Oppo Camp Other Games Rolling Thread 2024 Edition

[Cousin of Daicos]

Hmmm…

Another player knocked out by McCarthy going for the ball

That’s some coincidence

Imagine if that was Maynard who knocked 2 players out in 3 games with footy acts

 

[Kes1984]

The runners up hangover is real .

Looks like Brisbane are in the same boat as us. I see it now.

The late finish to a long season.
The late start to preseason.
The ridiculous early start to the new season with opening round nonsense.

Brisbane and Collingwood both look underdone. We’ve lost our run.

Geelong didn’t make the 8 last year. Sydney did but just. IIRC, Adelaide were robbed that goal and had they won as they should have, Sydney didn’t make finals. So it happened last year too.

But this year has been made worse by the earlier season start.

 

[Kes1984]

I will say it makes me feel slightly better knowing Brisbane will most likely be 0-2 as well

It actually makes me feel a fair bit better.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Looks like Brisbane are in the same boat as us. I see it now.

The late finish to a long season.
The late start to preseason.
The ridiculous early start to the new season with opening round nonsense.

Brisbane and Collingwood both look underdone. We’ve lost our run.

Geelong didn’t make the 8 last year. Sydney did but just. IIRC, Adelaide were robbed that goal and had they won as they should have, Sydney didn’t make finals. So it happened last year too.

But this year has been made worse by the earlier season start.

Didn't want to use it as an excuse, but there might be some truth in this now.

In VFL/AFL history, this is the earliest start to a season we've ever had.

An ideal AFL season should be starting in late March/early April in my opinion.

 

[thebaldfacts]

Has it ever happened that the reigning grand finalists have both lost their opening 2 games?

 

[Kes1984]

Didn't want to use it as an excuse, but there might be some truth in this now.

In VFL/AFL history, this is the earliest start to a season we've ever had.

An ideal AFL season should be starting in late March/early April in my opinion.

I was saying after Friday night, what on earth did we do with preseason because it hasn’t worked. Having a good preseason is important.

The AFL has massively penalised the grand finalists now with this even earlier start.

 

[Kes1984]

Has it ever happened that the reigning grand finalists have both lost their opening 2 games?

I’ll be surprised if it has.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Has it ever happened that the reigning grand finalists have both lost their opening 2 games?

Never happened before.

 

[Kes1984]

I feel better now because I feel we may have our explanation on what seems to have gone so horribly wrong!

But, Carlton and GWS both have looked great. Both made it to prelims. So finished one week earlier. Both played opening round. So same on both those things.

But when did they start their preseason? One week prior? Or earlier?

 

[unplugged]

Should've seen this coming after Freo nearly beat Brisbane in R21 last year in Perth, especially with no Choccy Neale.

Should hold on you'd think but Round 1 and a limited bench it could be tough.

 

[stormskye]

I feel better now because I feel we may have our explanation on what seems to have gone so horribly wrong!

But, Carlton and GWS both have looked great. Both made it to prelims. So finished one week earlier. Both played opening round. So same on both those things.

But when did they start their preseason? One week prior? Or earlier?

Winning a flag, then celebrating for a few weeks (as you should) would def have an impact, bigger than any other club. Even as a supporter I feel content we won, this year is just a bonus if we get there. As a player, I’m sure it’s hard to get back up

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Hmmm…

Another player knocked out by McCarthy going for the ball

That’s some coincidence

Imagine if that was Maynard who knocked 2 players out in 3 games with footy acts

And no one will even mention it.

 

[unplugged]

I was gonna finally sit down and watch our doco but I can't look away from this!

 

[Kes1984]

Winning a flag, then celebrating for a few weeks (as you should) would def have an impact, bigger than any other club. Even as a supporter I feel content we won, this year is just a bonus if we get there. As a player, I’m sure it’s hard to get back up

Agree. Absolutely would be harder to get up again. But Brisbane should be extra hungry.
Carlton and GWS look hungry.
Brisbane look flat and very ordinary. So I think there’s more to it.

 

[unplugged]

I feel better now because I feel we may have our explanation on what seems to have gone so horribly wrong!

