AFL 2022
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Melbourne v Carlton GF locked in.
Collingwood don't suck? Does this mean Bucks is just a shit coach?
This week's cooked = Western Bulldogs
Also = Port (holy shit the fanbase will be out for Hinkley's blood)
Now No Longer Cooked = Richmond
North are terrible. So are the Crows. Freo are worse than i thought, but have a couple of excuses.
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something that hasn't got as much press as i thought it would, swannies beating Geelong by 30 and we still haven't got papley back
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@kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
something that hasn't got as much press as i thought it would, swannies beating Geelong by 30 and we still haven't got papley back
something else may have happened in that game to take most of the focus
The Swans look excellent at the moment. Youth and heaps of run. I hope they can keep it up all year.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
R2 Kneejerk Reactions
Melbourne v Carlton GF locked in.
Collingwood don't suck? Does this mean Bucks is just a shit coach?
This week's cooked = Western Bulldogs
Also = Port (holy shit the fanbase will be out for Hinkley's blood)
Now No Longer Cooked = Richmond
North are terrible. So are the Crows. Freo are worse than i thought, but have a couple of excuses.
Sam Mitchell was a hell of a player. May also be able to coach.I saw bits of it yesterday and North were certainly lucky to have struck WC missing about a thousand guys but still struggled to put them away. That forward that kicked six will be examining his contract closely.
Interesting start for the Dogs. They might have been expected to start 1-1 but not 0-2, and now they have a red-hot Sydney and potentially resurgent Richmond before the guaranteed W vs the Roos in R5. It's still early days and they could yet be 3-2 after R5, but they could also easily be 1-4.
Most of the media platitudes after R1 went to the Cats but they've come back to Earth with a thump.
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Most of the media platitudes after R1 went to the Cats but they've come back to Earth with a thump.
there's sort of a bit of that around, but more the other way
I doubt many picked Richmond, especially by that margin
I think most would have picked Freo
Definitely most would have predicted bounce backs from port and the DogsIf this keeps up should be a fun year. Take your wins when you can get them.
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@mariner4life Yep looks at this stage like most teams will be very competitive, aside from North and hopefully the Crows (I hate the Crows, and not just because they look a bit like Waikato).
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@mariner4life Yep looks at this stage like most teams will be very competitive, aside from North and hopefully the Crows (I hate the Crows, and not just because they look a bit like Waikato).
@booboo will be heartbroken
It usually starts to sort itself out after about 8 rounds. Until then it's guess work.
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Crows ... how did they get so bad?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Crows ... how did they get so bad?
it's a good question. How do you go from a GF to a dumpster fire almost over night?
It's been five years?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Crows ... how did they get so bad?
it's a good question. How do you go from a GF to a dumpster fire almost over night?
You mean the Dogs?
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of shit...just realised the crows grand final was 5 years ago...covid fucks up time
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Crows ... how did they get so bad?
it's a good question. How do you go from a GF to a dumpster fire almost over night?
It's been five years?
they fell off a cliff straight after that GF didn't they? And have never looked like recovering
okay, a quick check
12 wins
10 wins
3 wins!
7 winsso the cliff was a couple of years later.
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@mariner4life This is why I find the Crows so distasteful: they beat us by one point in R10 last year. We were 9-0. They were 3-6. Hard to take. A two point loss in 2019 in R11 which was probably the final nail in our coffin that season after a shocking start. They kicked us out of the finals in 2002. There have been enough results like that to make me feel like Adelaide are a bogey team.
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Think you can put a pen through a few teams after this week - Adelaide, North Melbourne, Freo. West Coast won't make finals but will improve as they get their players back.
Sydney look the goods. As it stands I'd tip a top four of Sydney, Brisbane, Geelong and Melbourne in some order.
Hard to tip the rest of the 8, given a few of last years finalists are already battling (Essendon, GWS, Port). Think the Bulldogs will come good, think Carlton will make finals, but beyond that it's a bit of a crapshoot. Collingwood and/or Hawthorn? Surely not.
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There was some sort of Camp Staaldraad equivalent which seems to have destroyed their unity and they've just kept falling.
They're the biggest thing in SA so wondering how they can't find the talent, playing, coaching and admin, to fix it up.
They were fun when you could watch Eddie Betts ...
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some interesting stats out of the weekend
It looks like "expected goals" is becoming a thing, and looking at games with scores against average goal scoring
I think "expected score" is effectively looking at the number of shots, and seeing what the score would have been based on the team's historical averages.
If average scoring was real life
The Suns beat the Demons
The Dogs beat CarltonPort Adelaide became the first team since these records began to have +50 disposals, +5 inside 50s, +10 clearances, +10 tackles, and lose the game.
Which all goes to show the only stat that matters is the total score.
(expected score is so bullshit)
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At this stage, the whole comp is hoping for a "Richmond in 2018" type fuck up to stop Melbourne, who are far and away the best side to start the year.
Suns beating Carlton was fucking great.
I am far from sold on Brisbane. Losing to Geelong in Geelong is expected, but i think we've played average all season (except the witches hats v Norths).
Comp seems very even below the Demons, which is great. Upsets every week.
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Gill McLachlan to stand down as CEO at the end of the year
Got the AFL through Covid, started AFLW. Both impressive and shade anything else. Can be considered a success.
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@mariner4life the Gabba is a sell out for the Pies game, impressive. Obviously a lot of fans who are more optimistic and also maybe think more of the Pies than they deserve (let us hope).
