Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2024

[StingBitten]

He was good in his first season with Carlton but the last 2 seasons he’s stagnated massively. Always injured and as a result has lost his place in the team, he’s their 4th best midfielder now and had no noticeable impact as a halfback tonight.

Was gutted when he left but considering we got Amiss for him I couldn’t care less now.

Would it be absurdly criminal to suggest that Johnson's roof may be higher than Cerra's?

Johnson seems to fill a gap that Cerra never could, Cerra won't bully and bash midfielders around he's just decent polish - we already have that.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Port powder puffs kissed on the d1ck again by the umps
Bloody bogans from a bogan state.
Hate them & they need 2 drop 4 our pick
Waste of a Friday night

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You okay, honey ?

 

[anchor man]

he should have been out due to that concussion anyway

He looked like he had been hit by Mike Tyson in his prime. would have been counted out, but not concussed

 

[anchor man]

Fair go you lot give em a break, They were coming off a five day break, a five day break , a five day break a five day break... ,echo echo, echo.
Amazing just how good that *9 is with his "hand ball"

 

[anchor man]

Wh

Honestly we're not good enough, we're a 3Q team at the moment, and you need to be a 4Q team to win the flag.

Getting a taste of a prelim would be nice though.

Which team is playing fout quarters every week right now?

 

[oldgoat]

The general skills seemed very poor from both teams, especially in the first half.

Voss said first half was good as best ie satisfactory.
I thought both teams very beatable although Ports second half was obviously 45 pts better than Blues could manage.

 

[MadEyeEmmy]

How come Cerra is now playing half back?

 

[anchor man]

How come Cerra is now playing half back?

Send them back before you send them packing

 

[FreoGirl]

Fair go you lot give em a break, They were coming off a five day break, a five day break , a five day break a five day break... ,echo echo, echo.
Amazing just how good that *9 is with his "hand ball"

5 day break? at Freo we dream about 5 day breaks lol

 

[FreoGirl]

Their Autopsy thread title says it all.

"2024 Rd 20 Blues 5 day turnaround leaves Blues powerless"

Try doing it off the back of a 5 hour flight you muppets.

Two games on a row at Marvel, such hardship!

exactly!! they still got to sleep in their own beds for WEEKS lol

 

[DQ 4EVER]

You okay, honey ?

Thanks Fred. Better now.
Go Freo, but not sure about the "honey" LOL

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[Kapow!!!]

My thoughts and prayers are with the poor souls in the Sack Ken thread on the Port board this morning. I hope they can stay strong through these trying times...

 

[Joao]

How many teams are consistent 4 quarter teams though? Get top 4 and everyone has a chance depending on who you play and injury status.

Yeah that's fair. Even the Swans are a terrible Q1 team.

Probably just the long time Freo supporter in me, I just don't believe yet.

I disagree. We got dis. Peaking at exactly the right time.

Yes, the form line is better than a lot of the top 8 for sure.

Amazing how Port fans are actually shattered by winning as it keeps hinkley safe

TBH, its because they know they are pretenders. It's just delaying the inevitable.

 

[Kram]

So Carlton only kicked 1 goal after half time.

 

[Joao]

Squiggle doesn't rate Carlton as highly as the general consensus. If you draw a 45 degree line (balanced attack and defense), you can see there are 3 clear tiers. They are in the 2nd tier. It still has them making a PF because of the banked wins and easy run home.

It's also interesting that the Crows are smack in the middle of that group and even the saints aren't that far off.

Dogs continue to be an enigma.

Squiggle is usually pretty good at long term trends and 20 rounds is probably enough.

 

[muzzington]

Freo’s flight back from Tassie would have felt like 5 days, at least Carlton had indoor plumbing.

 

[Kapow!!!]

Squiggle doesn't rate Carlton as highly as the general consensus. If you draw a 45 degree line (balanced attack and defense), you can see there are 3 clear tiers. They are in the 2nd tier. It still has them making a PF because of the banked wins and easy run home.

It's also interesting that the Crows are smack in the middle of that group and even the saints aren't that far off.

Dogs continue to be an enigma.

Squiggle is usually pretty good at long term trends and 20 rounds is probably enough.

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That tells me two things I already kinda knew:

1) The Dogs have everything they need to win the flag except for whatever the hell is going on between their ears
2) Collingwoods flag last year is perhaps the greatest anomaly and worst premiership year in the modern era.

Still, Sydney is dipping at the right time. Final 5 weeks to come back into form before finals. Also Brisbane is hitting their best: If they miss the top 2 and face Carlton (or Port or, sadly, us) away in the first week I'd back them to get the win. Just enough experience and disappointment to fuel them now and are peaking.

What a fascinating season of footy. I can't remember any like it and I'm very glad we're a big part of it. Will serve us well in the future.

 

[mattis117]

Squiggle doesn't rate Carlton as highly as the general consensus. If you draw a 45 degree line (balanced attack and defense), you can see there are 3 clear tiers. They are in the 2nd tier. It still has them making a PF because of the banked wins and easy run home.

It's also interesting that the Crows are smack in the middle of that group and even the saints aren't that far off.

Dogs continue to be an enigma.

Squiggle is usually pretty good at long term trends and 20 rounds is probably enough.

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Just on this, we’ve for so long been in the bottom right corner, it’s so pleasing to see us have the fifth strongest offence.

 

[King Huskii]

Cerra is so soft hahahaha

Well he is a mummas boy

 

[King Huskii]

He supports us? Thought he was SA born and bred?

He does support freo for some reason. He's a south Australian boy though and wouldn't want to play anywhere else

 

[ilikepotatoes]

He does support freo for some reason. He's a south Australian boy though and wouldn't want to play anywhere else

Does he support us or did he just love Fyfe? I recall reading he was his favourite player and someone he modelled his game on.

 

[Joao]

Just on this, we’ve for so long been in the bottom right corner, it’s so pleasing to see us have the fifth strongest offence.

We've given up a bit more defensively than I'd like, but hopefully that is just a bit of fine tuning.

 

[anchor man]

Does he support us or did he just love Fyfe? I recall reading he was his favourite player and someone he modelled his game on.

If you are tslking of JHF then you should know his step father was on the verge of signing with Fremantle before doing his knee playing for South Fremantle. A very skilled and talented player.

 

[Paracleet]

I see people are leaving the key part of the Fabian Francis story out which was he was supposed to be signed by us in the preseaon draft in 2001 (technically the 2002 draft but you get the idea) but we had breached tpp and got excluded from the draft. Then he then had play WAFL on the agreement he'd be drafted the next draft, but did his knee.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I see people are leaving the key part of the Fabian Francis story out which was he was supposed to be signed by us in the preseaon draft in 2001 (technically the 2002 draft but you get the idea) but we had breached tpp and got excluded from the draft. Then he then had play WAFL on the agreement he'd be drafted the next draft, but did his knee.

wasn’t that the cap that we didn’t actually breach but the AFL thought we didn’t have enough fat in it thus believing we would likely exceed it ?
So therefore smacked us for an event that had not occurred but might.