G.F. Day Thread. Sydney V Western Bulldogs. MCG 2.30pm.

[RogueSwan]

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If you're gunna include Mills, Macca & Tip, you have to give them Roughy, Suckling & Jong

Okay, maybe I didn't write what I meant. I felt we have struggled with significant injuries at the wrong end of the season recently.
I was going to make a comment about the number of forced changes we had through the finals (6) but the Dogs had more than I realised (2).

[SwansFan75]

I was there as many of you were and the umps were as bad as I've ever seen. Not only the free's but calls in general. If we had a 12-4 free count at 3/4 time we'd have been up by 30 and game over. Granted Dogs played well but we definitely got shafted by the maggots. Onto 2017, Go Swans.


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[Bexl]

Agree. I wrote on a Sportsfan thread last week that if the umpires don't get caught up in the 'Romance of the Dogs', we will win by 29 pts. I still stand by that assertion today. The umpires did get caught up in it and it cost us a premiership. They are supposed to be 'professionals'. They suck, the AFL sucks.......and it's sucking the life out of Swans fans.

100%

[goswannies]

I just calculated an unpaired t-test analysis on the significance of finals free kicks paid to the Bulldogs vs frees paid to their opposition, there was a statistical significance P=0.0057.

From a statistical analysis, this is a strong statistical trend. A P<0.05 is considered statistically significant.

In contrast, Sydney's 2016 finals free kicks for vs the opposition's free kick for, when compared with an unpaired t-test was P=0.1285 ... not statistically significant.

***A limitation of this analysis is the small sample size (just 4 games for both teams), however, this is typically more important for non-significant results ie not detecting a significant difference, where one might actually exist. For the Bulldogs games I would have confidence in the significant finding.

Numbers don't lie.

[barry]

We are on the wrong end of umpiring all the time. Why is it so and what are the swans doing about it.
To not kick up a fuss or not change how we play is crazy.

[goswannies]

We are on the wrong end of umpiring all the time. Why is it so and what are the swans doing about it.
To not kick up a fuss or not change how we play is crazy.

Well, the t-test analysis would suggest that during the 2016 finals, we essentially had a similar (or at least not a significantly different) number of free kicks when compared with our opposition.

[stevoswan]

Besides some healthy venting, I've been holding in a lot of emotion since yesterday, but just shed my first tear........watching Forrest Gump, geez that movie always gets to me!!

[goswannies]

Besides some healthy venting, I've been holding in a lot of emotion since yesterday, but just shed my first tear........watching Forrest Gump, geez that movie always gets to me!!

I understand stevo ... Star Wars Ep7 when Kylo ... & Han ... on the walkway ...

[mattybloods]

I just calculated an unpaired t-test analysis on the significance of finals free kicks paid to the Bulldogs vs frees paid to their opposition, there was a statistical significance P=0.0057.

From a statistical analysis, this is a strong statistical trend. A P<0.05 is considered statistically significant.

In contrast, Sydney's 2016 finals free kicks for vs the opposition's free kick for, when compared with an unpaired t-test was P=0.1285 ... not statistically significant.

***A limitation of this analysis is the small sample size (just 4 games for both teams), however, this is typically more important for non-significant results ie not detecting a significant difference, where one might actually exist. For the Bulldogs games I would have confidence in the significant finding.

Numbers don't lie.

Jeez that's very significant! Would be good to see a graphical representation


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[Nico]

Just heard Robert Walls on the radio. He said he watched McVeigh all game and said he didn't go hard at the contest all game. Said we lost it at the selection table by naming him and Mills. Said Mills was clearly short of a run.

[Nico]

On frees to the Bulldogs. For whatever reason they have been at of near the top for free for, for many years. Even as a bottom club. I have never been able work it out. What about Toby McLean dropping his knees and head. Apparently has the most frees for head high tackles. Yes Hewett does it and it is to the detriment of his game. Tries to draw the contest and doesn't look to do the team thing and move the ball on. Looks to deliberately turn into the play and often towards the boundary. Hope they knock.it out of his game otherwise he spends the rest if his time with us in the 2's. Hope they now change the rule to play on.

[Nico]

Shepherding the man on the mark. Where has that come from and why is it allowed. To me it putting a player out of the contest where any other time in a game it is a free off the ball or even a report. I hate it, a blight on our game. Ban it.

[barry]

Shepherding the man on the mark. Where has that come from and why is it allowed. To me it putting a player out of the contest where any other time in a game it is a free off the ball or even a report. I hate it, a blight on our game. Ban it.

Hawthorn used to do it and then against the bulldogs the umps pulled them up on it. Then the bulldogs started doing it.

[barry]

Of topic but is this the first time an docklands based had won a flag ?

[0918330512]

Of topic but is this the first time an docklands based had won a flag ?

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