#AFL Round 16 Weekly Discussion Thread

[Sandridge]

I believe the free-kick score was 82-49 in the 4 games they played in the 2016 final series.

And the further they advanced in that final series, the better their free kick for/against ratio became! Don't forget, they shouldn't have even been in that Grand Final! The umpires got them over the line in the PF against GWS!

[barry]

It's a weird one. Basically there is a notional national (sorry) comp that was created out of a one city comp because it (the VFL)
was about to collapse. And now it's success in the other states is judged against how it fares in Melbourne, which itself has benefitted
substantially (ie it's still going) because of the addition of the interstate teams.
Maybe we need to start looking at things a little differently. Maybe crowds of 12,000 at Giants Stadium, or 8,000 at Blundstone,
or 15,000 at a North home game at Marvel are OK in the current climate and taking into account how much competition there
is for the entertainment dollar these days, and not utter failures just because 65,000 show up to a Richmond-Collingwood game
at the MCG.
BTW, the average H & A crowd at the SCG this year is down 10.7% on last year, and the average H & A crowd at Giants Stadium
is down 4% on last year. Though once the derby game is played there in a few weeks, the average H & A crowd at Giants Stadium
will probably show a slight increase on last year. I just think interest in going to games in Sydney has plateaued.

You are right, and maybe my expectations for the giants are too high.

If you compare them to other similar clubs. Early swans, bears, gold coast and to a lesser extent Freo and Port, they arent tracking too badly.
I think the media is lot more fragmented than back in the swans early days. Back then there were 5 TV stations to watch, no netflix, basic internet only. By 7 showing the swans on TV, we got 20-30% of eyeballs in Sydney who couldnt be bothered to change channels whether they liked AFL or not.

[Hotpotato]

The Lions were awesome on the weekend, however their run home is pretty tough.
Be pleased if they went all the way.

[stevoswan]

The Lions were awesome on the weekend, however their run home is pretty tough.
Be pleased if they went all the way.

Yeah, now that we are pretty much gone, definitely would love to see the Lions take it out. They're probably my third team (Geelong second, Mum went for them.....Dad was Swans).

I enjoyed the 2001-2003 finals series immensely (except for the Lions beating us in the prelim final in '03 of course ).

[Melbourne_Blood]

Yeah, now that we are pretty much gone, definitely would love to see the Lions take it out. They're probably my third team (Geelong second, Mum went for them.....Dad was Swans).

I enjoyed the 2001-2003 finals series immensely (except for the Lions beating us in the prelim final in '03 of course ).

Me also , been following them all year as really liked some of their footy last year . Also had a sneaky bet on them for the flag into Jeremy Cameron for the Coleman .


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[Blood Fever]

Me also , been following them all year as really liked some of their footy last year . Also had a sneaky bet on them for the flag into Jeremy Cameron for the Coleman .


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Your shout if it gets up! Both right in it.

[KTigers]

Yeah, now that we are pretty much gone, definitely would love to see the Lions take it out. They're probably my third team (Geelong second, Mum went for them.....Dad was Swans).

I enjoyed the 2001-2003 finals series immensely (except for the Lions beating us in the prelim final in '03 of course ).

Yes, who can forget that doozy of a last quarter in that prelim at ANZ. We were building towards something much greater in 05
of course. My order of preference would be 1.Swans, 2.GWS, 3.Brisbane, 4.Suns..... 16.Collingwood, 17.Western Bulldogs,
18.the yellow and brown people.

[goswannies]

Yes, who can forget that doozy of a last quarter in that prelim at ANZ. We were building towards something much greater in 05
of course. My order of preference would be 1.Swans, 2.GWS, 3.Brisbane, 4.Suns..... 16.Collingwood, 17.Western Bulldogs,
18.the yellow and brown people.

Mine is
1. Swans
...
Don’t care thereafter

[KTigers]

Mine is
1. Swans
...
Don’t care thereafter

Don't be like that mate.... we all know it's hard to watch the GF and not at least be mildly cheering someone on...

[mcs]

Yeah, now that we are pretty much gone, definitely would love to see the Lions take it out. They're probably my third team (Geelong second, Mum went for them.....Dad was Swans).

I enjoyed the 2001-2003 finals series immensely (except for the Lions beating us in the prelim final in '03 of course ).

03 was a great year though, even with the undesirable end to the Prelim Final. Was a sign of things to come in the following seasons.

[Bloods05]

Mine is
1. Swans
...
Don’t care thereafter

1. Swans
18. GWS

[stevoswan]

Yes, who can forget that doozy of a last quarter in that prelim at ANZ. We were building towards something much greater in 05
of course. My order of preference would be 1.Swans, 2.GWS, 3.Brisbane, 4.Suns..... 16.Collingwood, 17.Western Bulldogs,
18.the yellow and brown people.

Definitely agree with your bottom three.