Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2024, Part I

[cats_09]

How much do Port need to lose by for us to grab top 2 assuming the scraggers beat GWS? Currently sit 2% above the cats.

25 points

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Geez Hawks by 124… no resting up for them. I mean all finals teams get the week off, so why would they rest up ? Clarko’s thoughts would be interesting seeing his old mob get going again and his kangaroos being woeful again .

Jeez they are honestly the best team in the league the second half of the season..their run of form has been insane. 10 goal + wins on a regular basis for a while now. Percentage has gone from something like in the low 90’s to 118.

They could easily go all the way

 

[geelong_crazy26]

25 points

Only 25?? Realistic.

 

[Cataholic]

Jeez they are honestly the best team in the league the second half of the season..their run of form has been insane. 10 goal + wins on a regular basis for a while now. Percentage has gone from something like in the low 90’s to 118.

They could easily go all the way

Please no

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If Port win I want GWS winning also. Ditto if Port lose.
I either want 2nd or 4th.

Home final or on the easier side of the draw.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Please no

Credit to them, they have been a force the second half.

 

[Cataholic]

Credit to them, they have been a force the second half.

Don't disagree, but I don't wish them a premiership either.

 

[Warhorse]

Jeez they are honestly the best team in the league the second half of the season..their run of form has been insane. 10 goal + wins on a regular basis for a while now. Percentage has gone from something like in the low 90’s to 118.

They could easily go all the way

Agree. And with the recruiting coming in the off season they will be a force next year. Come on much much quicker than expected and shows how quicker a club can turn around when they are not a mess like North for example

 

[DangerHere]

Dwayne's not my favourite commentator, but that was a serious take-down. I felt sorry for John by the end of that!

John the “Norf Marketing and HR Manager “

 

[Cataholic]

Agree. And with the recruiting coming in the off season they will be a force next year. Come on much much quicker than expected and shows how quicker a club can turn around when they are not a mess like North for example

It's really hard to see how and where NM find the improvement they need anytime soon.

 

[Hinkley29]

Because he’s a dirty player? Not hard to see that

No he’s not.

He has had a couple of incidents for which took the suspensions

That is no dirtier than 40 other players in the league.

 

[Warhorse]

It's really hard to see how and where NM find the improvement they need anytime soon.

They need a complete clean out from the top. Clarkson was always the wrong choice. List manager and recruiting is shocking. Let there key back walk when it was a position with no coverage and no attempt to find a real replacement - just a complete mess of a club

 

[My Tilly]

Brisbane are a shadow of the team they were last season.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I would love pickett at Geelong. He is awesome.

I think a finance guru would go into the marginal value add of pickett over sweating the current assets and conclude the investment was an inefficient use of capital

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Surprised they didn't sum up the Bears/Fitzroy/BrisLions into 6

 

[CatToTheFuture]

What a story.

Man that is going to be a roller-coaster memoir. Playing alongside TK in the WAFL, seeing TK drafted to the Cats, getting picked up by Richmond and debuting in a GF, having a stellar start to a career go slowly downhill until you're winning the spoon on retirement, then you're answering awkward questions in front of a magistrate

"you might have been wondering how I got into this situation" intro to series goes here

 

[cats_09]

Each to their own.

He is great to watch play footy. Highlight reel stuff.

I don’t know why anyone would hate him as an opposition supporter.

He acts like a faux tough guy

Just never been overly impressed by him

 

[CatToTheFuture]

If Port win I want GWS winning also. Ditto if Port lose.
I either want 2nd or 4th.

Home final or on the easier side of the draw.

This I also want. I back us against Sydney or a side outside the top 4 but not Port or GWS

 

[Strange Cat]

If we want to win the flag we should be able to win anywhere imo , both sides don’t worry me too much with a switched on Geelong

 

[winty]

Jeez they are honestly the best team in the league the second half of the season..their run of form has been insane. 10 goal + wins on a regular basis for a while now. Percentage has gone from something like in the low 90’s to 118.

They could easily go all the way

Look at who they've played though. Richmond twice, West Coast, North Melbourne, an injury ravaged Carlton who didn't have a fit player on the bench by half time, Adelaide and Collingwood. They just snuck by Freo in Hobart, and lost to two teams above them on the ladder in us and GWS.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Look at who they've played though. Richmond twice, West Coast, North Melbourne, an injury ravaged Carlton who didn't have a fit player on the bench by half time, Adelaide and Collingwood. They just snuck by Freo in Hobart, and lost to two teams above them on the ladder in us and GWS.

Still, bank of my mind I just think of the doggies 2016 sucking the umpires in and throwing their way to a premiership. Momentum can skew results.

Plus it's about the future. Port went from basket case to prelim in 2 years. It has been a peaceful and orderly 8 years but now the soviets just put Sputnik in orbit and it's defcon 1

 

[cats_09]

 

[Hamingja]

Look at who they've played though. Richmond twice, West Coast, North Melbourne, an injury ravaged Carlton who didn't have a fit player on the bench by half time, Adelaide and Collingwood. They just snuck by Freo in Hobart, and lost to two teams above them on the ladder in us and GWS.

They've pretty much beaten the same teams us but we've beaten them so finished ahead of them.

 

[cats_09]

This may just be the best thing Essendon has done this year

 

[Beanstalk]

How much do Port need to lose by for us to grab top 2 assuming the scraggers beat GWS? Currently sit 2% above the cats.

Margin needed differs slightly depending on how high Freo's score is. Realistic scorelines would suggest 19-26. (Geelong's percentage is 112.24%).