The AFL / Aussie Rules Thread

Papy Oli · September 07, 2023, 01:33:00 AM

ouch, the spirit of Harald Schumacher is alive and well...

It's turning ugly...

Papy Oli · September 07, 2023, 01:43:32 AM

Mason Cox v Max Gawn

getting tasty...

Madiel · September 07, 2023, 03:47:47 AM

I'm watching rather delayed. But I've seen the early incident.

Holden · September 07, 2023, 01:27:45 PM

The 'Pies are through to the next phase but it wasn't easy against a team that finished three places below them. That said, the Dees get another crack later.

Papy Oli · September 09, 2023, 12:07:32 AM

Q1 of Pies V Dees is probably the ugliest quarter of footy I have seen in my short watching life.

The Swans nearly pulled off a miracle recovery yesterday but I think seeing Carlton go through and as well as GWS (comprehensively) today is quite logical on their late form. With a tasty Lions v Port shortly, that really makes for exciting September Finals.

Holden · September 09, 2023, 06:20:47 PM

I thought that Saints would beat the Giants but it was obvious by the end of the first quarter that there superior midfield play would be the difference and so it proved to be. The way the Lions disposed of Port has me backing them for the flag this year. I feel that Collingwood peaked a little bit early and this is now coming back to bite them.

Madiel · September 15, 2023, 07:54:20 AM

Having been out earlier in the night, I just finished watching Melbourne v Carlton.

Heck of a game, in front of 96,000 people.

Holden · September 15, 2023, 04:04:05 PM

26 scoring kicks to 18 and you still lose. Just goes to show how important those 6 pointers are.

Papy Oli · September 15, 2023, 11:40:45 PM

I watched bits and bobs of the game yesterday...and left it when the Dees were 69-60 up, should have known better

Watched the last few minutes, what a deafening noise it was....

Madiel · September 15, 2023, 11:52:12 PM

News today that Ron Barassi has died, age 87.

One of the greatest players of all time.

Papy Oli · September 15, 2023, 11:59:28 PM

Out of curiosity, I had a look at Carlton's wiki page for their Honours.

They finished with the wooden spoon only 5 years ago. In the 2018 table, Brisbane and Saint Kilda were in the bottom four (And the Suns but we won't mention it

). West Coast Eagles finished second and ended up Premiers. Hawthorn finished fourth. That was only 5 years ago...

It'd be really interesting to find a graph where you can pick each teams' evolution over the years, to have an idea of length of such good/bad cycles (because of draft or otherwise).

Papy Oli · September 16, 2023, 12:07:02 AM

Quote from: Madiel on September 15, 2023, 11:52:12 PMNews today that Ron Barassi has died, age 87.

One of the greatest players of all time.

And a Melbourne player as well. That will add to the sadness of that club this weekend.

Weirdly, his face looked familiar. Reading an article briefly, it must have been from the Dees' celebrations with their recent premiership. he had won their last previous title 57 years prior!!

Papy Oli · September 16, 2023, 12:17:17 AM

That's not going to help the prejudice that Australia has a very frightening fauna

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1702890840731815979

Madiel · September 16, 2023, 12:52:42 AM

Quote from: Papy Oli on September 15, 2023, 11:59:28 PMOut of curiosity, I had a look at Carlton's wiki page for their Honours.

They finished with the wooden spoon only 5 years ago. In the 2018 table, Brisbane and Saint Kilda were in the bottom four (And the Suns but we won't mention it ). West Coast Eagles finished second and ended up Premiers. Hawthorn finished fourth. That was only 5 years ago...

It'd be really interesting to find a graph where you can pick each teams' evolution over the years, to have an idea of length of such good/bad cycles (because of draft or otherwise).

Yes, it's rather hard to be near the top for long periods, partly thanks to the draft system. Which is why the long run of Geelong, for example, in regularly being in finals is so impressive. I vaguely remember some statistic about Sydney making finals as well.

Papy Oli · September 16, 2023, 03:37:03 AM

Quote from: Madiel on September 16, 2023, 12:52:42 AMYes, it's rather hard to be near the top for long periods, partly thanks to the draft system. Which is why the long run of Geelong, for example, in regularly being in finals is so impressive. I vaguely remember some statistic about Sydney making finals as well.

Going from Premiers to 13th us is a ruthless way to find out about such cycles, I tell you

Papy Oli · September 16, 2023, 03:47:35 AM

3 take-home points from reading Barassi's wiki entry:

- Ok, Legend makes sense

- learning he actually is the origin point of the Father/Son rule, after Melbourne promised to take care of him and his mum, following his father's passing in WW2.

- I am on the right side of the Barassi line

Madiel · September 16, 2023, 05:25:44 AM

Technically I'm on the wrong side of the Barassi Line, but Canberra is pretty close to being on that boundary.

Papy Oli · September 22, 2023, 11:55:30 PM

About yesterday's game:

well, that was close !!

Collingwood obviously deserves it for their season but credit to GWS for their end of season run to take them that far.

How about tonight's game: Carlton 31-8 up after Q1!! The Lions are picking the wrong game to let the Gabba be less of a fortress... We'll see how it pans out. Maybe Carlton will pull off what GWS just fell short to do.

Papy Oli · September 23, 2023, 12:33:16 AM

HT...Lions by 3.

Carlton fans are a bit quieter...

Madiel · September 23, 2023, 02:42:11 PM

The Collingwood vs GWS game was quite amazing.

The most amazing thing about the Brisbane v Carlton game was how sedate it was by the very end.