daisycutter

fair enough, psd, your choice the current system of 17 games plus 5 (seemingly) random games is the root of the current unfairness and lack of transparency. the conference system was just a way to make the fixture predictable and transparent. it's by no means perfect either. i go back a long way. in the '60s (12 teams 18 rounds) at least i'm pretty sure, there were 11 games against all the other teams, followed by 7 games against 7 of the other 11 teams. this 7 games was on a fixed rolling sequence. e.g. one year play team 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 then next year 8,9,10,11,1,2.3, then next year 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 etc etc. fixed and predictable, no afl fiddling, but of course still a bit of a lottery depending on the year, but as "fair" as could be made. (n.b. games didn't have to be played in same sequence each year) anyway, somewhere along the way this all got changed due to marketing, club power politics and stakeholder interests, and no-one in the public knows exactly how the extra 5 games are chosen. of course we can guess and have our own theories. at least this is how i remember things , it certainly wasn't always the way it is now.

an alternative approach: 3 conferences each of 6 sides play each team in conference twice plus once against all other conference teams i.e. (2 x 5) + (1 x12) = 22 games total conferences initially decided by ranking all teams over say 20 years (or 10 or 25 or 30 or whatever). conf1 - 1,4,7,10,13,16 conf2 - 2,5,8,11,14.17 conf3 - 3,6,9,12,15,18 Final 8 = top 2 from each conference plus next best performing 2 teams

n.b. note combined scoring 21.11...........i wish

whole giants team coming down with covid mid game? swans kick 9 un-answered goals after being down 34 pts..................wtf

richmond might ask for the premiers challenge?

here;'s the afl tearing their hair trying to keep a fixture alive...... .....and the sooky entitled jeelong karens are sobbing for favours

bugle boy reminds me of nicky winmar

what are all those papyrus bushes doing on top of the stands?

all tradesmen?

gawd, imagine how bad that game would have been if they weren't indoors.....mind boggles

aints should snatch a loss here out of the jaws of victory

now watch the aints [censored] it up

a truly forgettable game both teams with plenty on the line......and they dish up this rubbish

seems he's only talking of victorians though

i think the health 'experts' acting as advisors had a big say too

from now on the cats name is to be dropped they will now be called the jilong karens let's make it stick

the opposite of a logophobe

harmes.....who has an ear infection

i feel dirty......but i'll take it with bells on

charlie: You take the breath right out of me max: 'Cause I will be the death of you

yay now reschedule nt game

the only time i get a laugh from brian is when he is trying to be serious

anyone want to guess the final number? cutoff is end of this month i'll kick it off with 52,653

afl clubs generally have special exemption conditions with states, and as our numbers are still low those exemptions should stay, if things get worse in vic, all bets off

we can do it any way we want.....and the press certainly will if it creates a story so pick your own poison - wins losses %wins or whatever, i really don't care that much