Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion Part 2

[Bont the Lord]

Yeah, pretty unfair advantage to the Victorian team Hawthorn innit

So it's MCG bias not Vic bias???

 

[sr36]

Yeah, pretty unfair advantage to the Victorian team Hawthorn innit

As I pointed out before, pretty unfair that you Non-Vics get your special recruiting rules via your Northern Acadmies.

 

[ElectricG]

So it's MCG bias not Vic bias???

na

 

[Bont the Lord]

na

Well if Hawthorn play an away final against the dogs who finished above them on their home ground is that Vic bias????

 

[sr36]

Anyway. Port have done well to make a prelim with the cards so heavily stacked against them, such as easiest draw - not playing a single finals team twice - and an extra home game that then gave them two home finals. Bloody Vicbias.

 

[ElectricG]

Well if Hawthorn play an away final against the dogs who finished above them on their home ground is that Vic bias????

I don’t think so, no.

 

[Bont the Lord]

I don’t think so, no.

So what is it then?

 

[ElectricG]

So what is it then?

An advantage for one team and a disadvantage for the other I guess

 

[adammania9]

Cmon EG, do you honestly think that a Pie fan would be barracking for Carlton in a GF? Or any vic team if they're playing a non vic team?

Seriously staggering that this obvious logic flies over the heads of so many non-Vic club supporters.

The Port Adelaide fan who would never support Adelaide in a GF for obvious reasons, cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Carlton fans would not support Collingwood in a GF, or Hawks fans would not support Geelong in a GF.

In a Vic vs non-Vic grand final, Victorians that attend a GF where their side is not playing will support the non-Vic side 4 times out of 5 at a minimum.

 

[FreoFan85]

Correct. I'll be going along with my mates. None of our teams are in it. It's only for full membership holders

Understand if you don’t want to reply… What’s that set you back a year?

 

[sr36]

Seriously staggering that this obvious logic flies over the heads of so many non-Vic club supporters.

The Port Adelaide fan who would never support Adelaide in a GF for obvious reasons, cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Carlton fans would not support Collingwood in a GF, or Hawks fans would not support Geelong in a GF.

And not just not support Carlton - barrack for their opposiiton very vocally.

 

[sr36]

Understand if you don’t want to reply… What’s that set you back a year?

MCC membership is roughly $900.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Anyway. Port have done well to make a prelim with the cards so heavily stacked against them, such as easiest draw - not playing a single finals team twice - and an extra home game that then gave them two home finals. Bloody Vicbias.

We played Carlton twice. At the start of the year it was said that we had one of the hardest draws, you realise if we beat other teams, they drop lower on the ladder, therefore seeming like it's an easier draw? I mean you're right, this year we played 16 teams that finished lower than us this year... How could the AFL choose to fix it like that?? We played 3 of last years finalists twice, how should they know who's going to be strong next year or not? Fairest thing would be every club plays each other twice but that's too many games.
We also beat 5 of the 7 other finalists including demolishing the minor Premier by 112, so yeah I think we are exactly where we should be.

 

[Bont the Lord]

Understand if you don’t want to reply… What’s that set you back a year?

$875

 

[doppleganger]

MCC membership is roughly $900.

That is the per season full membership fee.

But that comes after a 32 year wait (MCC latest intake provided full membership to those who joined in 1992) and circa $1500 in joining / entrance fees.

 

[black is White]

We played 3 of last years finalists twice.

3 of the 7 other finalist twice is pretty low for a team that's expected to be fighting for top 4

 

[Freomaniac]

Just thinking how farcical it will be in the future if there is a West Coast vs Fremantle Grand Final played at the MCG.

nearly had that chance in 2015....

 

[Bont the Lord]

Just thinking how farcical it will be in the future if there is a West Coast vs Fremantle Grand Final played at the MCG.

You must be fun at parties

 

[Freshwater]

But the only example of them “getting shafted” you can bring up is one where they face another Victorian side?

It’s a massive ‘shaft’ and often season defining. We play 23 games to earn a ‘home’ final, then have to play it at the lower ranked teams home ground, a ground we were lucky enough to play on twice, and last time was early May!
We’re hanging in there as far as being in finals contention every season, surely some more games there at the MCG through the year would be fairer? We play as many games there as do Gold Coast! If they were to ever qualify for a home final it wouldn’t be there it would be on the Gold Coast, their HOME ground.

 

[sydney_gws]

Honestly…. God help Brisbane or anyone else who comes up against Geelong umpiring this year.

As a port fan ( I assume fairly neutral on the gws/ Brisbane game) was the umpiring biased for the GWS/Brisbane game.
I was at the game, so a bit hard to tell but others are saying it was biased against gws.
I would not be surprised, Geelong would prefer to play Brisbane, also Sydney/Brisbane grandfinal would rate alot better in Qld than sydney/ GWS grand final.

 

[sr36]

We played Carlton twice. At the start of the year it was said that we had one of the hardest draws, you realise if we beat other teams, they drop lower on the ladder, therefore seeming like it's an easier draw? I mean you're right, this year we played 16 teams that finished lower than us this year... How could the AFL choose to fix it like that?? We played 3 of last years finalists twice, how should they know who's going to be strong next year or not? Fairest thing would be every club plays each other twice but that's too many games.
We also beat 5 of the 7 other finalists including demolishing the minor Premier by 112, so yeah I think we are exactly where we should be.

Rigging it to give you an easy draw like that would have been easy for the AFL. They're amazing. They somehow rig it so that Non-Vic teams are good enough to do really well in the home away but aren't quite good enough to win flags - just read this thread for evidence. Working out that Melbourne and Saints were going to be ordinary this year and that Carlton would be fake finalists would have been a piece of piss for these master manipulators.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Seriously staggering that this obvious logic flies over the heads of so many non-Vic club supporters.

The Port Adelaide fan who would never support Adelaide in a GF for obvious reasons, cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Carlton fans would not support Collingwood in a GF, or Hawks fans would not support Geelong in a GF.

In a Vic vs non-Vic grand final, Victorians that attend a GF where their side is not playing will support the non-Vic side 4 times out of 5 at a minimum.

Id support Adelaide.

If they were playing a Vic club.

I dont try to hide it like you Vics, im a South Australian and so are they.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I'm with the Vics on this one. Always hate your local rival the most.

That's on game day though. When it comes to issues that affect both teams, like the travel burden etc, I'm in lockstep with my purple cousins.

 

[adammania9]

Id support Adelaide.

If they were playing a Vic club.

I dont try to hide it like you Vics, im a South Australian and so are they.

You’re a lone wolf on that one. Don’t expect it to be a popular view

 

[ElectricG]

Id support Adelaide.

If they were playing a Vic club.

I dont try to hide it like you Vics, im a South Australian and so are they.

Yeah nah