Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2023, part I

[Mr Meow]

Time for a new reverse mozz attempt

Oh well. That’s that then. Dees manage to overpower the plucky young Crows.

We might be looking at a low bar for 8th.

Essendon are imploding. St Kilda likewise especially if they lose to NM today. Adelaide and Sydney a bit far back but could trouble others.

Carlton and Richmond are on good runs but have tough games ahead. Likewise for GWS. 12.5 wins will be enough. Might 12?

 

[catempire]

BS HTB FFS GAGF

 

[Gee Class Loco]

These umpires at the G are fookin useless one eyed bastards.
And yes I have backed the Crows. FMD

 

[Catman]

Rioli gets two for his slap of Murphy (who has a very punchable head mind you).

Misses our game now.

 

[catempire]

This umpiring!

 

[Mr Meow]

This umpiring!

Heartbreaking loss for Adelaide coming up. They deserve the win though.

 

[catempire]

Poor by Fogarty to not force a boundary throw in there. That was the ball game when Dees got possession.

 

[Mr Meow]

For Melbourne, this and the Gold Coast game are two of the luckiest escapes you'll ever see. With a hefty dose of awful umpiring thrown in for good measure. Add Brisbane imploding last week too. Most scratchy top 4 side since Geelong in 2014 or Hawthorn in 2016/18. Any elimination final winner who faces them in a semi would be licking their lips.

 

[cats_09]

The connection to 9 just gets stronger...

 

[Grimoz]

St Kilda are fuking shit house, struggled to beat West Coast and now losing to North, cant believe we could actually be below them if they win!!!

 

[Spearman]

Rioli gets two for his slap of Murphy (who has a very punchable head mind you).

Misses our game now.

TBH I thought that should deserve an extra large fine and that's all. Footy action, guy is holding on and you give him a light slap. Guy went down way too easily. If it was real then he should have gone for a concussion protocol.
But it was the HEAD!
Full disclosure: I also support allowing hockey style fights to police the cheapshots and add to the spectacle.

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

We better not lose to this Saints outfit in a few weeks...

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

What an awful round of footy. Melbourne should have been rolled.
We should have won.
Could have.
Should have.
Didn’t unfortunately.

 

[Munich]

Yep this year is just not going our way.

It's all good but still bloody annoying.

 

[Mr Meow]

What an awful round of footy. Melbourne should have been rolled.
We should have won.
Could have.
Should have.
Didn’t unfortunately.

Yep. The hopeful factor is that not much splits the sides between 3rd and 13th. Brisbane's run home is pretty good so if Port slip up even once, you have a mentally soft side in 2nd place as well. There's twists and turns to come. Collingwood comfortable favourite for now.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

For Melbourne, this and the Gold Coast game are two of the luckiest escapes you'll ever see. With a hefty dose of awful umpiring thrown in for good measure. Add Brisbane imploding last week too. Most scratchy top 4 side since Geelong in 2014 or Hawthorn in 2016/18. Any elimination final winner who faces them in a semi would be licking their lips.

If we finished 5th or 8th we could potentially play them week 2 if we won week 1.
But unfortunately week 3 would be an interstate final and there’s no way we would be winning that.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Yep this year is just not going our way.

It's all good but still bloody annoying.

People underestimate luck in footy.
You need a lot of it.

 

[PzBlinky]

Watching Saints and Roos, which is a messy affair, but the Kangas playing with more dash and dare than what we did for 3 quarters last night is just sad.

Of course, it's dependent on who you play - and the Saints are toast - but still...

 

[Cataholic]

Watching Saints and Roos, which is a messy affair, but the Kangas playing with more dash and dare than what we did for 3 quarters last night is just sad.

Of course, it's dependent on who you play - and the Saints are toast - but still...

It's not the size of the dog........

 

[Mr Meow]

If we finished 5th or 8th we could potentially play them week 2 if we won week 1.
But unfortunately week 3 would be an interstate final and there’s no way we would be winning that.

There's a few different ways it could mix up.

I know Port should win next week Vs Adelaide but an upset wouldn't surprise me and then losing to Geelong would make it 4 losses in a row. I still see them as clearly the 2nd best team, but those are two banana peel games in a row for them that would likely see them slip to 4th.

Melbourne and Brisbane aren't convincing. Therefore I'd rather them finish ahead of Port so that a prelim against Port is less likely.

Any side would be truly, truly lucky to meet Melbourne or Brisbane in a prelim.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Good win by the saints.
Did stink it up but got off the canvas.
Something we couldn’t do.

 

[Baudolino]

Both North and Hawthorn got my hopes up only to choke late against the teams around us.

 

[Mr Meow]

St Kilda's brave quest to be the worst side in the AFL to ever play finals goes on.

 

[Grimoz]

Far out North...you had one job!!!

 

[Baudolino]

St Kilda's brave quest to be the worst side in the AFL to ever play finals goes on.

It's infuriating.

I'm trying to think of some of the worst finalists from previous seasons and I can't come up with any team as bad as this. I suppose maybe the 2013 Carlton team, since they technically finished 9th and only made finals due to Essendon's cheating. But even that team's ceiling was higher than this Saints team.