MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 21

[Deefiant 441]

20 minutes ago, monoccular said:

If he can't get up after 6 day breaks his future must be bleak to say the least.

However they would do it, they should have a definite plan, and announce it before the event, unlikely as it may be.  But they don't and they won't.

They actually do... It's the afl regulations 2.5 if the percentage is exactly the same then the premiership points between the games against the two clubs, if that is the same then the percentage against the two clubs then a toss of the coin. 

[Deemented Are Go! 3,680]

Lobbe back in a bit of a worry? 

Or will he get eaten by TreeBeard? 

[Whispering_Jack 30,193]

4 hours ago, old dee said:

KC from Casey opened a new thread on this weekends game which has been immediately closed.

WHY?

what is the story here Mods?

Strange !

The only thread KC opened was this one.

It's still open OD. I suspect that the other thing that might be open is your bottle of malt. ??

 

[rjay 24,935]

3 hours ago, deanox said:

You do realise that Dawes wasn't dropped don't you? Roos publicly stated that he was rested as he didn't come up after 6 day breaks.

I suspect, given the way his body is struggling, that he may retire at season end, especially given when asked about Dawes future recently, Roos went out of his way to be non-committal. In a side with only 5 players over 25, surely you can understand why had been regularly picked despite his fundamental flaws?

Semantics, dropped or rested...he wasn't playing well enough and would have been a liability against the Hawks. Was never going to play.

...and since when is being over 25 a key selection criteria?

Edited August 11, 2016 by rjay

[rjay 24,935]

Lobbe an interesting selection...they've gone in with Trengove playing ruck most of the season.

If anyone remembers the preseason games (obviously Hinkley doesn't), big Max gave him a bath. That game set up Max's season.

[Dees2014 2,377]

On 10 August 2016 at 10:37 PM, Wadda We Sing said:

Brilliant. Btw what odds were we for the flag??

Starting to look like 1987. Will a Skilled Stadium be the new Western Oval?

 

[Copuchas 763]

11 hours ago, Deefiant said:

I think you'll find out that's not quite how percentage works. Just like in the extreme example 2-1 is 200% and 101-100 is 101% despite the difference being 1 in both cases 

I think you'll find that absolute percentage here is not the driver, it is relative percentage compared with Norf.  Furthermore, I think you'll find that it is the points for / points against comparison between the two sides that is the determinant and that currently sits at 138 points in Norf's favour.  It doesn't matter how the gap is bridged in terms of them losing big or us winning big, so long as that net deficit is eliminated.  Perhaps avail yourself of a calculator.....

Edited August 12, 2016 by Copuchas
typo

[jackaub 1,402]

15 hours ago, Abe said:

Our mini elimination final, this is as close to a knockout final as we've played in for a while, if we win this i suspect we'd probably beat the Blues and go into a Cats game that we won last year on the back of 4 in a row and real momentum. 

i can't see North winning again this year, and i think the Swans will beat the Saints which means the Saints have to make up a big % gap on North to play finals, where our gap with them is far more manageable over 3 games.

My Middle Eastern Bookie is offerring 150 : 1 Demons to make the 8 Sports bet 101

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,845]

10 hours ago, Deefiant said:

They actually do... It's the afl regulations 2.5 if the percentage is exactly the same then the premiership points between the games against the two clubs, if that is the same then the percentage against the two clubs then a toss of the coin. 

It should be head to head record not a stupid toss of the coin.

[DemonLad5 1,642]

Max will destroy Lobbe. First game back in the AFL for 4 months and was dropped to the VFL earlier in the year before he got injured

[Undeeterred 3,124]

12 hours ago, Robot Devil said:

If I recall correctly back in 2011 we drew with the Swans in Round 1. 

As a result both teams obviously had the same points and percentage. (2 and 100%)

The ladder at the end of Round 1 that year had Melbourne 8th and Sydney 9th.

Ladder positions were determined alphabetically. 

Should we conclude this season on the same number of wins and percentage as North it would be an awesome twist to knock them out of the finals ALPHABETICALLY. 

Would love to point out to them that changing their name from Kangaroos back to North Melbourne cost them a finals berth...

[Undeeterred 3,124]

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

It should be head to head record not a stupid toss of the coin.

It is.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

3 hours ago, jackaub said:

My Middle Eastern Bookie is offerring 150 : 1 Demons to make the 8 Sports bet 101

Whats his number?

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

2 hours ago, DemonLad5 said:

Max will destroy Lobbe. First game back in the AFL for 4 months and was dropped to the VFL earlier in the year before he got injured

Fair effort for a player playing in South Australia.

[old dee 23,792]

13 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The only thread KC opened was this one.

It's still open OD. I suspect that the other thing that might be open is your bottle of malt. ??

 

Sorry Jack it was closed until about two minutes after I posted. Not one gram of SM had passed my lips.

[pineapple dee 2,892]

15 hours ago, monoccular said:

I am sure that the AFL, in their infinite wisdom and with their infinite foresight and judgement, would dream up some sort of solution on the run.

I think finite is the word you're searching for Mono.

"Make it up on the run" has been a directive to the umpiring department this year. Must say they are doing it magnificently !!!!!! Especially numbers 2 and 33.

[leave it to deever 17,511]

21 hours ago, Unleash Hell said:

Poor Weed out.... Cyril must have got him

Would have been interesting to see him there with Hogan and Watts.

Pedo deserves another game.

[samcantstandya 1,056]

4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Would have been interesting to see him there with Hogan and Watts.

Pedo deserves another game.

We really need 2 think of a better nickname for Cameron. I can't call him Pedo.

[buck_nekkid 5,874]

4 minutes ago, samcantstandya said:

We really need 2 think of a better nickname for Cameron. I can't call him Pedo.

Apparently he loves it.  Which makes him a Pedo phile (boom Tish!)

[demonique 314]

I just put my tips in for this weeks games with itipfooty and they have us down at $23.00 and Power $2.34 

Ehh what the 

Some kind of typo???!

Edited August 12, 2016 by demonique

[monoccular 17,432]

9 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

It should be head to head record not a stupid toss of the coin.

Well that would be really bad for us then. :-(((

Number of wins in the second half of the season would be far better :-)))

[WA Demon13 39]

Can anybody confirm/deny Big max may be out with a dose of Gastro ??

[Demon Disciple 12,146]

3 hours ago, demonique said:

I just put my tips in for this weeks games with itipfooty and they have us down at $23.00 and Power $2.34 

Ehh what the 

Some kind of typo???!

Back both of them, you can't lose (other than a draw)

[Nasher 33,616]

36 minutes ago, WA Demon13 said:

Can anybody confirm/deny Big max may be out with a dose of Gastro ??

No changes to the squad so far.

[Deemented Are Go! 3,680]

47 minutes ago, WA Demon13 said:

Can anybody confirm/deny Big max may be out with a dose of Gastro ??

Where'd you hear that, WA?