Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread

[bomberclifford]

Just what we need. More complexity.

 

[Steve Dore]

..... Based on ladder positions at the end of 17 rounds, three group pools are created: 1-6, 7-12, 13-18. You will play the 5 other teams in your pool in the final 5 rounds - creating a 22 round season. ......

So the schedule for round 18 is set on the Monday after round 17? Yeah, I can see that working real well

 

[Hinkley Effect]

So the schedule for round 18 is set on the Monday after round 17? Yeah, I can see that working real well

Could make it a bye week - but yeh, even 2 weeks would make things difficult

 

[manureid]

So who is the Crows player who has a pic doing the rounds with a 'dodgy' friend.

 

[bomberclifford]

So who is the Crows player who has a pic doing the rounds with a 'dodgy' friend.

Betts would be my guess.

 

[Sneeky]

So who is the Crows player who has a pic doing the rounds with a 'dodgy' friend.

???

 

[xamol]

Betts would be my guess.

Yup, thats what it is.


I'm on the right board now arent I????

 

[manureid]

Yup, thats what it is.


I'm on the right board now arent I????

Post the pic then

 

[xamol]

Post the pic then

I havent seen any pic.

Where did I say I had?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Who knew Russell Ebert had this award in his cabinet?

http://aflca.com.au/index.php?id=8

According to their website the Coaches Association had their awards night last night.

Congratulations Robbie I guess...

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Who knew Russell Ebert had this award in his cabinet?

http://aflca.com.au/index.php?id=8

According to their website the Coaches Association had their awards night last night.

Congratulations Robbie I guess...

Ok the website is a bit confusing. Our Sendough says it's on the 23rd of September and we should all go.

 

[It Just Is]

Who knew Russell Ebert had this award in his cabinet?

http://aflca.com.au/index.php?id=8

According to their website the Coaches Association had their awards night last night.

Congratulations Robbie I guess...

Alastair Clarkson has never won coach of the year...

 

[Changaneen]

Yup, thats what it is.


I'm on the right board now arent I????

This is the general afl talk thread on the Port board, or cant you read?

 

[Forzaport]

Matthew Egan is suing Geelong over his foot surgery in 2007.

 

[xamol]

This is the general afl talk thread on the Port board, or cant you read?

A few posts ago I wasnt sure what board I was on. I was surrounded by Port supporters so I thought I was here

 

[FishingRick04]

Matthew Egan is suing Geelong over his foot surgery in 2007.

I suspect this is what the AFL is paranoid about with head injuries in 20 years time.

 

[tribey]

Matthew Egan is suing Geelong over his foot surgery in 2007.

Horrific tale that.

Talk about scaling the pinnacle of your hopes and dreams one minute, at the bottom of a well the next.

 

[tribey]

So who is the Crows player who has a pic doing the rounds with a 'dodgy' friend.

Betts would be my guess.

Yup, thats what it is.

#wereyouthere

 

[It Just Is]

Horrific tale that.

Talk about scaling the pinnacle of your hopes and dreams one minute, at the bottom of a well the next.

Makes me sad every time I hear the name.

He'd have been at least a 3 time premiership player.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Who knew Russell Ebert had this award in his cabinet?

http://aflca.com.au/index.php?id=8

According to their website the Coaches Association had their awards night last night.

Congratulations Robbie I guess...

Ford started a thread when he won it. It was a rare highlight in 2011. The award was right out of the blue.

 

[RossFC]

Shaun Hart busting out the helmet

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Shit we have a few assistants. Love Shaun Hart wearing his helmet. Smart man.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Idea for reducing tanking:

Rank the draft order based on when each team mathematically fell out of finals contention. So the first team to mathematically be unable to make finals gets pick 1, and so on.

If multiple teams fall out in the same week, base it on the ladder order of those teams on the week they fell out.

That way, teams have incentive to continue to fight until their draft order is set, then it doesn't matter whether they win or lose.

 

[RossFC]

Idea for reducing tanking:

Rank the draft order based on when each team mathematically fell out of finals contention. So the first team to mathematically be unable to make finals gets pick 1, and so on.

If multiple teams fall out in the same week, base it on the ladder order of those teams on the week they fell out.

That way, teams have incentive to continue to fight until their draft order is set, then it doesn't matter whether they win or lose.

I'm sure Richmond would love that idea.

 

[It Just Is]

What does a mid-season draft actually achieve?

Surely giving clubs an extra two rookie list spots, like in the expansion draft years, would be a much cleaner solution. You'd see the same players drafted only they'd have an extra 6 months of AFL standard training. Picking up an extra ruckman in round 12 might have been handy for us but blind Freddy could have called that in December. If a club wants to risk having only 3 injury prone ruckman on a list of 44 or 46 that's their prerogative, and it's not the AFLs to stop them making bad list management decisions.

Reeks of AFL Players Association shenanigans imo.