After Fremantle's surprise loss to Carlton, they are now the bottom team in the eight, on 28 points. Which means that we're now only one win and percentage outside of the eight.
Although I'm not all that confident about beating Essendon, with Sinclair and Franklin missing, it is actually possible for us to be in the eight, at the completion of the next round. Firstly, we need to beat Essendon by over 25 points, to go above them on percentage. Then Port and Fremantle need to suffer heavy losses, in their respective local derbies. Then North either has to lose against St Kilda; or beat them by about ten points less than the margin that we had beaten Essendon by.
Long odds, of course: but if it's possible to be in the eight next week, then it's very possible to be in the eight at season's end.
I feel like the Bombers game is pretty season defining. Win it and we’ll be in a position to make the eight. Lose it and its pretty tough.
We’ve got Carlton (h), Freo (a) after that
You can pull random samples out anywhere. I'm sure there is a game sometime where we had more free kicks than the dogs. Does that cancel out the grand final ?
GWS dominated round 1 game, and the free kick team usually favours the dominant team (all things being fair).
Like I said in my post, take a larger sample set of vic v non-vic in melbourne. There is a very strong trend there against the non-vic teams.
I cant imagine in any serious sport in the world where this sort of imbalance is tolerated. Unfortunetly in the AFL, the umpires are unaccountable, and since this has been going on for so long, there is no review process with penalty/rewards in place for fair performances.
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Razor Ray is from ACT, and probably the fairest umpire out there.
Thats all I'm aware of.
Beating Essendon is imperative but not enough. Our matches against Essendon, Freo (unless they go into a death spiral) and Port are all critical. Of the opponents we have left they are the ones who we are most directly competing with for a spot in the 8.
Great post by Beerman. And always enjoying your posts, deja and Markwebbos.
Witts avoids ban for his crude (and potentially extremely dangerous) hit on Blakey.....fined $2000 instead. The MRO is a joke.....shouldn't matter that Blakey got up, took his kick ad played the game out....he may not have played for weeks if Witts elbow collected him flush. Replays prove the ball wasn't Witts object. Laughable decision....
Big Sun avoids ban as MRO slaps eight with fines - AFL.com.au
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