That's my take on it, tora. And the take of any coach who should not be summararily dismissed.It's narrow . Hardly a secret. Train with witches hats get used to it.
Our record at marvel is laughable. given we play there several times a year and drop games to north, dogs and suns
If Hocking did plant a tree, it'd be a Fig!If Hocking plants a tree at CHF other sides can practise against tree ground advantage and eventually nullify it.
It's called Moorabool st. If the ground had a proper wing down the blue side the fans would be sitting in the bloody traffic. Which is maybe not such a bad idea for Moggies fans.Why is the blue wing straighter than the red wing? Failed maths at Pussy Park??
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That's all this round was, home ground advantage. Bonus.Round Nought 2024
Any surprises here? Games went to form, didn't they? The better side on the day won.
Carlton, on the road, came back from the dead to beat the Bears. The Bears favoured in markets.
I think Sydney are up and about and that Toorak were beaten by the better side on the day. There might be some who think that Sydney won by virtue of HGA/AGD. Fair enough. The question is does HGA/AGD only apply sometimes? When and why?
I thought the games went to form but many may think HGA/AGD applied.
That's all this round was, home ground advantage. Bonus.
The AholeFLThat hadn't occurred to me, TF.
It could be argued that GWS beat Collingwood because HGA. Likewise Sydders and GCS won. And Carlton beat Brisbane morally by ten goals.
My take is that the premier is never up for R1 (whatever name the deluded AFilthL gives it), that Sydney is always up early in the season and with Gawn off and Oliver fat it was a likely win. And that some RFC players have not bought in, and many are no good anyway. And that each of those games was informative and the better team won. I just base that on watching the games and looking at their numbers.
But yeah. I guess people are going to say it was HGA. It's a simpler explanation.
I contend the opposite because I think the HGA myth breaks down under scrutiny. I'll give it some more.
200,000 fans who would usually go had to watch on TV, TF. Ratings!The AholeFLwantedordered these 4 pawn Vic teams to go interstate and play against their investment plastic toys to see if the dumb ants can invade the stadiums and bring in more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. At least the dumb Paddle Pops' ego took over them following the orders and lost the match.
I hope they get STI∞+1 of the lacrymal ducts, RE.I need Carlton to have a cp120 effect tonight. Or maybe even a cp105 like gws in 2019.