Will Ashcroft was not a number 1 pick
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Who TF wants to look at Ross Lyon's sack?For the Love of God could a non-Freo supporter start a ‘Ross Lyon Sack Watch’ thread on this board. I’ll ******* pay you.
Yeah, with no relegation the bottom 6 may as well stop playing after 17 games.
This. He’s in the same category as Miller, Steele, Wines, Laird, BrayshawPatrick Cripps is overrated - he’s good but not in that top tier of mids
The average game from him is: flick around some handballs, win some clearances and have 2 or 3 flying shots at goal which just sneak in for a behind
Maybe I’m watching the wrong games but I don’t see why people go on about him compared with say Bont
Could argue that's no different to the current situation. At least that's only three games in the round.Yeah, with no relegation the bottom 6 may as well stop playing after 17 games.
If the suggestion is that the best W/L from the second phase in the bottom third earns the #1 pick, I have to disagree - it means that a team that was maybe a few bad injuries and unlucky losses away from making the eight can now beat up on a few genuinely dreadful teams and get a better prospect in the draft.In that scenario they should be playing for draft order
If the suggestion is that the best W/L from the second phase in the bottom third earns the #1 pick, I have to disagree - it means that a team that was maybe a few bad injuries and unlucky losses away from making the eight can now beat up on a few genuinely dreadful teams and get a better prospect in the draft.
The issue with a priority pick is that it is subjectively awarded, unless you added a way to 'qualify' for one which in doing so would also encourage tanking.It sounds harsh but I have never ever agreed with the principle of ‘finish last, get the best reward.’ I like the lottery system of the NBA which I assume still exists. If a side was genuinely THAT bad that they just need help I don’t really have an issue with them applying for a priority pick
My bad. I was sitting in Sydney airport after 24 hours sleep-deprivation from a couple of flights and mis-read the context and hence your intentions of the post. Probably more of a reflex response on my part to the countless other posts since then by other less astute posters then yourself spruiking that Martin was somehow undeserving. Glad you're not in that camp and prepared to acknowledge Houli's performance as well.And I’m not sure why so many Richmond fans think people ‘have a problem’ with it simply because they acknowledge the performances of other players.
I’m literally not even saying he shouldn’t have won it FFS. Find me where I’ve said it.
You DONT HAVE TO GO INTO BAT FOR SOMEONE WHO ISNT BEING ATTACKED.
‘He was the most decisive player in the result’ is not someone having a go at him mate.
It’s someone saying ‘he probably deserved the honour.’
FMD
You never saw him knocked out. He might have been running around concussed every other week for all you know.
My bad. I was sitting in Sydney airport after 24 hours sleep-deprivation from a couple of flights and mis-read the context and hence your intentions of the post. Probably more of a reflex response on my part to the countless other posts since then by other less astute posters then yourself spruiking that Martin was somehow undeserving. Glad you're not in that camp and prepared to acknowledge Houli's performance as well.
From football?You never saw him knocked out. He might have been running around concussed every other week for all you know.
Bring in relegation.
Winner of Champions of Australia (VFL, SANFL, WAFL, NSWFL, QFL excluding AFL affiliates) go into AFL, and bottom team in AFL drops out.
Can Imagine a Norwood, Claremont, Port Melbourne playing in front of a packed local ground...
I think there are a couple of things that set Cripps aside when he is at his absolute best:This. He’s in the same category as Miller, Steele, Wines, Laird, Brayshaw
Not to the level of Bontempelli, Petracca, Oliver, Neale.
Can imagine them losing by 250 every week tooBring in relegation.
Winner of Champions of Australia (VFL, SANFL, WAFL, NSWFL, QFL excluding AFL affiliates) go into AFL, and bottom team in AFL drops out.
Can Imagine a Norwood, Claremont, Port Melbourne playing in front of a packed local ground...
A basketballer did try this once. It didn't end well...I love the research in your answer. It definitely makes me think. The only issue I have is the 37%. These are all set shot statistics. I'm saying if a player has the ball in general play in a contested situation. The odds of a goal would plummet significantly. maybe 10% or even less of slotting a goal. (I don't have the stats on this lol). Blazing away at goal will not allow the team any time to set up a zone and the risk of the slingshot goal for the opposition would then suddenly increase. The risk outweighs the reward. You don't need a goal or a point, you just don't need the other team to score.
The time I got was just an estimation but assuming the ball goes up, goes down, some scrubby ruckman drops the mark, ball hits the deck, guy gets tackled, ball comes out, next guy picks it up gets tackled, guys jump on, umpire waits a couple of seconds before calling ball up. Then umpire throws it up again, a ruckman gets a hitout , the ball hits the deck again and we're back to where we were when the player last had the ball. It's clock management and it's the right play imo. Basketballers think this way
Yeah, with no relegation the bottom 6 may as well stop playing after 17 games.
A basketballer did try this once. It didn't end well...