AFL 2024
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when its really a sign the draft works, sydney were 15th and 16th in 2019 and 2020....GWS 15th in 2022...so have used their draft picks well
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I don't think there's the same level of negative feeling about GWS that there was in 2019.
Their bulk draft picks have come and gone (to other clubs, in many cases) and this team has ridden out a very brief down cycle and emerged better. They've recruited smartly with guys like Jesse Hogan and developed later round picks like Tom Green.
I recall before the GF in 2019 there was plenty of talk about a hollow win if they got up, but I can't imagine any of that would be replicated this year. They are seen as gritty underdogs now.
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this comp is even weirder than the NRL
This weekend Carlton, Geelong and GWS lost. Port also lost but i didn't see them as a contender.
Of the "maybe we can sneak the 8" crew the Suns and the Bulldogs had embarrassing lossesEssendon currently sit in the falsest 5th you've ever seen, they have had the softest draw to start you could possibly imagine.
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the Bloods keep marching on!
....as i keep falling down the tipping table....
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Apparently Sydney are the only team that wants to be good.
Geelong lost at home to the going nowhere Port
GWS lost to the going nowhere Bombers
Melbourne gave to big a start to Carlton and couldn't run them down
Brisbane and Adelaide sort of fucked each others seasons by drawing.The bottom of the table is awful, and yet somehow St Kilda lost to Hawthorn.
Looking at the 8 now, i can't see any other team forcing their way in
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2024:
the Bloods keep marching on!
....as i keep falling down the tipping table....
the Bloods keep marching on!
....as i keep falling down the tipping table....
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As a long time die-hard Suns fan
Last night was good
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
As a long time die-hard Suns fan
Last night was good
Since when? Aren't you a Lions fan?
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Dude...
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absolute meme round
Gold Coast flog the fuck out of the previously flying Geelong
Sydney hammer "premisership favourites" Carlton and drop them out of the 8
Collingwood win ANOTHER single score game
GWS have completely fallen in a hole
The less said about St Kilda v Freo the better. How's that Ross Lyon hire looking Saints fans?
The Lions torch Richmond, and Joe Daniher kicks the last shot out on the full just to troll Port fans
Essendon are 2nd??? WTF?
Port score 2 goals in the last few seconds to beat Hawthorn
Then West Coast beat Melbourne, and it appears Harley Reid is quite good at the footballsSo, Sydney are good, everyone else is very flawed.
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A word, if i may, on the absolute state of football commentary in this sport. If you are a fan of a team that isn't from Victoria, it is very, very apparent that the commentators, most especially the Ch7 guys, resent the fact you even exist.
If your Victorian team, especially a big one, is getting flogged by an out of state team, the commentary is like a funeral. And do no expect them to talk about how good your team has gone, it will be focused on the shit house Victorian outfit. Carlton were flogged on Friday, but all BT wanted to do was talk about them, and what they have to do (i am surprised he didn't say they were still in it). Richmond got absolutely fucking hosed on Saturday, but it was all about the positives for them coming out of it. I wonder what West Coast fans felt about that after the shit that got thrown at them last year?
We get it, most Victorian fans would be very happy to just go back to the VFL and have their little private party. But this is the national broadcaster, on FTA TV. Do better.
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2024:
the Bloods keep marching on!
....as i keep falling down the tipping table....
the Bloods keep marching on!
....as i keep falling down the tipping table....
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I had a bit of a shit week at work...and so when Mrs Womble said she was having dinner with some work mates...i settled in for watching some x-men 97 whilst playing WRC10 (very late 90's vibes for a while there)....and then settled in to watch the swannies.....was a nervy first 10-15 minutes....and then regular service commenced
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
Collingwood win ANOTHER single score game
Adelaide lose ANOTHER single score game (well their 3rd plus a draw)
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I think the story of the season so far is the relative parity. Besides Sydney, I don't think any team is really that good, and besides North I don't think any team is really that bad (Richmond are at the moment but I think that's injury inflicted).
Who is the second best team in the league right now? Tough question to answer. Hard to say Melbourne, Geelong, Carlton or GWS given their latest losses. Essendon and Port are fun but lack a class edge for mine. Maybe it's Collingwood, but they have been riding their luck as much as they did last year.
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push comes to shove i would say Collingwood as they are the defending premiers and they are climbing the table. But it's not a hill i am willing to die on
Couple of weeks ago i said the 8 was locked in. I wish to backtrack on that. fuck knows. 2 wins separates 3rd from 11th, and you wouldn't tip any game with any certainty
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That's why the endless commentary in the early part of the season is so maddening. A few weeks ago David King (who I like as an analyst) declared that it was Carlton's year and they will be in the GF. Now they aren't even in the eight.
And they still might make the GF. It's just such a long season. You can endure the bumps and come through OK, but the way they talk about shit is so definitive and it drives me nuts.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2024:
A few weeks ago David King
really? David King and his laptop i view as the dumbest smart-sounding analyst on TV. He spouts shit that sounds smart until you pay just a little bit of attention. Generally he looks for a hot take, and finds an inane stat that seems to back it up.
I'll never forget when he was trying to show how even the top 8 was, and his evidence was, if you added up the wins and losses column for those teams against each other, they balanced to zero. Oh fuck really David? Guess what, if you went deeper, the for-and-against would balance as well. mind. blown.
