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The importance of the return of community football after July 20 cannot be over estimated but it also means that at that time the AFL quarantine rules also become redundant.

That will be in time for Round 8.

It also co-incides with the SA and Qld borders being opened. (I think)

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ROUND 2 MATCH LENGTHS (Minutes:seconds)

GWS v North Melbourne: 110:51

Brisbane v Fremantle: 110:21

Geelong v Hawthorn: 108:30

Essendon v Sydney: 108:19

Gold Coast v West Coast: 107:31

Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 106:12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: 103:29

Carlton v Melbourne: 100:15

Collingwood v Richmond: 94:02

Average: 105:30

Average length in 2018: 121:36

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13 hours ago, Demonland said:

ROUND 2 MATCH LENGTHS (Minutes:seconds)

GWS v North Melbourne: 110:51

Brisbane v Fremantle: 110:21

Geelong v Hawthorn: 108:30

Essendon v Sydney: 108:19

Gold Coast v West Coast: 107:31

Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 106:12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: 103:29

Carlton v Melbourne: 100:15

Collingwood v Richmond: 94:02

Average: 105:30

Average length in 2018: 121:36

Just out of curiosity, why is the average length of games in 2018 given and not 2019?

There's quite a disparity between the shortest and longest games. I assume the low scoring, particularly the low number of goals, is the main reason for our game and the Richmond/Collingwood game being so short. 

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18 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Just out of curiosity, why is the average length of games in 2018 given and not 2019?

There's quite a disparity between the shortest and longest games. I assume the low scoring, particularly the low number of goals, is the main reason for our game and the Richmond/Collingwood game being so short. 

2020 has longer gamebreaks between goals which tends to skew the numbers as well.

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13 hours ago, Demonland said:

ROUND 2 MATCH LENGTHS (Minutes:seconds)

GWS v North Melbourne: 110:51

Brisbane v Fremantle: 110:21

Geelong v Hawthorn: 108:30

Essendon v Sydney: 108:19

Gold Coast v West Coast: 107:31

Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 106:12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: 103:29

Carlton v Melbourne: 100:15

Collingwood v Richmond: 94:02

Average: 105:30

Average length in 2018: 121:36

So Collinwood and Ricmond only played 94 minutes of game time.?   What the.!

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23 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Someone invoked a mercy rule. Lowest scoring game in over 20 years.

HaHa,  they should have done that at the 15 minute mark,  so we can't see them.

But seriously, how can two teams play so much less game time;  the following week they are both at an advantage.

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16 hours ago, Demonland said:

ROUND 2 MATCH LENGTHS (Minutes:seconds)

GWS v North Melbourne: 110:51

Brisbane v Fremantle: 110:21

Geelong v Hawthorn: 108:30

Essendon v Sydney: 108:19

Gold Coast v West Coast: 107:31

Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 106:12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: 103:29

Carlton v Melbourne: 100:15

Collingwood v Richmond: 94:02

Average: 105:30

Average length in 2018: 121:36

so 87% of normal. i.e. 13% less time

interesting because nominally you'd expect 16:20 to be 25% less

part of reason would be extra dead time after each goal for tv ads

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Seriously think the AFL should increase the game time back to what it was.  I actually think shorter games has hurt us more than a lot of sides with the additional fittness we built over the preseason.  In the preseason games we really started to get on top in second halves as our enhanced fitness kicked in.

Have heard arguments that the integrity of the game / season would be damaged if the change was made after the first two Rds had already been played.  However, that integrity was already damaged when the switch to shorter games was made in the first place.

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On 6/15/2020 at 10:39 PM, Demonland said:

ROUND 2 MATCH LENGTHS (Minutes:seconds)

GWS v North Melbourne: 110:51

Brisbane v Fremantle: 110:21

Geelong v Hawthorn: 108:30

Essendon v Sydney: 108:19

Gold Coast v West Coast: 107:31

Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 106:12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: 103:29

Carlton v Melbourne: 100:15

Collingwood v Richmond: 94:02

Average: 105:30

Average length in 2018: 121:36

The fact our match was a full 21 minutes shorter than last year's average is all the more concerning. By last year's timing, we built up a 42 point lead by the end of the 1st, and lost it by the start of the 4th. Carlton may well have won by 5-6 goals on Sunday if we were playing full quarters. A 70 point turnaround.

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6 hours ago, praha said:

The fact our match was a full 21 minutes shorter than last year's average is all the more concerning. By last year's timing, we built up a 42 point lead by the end of the 1st, and lost it by the start of the 4th. Carlton may well have won by 5-6 goals on Sunday if we were playing full quarters. A 70 point turnaround.

The one thing I would point out is that we were absolutely murdering Carlton in the first quarter, if that had been full length I honestly feel like we would've been 10 goals in front. Quarter time was a massive blessing to them as it gave Teague a chance to talk with them to restructure and restart. 

Impossible to know how they would've reacted to being that far behind at that stage.

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Fair comment perhaps from European fans....

We have significant concerns regarding attempts by broadcasters to replace or imitate the unique atmosphere produced by fans. Augmented reality technology, pre-recorded chants, and other forms of artificial support represent a rebuke to match-going fans. The absence of fans cannot be compensated for by a computer simulation aimed at the amusement of television audiences.

an alliance of fans from 16 countries around Europe from launching a campaign against fake crowd noise.

On a stranger note the English  League 2 have embraced not only the cardboard cut out concept but have encouraged fakes. Trump and Boris will be in attendance !!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/17/shaq-oneal-donald-trump-cutouts-league-two-play-offs-northampton-cheltenham-exeter

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The game may be played Wednesday if all other Essendon players test clear, otherwise I can see the season progressing 

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