AFL 2022
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Looking at the opening round draw (and comparing it to the Sky schedule), afl.com.au has the Dees and Dogs opening the season, on Wednesday 16/03. But looking for this on the Sky app, they seem to think this is Live on Thursday 17/03. Tend to think Sky has this wrong? But then again a Wednesday night??
wait, what? Tradition says Carlton open the season full of optimism that it's finally their year, only to be out of the game against Richmond by 3/4 time. I am not sure i can deal with anything different.
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but yes, my AFL app says you are right. GF rematch on a Wednesday.
That's a bit weird.
opening weekend is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 3 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday
and lol they have West Coast playing at home...
Actually the Saturday could be absolute quality. Cats v Bombers, Sydney derby, Lions v Port.
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two weeks out, must be time for Mariner's never even close ladder prediction
Melbourne are clearly the best team. Just won the flag by about a million points, didn't lose anyone. Flag hangover or new Richmond?
The Bulldogs will be close again as well. Return of a couple of forwards will help the goal kicking, their buzzy midfield will swarm teams again as well. Are they still all good mentally after that 4th quarter? Preseason seems to say yes.After those two it gets a bit muddled. Port are good but getting old and there is still the question mark over Hinkley. Geelong are even older, but always win enough games every year to be there or thereabouts. The Lions get a couple back from injury which should help, but i still feel like we give up to many, and don't kick enough.
Then the next group. Sydney seem to be on the rise, and no longer need Buddy to kick a lot to win games. GWS are still good enough to play finals. Richmond might feel they have one last crack at it before the top end of their list falls over.
Then the unknowns. Are Essendon really good enough? Is this the year Carlton finally play in September? Who or what are St Kilda? Have Freo really improved? And what part does the WA border play on their season?
Collingwood are shit and will be down the bottom. North have good youth but nothing more. The Suns just lost King, and Dew is a shit coach. West Coast are in freefall, smashed by injures and Covid and an old list. Hawthorne nowhere. Crows Nowhere. So what do we get?
Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Port
Brisbane
Geelong
Sydney
Richmond
GWSEssendon
St Kilda
Carlton
Freo
West Coast
Hawthorn
North
Adelaide
Suns
CollingwoodMelbourne beat Brisbane in the GF
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@mariner4life I'll take that.
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We beat the Dogs
I've booked GF tickets and put the mortgage on McCluggage to win the brownlow
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
We beat the Dogs
I've booked GF tickets and put the mortgage on McCluggage to win the brownlow
Hook me up
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On another note, the Sky guide has finally updated and now I can see they're showing the season opener on Wednesday, yay.
have to say, i woke up this morning, and was actually excited for the game tonight, two teams who i do not care about, but both play good footy.
Unsure about opening the season with a GF rematch, seems like that is a waste of a "blockbuster". But I'll take anything over being forced to watch Richmond pound Carlton
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I fell asleep somewhere around quarter time (this is why they say to limit alcohol with lorazepam) but we looked dominant and ended up running out 26 point winners. We probably could have had them at quarter time but were 3.4 to 0.1 to start. I was excited and nervous. Truth be told, the topsy turvy nature of the Dees' last few seasons did force one to wonder if 2022 would be a disappointment after winning a flag, but last night settled my nerves. The game, some of the pre - game rhetoric and a short 360 segment I watched all gives me a strong belief that we can go back to back. In fact, this could even be the pointy end of an AFL dynasty.
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See this in the post game presser? One of the most bizarre rants I've seen from Luke Beveridge. Blew up at Tom Morris at Fox for breaking team news (Lachie Hunter dropped). Went full retard.
'Gutter journalism': Bevo storms out after extraordinary outburst
Luke Beveridge left his post-match media conference early after a crazy outburst
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Unsure about opening the season with a GF rematch, seems like that is a waste of a "blockbuster". But I'll take anything over being forced to watch Richmond pound Carlton
They have the idea half right. They should do what the NFL does and have the opener as the defending champs against a promising up-and-comer.
While you'd be tempted to throw Sydney in with Buddy closing in on 1000, you probably want it to be an all-Melbourne thing. So I'd have Melbourne vs Essendon.
It's just a more fun narrative than two good teams where the result doesn't really tell you that much.
That said it was a great game last night.
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@barbarian It's all very weird from Bevo to be honest. Morris isn't even one of the bigger flogs involved in covering the AFL (there are far, far more deserving targets for this).
Feelin a bit of pressure?
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Fun game last night. Melbourne off to a flyer, Dogs fight back to hit the front, then Melbourne just own the game from then on.
Petracca didn't spend offseason rest on his laurels did he? Fucking beast of a player, great skill combined with just being stronger than everyone he plays on.
Dogs showed that just bombing it to the forward line won't hurt Melbourne all that often because May is huge, moves well, and is mean to go with it.
I know it's only round 1, but that was not a bad statement from the Demons. -
@barbarian said in AFL 2022:
See this in the post game presser? One of the most bizarre rants I've seen from Luke Beveridge. Blew up at Tom Morris at Fox for breaking team news (Lachie Hunter dropped). Went full retard.
'Gutter journalism': Bevo storms out after extraordinary outburst
Luke Beveridge left his post-match media conference early after a crazy outburst
When a guy goes off like this I think someone needs to sit him down and remind him it's just a game. Just a fucking game. He makes out like the journo is seling state secrets. And although that wasn't the forum in which to have a constructive debate, the journo at least deserved a brief right of reply. So if anyone finds that the journo has published somethine, please post it.
