AFL 2019
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Alright who you got for the finals? My picks in bold.
Week 1
West Coast v Essendon
Geelong v Collingwood
GWS v Bulldogs
Brisbane v RichmondWeek 2
Collingwood v West Coast
Richmond v BulldogsWeek 3
Geelong v Richmond
Brisbane v West CoastGrand Final
Geelong v West Coast -
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
As a matter of interest who will get the mandatory MCG for the first week of finals - will it be the Geelong Collingwood game? The other three games all interstate.
Geelong v Colllingwood yep
so I suppose in a way Geelong will be happy to get some much needed practice at the G but surely more of a home game for the Pies
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
As a matter of interest who will get the mandatory MCG for the first week of finals - will it be the Geelong Collingwood game? The other three games all interstate.
Geelong v Colllingwood yep
so I suppose in a way Geelong will be happy to get some much needed practice at the G but surely more of a home game for the Pies
Friday night footy, first week of the finals with two big Victorian clubs at the G will draw 80-90K. AFL administrators will be laughing all the way to the bank because it will also draw a big TV audience and advertisers will be getting on it.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
Mainly because most of the MCG tenants have been garbage for years.
My point is, to win a flag you have to perform on the MCG. When you only get two games there a year that's tough, especially for new/Young teams.
Paint it any way you want, playing on the finals ground 13 times a year is an advantage.
yeah it has to be an advantage for collingwood or richmond if they play a grand final against an interstate team , granted
actually getting there is another battle though ,
I think Brisbane will better for their experience yesterday , they werent blown out of the water and will gain confidence from that I believe
I think we would have learned a heap yesterday. And yes, i am actually backing us in at the 'gabba.
Week one of finals i can only really see Bombers v West Coast being a bit one-sided, all the others are too close to call.
I wouldn't want to be playing the Bulldogs at all, they are on fire, and the Bont is a fucking beast.
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and, because of the layout i have, i get to see my preseason predictions
Not too bad in picking Collingwood, West Coast and Richmond in the premiership hunt (hardly a hot take)
Had Geelong in the 8, but not near the top
Didn't see Brisbane comingMade the same mistake as everyone else with Melbourne. Likewise Adelaide.
Really underestimated the Dogs
So probably closer than last year to be fair
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
Mainly because most of the MCG tenants have been garbage for years.
My point is, to win a flag you have to perform on the MCG. When you only get two games there a year that's tough, especially for new/Young teams.
Paint it any way you want, playing on the finals ground 13 times a year is an advantage.
yeah it has to be an advantage for collingwood or richmond if they play a grand final against an interstate team , granted
actually getting there is another battle though ,
I think Brisbane will better for their experience yesterday , they werent blown out of the water and will gain confidence from that I believe
I think we would have learned a heap yesterday. And yes, i am actually backing us in at the 'gabba.
Week one of finals i can only really see Bombers v West Coast being a bit one-sided, all the others are too close to call.
I wouldn't want to be playing the Bulldogs at all, they are on fire, and the Bont is a fucking beast.
And while we are talking about the weirdness of the draw and the advantages , disadvantages of home grounds etc , this is how it can go the other way, can’t even remember the last time Richmond played at the Gabba, wasn’t this year , wasn’t last year , perhaps 2017 or 2016 .
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
Mainly because most of the MCG tenants have been garbage for years.
My point is, to win a flag you have to perform on the MCG. When you only get two games there a year that's tough, especially for new/Young teams.
Paint it any way you want, playing on the finals ground 13 times a year is an advantage.
yeah it has to be an advantage for collingwood or richmond if they play a grand final against an interstate team , granted
actually getting there is another battle though ,
I think Brisbane will better for their experience yesterday , they werent blown out of the water and will gain confidence from that I believe
I think we would have learned a heap yesterday. And yes, i am actually backing us in at the 'gabba.
Week one of finals i can only really see Bombers v West Coast being a bit one-sided, all the others are too close to call.
I wouldn't want to be playing the Bulldogs at all, they are on fire, and the Bont is a fucking beast.
And while we are talking about the weirdness of the draw and the advantages , disadvantages of home grounds etc , this is how it can go the other way, can’t even remember the last time Richmond played at the Gabba, wasn’t this year , wasn’t last year , perhaps 2017 or 2016 .
to be fair, games at the 'gabba have been forgettable for a decade...
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@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
that is strange. Where have the games been? 4 seasons is an eternity
#vicbias #tigersdonttravel #afldarlings
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
that is strange. Where have the games been? 4 seasons is an eternity
#vicbias #tigersdonttravel #afldarlings
I’m guessing Richmond and Brisbane have been playing just the once , and that is one of Brisbanes games at the g they get each year
It’s a bloody weird system
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
that is strange. Where have the games been? 4 seasons is an eternity
#vicbias #tigersdonttravel #afldarlings
I’m guessing Richmond and Brisbane have been playing just the once , and that is one of Brisbanes games at the g they get each year
It’s a bloody weird system
it gets stupider. In 2017 we played you twice, once at the G, once at Marvel
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
Round 4 2017 Richmond and Brissy played at the Gabba.
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@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
Round 4 2017 Richmond and Brissy played at the Gabba.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2019:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:
@mariner4life round 3 2015 , that is bizarre , wonder how many Richmond players have never played there, fair few I’m guessing
Round 4 2017 Richmond and Brissy played at the Gabba.
Yeah I just found that out myself, asked earlier on a Richmond forum and I got the other answer, went back on and he had been corrected , apologies @mariner4life
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and speaking of piston wristed gibbons, i just read the shit Reiwoldt hasn't played anywhere except the 'G all year. kissed on the dick.
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@mariner4life is that why it took you 7 days to respond
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First final was, as expected, a drubbing. Essendon were always the worst team in the finals, and that was ruthlessly exposed by West Coast who hammered them to the tune of 9 goals. West Coast march on to the G next weekend to play either Collingwood or Geelong i believe.
The way it played out actually worries me for Saturday night. Finals is just different footy. It's more intense, the margins are tighter, there is less whistle, it's just a different animal. And teams who are used to it, like that very experienced West Coast side, are far more able to deal with the change. Richmond are very much in that boat. The Lions are very much not. The one bloke who not only knows what it's like, but has a tendency to get even better at this time of year, is 35 years old.
My fear is, Richmond come out, jump us, and by the time we settle in to the work some time in the 3rd, the game is out of sight.
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Best part of the game was Zach Merrett pulling Nic Nat's hair, and Nic Nat throwing him like a little bitch. Aphaed in the most public way.
