#AFL Finals week 3 weekly discussion thread

[KTigers]

How on earth does anyone support two teams? How? It's like bigamy.

Maybe. But in some cultures having multiple wives is accepted, right? Probably need to keep an open mind here.
If having more than one wife (or husband I suppose) is OK, then maybe supporting more than one team is OK.
People do change teams. So maybe that is like getting divorced, and then remarried. Where is Ludwig when we
need him? He often has an interesting take on things.

[Bloods05]

Maybe. But in some cultures having multiple wives is accepted, right? Probably need to keep an open mind here.
If having more than one wife (or husband I suppose) is OK, then maybe supporting more than one team is OK.
People do change teams. So maybe that is like getting divorced, and then remarried. Where is Ludwig when we
need him? He often has an interesting take on things.

I said bigamy, not polygamy. And no, you don't change teams. You are dead to me if you do. Unless you change to the Swans. And even then you need a seriously good explanation.

[Nico]

On SEN this arvo they intimated that GWS is just a stoppage team. That's what they said about us in 2005 and 2012.

[Nico]

I said bigamy, not polygamy. And no, you don't change teams. You are dead to me if you do. Unless you change to the Swans. And even then you need a seriously good explanation.

When North started playing Friday nights plenty of people took them as a second team and went to the game.

[MattW]

The Grand Final will be the seventh consecutive Richmond game at the MCG. It's a brutal schedule for them, road warriors that
they are.

Hmm. Quite a stat.

[stevoswan]

Mark of the Year.....Heeney was robbed!

[dejavoodoo44]

After a runaway victory in the Skilton, Dane Rampe didn't get a single vote in the Brownlow. Which to me, emphasizes how much the Brownlow is a midfielders medal. Unless you don't count ruckmen as midfielders, the last non-midfielder to win the Brownlow, was Plugger back in 1987.

Not sure what the reason for that is? Maybe the umpires pay too much attention to stat sheets? Maybe they feel that contested possessions have the most influence on the game? Though I'm now wondering if in the three umpire system, does the senior umpire spend the most time in the middle? If so, does that skew the voting? Though if it does, I doubt if it would be a huge influence.

[Nico]

The umpires look at the stats after the game, they have their favourites and they watch the footy shows.

[barry]

Fife is a great public speaker.

[barry]

I said bigamy, not polygamy. And no, you don't change teams. You are dead to me if you do. Unless you change to the Swans. And even then you need a seriously good explanation.

A very Victorian mentality.
Many in Sydney (and let's face it, half the giants home crowds are swan or ex-swan fans) don't buy into that prehistoric attitude.

How would any new team to the VFL get fans. There are a few million WC, Frei, Adel, port, etc fans who don't agree with you.

The Sydney support of the swans has a lot of AFL fans from other clubs.

[Bloods05]

A very Victorian mentality.
Many in Sydney (and let's face it, half the giants home crowds are swan or ex-swan fans) don't buy into that prehistoric attitude.

How would any new team to the VFL get fans. There are a few million WC, Frei, Adel, port, etc fans who don't agree with you.

The Sydney support of the swans has a lot of AFL fans from other clubs.

That's what we old farts used to call a broken record Baz. Get rid of it.

[stellation]

That's what we old farts used to call a broken record Baz. Get rid of it.

To be fair, you seem to be happily whistling away to the b side of that same broken record.

[KTigers]

To be fair, you seem to be happily whistling away to the b side of that same broken record.

To quote Neil Young ; "There is only one song, man"

[AnnieH]

Fyfe got the Charlie again?
Did he play this year?

[Bloods05]

To be fair, you seem to be happily whistling away to the b side of that same broken record.

A good line, kudos to you. But what is the B-side, exactly?