In the 90s and even into the 2000s there were far more players who could kick well over 50m regularly. The Roccas, Derek Kickett, Ben Graham, Fletcher to name a few. It’s strange that with more professionalism and ability to improve athleticism, this has declined and especially so considering it would be a very valuable asset to have when all teams defend by clogging up the 50m area directly in front of the player kicking.

Late night!

Crows hold the power. The pies by a goal in a thriller. Swans are the real contenders in Sydney. St Kilda pile on the misery. Melbourne > Geelong. Harley Reid fends off two but Eagles still lose, Fremantle dominant, Hawthorn with the upset and Brisbane comfortably cruise into the next round.

Do you still agree with the previous Pre Round 8 post?

Open to the whole forum, feel free to drop your evaluation of the this weeks AFL teams from 1-18 and I will find the true  power rankings after each round, every week!

What are power rankings you ask? Through your own superior wisdom, statistics or even a computer model you've created, you get to decide the best and worst teams ranked in order :o Some individuals like to focus on historical team strength, for others it'll be a pure form guide, whilst some like to use it as a ladder prediction but for most it will be a combination of all, but the choice will be purely up to you!

Entries for Post Round 8  Power Rankings close Friday 9 May 5:30pm AWST.

So that was Round 8, full of great rivalry games, and after an arduous journey that took until Sunday night, we found out that the Brisbane Lions have about 14 players left to play for them in 2024, with Lachie Neale carrying the weight of 5 players.

Fair dinkum, Brisbane's kicking in the 2nd Half was so bad I resorted to watching The Fifth Element for 20 minutes, in which time the Lions kicked 7 behinds.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Bruce Willis take on 40 flying police cars across New York with Milla Jovovich in the back seat.... It made for better entertainment than most of the 3rd Quarter.

Now, on to the games:

• It's ironic that BT called Horne-Francis the Horny One, because Port were made to look absolutely flaccid in The Showdown

• Carlton get shat on by childhood Carlton supporter who happens to be the child of a Collingwood legend

• Team from South Melbourne defeats team from Canberra to win Sydney Derby

• St Kilda wins game

• Geelong repelled by Fritsch Magnet to bring us closer to Potato of Parity

• Essendon are now 5th with a percentage of 95.2%... #justessendonthings

• Fremantle produce performance that leaves us all wondering.... how the fuck did Sydney lose to Richmond?

• Sam Draper to be addressed as Nostradamus from now on

• I tore my ACL writing this part about Brisbane's win in the Mango Tango

LOL OF THE WEEK

Up until Sunday I figured Ken Hinkley playing his captain while he was blatantly injured and going on to lose the game badly + losing him for next week would be a pretty fair LOL for this week....

But we wound up with two worthy candidates in the Dogs getting clubbed by a lowly Hawks team, and the Suns getting pantsed by a Lions team that was 1 injury away from calling in Alastair Lynch, and it was harder to pick than a broken nose...

But given nobody gives a shit about the Suns, it's always great when the reigning LOL of the Year backs up their worthy win from last year by getting rolled by a Wooden Spoon contender, so to the WESTERN BULLDOGS, here's your fuckin' LOL for losing to Hawthorn....

AGAIN.

Brisbane Lions 10.19 79 def. Gold Coast 6.9 45

Or, you know, it could be a round in which all the teams in the bottom half of the 8 get smashed. Still interesting, though.

New club or already some members?

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed AFL fans general views are different depending on what social media you’re on?

For instance, the Lachie Schultz incident on Friday night, as a Carlton fan I automatically thought he would cop a week, and I found others on reddit agreeing, with a large amount of Collingwood fans agreeing the act was stupid and the act needs to be removed from the game entirely.

However on Instagram and Facebook I would see a lot of comments from people saying that the games gone soft and arguing Schultz shouldn’t cop any ban at all.

I’ve come to notice that Reddit users tend to be more concerned with injuries in regards to the head and whatnot, whereas others are the complete opposite, am I crazy and alone on this or have others noticed it too??

This is elite. How good to sit down on a Sunday night and relax watching the footy. This is awesome.

Dogs 14.7.91 def by Hawks 14.14.98

Does anyone know of websites which document grand finals and limited edition balls by year?

The closest i can find is aussie rules collectibles.

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G'day all, 38yo from Perth who has been in Melbourne for 11 years. Was a Vic member (didn't renew this year though, as I'm not sure I can make some games), but still try to watch Eagles games here and on telly whenever possible. I have made some great friends, but none are really into AFL (doesn't seem to be common amongst the more neurodivergent, arty, nerdy folks I mostly hang with, I'd fit that label too if you were to stick one on me. Looking for people to just go to games with, talk footy and just hang out in general with. If you're also an Eagles fan be good to go to Eagles games with. Reply here or DM me if interested.

Richmond 6.13 (49) def by. Fremantle 15.13 (103)

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Every week in some rural place you heard of in the draft, one team obliterates the other with a margin bigger than the population of the town.

As someone not into local footy, can someone explain how does it happen?