Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) VIII

Remove this Banner Ad

Status
Not open for further replies.
No way in hell are they better off than us but so far in this game they have put in the type of performance I would be expecting of us at this stage. They are getting outplayed and will most likely be blown away in the 4th quarter but they are refusing to go away despite everything.

It's just bemusing that the goal posts on here keep shifting from "we'll win 6-8 games" to "we'll be more competitive but tire" to "well of course we got smashed what did you expect to happen?!"
You know they haven't done this all year, right? Eagles have been the out and out worst team in the comp all year, they've played 1 good half of football and all of a sudden posters think the performance yesterday has been North's performance for every game.


On Pixel 6 using BigFooty.com mobile app
 
You know they haven't done this all year, right? Eagles have been the out and out worst team in the comp all year, they've played 1 good half of football and all of a sudden posters think the performance yesterday has been North's performance for every game.


On Pixel 6 using BigFooty.com mobile app

It just about has been though.

We got outscored by 53 points in a half against Freo, lost by 10 goals the next week to Carlton in a game we were never really in, and now have just lost by 13 goals to Brisbane. Even against GWS which is probably considered our best performance so far overall we were down by 20 at HT (mostly due to our accuracy and GWS being inaccurate) before getting blown away in the 2nd half.

So really in our first 4 games of footy we have only played about 2 quarters at actual AFL standard so by your estimations that is equal with WC.

And yes I am aware WC haven't done this all year which makes it even more impressive to be honest as they are currently in a much bigger hole than us.
 

Log in to remove this ad.

a good second quarter and then eventually losing by 5ish goals... hmm i wonder which game that reminds me of...

couldn't be us though, we've never had a game like that, in round 2, also featuring a WA team.
 
It just about has been though.

We got outscored by 53 points in a half against Freo, lost by 10 goals the next week to Carlton in a game we were never really in, and now have just lost by 13 goals to Brisbane. Even against GWS which is probably considered our best performance so far overall we were down by 20 at HT (mostly due to our accuracy and GWS being inaccurate) before getting blown away in the 2nd half.

So really in our first 4 games of footy we have only played about 2 quarters at actual AFL standard so by your estimations that is equal with WC.

And yes I am aware WC haven't done this all year which makes it even more impressive to be honest as they are currently in a much bigger hole than us.
Percentage is a good indicator, not a huge differential atm.
 
Were West Coast up by 33 points at halftime?
So our good quarter was better and then the drop was worse. Neither team is much chop so far this season - the mystery is why so many people wanted to take a tiny sample size of today’s game to talk up all the Eagles’ advantages compared to ours.
 
well we certainly couldn't have been, we've not had more than 5 minutes of good football this year ive been told

Are you choosing to deliberately ignore what is actually being said in favour of the hyperbolic strawman you've concocted in your head to cope? I acknowledged we have had 2 good quarters this year - that being the first half against Freo. Please point me to other good quarters of football we have played this year.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

So our good quarter was better and then the drop was worse. Neither team is much chop so far this season - the mystery is why so many people wanted to take a tiny sample size of today’s game to talk up all the Eagles’ advantages compared to ours.

Not everyone with valid concerns about our own team genuinely believes WC are better placed than us in terms of rebuilds
 
Are you choosing to deliberately ignore what is actually being said in favour of the hyperbolic strawman you've concocted in your head to cope? I acknowledged we have had 2 good quarters this year - that being the first half against Freo. Please point me to other good quarters of football we have played this year.
go back and have a read mate, it's what has been said.

but since we're talking quarters now, this second quarter is the only one WC have won all year. 1 of 16. that's not a team that "keeps trying", as has been put forward.
 
Not everyone with valid concerns about our own team genuinely believes WC are better placed than us in terms of rebuilds
I’d count myself in that group - I’ve got concerns, but not in comparison to them.
 
I’d count myself in that group - I’ve got concerns, but not in comparison to them.
I think it's fair to say that on each team's form this week, WC smash north in Perth. A lot can change between now and then, but it's current, and we are notably trending down each week.
 
go back and have a read mate, it's what has been said.

but since we're talking quarters now, this second quarter is the only one WC have won all year. 1 of 16. that's not a team that "keeps trying", as has been put forward.

So some people overreacting emotionally invalidates every other criticism/observation made by others regardless of how valid or thought out?

For a team that doesn't keep trying West Coast have just equaled our best performance of the year with their losing margin of 26, except at no stage did they cough up a 33 point lead so I think it's fair to argue their performance was better.
 
So some people overreacting emotionally invalidates every other criticism/observation made by others regardless of how valid or thought out?

For a team that doesn't keep trying West Coast have just equaled our best performance of the year with their losing margin of 26, except at no stage did they cough up a 33 point lead so I think it's fair to argue their performance was better.
lol alright sure man, wasn't replying to you in the first place, then im apparently strawmanning, now you feel invalidated. Ok, whatever.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Remove this Banner Ad

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top