u/Odd_Technology_8926

Seriously made me feel like a fucking asshole going for the crows. The vibes all went downhill when the booing started.

I've just started to think about this game and I'm getting similar vibes to the Port game. We have a pretty big rivallry with Collingwood now and I sense they will be treating this like their Grand Final. Hopefully I'm wrong...

Strangely enough, I feel more confident than I did against Port Adelaide, not sure why.

I'm just getting a sense that the crows are on the rise and that Sydney are in a performance slump at the moment.

Just a but sore during the game? 1-3 weeks out? Season done?

Its a big if, would need egypt/iran to draw and belgium to lose to New Zealand. Stranger things have happened though.

I'm a nub to soccer, i.e. I only watch the soccer when the world cup is on. But even I could see that Australia gave up high possession play just to ensure that their defense stayed strong and they only attacked when it was safe to do so.

Seeing lots of comments by Europeans saying that Turkey dominated and that Australia were very lucky. I thought Europeans are supposed to know their shit about soccer but their opinions seems very surface level.

So I came up with a free kick differential of each club from 1997 to 2025. I'm not a data scientist, just an AFL fan, so please feel free to shit all over the way I collected these numbers. Also a few teams joined the party a bit late (i.e. GWS / Goldcoast) so their numbers might not be as high for Free Kicks For and Against

So in Summary:

- West Coast + Geelong bias confirmed.
- You're not allowed to say "Free kick Hawthorn" in match threads anymore

Also I'm unsure why, but North Melbourne free kick count seems to be quite low, unsure why that is tbh. EDIT: Sorry North Fans, your data from 1999 - 2007 wasn't included hence the skewed numbers. You aren't getting unfairly treated by umpires.

AFL Diff Ladder from 1997 - 2025

Team	Average of Diff
West Coast	35.24
Western Bulldogs	33.31
Collingwood	24.14
Carlton	17.17
North Melbourne	13.90
Geelong	6.00
Adelaide	3.66
Port Adelaide	-1.59
Fremantle	-3.69
Gold Coast	-6.80
St Kilda	-8.41
Brisbane Lions	-8.93
Essendon	-10.21
Richmond	-14.45
Melbourne	-15.66
Hawthorn	-15.69
Sydney	-22.86
Greater Western Sydney	-30.14

AFL For Free Kick Ladder from 1997 - 2025

Team	Sum of FF
Geelong	12895
West Coast	12600
Port Adelaide	12447
Sydney	12287
Western Bulldogs	12274
Carlton	12203
Hawthorn	12115
Collingwood	12100
Brisbane Lions	12093
Adelaide	12049
Fremantle	11773
Richmond	11696
St Kilda	11683
Melbourne	11662
Essendon	11519
North Melbourne	8700
Gold Coast	6019
Greater Western Sydney	5832

AFL Against Free Kick Ladder from 1997 - 2025

Row Labels	Sum of FA
Sydney	12950
Geelong	12721
Hawthorn	12570
Port Adelaide	12493
Brisbane Lions	12352
Melbourne	12116
Richmond	12115
Adelaide	11943
St Kilda	11927
Fremantle	11880
Essendon	11815
Carlton	11705
West Coast	11578
Collingwood	11400
Western Bulldogs	11308
North Melbourne	8422
Greater Western Sydney	6254
Gold Coast	6121