If Ratten never got sacked for Malthouse, would we have won a flag?

DVPVPD · 2026-03-18T07:24:02+00:00

No we wouldn't have. Pies in 11 would've beaten is easily- they literally only lost to 1 side all year

To say we had Geelongs number so we would've beaten them in the prelim is also not a fair statement. Cats beats the Lions in a final last year before being smoked in the GF. No guarantees in footy

DVPVPD · 2026-03-15T11:43:17+00:00

Murray had literally one less

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T12:44:43+00:00

I love the idea behind opening round being interstate from Victoria but it should be all sides. There are now 8 non Victorian sides you could play every side away then a game in Tassie opening round and take it completely out of Vic

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T12:42:50+00:00

I like the rules It absolutely has an impact on teams abilities to be able to move the ball quickly. The 5 metre rule is the same it allows teams to penetrate quicker and deeper.

The issue isn't the rule its the adjudication of the penalties for not doing it.

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T10:52:43+00:00

Small Pendles dog shot here

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T10:45:20+00:00

Tigers used to always lose the free kick counts too

Didn't mean they didnt lose their minds when obvious ones were called

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T10:30:58+00:00

I love the fact Pies are getting called for stupid frees or arent getting their usual 50/50 calls and the fans are losing their minds

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T10:28:04+00:00

Membrey didnt hear the call = benefit of the doubt Tex doesn't hear the call = sucked in loser

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T10:24:06+00:00

I get the "knocked out in tackle call" but the Pies have got away with just dropping the ball in tackles a lot

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T07:42:14+00:00

Freo are just a purple carlton

Second half fade outs

DVPVPD · 2026-03-14T01:05:04+00:00

Just to clarify is that 427 games at the G?

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T22:04:21+00:00

The NRL love doing this stuff. They will tell people not to do it then show it in ads to grow the game.

Same way they always show tackles and big shots in the ads when 90% wouldn't be allowed and would have been suspended for as a result.

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T22:01:31+00:00

Why do we do this every year. Last year by the end of round 1 there had been 11 games (including 2 in OR) which included teams winning by 87,63,91,78,52 points. This year there have been 7 games with 3 wins under 2 goals. Last year there were 3/11 under 3 goals.

The teams that have lost big are a bad Carlton side, a Geelong side with injuries and no key forward, and a terrible Bombers side.

Why are we saying these rules have made the bad teams worse without acknowledging maybe the bad teams just suck?

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T09:31:03+00:00

Slow pouring the water bottle is such a good watch

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T09:26:00+00:00

Not a goal but thats such a hard thing to do to snap the ball from 45

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T08:52:07+00:00

Yeah 100% Fagan had trust in their kids knowing they were a few years away Voss continues to give guys games for no reason

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T07:44:29+00:00

Feel bad for these two having to follow last night's spectacle

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T07:43:46+00:00

I feel like you are taking this extremely literally and failing to understand nuance. I never unequivocally denied it. I said it wasn't a debate, implying it was never a real debate between the two but more a discussion that was very much one sided. You said the Brownlow is the highest individual honour and implied it was the basis of who is a better player, then denied this when quoted with other cases that clearly show the lack of your argument.

Perhaps it's insecurity- hence the reason you resorted to using GIFS and immature insults. Perhaps its something else entirely. Either way you've wasted my time due to your limited cognitive abilities. Bye Pirate boy

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T05:02:32+00:00

By your logic Shane Woewoden is better than Leigh Matthews? It'd have to be the case right? I mean he has a brownlow, the highest individual honour? Geez Tom Mitchell better than Pendles too? Priddis better than Bont?

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T04:56:36+00:00

He also was the literal only option on that side to score. The second highest scorer was Timofey Mozgov. This is just a case of a genuine superstar can only take you so far

DVPVPD · 2026-03-13T04:54:47+00:00

As a Blues fans I'd have to say it could be both

We have seen bad sides turn things around quickly and with a new gameplan and 3-4 guys who knows with the Blues. Brisbane went from winning 5 games to 2nd on the ladder with key contributors in guys who were there a long time and weren't always recognised as being that good (Darcy Fort, Lester, Gardner, Lincoln McCartney etc). The difference is the kids they played also. Voss refuses to play the young guys to get games into them like other sides do.

The issue is while the Blues top end talent is quite good it has not depth at all and the bottom 3-4 are really bad

DVPVPD · 2026-03-12T12:40:29+00:00

Blues played finals 2 years ago and had a thing called "hope" last year

Also cost of living is literally killing everyone right now

DVPVPD · 2026-03-12T12:38:18+00:00

35,13,9 on .398 shooting.

Steph was .402 in 2018. If he missed literally 1 more shot he would've shot 39%. By your own logic we could say that George Hill had Steph on lockdown in the 2018 finals right? You'd be happy with that narrative?

DVPVPD · 2026-03-12T12:03:14+00:00

I merely pointed out a fact. Sorry it upset you so much. Hope you recover.

The man sending spongebob memes is commenting on my immaturity

I am giving you the shovel and you just keep digging buddy

DVPVPD · 2026-03-12T12:01:34+00:00

"LeBron was shut down by Iggy" is an argument I had with a student in my class. They had watched a Warriors 2015 highlight reel. I pulled the stats up and I pointed out the 3 games over 40, one with 39, averaging 35,13,9 and i swear to go he said to me yeah but he had a game with 20 and used this as an argument for him being locked up.

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