Demonland

The Herald Sun understands Western Bulldogs-Port Adelaide will be the Friday night clash of Round 23. But with no bye, clubs playing on the Sunday of Round 23 could have six-day breaks leading into the finals. So Geelong-Melbourne shapes as a likely Saturday night clash given their ladder standing, with Brisbane-West Coast the other Saturday night clash at the Gabba. Sydney could take on Gold Coast in an afternoon or twilight clash on Saturday, maximising the Swans’ chances of a seven-day break. Hopes of a Darwin clash for Brisbane and West Coast in Round 23 are dwindling, and the Eagles would need a 14-day quarantine period if they returned from the Gabba after visiting Queensland. So there is every likelihood they will play at the Gabba and then remain out of Perth for the early weeks of the finals if they keep winning. Fremantle take on St Kilda in Round 23 in Melbourne and would also likely remain out of Perth if they qualified for finals. While clubs can play off seven days of hotel quarantine in Perth, they need a full 14 days before they are allowed out into the community. So the league could still use its bye week after the preliminary finals if it eventually shifted the last two weeks of the the finals to Perth. Teams could play the preliminary finals in hotel quarantine and then spend another week in quarantine before being released on the weekend of the bye. It would allow them into the community to enjoy Grand Final week without quarantine.

That’s an interesting question. If pre-finals bye is scrapped then no it would be on the 18th unless things are looking good COVID-Wise (although how can you be sure where COVID is concerned) and they institute a pre-GF bye.

Jon Ralph on Fox Footy saying that there will most likely be no pre-finals bye so likely teams in Top 6 will play early in the round. Bulldogs vs Port on Friday night. Cats vs Dees on Saturday night.

Looks like we’ll be playing the Cats on Saturday night next week.

There haven’t been many of them but I’d hate to lose a game or a final because of it.

Just turned the sound on as I’d been watching on mute whilst doing other things. I now regret that move.

We would never get a free like this. Ever

The ladder TEAM (GAMES) %age M/R FOOTSCRAY (10) 169.7 100 SOUTHPORT (10) 180.7 90 BOX HILL (10) 167.7 80 GEELONG (9) 167.3 78 CASEY (9) 166.6 78 W’TOWN (9) 136.4 72 COLLINGWOOD (9) 92.5 67 UWS GIANTS (11) 94.4 64 WERRIBEE (9) 147.5 56 FRANKSTON (11) 103.8 55 RICHMOND (10) 103.4 45 CARLTON (9) 101.3 44 SANDRINGHAM (9) 94.3 44 GOLD COAST (10) 76.9 40 N. MELBOURNE (9) 57.0 40 COBURG (10) 95.1 30 BRISBANE (10) 65.7 30 N BULLANTS (10) 62.6 30 SYDNEY (10) 88.9 20 ESSENDON (10) 64.5 20 P. MELBOURNE (9) 67.3 11 ASPLEY (10) 73.0 10

A friend of mine went to a baseball game in Los Angeles last night with 20,000 people. LA had nearly 4,000 COVID cases yesterday. We’re not going to get the chance to watch our team be a genuine chance for a premiership.

They are plus 83 as at Round 21. See graphic below. The graphic in my post above was from Round 2 from the original post in this thread.

They probably complained to the AFL. Rd 1 vs Collingwood + 4 Rd 2 vs WCE in Melbourne -5 Rd 3 vs Kangaroos + 9 Rd 4 vs Brisbane + 14 Rd 5 vs Suns + 1 Rd 6 vs GWS + 1 Rd 7 vs Richmond - 4 Rd 8 vs Carlton + 3 Rd 9 vs Port - 2 Rd 10 vs St. Kilda + 10 Rd 11 vs Melbourne + 1 Rd 12 vs Freo = 0 Rd 13 Bye Rd 14 vs Geelong + 8 Rd 15 vs WCE + 7 Rd 16 vs Kangaroos + 7 Rd 17 vs Sydney + 13 Rd 18 vs Suns - 1 Rd 19 vs Melbourne + 14 Rd 20 vs Adelaide = 0 Rd 21 vs Essendon + 3

It was the free kick differential after Round 2 which was the first round of the season that Zero Hanger release their Free Kick Differential graphic. I'm not sure why it disappeared but here it is again.