplayed them, thought Melbourne would win very comfortably.

Melbourne are overrated. They have no forward line and against good sides their midfield isn't going to get them over the line.

 

[pK75]

What is the Swans age profile compared to ours?

Wouldn’t think it would be too different really

Sydney 8th oldest list at 24.6
Fremantle 15th at 23.9

The big difference is games played:
Sydney 5th with 78
Fremantle 17th on 55

 

[mike91]

Genuinely surprised Sydney outplayed them, thought Melbourne would win very comfortably.

Why? Melbourne are a cute finals team at best now. They were never, ever going to win

 

[largebus]

Genuinely surprised Sydney outplayed them, thought Melbourne would win very comfortably.

No Brayshaw so they needed the other mids to all play out of their skin with their poor fwd line. Petracca was good but Oliver looked below his best

 

[poshman]

Grundy will be a good fit at Sydney. Playing first ruck, 9 clearances and backed up by Mclean. Nice play to them.

 

[poshman]

Looking at the highlights. It would be very nice if Darcy got away with the level of pushing that Gawn is allowed.

 

[wakojako]

Why do you say that? An East Fremantle boy and grew up south of the river. Surely we're a chance if he wants to move home.

Pure speculation but my reasoning:
1. He's a dickhead and Eagles don't care about that type of stuff whereas we do
2. Eagles can pay a higher salary than us unless we retire Fyfe and JOM
3. It is likely we will use all of our big picks on a key forward this season so that may impact what picks we can use in 2025
4. Typically players choose more successful clubs. There's a chance we are still shit in 2025 so it will be a level playing field between both clubs so he'll choose the highest paying club.

Keep in mind his contract ends 2025.

 

[poshman]

Pure speculation but my reasoning:
1. He's a dickhead and Eagles don't care about that type of stuff whereas we do
2. Eagles can pay a higher salary than us unless we retire Fyfe and JOM
3. It is likely we will use all of our big picks on a key forward this season so that may impact what picks we can use in 2025
4. Typically players choose more successful clubs. There's a chance we are still s**t in 2025 so it will be a level playing field between both clubs so he'll choose the highest paying club.

Keep in mind his contract ends 2025.

It would be a dream to get him.

I would retire Jom and a couple of others if needed.

We will be top eight in 2025. So it is written, so it will be.

 

[wakojako]

It would be a dream to get him.

I would retire Jom and a couple of others if needed.

We will be top eight in 2025. So it is written, so it will be.

Darcy and Jackson's salary funnily enough might be the reason we can't chase him. I can get around your positivity though so fk all that, welcome aboard Chad!

 

[fnerd]

It would be a dream to get him.

I would retire Jom and a couple of others if needed.

We will be top eight in 2025. So it is written, so it will be.

Nah eagles will get chad and we ll end up with Corey…

 

[poshman]

Nah eagles will get chad and we ll end up with Corey…

 

[Docker82]

Melbourne are overrated. They have no forward line and against good sides their midfield isn't going to get them over the line.

Grundy won the battle with Gawn tonight by a long way. If you do that against Gawn I reckon teams who are anywhere near them ability once will get close to beating them.

Our biggest issues against Melbourne would be getting eaten alive by May, Lever etc. McDonald had his colours lowered tonight but I’m not sure Sydney have all that much else in terms of forwards tbh - get a few of their mids back and potentially Heeney and Papley back in the forward and that changes things though.

 

[Joao]

Best part of tonight was the proof pre-season form is a guide at best. Dees looked slicks as **** against Carlton and Sydney real pedestrian against the Lions.

Now watch us provide the counter-example.

 

[Spirit Level]

I remember at the start of 2022 when Melbourne were looking like a Juggernaut and nothing could stop them.

Then we beat them at the G, they haven't been the same since then

 

[Dirty_banchez]

I think Sydney and Melbourne are very beatable this year. I think our midfield is better than their midfields and that's even considering we don't have decent wings.

 

[heypenny]

I think Sydney and Melbourne are very beatable this year. I think our midfield is better than their midfields and that's even considering we don't have decent wings.

Sydney set-up well and are good at stifling a team's ball movement. Jokes on them though as we have sh*t ball movement anyway.

 

[MadMundy]

I honestly think most teams outside of maybe Collingwood are beatable, the competition is very even and has been for a long time, it's not unusual for "upsets" to occur nowadays.

 

[Purplrrr]

Looking at the highlights. It would be very nice if Darcy got away with the level of pushing that Gawn is allowed.

I thought I was taking crazy pills?! It’s always hard to pick ruck infringements but some stuff looked really blatant. I’m a big Gawn fan, but he reall6 should have been called on it. Regardless, Grundy absolutely won that battle.

 

[Docker82]

I think Sydney and Melbourne are very beatable this year. I think our midfield is better than their midfields and that's even considering we don't have decent wings.

Sydney’s midfield was missing quite a few players. Still think that someone like James Jordan might not get a game for us though.

Overall I think players like Parker (when fit), Heeney (when midfield), Mills (when fit) and Warner are probably a better group than ours.

Remove Heeney and Papley from that forward line though and I’m not it’s much better than ours if at all. McDonald is a good young forward but I don’t really rate their other talls at all.

 

[sumavich]

Swans in Sydney are going to smash most teams, we’d have no chance against Sydney period

 

[poshman]

I thought I was taking crazy pills?! It’s always hard to pick ruck infringements but some stuff looked really blatant. I’m a big Gawn fan, but he reall6 should have been called on it. Regardless, Grundy absolutely won that battle.

They weren't even borderline. If Darcy is allowed to do that he will dominate.

 

[gaskin]

They weren't even borderline. If Darcy is allowed to do that he will dominate.

The problem is he won't be allowed to do it.

 

[poshman]

The problem is he won't be allowed to do it.

We need to get smart at the club. Create and fund an insta and youtube account that calls out this stuff and put a budget behind it. Boost posts in all footy areas etc.