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He won’t talk about Victorian clubs the same way.Fair enough, but Port are hardly the worst culprits and it’s not what is up for discussion here anyway. Start a new thread maybe?
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He won’t talk about Victorian clubs the same way.Fair enough, but Port are hardly the worst culprits and it’s not what is up for discussion here anyway. Start a new thread maybe?
you should be happy with your current situation in the last 10 seasons. Sure no Port flag, but you have won 5 finals in the last 10-12 years.Because Adelaide have a strong financial position thanks to being the first afl team established in Sa?
It’s not that complicated.
How is this even a debate? Victorian teams - the big ones - play far more games in their home state than non-victorian teams. teams like collingwood and richmond and melbourne get to know the ground on which every grand final is played and every victorian final - meaning there is always a big advantage come grand final day for these teams. they get the big marquee games to grow their brand, they get the unconscious bias on the field by officials who are emotional beings like us all - meaning big calls more often fall in their favour. none of this is debatable except by the ignorant or the troll. the interstate teams you could argue have a better chance to make the lower fringe of the eight due to genuine home ground avantage during the year. that is it. in approximate order the comp favours collingwood, richmond, melbourne, geelong, followed by west coast, brisbane, adelaide, sydney, port, freo, hawks, carlton and essendon move much higher up the bracket when they are enjoying a few strong years as they get more mcg games scheduled, and less travel. then you have the fodder - gws, suns due to low crowd support, and the victorian fodder who get slotted in to a schedule where the afl has holes left after all the marquee clubs have been placed - st kilda, bulldogs, north.
Now look at the premiership ladder since the afl created the docklands stadium in 2000 and moved the unwilling teams there, bribing carlton and essendon with far better deals than the three fodder teams.
vic-bias? Since that first 2000 final only one mcg tenant has lost a grand final to an interstate or non-mcg tenant.
freo have at least seen a grand final played on their home ground. pity they failed to grab that once in a lifetime chance. but i do feel for them, doomed to a st kilda like existence, yet with only one neighbour to compete with? now that's poor. they rank below gws for success already, soon the suns will pass them by, then tassie. and in difty years i'll be looking at the saints sole flag and think, well, it could have been worse...Like you care lol
How many flags has the dockers, suns and giants have won?
As stated.... If the dockers had the same admin under the Ross Lyon coaching era of 2012-19 back when we 1st started in 1995, dockers would of had more finals success.freo have at least seen a grand final played on their home ground. pity they failed to grab that once in a lifetime chance. but i do feel for them, doomed to a st kilda like existence, yet with only one neighbour to compete with? now that's poor. they rank below gws for success already, soon the suns will pass them by, then tassie. and in difty years i'll be looking at the saints sole flag and think, well, it could have been worse...
Also I will say this.... Saints fans would love to have someone pump up money to turn Moorabbin oval into a decent stadium to hold 30-35,000 seats like Geelong cats Kardinia park.freo have at least seen a grand final played on their home ground. pity they failed to grab that once in a lifetime chance. but i do feel for them, doomed to a st kilda like existence, yet with only one neighbour to compete with? now that's poor. they rank below gws for success already, soon the suns will pass them by, then tassie. and in difty years i'll be looking at the saints sole flag and think, well, it could have been worse...
Of course you would. If that means a stand out Home ground advantage like the old pre 1986 VFL era, of course you would want that.we would love to play games at moorabbin. the afl wouldn't.
so... Collingwood beat Brisbane in the 2023 AFL grand final.How could no flags be a statistical possibility? Had the results in those games been reversed an interstate team still would have won
What about the 15 years before 2006 how many interstate teams won the flag then? 92, 94, 97, 98, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 - oh wow looks like a lot of interstate sides winning flags, I guess Vicbias didn't exist between the years 92-2006?
The sooking is hilarious especially when you consider some all time teams have won flags since 2007 - Cats, Hawks and Tigers sharing 11 flags between them.
Your club have been constantly on the receiving end of bad karma ever since stabbing South Australia in the back.Because Adelaide have a strong financial position thanks to being the first afl team established in Sa?
It’s not that complicated.
Your club have been constantly on the receiving end of bad karma ever since stabbing South Australia in the back.
Chokers, dream final, 119, tarps, crippling debt etc.
Let me guess, it's the SANFL's fault that Port Adelaide have been in a weak financial position over the years?
good point...Royal Commission/Operation Heartland. How many times does this have to be explained?
There was other Danky factors affecting that season.Was unfair umpiring an outcome of the 2007 AFL investigation into non Victorian flags?
facts are facts.Let me guess, it's the SANFL's fault that Port Adelaide have been in a weak financial position over the years?