#AFL Round 17 Weekly Discussion Thread

[Markwebbos]

But if they lose their first final ...

[neilfws]

Confession: I went to the Giants game tonight, as my partner likes the Tigers (without being a fan as such) and this was their only Sydney outing.
I rather enjoyed it, close exciting game but without the stress of it being your team. Gee, Tigers fans are an entitled bunch though. Never heard so many complaints about completely fair and legitimate things like your opponent tackling, or contesting the ball. It was worth going just to hear them fall silent at the end

[barry]

Tigers produce another super-human 4th quarter. 4 goals to 1.
Doesn't seem natural to me.

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I get the feeling the giants are better off without Patton.

[rb4x]

One comment I saw recently was that each Melbourne team has to play one home game at Etihad. Building on that why can we not have a rule that each non MCG tenant has to play one home game each year at the MCG against a non MCG tenant. This would go some way in negating the finals favouritism that each MCG tenant enjoys seeing that it looks like the Grand Final will be played at the MCG for the next one hundred years or so. Still would mean more travel for non Victorian teams but would start to level the playing field a little.

[liz]

One comment I saw recently was that each Melbourne team has to play one home game at Etihad. Building on that why can we not have a rule that each non MCG tenant has to play one home game each year at the MCG against a non MCG tenant. This would go some way in negating the finals favouritism that each MCG tenant enjoys seeing that it looks like the Grand Final will be played at the MCG for the next one hundred years or so. Still would mean more travel for non Victorian teams but would start to level the playing field a little.

I'm not sure why the non MCG tenants need to play MCG games against other non-tenants. There are plenty of away games in each team's schedule for each non-MCG tenant to play several games at the MCG each year (with priority to be awarded to those who finished the prior season high on the ladder). I think we got to play four or five games at the MCG last season but this year it was cut to just the two, and we were drawn to play an MCG tenant (Richmond) at Etihad.

[barry]

The MCG is a political hotbed in Victoria. No logic when it's treated like a religion.

The MCG trust must be the most politically astute people on earth. Has any other patch of grass and concrete ever been elevated to such high levels before.

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Let them pray to their fake dietie.

[stevoswan]

But if they lose their first final ...

We can only hope......

[stevoswan]

I see Nic Nat looks to have done his 'good' knee. Could well be season over.....

[YvonneH]

I see Nic Nat looks to have done his 'good' knee. Could well be season over.....

Don't like to see that happen to any player regardless who he plays for.

[ugg]

Thanks to Fremantle, we are 4th.

[stevoswan]

Don't like to see that happen to any player regardless who he plays for.

Agree....