86% of free kick counts going to the Victorian side feels pretty conclusive to me. Also the fact that there are any games where the lopsided free kick count can affect the result is a massive stain on the AFL, and whenever there is a lopsided free kick count it is always against the non-Victorian team.
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86% of free kick counts going to the Victorian side feels pretty conclusive to me. Also the fact that there are any games where the lopsided free kick count can affect the result is a massive stain on the AFL, and whenever there is a lopsided free kick count it is always against the non-Victorian team.
Oh, so you're saying you have a large geographical advantage then.
Seems like that'll even things out nicely then.
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Even if we go with your logic it’s six lopsided counts towards a Victorian team and ZERO to a non-Victorian team. Must just be a coincidence though, right?
This is part of your problem right there. You Crows and non Victorian supporters (at least in the traditional football states) keep going to games and giving the AFL and by association the SANFL your money, there is no doubt the AFL probably views the SA and WA as cash cows and none of those clubs ever will stand up to the AFL and the commission, so they are under no inclination to try appease your clubs (or address some of your concerns)
I'm saying Victoria has more footy teams than they can sustain without the interstate sides, and if the interstate sides left some of the victorian clubs would fold. North is a disaster and would be gone before you could say "north has no supporters".
Preaching to the choir.
This is a thread about bias.
Interstate teams fans deflect when there's an advantage going their way.
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Wow Hawks getting shafted. We don't even get a home game advantage.
Yeah, and Victorian supporters said if we don't like the bias leave the comp. Hence my reply as to what would happen if the interstate sides left the comp. Maybe don't argue that we should just leave the comp or put up with it?
I've heard this before.
Could you explain which non-Vic clubs would survive without the help from the AFL?
In other words which clubs need the Vic clubs to survive, how many would survive if all the Vic clubs pulled the pin?
Well no, but as I say, unless the 4 SA and WA clubs try to get together and form a massive protest and or mass supporter led boycott against the AFL and home games, nothing is going to change/the status quo will remain .
I have been on record staying many times how I think it's time we abolish the arachic Grand Final at the MCG contract and let the team that finishes highest on the ladder who qualifies for it host it on their home city.
Also its actually the Swans and the Northern/Expansion state clubs that get the most preferential treatment and looked after by the AFL, it has to be said.
It's a two way street.
You joined our comp don't forget and we don't appreciate comments from many non Vic Club supporters wanting several Victorian clubs to fold/merge/relocate like North Melbourne etc
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Go and look at the fixture
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Of course I'm just having a laugh. The post from Dave Warner was pretty easy to follow. It's not news to me though.
It's an uneven playing field. Just like the draft, father/son, academy, travel and fixtures. But is this anything new?
Nope.
Just have to accept some things in footy are great, others are dodgy as ****. No need getting all worked up over it though. Seems like wasted energy to me.
People who have followed footy long enough understand that the AFL wasn't a planned competition. It's going to have flaws. It's a Frankenstein of two leagues going broke, a bit of Americana and one particular CEO who was way out of his depth.
It is what it is. I still like it though.
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In the context of home cooked umpiring which this whole sooky thread is about, yeah Geelong does count.
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You were taking it seriously??
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Yep those 7 extra free kicks Richmond got in 2019 were the difference
Yep those 7 extra free kicks Richmond got in 2019 were the difference
The 2016 Grand Final the free kick count definitely had an effect, and given how close the 2012 Grand Final was if Sydney lost you can't say the free kick count would not have contributed.
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You get gifted priority picks every year because the AFL knows the Swans can't afford to miss finals more than one season consecutively or they'll be back to the 1992 death rattle.
Tell me more about this "cheating"
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Nah
