On 8/25/2022 at 3:20 PM, OhMyDees said:

My favourite:

Hopefully Ed Langdon says something dumb again.

Poor Ed!

@binman you need to have a serious word to your mate.  Anyone that supports Collingwood/Carlton/Essendon/Richmond etc over any team is NQR. I spent 8 years in Sydney back in the 90’s and became a member to get my live footy fix.  The majority of members seemed to be from Vic, SA, and WA and adopted Sydney as a second team.  Probably the most reasonable group of afl fans in history as we just went for fun and none of us were fully vested (unless our teams were playing). Maybe things have changed.

For all AFL clubs it’s the 1% of bad supporters that give the other 99% a bad name. The exceptions of course are Collingwood/Carlton/Essendon/Richmond/West Coast where 99% give the other 1% a bad name.

8 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

I think they have every right to be confident. They are no more delusional than some on Demonland who have suggested the game will be over by half time and we win by 10 goals. 
2022 is not 2021. 

Absolutely...they finished on the same points as us and beat us last time we met.

We are a lot more settled now and seem to be playing like we did last year.

I don't expect a 10 goal win...I'm thinking 5.

Our mids will worry them.

4 hours ago, Watson11 said:

For all AFL clubs it’s the 1% of bad supporters that give the other 99% a bad name. The exceptions of course are Collingwood/Carlton/Essendon/Richmond/West Coast where 99% give the other 1% a bad name.

Lets not forget Port Adelaide supporters in that. I have a mate who is in the 1% and he agrees with me.

Edited September 1, 20222 yr by dworship

On 9/1/2022 at 10:48 AM, binman said:

That is approximately how i think the game will go - i've predicted a 47 point win. 

No, its not last year. We are better this year.

Delusional? Nup.

Or if it is, there are a lot of punters who share the delusion, given bookies are only offering for $4.25 for a 40 point plus win.

That price is about right i reckon, given we are a far better team and close finals, particularly in the first week of finals, are quite uncommon - in part because once a game is decided (ie one team has an unassailable lead), the losing team often folds in  elimination finals as the realization hits they are finished for the year, or in the case of Qualifying finals they conserve energy for their semi.

By way of example, the margins in the finals last year were:

QF 2 - Dees hammered the lions by 33 

QF 1 - Port hammered cats by 43 points

EF1 - the dogs smashed the bombers by 49 points (after scores were all  but level at half time)

EF2 - the one close game, with the giants beating the swans by a point

Semi 1  - Cats beat giants by 38

Semi 2 - dogs beat the lions in a thriller by a point

PF 1 - Dees [censored] the cats by 73 points

PF 2 -  dogs smash port by 71 points

GF - Dees smash dogs by  74 points

So, nine finals with only two close games and seven hidings.

I really really love your posts and I especially love your endless optimism. 
Sydney had every right to be confident and are my pick for the flag. They killed us all over the ground. 
 

I gotta say, I don't think there is a smarmier supporter base in the league.

Both games this year against them at the G has seen their supporters getting right up in our faces and just being generally ungracious wankers.

Is it because their Melbourne based fans lost their club to NSW?

38 minutes ago, A F said:

I gotta say, I don't think there is a smarmier supporter base in the league.

Both games this year against them at the G has seen their supporters getting right up in our faces and just being generally ungracious wankers.

Is it because their Melbourne based fans lost their club to NSW?

Agree, can't stand them.