But, Carlton and GWS both have looked great. Both made it to prelims. So finished one week earlier. Both played opening round. So same on both those things.

But when did they start their preseason? One week prior? Or earlier?

It's not so much the resumption of training, it's usually the delayed surgeries etc.

I don't think we really had all that many though.

 

[HFF]

What’s obvious across all the games in round one is how many new fresh faces each team has introduced….this is something we have failed at selection.

We seem to not want to play our trust the next wave of players more consistently with runs of games.
Guys like Reef, Macrae, Harrison, Allan etc.

Everywhere I look every team has just thrown their kids in.

It’s easy to say we won the flag and we back in the players but as a coaching group, hunger and freshness should have been a priority in the early parts of the season

 

[76woodenspooners]

The AFL have found another mechanism to bring the grand final teams back to the pack. Start the season earlier.

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GWS and Carlton had 24 weeks and are 2:0

Brisbane and Collingwood only had 23 weeks and are 0:2

Correlation doesn’t mean causality. I don’t buy that an extra week in 5 months makes any difference.

 

[anshell]

Hmm,it seems like the Lions are suffering from a runners up hangover like we’re suffering from a premiership hangover.

Seriously,it seems that epic grand final and the much shorter than usual off season has really taken its toll on both sides,

 

[thebaldfacts]

Agree. Absolutely would be harder to get up again. But Brisbane should be extra hungry.
Carlton and GWS look hungry.
Brisbane look flat and very ordinary. So I think there’s more to it.

Sydney to me look like the best of the lot at the moment. Remember that they were grand finalists only 2 years ago.

 

[Sweeetleftfoot]

Looks like Brisbane are in the same boat as us. I see it now.

The late finish to a long season.
The late start to preseason.
The ridiculous early start to the new season with opening round nonsense.

Brisbane and Collingwood both look underdone. We’ve lost our run.

Geelong didn’t make the 8 last year. Sydney did but just. IIRC, Adelaide were robbed that goal and had they won as they should have, Sydney didn’t make finals. So it happened last year too.

But this year has been made worse by the earlier season start.

I don’t think we’re going as bad. As people think. Simple skill errors on transition caused a lot of goals out the back and forced our defence out of shape.

One thing I’m dead certain on is every other team in the league would take an flag and an 0 2 start the following year.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

I feel better now because I feel we may have our explanation on what seems to have gone so horribly wrong!

But, Carlton and GWS both have looked great. Both made it to prelims. So finished one week earlier. Both played opening round. So same on both those things.

But when did they start their preseason? One week prior? Or earlier?

Take into consideration everything that goes into the week prior to the GF.

The whole build up.
The game itself.
The celebrations.

I think that would require a lot more energy from us & Lions than it would for Giants, Blues, Swans, etc.

And then getting back to training & trying to be ready physically & mentally right to start the season.

Blues get a bye this week. Lions get a bye this week. Giants get a bye next week. We have to wait until round 5...!

 

[anshell]

GWS and Carlton had 24 weeks and are 2:0

Brisbane and Collingwood only had 23 weeks and are 0:2

Correlation doesn’t mean causality. I don’t buy that an extra week in 5 months makes any difference.

But then you have to take into consideration the extra weeks that our players were celebrating the premiership win,while other teams were knuckling down at training and getting fitter.That must count for something.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

We, along with Brisbane, should have the bye this week. Why has Carlton been given the bye.
Surely some moron at the AFL would think that we got the grand finalists to start the season earlier, so we will give them both the bye in round 2 in preparation for their game at the Gabba the following week....

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

We, along with Brisbane, should have the bye this week. Why has Carlton been given the bye.
Surely some moron at the AFL would think that we got the grand finalists to start the season earlier, so we will give them both the bye in round 2 in preparation for their game at the Gabba the following week....

Yep it would have made more sense with us playing Brisbane on Easter Thursday night the following week.

The AFL are ****ing morons.

 

[Kes1984]

I do not want us playing at Optus. It’s cursed! Reckon more injuries happen there than any other ground. Even Marvel!