Options for a lopsided comp

[King-Eliagh]

There is only one genuine basketcase - Melbourne.

Now go away, KE.

Yeah right.

Xman agrees this comp is the most lopsided in Aussie sporting history too TLPG. Why dont you jump on board with us and...acknowledge the truth

[Xman]

There is only one genuine basketcase - Melbourne.

Now go away, KE.

Yeah right.

Xman agrees this comp is the most lopsided in Aussie sporting history too TLPG. Why dont you jump on board with us and...acknowledge the truth

LOL No I didnt! I agree its currently lopsided at the bottom end but increadibly even at the middle to top end, far more than the NRL.

As for you claiming a team who wins one game in three is a basket casse this just proves how irrelevant your opinion is. If we apply your logic to the RL WC that is by far the most lopsided tournament in world sport!

[TLPG]

Irrelevant, Xman? More like completely lacking in understanding of footy!

[King-Eliagh]

There is only one genuine basketcase - Melbourne.

Now go away, KE.

Yeah right.

Xman agrees this comp is the most lopsided in Aussie sporting history too TLPG. Why dont you jump on board with us and...acknowledge the truth

LOL No I didnt! I agree its currently lopsided at the bottom end but increadibly even at the middle to top end, far more than the NRL.

As for you claiming a team who wins one game in three is a basket casse this just proves how irrelevant your opinion is. If we apply your logic to the RL WC that is by far the most lopsided tournament in world sport!

Ah you havent responded to my reasoning that of course basketcases can win several games when there's 7 basketcases in the league...?

[TLPG]

There are not seven basketcases. There is only one.

[King-Eliagh]

[Xman]

Yeah right.

Xman agrees this comp is the most lopsided in Aussie sporting history too TLPG. Why dont you jump on board with us and...acknowledge the truth

LOL No I didnt! I agree its currently lopsided at the bottom end but increadibly even at the middle to top end, far more than the NRL.

As for you claiming a team who wins one game in three is a basket casse this just proves how irrelevant your opinion is. If we apply your logic to the RL WC that is by far the most lopsided tournament in world sport!

Ah you havent responded to my reasoning that of course basketcases can win several games when there's 7 basketcases in the league...?

So on your logic the NRL could have even more basket case sides. They just happen to win against the sides below them.

[Striker]

Well, El, one of your basketcases did beat a fancied side on the weekend. GCS topped Carlton. Even I couldn't believe that! Then again maybe it was a fluke.

[piesman2011]

GC might be an ok side next year will get between 6-10 wins. They should play finals in 2014 in my opinion.

[eelofwest]

Update

AFL Blowouts 2012

Round 1
GWS 37 - 100 SYD, GCS 68 - 137 ADE
Round 2
BRI 63 - 154 CAR, WCE 166 - 58 MEL, NM 183 - 54 GWS, STK 139 - 47 GCS
Round 3
CAR 122 - 62 COL, RIC 133 - 74 MEL ,WBD 40 - 103 STK, GWS 69 - 150 WCE, HAW 140 - 84 ADE
Round 4
BRI 111 - 46 GCS , GWS 62 - 104 WBD
Round 6
ESS 129 - 62 BRI CAR 110 - 43 GWS
Round 7
MEL 49 - 115 HAW, ADE 122 - 72 GEE, BRI 58 - 116 COL, ESS 113 - 52 WCE,
Round 8
HAW 119 - 63 FRE, SYD 138 - 37 MEL, WBD 72 - 34 GCS, CAR 55 - 124 ADE,
BRI 132 - 40 GWS
Round 9
RIC 137 - 75 HAW, GWS 53 - 119 ESS, CAR 107 - 49 MEL,
Round 10
GEE 126 - 61 GWS, HAW 174 - 59 NM, SYD 132 - 40 WBD, COL 149 - 52 GCS
Round 11 Byes for NM, Brisbane, GWS, WCE, WBD
GCS 49 - 144 STK
Round 12 Byes for Collingwood, Sydney, Essendon, Melbourne Demons, Dockers.
HAW 135 - 70 BRI,
Round 13 Byes for Richmond, Hawthorn, Port Ade, St Kilda, Gold Coast Suns, Carlton.
WBD 56 - 114 BRI, MEL 135 - 57 GWS
Round 14
WCE 166 - 40 GCS, SYD 132 - 38 GWS, ESS 140 - 56 WBD, BRI 122 - 61 MEL
Round 15
SYD 110 - 63 BRI, STK 133 - 62 ESS, POR 58 - 116 ADE, HAW 193 - 31 GWS
Round 16
GWS 59 - 178 ADE, WBD 44 - 116 HAW
Round 17
GEE 134 - 67 ESS, FRE 132 - 37 GWS
Round 18
ESS 86 - 180 HAW, GWS 54 - 174 COL, GCS 54 - 126 SYD, STK 118 - 42 WBD, WCE 175 - 77 BRI Wow 5 games were dead set floggings in 1 round of AFL..
Round 19 OMG NO FLOGGINGS, THIS HAS TO BE A FIRST....
Round 20
RIC 150 - 80 WBD, HAW 159 - 87 POR
Round 21
ESS 60 - 156 CAR, WB 85 - 167 SYD, HAW 129 - 65 GCS


