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On 29/02/2024 at 13:47, Demon Dynasty said:

I'm with you Praha.  Season starting way too early and goes too long for mine.

I'd be happy with 18 rounds plus the bye!  Everyone plays each other once.  That's 19 weeks.  Plus 5 weeks of finals including the first week as a bye yes?  24 weekends or effectively almost 6 months of footy!

The only reason we go another 6 rounds is the almighty $$.  Makes no sense to have a fixture where some teams end up playing each other twice, potentially 3 or 4 times if you include finals.

Honestly I am fully invested in the NBA now as it starts getting good after the AFL Star break.

A March 7 start for the AFL is ridiculous. 

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    On 01/03/2024 at 02:14, DeeSpencer said:

     

    Our best possible side probably has McAdam, Pickett and Kossie all moving deep...

    Are Pickett and Kossie two different players or has big, bad Byron returned?

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    On 29/02/2024 at 21:20, Watson11 said:

    The stat I’d really like to see is some sort of net score involvement.  Score involvements minus turnovers that result in opposition scores.  That would allow a better assessment of players in similar roles.  

    Good call.

    Also the NBA style team +/- when a player is on the field, though doing this with 36 players at a time rather than 10 may be a bit tricky...

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    18 hours ago, dee-tox said:

    Are Pickett and Kossie two different players or has big, bad Byron returned?

    Byron's back only when we play Collingwood. 

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