AFL 2019

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Yesterday at 6:01 PM ·
*BREAKING NEWS*

In order to gain a home final, Geelong have added 60,000 seats to their stadium. All the added seating will be located outside the stadium as a clear view of the action shouldn’t be a priority.

When asked where they got their idea from, they said the basketball events at Marvel Stadium from the weekend that were such a success.

Geelong staff were amazed that the Waurn Ponds Bunnings had the required amount on the shelf.

The sponsor of the dreaded Trade Period will be furious that this coodabeen soap opera is over before we're half way through the pre-finals bye

What was the rationale behind this drop anchor farce anyway? I've forgotten.

The answer is Dollars

Not really sure what your question is about but with the AFL the answer is always Dollars

The bye round. That can't be about dollars. Nothing is happening.

The All Oz team has all WA leadership, with Nat Fyfe as Akela and Shannon Huon as captain of vice.

Leading me to wonder: has the all-Australian cricket team ever had a WA top two?

Shannon Hurn is a Sozzie

According to wikipedia Bacchus was VC to Clag in '81 ...

Fyfe Yeo and Cripps all went to Aquinas College

embee wrote:Fyfe Yeo and Cripps all went to Aquinas College

Just shows you do not have to attend a good school to excel.

Good acknowledgement for Fyfe. He is one of my favourite players.

Bradman wrote:The bye round.  That can't be about dollars.  Nothing is happening.

making more dollars in the finals series by having rested teams perform better

Ta Nath. I take it you're just quoting the AFL, because it sounds like total bullshit. Deprives me too. Didn't those AFL qunts think of that?

Thursday: Eagles v Essendon *
Friday: Cats v Collingwood
Saturday: Dogs v GWS *
Sunday: Lions v Tigers

* = elimination games

Fingers crossed for my mob over Red's mobsters.

lardbucket wrote:Thursday: Eagles v Essendon *
Friday: Cats v Collingwood
Saturday: Dogs v GWS *
Sunday: Lions v Tigers

* = elimination games

Fingers crossed for my mob over Red's mobsters.

there's no games on Sunday. GWS vs Dogs is Saturday afternoon (3:20pm) and Lions vs Tigers is Saturday night

Thanks. Misread that.

Bradman wrote:Ta Nath.  I take it you're just quoting the AFL, because it sounds like total bullshit.  Deprives me too.  Didn't those AFL qunts think of that?

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-02/its-here-for-the-foreseeable-future-gill-backs-prefinals-bye

this is the actual spin: McLachlan cited finals fixture flexibility, fitter teams and strong ticket sales and television ratings as benefits of the bye.

"We're still playing nine finals, it just means that we have the fittest teams available, we've got a great build up," McLachlan said on Monday.

"Since we've been having it we've had the highest-attended final series ever, we've had the highest-rating final series ever.
"We can play on Thursday night, it gives us flexibility which means we have greater equity through the finals series.

"And people are just ... keen for the footy to come. But I think when it starts we're better prepared, there's better build up, we've had unbelievable finals series since we've been doing it. And we're happy to keep it going."
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People who were going to go to the games and/or watch on tv will do that anyway because it's finals!

Essendon's 15 year drought of finals wins continues ... and then there were seven.

Nervous ahead of tonight's QF match v the hated Pies.

lardbucket wrote:Essendon's 15 year drought of finals wins continues ... and then there were seven.

Nervous ahead of tonight's QF match v the hated Pies.

Go Cats!

It is a disgrace the game is not at the Litter Box.

That was a good game last night........for the first quarter........of the first quarter.

Bradman wrote:That was a good game last night........for the first quarter........of the first quarter.

meh... any game where those turkeys get flogged throughout is a 100% ace game.

Exactly as feared overnight. Pies out to a 20 point lead in the first 5 minutes; the rest of the match an arm-wrestle we won narrowly, but not by enough to bring the margin below 10 points. A couple of shocking set shot misses by Rohan and Hawkins didn't help.

Ugh.

now will the AFL see fit to schedule the Geelong vs West Coast match in Geelong?

Most of them seemed like they had engine oil on their hands too.  Mind you that Dangerfield clearance at the death could have been the stuff of legend.

... and then there were six.

No fairytale for the Dogs this year.

I'm now hoping that Brisbane can hurt the Tigers tonight.

lardbucket wrote:... and then there were six.

No fairytale for the Dogs this year.

I'm now hoping that Brisbane can hurt the Tigers tonight.

Well the umps are doing their best to cruel that wish.  I have seen more one sided umpiring, Indian home tests in the seventies.