Finals System tired and in need of a revamp?

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  • RogueSwan
    McVeigh for Brownlow
    • Apr 2003
    • 4602

    #16
    Originally posted by Robbo
    30 weeks is way too long. If the season went for that long then pretty much everyone would be booked in for surgery.
    I can already see an upside, Roos would have no choice but to play the Young Bloods.
    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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    • hammo
      Veterans List
      • Jul 2003
      • 5554

      #17
      Originally posted by CureTheSane

      Same with the Bottom 8 competition, they all play and end up with a "best of the rest" winner.
      Hmmm, I don't know how you would keep teams or fans interested in the bottom 8 competition. Tanking would become a huge problem.

      Simply for financial reasons, the draw will never be equitable. Collingwood will always have more games in Melbourne and play the likes of Essendon and Carlton twice, there will always be two derbies and showdowns also.

      I don't have a problem with the top 8 as it is.

      One change I wouldn't mind seeing is scrapping the NAB cup and introduce an FA Cup style competition to be played on designated weekends throughout the season. It would provide all teams with a chance of winning some legitimate silverware, with the final to be played sometime in July or early August (so as not to distract from the finals series and grand final in September).
      "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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      • CureTheSane
        Carpe Noctem
        • Jan 2003
        • 5032

        #18
        Originally posted by hammo
        Hmmm, I don't know how you would keep teams or fans interested in the bottom 8 competition. Tanking would become a huge problem.

        Simply for financial reasons, the draw will never be equitable. Collingwood will always have more games in Melbourne and play the likes of Essendon and Carlton twice, there will always be two derbies and showdowns also.

        I don't have a problem with the top 8 as it is.

        One change I wouldn't mind seeing is scrapping the NAB cup and introduce an FA Cup style competition to be played on designated weekends throughout the season. It would provide all teams with a chance of winning some legitimate silverware, with the final to be played sometime in July or early August (so as not to distract from the finals series and grand final in September).
        My main concern is that it's a LONG way to finish in the top half of the comp.
        And then it's all over in 4 weeks (one way or another)
        I'd like to see something developed like the Ice Hockey playoffs in the states.
        Although I think that their season is even longer than ours....
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        • BigD
          Swans Tragic No. 1
          • Apr 2007
          • 394

          #19
          I'd suggest leaving the H&A season as is but cut back to a 6 team finals series as follows:

          Teams finishing 1 & 2 get the first week off.

          Week 1
          Game 1) 3rd v 4th Loser Eliminated
          Game 2) 5th v 6th Loser Eliminated

          Week 2
          Game 3) 1st v 2nd Winner to GF, Loser to Week 3
          Game 4) Winner Game 1) v Winner Game 2) Winner to Week 3, Loser Eliminated

          Week 3
          Game 5) Loser Game 3) v Winner Game 4) Winner to GF

          Grand Final
          Winner Game 3) v Winner Game 5)

          What do you all think.
          Red & White forever.

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          • goswannie14
            Leadership Group
            • Sep 2005
            • 11166

            #20
            Originally posted by BigD
            I'd suggest leaving the H&A season as is but cut back to a 6 team finals series as follows:

            Teams finishing 1 & 2 get the first week off.

            Week 1
            Game 1) 3rd v 4th Loser Eliminated
            Game 2) 5th v 6th Loser Eliminated

            Week 2
            Game 3) 1st v 2nd Winner to GF, Loser to Week 3
            Game 4) Winner Game 1) v Winner Game 2) Winner to Week 3, Loser Eliminated

            Week 3
            Game 5) Loser Game 3) v Winner Game 4) Winner to GF

            Grand Final
            Winner Game 3) v Winner Game 5)

            What do you all think.
            I didn't like it when the 6 was being played and I haven't changed my mind.
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            • Big Al
              Veterans List
              • Feb 2005
              • 7007

              #21
              Originally posted by BigD
              I'd suggest leaving the H&A season as is but cut back to a 6 team finals series as follows:

              Teams finishing 1 & 2 get the first week off.

              Week 1
              Game 1) 3rd v 4th Loser Eliminated
              Game 2) 5th v 6th Loser Eliminated

              Week 2
              Game 3) 1st v 2nd Winner to GF, Loser to Week 3
              Game 4) Winner Game 1) v Winner Game 2) Winner to Week 3, Loser Eliminated

              Week 3
              Game 5) Loser Game 3) v Winner Game 4) Winner to GF

              Grand Final
              Winner Game 3) v Winner Game 5)

              What do you all think.
              This means 3 games less to fill the AFL coffers....in other words, pigs might fly first.

              I like the Top 8 as it is. I say leave it alone.
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              • BigD
                Swans Tragic No. 1
                • Apr 2007
                • 394

                #22
                I've got another scenario

                Week 1

                Game 1) 1st v 2nd Winner to Wk3, Loser to Wk2

                Game 2) 3rd v 4th

                Game 3) 5th v 6th Loser Eliminated

                Week 2

                Game 4) Loser Game 1 v Winner Game 2

                Game 5) Loser Game 2 v Winner Game 3 Loser Eliminated

                Week 3

                Game 6) Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 4 Loser Eliminated

                Game 7) Loser Game 4 v Winner Game 5 Loser Eliminated

                Week 4 (GF)

                Game 8) Winner Game 6 v Winner Game 7
                Red & White forever.

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