I spend a lot of time in the car for work so I end up listening to plenty of football news. Tonight Mark Fine brought up our draw and commented that it was a great way to start the season, especially because we are 4 weeks behind most teams. He then went on to say that the AFL may of done some sly maneuvers to orchestrate our easy first few weeks to help the AFL branch into NSW.
What do you guys think? Is this the easiest first two weeks for a reigning premier that you have ever seen?
It's the most boring start to a footy season I can remember. Gws, suns and Norf are snooze material.
Giants over Easter was a fixed requirement, Gold Coast was likely just thrown up by the randomness of the supercomputer trying to get the best fit among billions of possiblities for a fixture with a hundred different requirements.
I posted on the other site, but the worst split a premier has had in the first part of the season was 50/50 between top and bottom teams. Geelong in (I think) 08 or 10 had 4/6 opening games against the bottom 8, and the Hawks in 2009 had 8/22 games against the bottom 5. The draw throws up these quirks.
He barracks for St.Kilda - of course he'd be looking for conspiracies! Possibly still not over the 2005 PF?
Disagree - North could be a good game next week.Originally Posted by barry
North look like a genuine chance at top 8 after today. Nothing to be complacent about.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
He's right, the draw is rigged. I've looked into it in some detail and we don't play anyone who finished above us all season !
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way you'll be a mile away and he'll be shoeless.
Also note that for two of our next three games (North and Saints) we also get an extra day's rest over our opponents between matches. This is a reasonable advantage when both teams have to travel interstate (or overseas) to play.
Of course the draw is rigged in our favour. It's our divine right.
And I double that
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Brilliant!
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