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What feels better; us being 4th or Collingwood being 12th?
Unthinkable 2 months agoWhat feels better; us being 4th or Collingwood being 12th?
I just hope they dump Hinkley and then plummet down the ladder.Incredible things happening on the Port board
Will the media now write them off with such veracity as they did us two months ago? Unlikely.What feels better; us being 4th or Collingwood being 12th?
What feels better; us being 4th or Collingwood being 12th?
Everyone knows Richmond fans don't travel.Yuk.
Meanwhile, going by the assembled throng at the G, Richmond attendance figures probably only a mediocre season or two away from returning to their gory days.
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Bit of movement in the seeds this week...They have certainly dropped off in the all-important seedings.
Bit of movement at the station after some upsets and/or surprising performances!
#1 - Sydney 142% (#1 in attack, #3 in defence - down 1). A 14% slide in just 2 gamesbut still a comfortable margin out in front
#2 (up 2) - Brisbane 118% (#3 in attack - up 1, #8 in defence - up 2). Bit of a rise by default for us this week. Arguably our performance against Adelaide was slightly under par, but Sydney's unexpected loss to St Kilda actually gives us a boost, because we've played the Saints but not the Swans.
#3 (down 1) - Western Bulldogs 118% (#4 in attack - down 2, #9 in defence - down 1). Another team with a big slide down from 131% just 2 weeks ago.
#4 (up 1) - GWS 117% (#7 in attack, #2 in defence - up 1). Even tho they conceded over 100, the Giants actually improve their defensive rating. This is because the model allows for Carlton's strong attack.
Despite beating Richmond, Fremantle (112%) slip back to #6 due to the Tigers' poor rating. Still #8 in attack and #1 in defence.
On the attack side, Carlton are up to #2, with a rating of 114%. #5 (up 1) overall, #14 (down 1) in defence.
Defensively, St Kilda sneak back to #4 after holding Sydney to their 2nd lowest score for the year. 90%, #16 in attack, #14 overall. They replace Melbourne, who drop to #5 defensively. 97%, #13 in attack, #11 overall (down 1).
As requested by Dalions, I have really branched out on this week's forecast. The model has us beating West Coast (65%, #17 in attack, defence and overall) by 55 points. It doesn't really factor in home ground advantage. But I'm working on a "sacked coach" module.
Common sense is officially lost on this competition. Shouldn't even be 1 game. So we're just suspending anything that's resulting or contributing to another player being hurt now? If there was no concussion Charlie gets off scott free.
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After that Mac Andrew farcical incident with Curnow; the AFL expressly said umps would be blowing the whistle sooner and here we are a month later and the umps have again failed in their duty which ultimately leads to players getting injured. What’s their responsibility then?They should charge Optus with, failing to protect the player and the umpire with negligence, for letting the tackle go on too long.
I also think having only just come back from a severe concussion 4 weeks ago. Duggan may of been more susceptible to a concussion.After that Mac Andrew farcical incident with Curnow; the AFL expressly said umps would be blowing the whistle sooner and here we are a month later and the umps have again failed in their duty which ultimately leads to players getting injured. What’s their responsibility then?
Mate I agree with this entirely. Whether it's the commentary OR the AFL media. Ralphy asks for suspension - Charlie cops one. I don't think Heeney gets suspended if all the journo idiots weren't calling for it either. These blokes control too much of the narrative - to the point where the MRO thinks it's what the people want or what the competition calls for.I do wonder if the notion of him missing games from that tackle wasn't mentioned on commentary, would that have even been brought to the tribunal?
After watching several replays, I think Bedford’s tackle looks worse than Charlie’s. Charlie’s was line ball. But Heeney’s suspension was an absolute disgrace.Mate I agree with this entirely. Whether it's the commentary OR the AFL media. Ralphy asks for suspension - Charlie cops one. I don't think Heeney gets suspended if all the journo idiots weren't calling for it either. These blokes control too much of the narrative - to the point where the MRO thinks it's what the people want or what the competition calls for.
Was thinking earlier, there seems to be an awful lot of mitigating circumstances in this incident which our representative would have to raise including your point above; Duggans propensity to concussion, the umpire not blowing the whistle earlier, the firmness of the oval which is well documented as being the hardest surface, the points made earlier by someone on here about Duggan also contributing to falling backwards and pulling Charlie.I also think having only just come back from a severe concussion 4 weeks ago. Duggan may of been more susceptible to a concussion.
11 days is not long enough to properly recover. It is only bare minimum.
He didn't look to hit the ground that hard.
I think the highlighted is spot on.Was thinking earlier, there seems to be an awful lot of mitigating circumstances in this incident which our representative would have to raise including your point above; Duggans propensity to concussion, the umpire not blowing the whistle earlier, the firmness of the oval which is well documented as being the hardest surface, the points made earlier by someone on here about Duggan also contributing to falling backwards and pulling Charlie.
The other point I want to make is in relation to concussions generally. Are players being graded concussed way easier than ever before? I’ve never seen so many players “concussed” as there are in 2024 to 5, 10, 20 years despite players bumped, hit, tackled harder back then and players didn’t seem to get knocked out unless they were lights out. Does that mean many many players just played concussed or is the bar so low nowadays as to what constitutes concussion as to why we are seeing players concussed so easily and in turn players being suspended as a result? Lastly, does Charlie even get cited if Duggan isn’t concussed? I wouldn’t think so and in my mind that is telling in itself.