Dr. Gonzo

Melky! Langdon been good, Hunter has been alright don't know what some of you have been watching. A bit dumbly but Swans pressure has been good and the sun would be playing a bit of havoc, especially with the yellow ball - why would they use yellow when the sun probably won't go down til after the games finished anyway 🤦‍♂️

No. Finals tickets are split 50/50 as far as club members are concerned. That being said it probably will sell out quickly. They've mooted it will be the Thursday night game which sucks but they know it would sellout anyway so they can put it on then.

Of course we tanked, so did plenty of others most notably Carlton. I still don't see the issue with it, you can say it was wrong and impacted us culturally blah blah but if we scored Franklin/Roughead or Pendlebury/Thomas from it or say we got a Petracca/Oliver combo from it I doubt anyone would care. Our culture was cooked for other reasons, nothing to do with tanking.

Get back on the phones JT

C'mon Kangas!

Freo are 1.6% above GC so could we hope for the Hawks to wallop Freo and North to upset the Suns giving us pick 4 and still a chance at pick 1?

What's the crisis?

Yes but preseason 2019 they rated us as flag contenders. Their data is historic, it is not a projection. Based on 2019/20 you could say we did have a bottom 4 midfield prior to 2021.

Which is why the AFL props them up. They can't afford to miss finals two years running and the handouts they get through their academies for players like Blakey whose dad is a 350 gamer for North/Lions is a downright rort. Their arrogance [censored] me because unlike a club like the Hawks who actually won through being a good club, Sydney win through being the AFLs darling - you'd think they'd remember what it was like when they were on their knees in the early 90s but then again most of their supporters didn't jump on til 96.

Only for the GF. Other finals all members have access to the same allocation (correct me if I'm wrong @FearTheBeard but that's my understanding anyway).

Not true AT ALL!!!

And Petty pre-injury

If it's heavily weighted teams would still tank to have a better chance at the top pick. Even with the lottery tanking still exists in the NBA. You can't stop it and I don't think it's worth it.

Although it's also 3 of the last 8 seasons so maybe things have tightened up compared to the years prior to 2015?

I love Riv ❤️

Not Cats in 09, they beat Dogs in QF from memory. Dogs in 2016 came from 7th.

Worked for us. That's the way the comp is designed, would never want to see a draft lottery, NBA is totally different to AFL with only 5 starting players.

As long as the AFL don't try and pilfer him when Tassie comes in ala Scully

GF is a coin toss to decide "home" team isn't it?

Whereabouts is this at the G?

Well well, look at Mr Pollyanna over here 😜

Remember when Malthouse called one of our players (Hunt? Blease?) a cheat for claiming a ball was touched against the Blues? C'mon Mick, speak up 🙄 I made peace with the call, even in the moment once the umpire said "touched" I knew it wouldn't be overturned - but I was listening to the Demonland podcast on the way home from work tonight and @binman got me all riled up again!! Thanks binners 🤣

And held/scragged at boundary throw ins. And they have the gall to pay a free against him when he tries to protect himself when the umpires centre bounce goes over his head 🤬

No one has ever explained who the people are conducting the reviews in the "arc". It's one of the first questions I had when the review system was introduced, who is conducting the reviews? We can say, what if it happens in a final. Well it did, Tom Lynch vs Brisbane last year.

Brisbane will roll the Pies