Road to the Finals

[unplugged]

Win next week and we miss the finals 12-2-9, which is more or less 13 wins. Don't think many teams would've missed finals with 13 wins throughout history.

 

[Drought Break]

Good point, you may be right. Time for 1 year deals for Sidey I think. His best is still outstanding but we need him to deliver it alot more next year. For most of this season he had been just floating around a little too much.

agree, Howe, sidey, Pendles, Cox, Elliott should only be 1 year at a time deals.

 

[Mollythedolly]

Did the AFL ever actually come out with a statement on last weeks 50? Or just the condemnation of Fly?

They stopped making comment on contentious decisions a while ago.

 

[Mollythedolly]

agree, Howe, sidey, Pendles, Cox, Elliott should only be 1 year at a time deals.

Pendles and Sidey have been on 1 year deals for a couple of seasons now haven't they?

 

[76woodenspooners]

Oh dear, let’s take the dogs for example. JUH, Norton and Darcy any of whom can kick multiple goals each week.
Pies: McStay 1-2 a game Checkers 1 maybe a game and the second ruck along with a raft of smalls. Dans a nice player but hardly a “Key” forward. Not the player the opposition are going to worry about kicking 4-5 goals.
Even the King bros are better, as much as their kicking is pretty ordinary, they are a target, like Hogan, McKay, Joe, Hawkins, Cameron, Curnow need I continue.

(1) KPF’s are very speculative. In the last 10 years OTTOMH we’ve had: Mihocek, McStay, Gault, White, McLarty, McMahon, Krueger, Kelly, Johnson. Yeah, we might do what we normally do and draft a speculative KPF at pick 32 or whatever our first pick ends up being - but they certainly won’t contribute anything in the short term (no KPF does) and they’ll usually take a long time to develop …

… If we’re lucky (as we were with Mihocek).

Both Gault and Kelly were on our list for 5 years and contributed stuff all games / goals in that time.

(2) Proven KPF’s who are going to worry the opposition about “kicking 4-5 goals” don’t come cheap. Would you trade Nick Daicos for Sam Darcy or JUH? Neither would I.

 

[jmac70]

(1) KPF’s are very speculative. In the last 10 years OTTOMH we’ve had: Mihocek, McStay, Gault, White, McLarty, McMahon, Krueger, Kelly, Johnson. Yeah, we might do what we normally do and draft a speculative KPF at pick 32 or whatever our first pick ends up being - but they certainly won’t contribute anything in the short term (no KPF does) and they’ll usually take a long time to develop. If we’re lucky (as we were with Mihocek). Both Gault and Kelly were on our list for 5 years and contributed stuff all games / goals in that time.

(2 Proven KPF’s who are going to worry the opposition about “kicking 4-5 goals” don’t come cheap. Would you trade Nick Daicos for Sam Darcy / JUH? Neither would I.

I love you 76 but OTTOMH?
Give yourself an uppercut

 

[76woodenspooners]

I love you 76 but OTTOMH?
Give yourself an uppercut

Off the top of my head?

 

[Mollythedolly]

Blaming losses on umpiring decisions is loser talk.

I don't remember blaming them on umpiring decisions, but using baseless counter arguments is hardly a winning strategy.

 

[jmac70]

Off the top of my head?

I get it but it’s an UA.

 

[jmac70]

I don't remember blaming them on umpiring decisions, but using baseless counter arguments is hardly a winning strategy.

?

 

[Drought Break]

Pendles and Sidey have been on 1 year deals for a couple of seasons now haven't they?

I dont know, you would hope so

 

[Mollythedolly]

Win next week and we miss the finals 12-2-9, which is more or less 13 wins. Don't think many teams would've missed finals with 13 wins throughout history.

Not many teams have had 23 rounds in the H&A season.

 

[gerryg400]

Win next week and we miss the finals 12-2-9, which is more or less 13 wins. Don't think many teams would've missed finals with 13 wins throughout history.

Last year Sydney got in with 12-1-10

 

[KnaveyBlue]

We will win from 9th. The scum won from 9th once in 2013.

And I think we can all agree that it was flipping hilarious to see Richmond get turfed out of finals by Nick flipping Duigan (with half a footlong sandwich in his guts)

 

[GoldenMagpie16]

This season reminds of 1991 (minus the unfortunate Darren Millane accident)

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Fly was right to say that we needed 14 wins to qualify.

I remember him mentioning it in the post-match presser in Gather Round. A lot of us assumed that 12 or 13 wins would suffice.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

The road to finals is now closed and under redevelopment in preparation for 2025....

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Fly was right to say that we needed 14 wins to qualify.

I remember him mentioning it in the post-match presser in Gather Round. A lot of us assumed that 12 or 13 wins would suffice.

Two games we choked up winning leads. The Fremantle and Sydney games. We should have walked away with the 4 points from both games....oh well, onwards and upwards!!

 

[GoldenMagpie16]

I'd consider this season a success as we beat the Scum twice. IDGAF from here onwards.

 

[swoop42]

The boys gave us our finals win yesterday and in doing so have all but consigned Brisbane to finishing outside the top 4 and needing to win at least 2 finals away from the Gabba to just make the GF.

Most likely we ended their Premiership dream once again.

I can live with that.

If Carlton happen to fall against the Saints and the Dockers claim victory then our 2 victories against the Blues will have proved the difference between them making finals and not.

We can all rejoice in that.

 

[LuckyLee]

Win next week and we miss the finals 12-2-9, which is more or less 13 wins. Don't think many teams would've missed finals with 13 wins throughout history.

Wasn't this season one round longer than most previously, because of Gather Round? In which case the usual finals qualification benchmark of 13 wins probably becomes 14 this year?

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Win next week and we miss the finals 12-2-9, which is more or less 13 wins. Don't think many teams would've missed finals with 13 wins throughout history.

All the times a team has won 13 or more games, but hasn't qualified for finals.

Essendon (1963) = 13 wins, 5 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Hawthorn (1964) = 13 wins, 5 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Richmond (1966) = 13 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Richmond (1968) = 14 wins, 6 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Hawthorn (1969) = 13 wins, 7 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Carlton (1971) = 14 wins, 8 losses (finished 5th) - Final 4 system
Hawthorn (1972) = 13 wins, 9 losses (finished 6th) - Final 5 system
Carlton (1977) = 13 wins, 9 losses (finished 6th) - Final 5 system
South Melbourne (1980) = 13 wins, 9 losses (finished 6th) - Final 5 system
Hawthorn (1981) = 13 wins, 9 losses (finished 6th) - Final 5 system
Richmond (1981) = 13 wins, 9 losses (finished 7th) - Final 5 system
Carlton (1992) = 14 wins, 8 losses (finished 7th) - Final 6 system
Essendon (2013)** = 14 wins, 8 losses (finished 9th) - Final 8 system - KICKED OUT OF THE FINALS

Apart from Essendon due to extenuating circumstances, it's never happened in the final 8 era.

 

[Vicky Park]

The road to finals is now closed and under redevelopment in preparation for 2025....

 

[PIE-BOI]

Alright Fly, time to tell the boys to pretend they are the Fitzroy team from round 17, 1979 who also played against Melbourne

Records are meant to be broken

 

[Vicky Park]

Things I won’t miss:

The endless videos, docos, inner sanction specials, and feature film of our ‘23 GF success. We kind of wallowed in it a bit. An off-season where we don’t see that much of anyone would be refreshing.