The Great Equalised (mostly) Competition

[Engorged Onion 9,258]

After taking my 7yo in the train to the  ‘G’ today and revelling in his joy at watching the Dees live for the first time, circumstantially on the anniversary of my fathers death 7yo ago of MND, I reflected on the circle of life.

oh and death 

and as we pulled into the south Geelong station at 7pm, hearing the crowd silence (yes hearing it) as GWS got another goal from about 800m away. I considered the fact that the AFL are reaching a version of the utopian vision of any team can win on any given day, bar 1-3 sides. 

What I know it means for ‘us’ is that 4 losses b 11 rounds in over the course of a 23 round season and the method of our other wins, hasn’t papered over deficiencies per se. It speaks of how close the competition is and really (inc Collingwood) there are no standouts. 
 

TL/DR

We’re in it up to our eyeballs even though it doesn’t feel this way, as the disparity between the best and worst of the competition has contracted significantly. 
and it’s a good thing - but really stressful, if you want to smack teams weekly.

[The heart beats true 16,109]

I agree. This round of footy has proven how tight the competition is. This might the year where doing the simple things well make all the difference.

[layzie 28,708]

It would be so great if the rest of the results went our way and we can just go back to how it was pre round 11.

[deanox 8,568]

I've thought similar things this year. Even Hawthorn aren't as bad as they appear at times.

 

Enjoy this short moment of competition. Tassie will stir that up again.

[John Demonic 4,794]

10 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

After taking my 7yo in the train to the  ‘G’ today and revelling in his joy at watching the Dees live for the first time, circumstantially on the anniversary of my fathers death 7yo ago of MND, I reflected on the circle of life.

oh and death 

and as we pulled into the south Geelong station at 7pm, hearing the crowd silence (yes hearing it) as GWS got another goal from about 800m away. I considered the fact that the AFL are reaching a version of the utopian vision of any team can win on any given day, bar 1-3 sides. 

What I know it means for ‘us’ is that 4 losses b 11 rounds in over the course of a 23 round season and the method of our other wins, hasn’t papered over deficiencies per se. It speaks of how close the competition is and really (inc Collingwood) there are no standouts. 
 

TL/DR

We’re in it up to our eyeballs even though it doesn’t feel this way, as the disparity between the best and worst of the competition has contracted significantly. 
and it’s a good thing - but really stressful, if you want to smack teams weekly.

Absolutely echo this thought. I was just thinking about how every win or loss is becoming a referendum on whether you can win the flag or are making up the numbers by the media/fans - It's a pendulum flipping from the extremes of Happiness and Hope to Stress and Despair. And it doesn't reflect the reality of the season at all right now, with almost every club bar North and WCE competing hard in every contest and match from week to week.

It might be that Collingwood and Brisbane are separating themselves as 'dominant' teams, but its round 11 and we still wait to see whether they are going to sustain it too. There might be a massive logjam of 10-12 teams in the last month of the season, all vying not only for finals, but positioning in the top 4 and 8, And yeah we'll probably be one of them (unfortunately for those that want a stable top 2 position)

Edited May 27, 2023 by John Demonic

[Stu 846]

8 hours ago, layzie said:

It would be so great if the rest of the results went our way and we can just go back to how it was pre round 11.

Funnily enough, I can see Richmond getting the “first game with a new coach” win over Port, and Adelaide are a chance against the Lions. I can’t see how Collingwood lose, but boy if they did…. 

[leave it to deever 15,325]

7 minutes ago, Stu said:

Funnily enough, I can see Richmond getting the “first game with a new coach” win over Port, and Adelaide are a chance against the Lions. I can’t see how Collingwood lose, but boy if they did…. 

Ironically it will probably be us do beat them on Kb. Don't ask me why.

 

[layzie 28,708]

13 minutes ago, Stu said:

Funnily enough, I can see Richmond getting the “first game with a new coach” win over Port, and Adelaide are a chance against the Lions. I can’t see how Collingwood lose, but boy if they did…. 

Yeah I think a Richmond win is gettable 

[layzie 28,708]

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Ironically it will probably be us do beat them on Kb. Don't ask me why.

 

If anything could single handedly turn our season around and open a big carton of momentum all over the place, that would be it.

[John Demonic 4,794]

4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Ironically it will probably be us do beat them on Kb. Don't ask me why.

 

I never thought we'd go 4/4 or 3/1 from the month of: Freo, Carl, Coll & Geel.

2/2 was always the most realistic. I reckon we can take care of Carlton and then if we're a club that can win through adversity, then we get an "upset" win against Collingwood or Geelong.

This loss against Freo then begins to looks a lot more like a random result where we were off by %2, than it does about where we are in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Stu 846]

3 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Ironically it will probably be us do beat them on Kb. Don't ask me why.

 

The QB games were always ones where the form guide meant nothing. We went in favourites the last two years and lost, so maybe we go in underdogs and win. I really hope so. I can’t stand losing to them! 

[dl4e 5,583]

4 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Ironically it will probably be us do beat them on Kb. Don't ask me why.

 

Won't happen.