The VFL
13 Brisbane 20 8 0 12 86.27 32
14 Port Adelaide 20 5 0 15 77.15 20
15 Bulldogs 20 5 0 15 68.15 20
16 Melbourne 20 4 0 16 69.81 16
17 Gold Coast 20 2 0 18 60.17 8
18 Greater Western Sydney 20 2 0 18 46.64 8

1. GWS 15 Floggings
2. GCS 10 Floggings
3. WBD 8 Floggings
4. Mel 6 Floggings
5. BRI 6 Floggings

Round 21
P W D L % Pts
1 Sydney 20 16 0 4 149.61 64
2 Hawthorn 20 15 0 5 158.29 60
3 Adelaide 20 15 0 5 125.74 60
4 Collingwood 20 15 0 5 119.28 60
5 West Coast 20 14 0 6 124.97 56
6 North Melbourne 20 13 0 7 115.20 52
7 Geelong 20 13 0 7 114.70 52
8 Fremantle 20 12 0 8 109.61 48
9 Carlton 20 11 0 9 110.52 44
10 Essendon 20 11 0 9 104.14 44
11 St Kilda 20 10 0 10 116.94 40
12 Richmond 20 9 0 11 110.17 36
13 Brisbane 20 8 0 12 86.27 32
14 Port Adelaide 20 5 0 15 77.15 20
15 Bulldogs 20 5 0 15 68.15 20
16 Melbourne 20 4 0 16 69.81 16
17 Gold Coast 20 2 0 18 60.17 8
18 Greater Western Sydney 20 2 0 18 46.64 8

NRL with same points system
Round 24
W L D B PD Pts
1 Bulldogs 17 5 0 2 195 76
2 Storm 15 7 0 2 196 68
3 Rabbitohs 14 8 0 2 77 64
4 Sea Eagles 14 8 0 2 76 64
5 Sharks 12 9 1 2 20 56
6 Cowboys 12 9 0 2 120 56
7 Broncos 11 11 0 2 37 52
8 Tigers 11 11 0 2 -1 52
9 Raiders 11 11 0 2 -39 52
10 Titans 10 12 0 2 -6 48
11 Knights 10 12 0 2 -20 48
12 Dragons 9 12 0 2 -76 44
13 Warriors 8 14 0 2 -60 40
14 Roosters 7 14 1 2 -156 36
15 Panthers 7 15 0 2 -173 36
16 Eels 6 16 0 2 -190 32

Our Toyota cup is more competitive then the AFL...



Pos Team P W L D PF PA PTS
1 Canberra Raiders U20s 22 16 6 0 742 527 36
2 Cant'bury-B'town Bulldogs U20s 22 15 6 1 692 477 35
3 Warriors U20s 22 15 6 1 626 476 35
4 Wests Tigers U20s 22 14 8 0 626 452 32
5 Penrith Panthers U20s 22 13 8 1 582 465 31
6 Sydney Roosters U20s 22 12 8 2 626 518 30
7 St George Illawarra Dragons U2 22 12 9 1 572 495 29
8 South Sydney Rabbitohs U20s 22 12 9 1 630 560 29
9 Melbourne Storm U20s 22 11 9 2 501 520 28
10 Cronulla Sharks U20s 22 11 9 2 579 612 28
11 Newcastle Knights U20s 22 9 12 1 596 520 23
12 Brisbane Broncos U20s 22 7 15 0 564 734 18
13 North Queensland Cowboys U20s 22 6 14 2 493 680 18
14 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles U20s 22 5 15 2 451 772 16
15 Parramatta Eels U20s 22 5 17 0 524 722 14
16 Gold Coast Titans U20s 22 5 17 0 414 688 14

NRL competition the tightest ever.



Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-l ... z250I4rYSJ

[Dogs]

Well, El, one of your basketcases did beat a fancied side on the weekend. GCS topped Carlton. Even I couldn't believe that! Then again maybe it was a fluke.

So one of the fancied sides is two games out of the semi's. In NRL the favourites at the start of the year are coming 3rd last (NZ), 4th and the other is unlikely to make the semi's west/t unless luck goes the way. Unlike the AFL where the top 8 was decide last week, we have still have 12 side with luck on their side that have a chance to make the top 8 and have so for the last 3-4 weeks, so the AFL boys can make up all the excuse they like. AFL, needs a second division to support the big split in the sides and they would not be able to support it, so go back to the VFL I say. This will go on for the next couple of years, and if crowds keep going down by 10% per year/ what are the AFL clowns going to have then to go on about.

[piesman2011]

the only team that could knock Brisbane out would be Wests. So I would say that there are 9 teams that could make the finals with one round to go.

[Striker]

No, Wests won't make it unless they can upset the Storm! And they won't! Besides, the Broncos won't lose to Penrith so it's a moot point.

[eelofwest]

No, Wests won't make it unless they can upset the Storm! And they won't! Besides, the Broncos won't lose to Penrith so it's a moot point.

So the most Lobsided competition starts in a months time who is excited.....................


Cap could cut blowouts: Judge


As coaches and players continue to line up against the controversial interchange cap, a former AFL coach says the new restrictions could help even up the competition and generate more close games.

Former Hawthorn and West Coast coach Ken Judge is one of few commentators to admit he is ''not totally against'' the interchange cap, which the AFL says is definitely coming in some form in 2014.

Judge said restricting the interchange could bridge the gap between the league's best and worst teams and keep scores closer for longer in matches.

''Blowouts'' were a major issue last season. Midway through 2012, the average losing margin had spiralled to 42.2 points, making it the most lopsided season in AFL history.
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By season's end, that figure had dipped only minimally to 41.5 points, with 53 of the 207 games - basically a quarter - decided by 60 points or more.

''By having open slather on the interchange, I think that can favour better sides,'' said Judge, who coached the Hawks and Eagles over six seasons between 1996 and 2001.

''If you've got a better midfield or better running players, you can just keep rotating good players against lesser players in the opposition, over and over, and eventually that wears the lesser sides down,'' Judge said.

''On top of the fact that you've already got more talent anyhow, you are actually able to - because of the unrestricted interchange - throw fresher players against those lesser sides more often.''

A meeting with the AFL's rule-makers has reassured Carlton coach Mick Malthouse that he and his colleagues will get their say on next year's interchange cap.

''I'm sure each club would have an optimum number,'' Malthouse said. ''If you took that over 18 clubs and knocked off the bottom one and the top one then you're going to get somewhere near the number that most clubs think is the right number.''

Malthouse said the committee convinced him it had the game's interests at heart. He, in turn, had stressed that the coaches also valued the game and its players.

Almost every player and coach interviewed during the NAB Cup has objected to the trial of the 80 rotation interchange cap. Melbourne's Nathan Jones said it would be ''irresponsible'' to keep interchange caps as low as 80 for the home-and-away season, suggesting the players' workload would ''significantly increase''. However, West Coast coach John Worsfold raised the alternative view. ''Players just have to change their mindsets again - from going absolutely flat-out for six or seven minutes and coming off for a rest, to knowing that maybe they have to pace themselves a bit and stay out there,'' he said. ''Just like so many of the champions of the game did for the entirety of their careers. They will adjust and cope.''

Interestingly, the coach of the other West Australian team, Fremantle's Ross Lyon, has also stayed neutral on the issue.

Now the debate has turned to the magic number of rotations that should be attached to it. There is a growing view **** some Victorian clubs that 120 rotations would be fair.

The 2012 AFL injury report, released on Wednesday, looked at the issue of the interchange cap and whether use of rules to purposefully tire out players led to more fatigue-related injuries.

The authors said there was no evidence to say that an interchange cap would result in fewer injuries.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/AFL/AFL-news/c ... z2MrW1AJbY

[Xman]

Having closer games doesn't guarantee more interest. Look at the failure last night in the NRL! Season opener, 2 of Sydneys biggest NRL teams and they couldn't break 36k!