So BFUSA what to do about a recent interaction, a small snippet appended. "And its not a petty argument asking a simple question to a forrest gump type person. Do you normally get involved in things you hate like you say about AFL footy. Again very strange indeed. And thanks for telling me what...

I have always been puzzled at how anonymous individuals can be bullied by another, also anonymous. Many claim to have been of course so I guess somehow that feeling has been created by one of the parties. I would also argue that baiting, badgering and a belligerent manner are legitimate tools of arg...

As we seem to be on the wrong end of the count every game, which by the way makes corruption unlikely, answers such as it is just the rub of the green can be discounted. We would not be such obvious outliers in the free kick differential. the systematic nature of t he differential makes only a few e...

BL v Coll : 17 vs 16; GWS vs Carl: 15 vs 15; GFC vs Geel: 8 vs 13; Melb vs Haw: 13 vs 13; StK vs NM : 11 vs 24 It is commonly said the free kick tally is just that it reflects one team chasing another. The stats here belie that explanation. If we are as bad at tackling as it would appear then the co...

On the NMFC official site a very interesting match preview complete with all sorts of stats. Someone has too much time on their hands

Brownlow playing FF for a bottom 4 team, best by a mile!

Whilst I may agree with P66 that soft players get short shrift in the AFL and soon get the chop, there is a clear difference between the fearless few (Hayes, Selwood etc), the courageous many who when it is their turn to go do not squib, and the few who have learnt how to position themselves so that...

There may be something in the push to remove Gieshen. If, following years of data showing that the home crowd effect in the west is resistant to attempts by the umpire coaches to redress, and I am presuming they are trying, then just as in the world of the clubs unsuccessful coaches get the boot. If...

Just like players, some of whom despite their best efforts take years to get the game at the highest level (think Jobe Watson, Ted Richards and even Stevie J) so will some umpires take time. Expertise cannot be arrived at simply by selection. Some (yes players as well) will never be up to it , despi...

50% have below median intelligence?? - well presuming a non skewed normal distribution this is true for those of us who post here as well. Was it not George Bush 2 who was much put out on being informed that 50% of Americans had below average (mean) intelligence?

Which of these teams would you least like to play next year in the GF? Yes I am forever optimistic, I am a Saints supporter after all which is probably now in the Oxford Dictionary as one of the definitions for optimist. Anyway, Two teams stand out- Hawks and West Coast. Hard to see the Hawks gettin...

cannot support any side that has beaten us in a GF, so Adelaide, Hawks, Pies, and Geelong out! Freo out for obvious reasons, Sydney out 'cos Plugger ended up there - leaves West Coast and North. Think I'll go WC, maybe will be a little less hungry next year when they will have an even better side.

Brown low medal playing full forward for the bottom team says it all, as others have said, best player I have seen, Carey el al included!

was sitting behind him and his family at the game - all over here from WA. Not injured.