The Finals (how a top 6 works)

[FFC Mariner]

Did some checking around and it seems to work like this.

The top two will play each other home and away in the first two weeks, with the winner to get a week's rest and go straight to the grand final (same as before)

Also in week 1, there are 2 sudden death matchs:

3v6
4v5

Loser OUT

In week 2, the winners of these sudden death games play off over 1 leg - loser out

In week 3, the winner of the sudden death games plays the loser of the major semi, also sudden death.

If the table stayed as it is now, we would play Perth (assume at home) in the 1st week, the winner of GCU v Nix in the 2nd week (at home if Nix win or GC if they win)

In the 3rd week we would have to play either SFc or the Tards away for a place in the GF

Top 2 at all costs pls boys

 

[elevated position]

from that the winner of the top two wont play for three weeks. I would rather play the week before the GF

 

[finally retired]

from that the winner of the top two wont play for three weeks. I would rather play the week before the GF

nah...it seems that the winner of the top 2 simply gets the week off before the grand final, as the other games are sudden death one game matches...not home and way

 

[FFC Mariner]

Correct, winner of the major semi gets 1 week off.

Other G Finalist will be knackered and yellow cards become a factor.

Massive incentive for top 2

 

[RADINHO]

how can u be in the bottom half of the table and qualify come finals time? Absolutely ridiculous!

 

[finally retired]

how can u be in the bottom half of the table and qualify come finals time? Absolutely ridiculous!

it's an Aussie thing..... :

 

[BAD BULLZ]

Where does the loser of 1vs 2 go?? sorry maybe i misread it but i got no idea.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Losers of 1 v2 plays the best of the rest in a sudden death game to decide who goes to the GF.

If the league winners go straight through to the GF, like we did, and an ACL place awaits the 2nd place side if they can make it. This game might be epic.

 

[Arabmariner]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

 

[scottmac]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

+1

F**k the seat, give me the plate.

 

[MagpieMariner]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

+1

F**k the seat, give me the plate.

Why not have both? Victory seems to enjoy doing it that way.

 

[Dr Nick]

Where does the loser of 1vs 2 go?? sorry maybe i misread it but i got no idea.

ill try a word picture (the letters will correspond to the winners of each tie)

week 1 ---------week 2-----------week 3-----------week 4
2v1 -------------1v2(A wins, B lose)------------------A v F
-----------------------------------B v E (F)
3v6 (C)---------C v D (E)
4v5 (D)

3 games---------2 games ------------1 game---------1 game

 

[scottmac]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

+1

F**k the seat, give me the plate.

Why not have both? Victory seems to enjoy doing it that way.

Because its not football.

There should be more emphasis placed on the first past the post, and we as football fans should not encourage the FFA to continue the farce that is the finals. It should be widely advertised that it is a post season cup. NOT a finals series.

 

[goingtoadisco]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

+1

F**k the seat, give me the plate.

Why not have both? Victory seems to enjoy doing it that way.

Because its not football.

There should be more emphasis placed on the first past the post, and we as football fans should not encourage the FFA to continue the farce that is the finals. It should be widely advertised that it is a post season cup. NOT a finals series.

Post season cup.... Finals series........ Its all a pile of shit.





Untill we win it.

 

[serious14]

Ugh..... I dislike the very concept of a finals series in football - it just doesn't feel right.

The ironic thing is that the HAL Finals have produced the best football and most exciting games that the competition has seen thus far (the 1-1 with Newcastle in V1, Sydney and Adelaide's two legged series from the same year, Melbourne's last minute winner in V2 against Adelaide, the 3-0 against Newcastle - to name a few).  Biggest crowds too.  Bizarre.

 

[bjw]

Ugh..... I dislike the very concept of a finals series in football - it just doesn't feel right.

The ironic thing is that the HAL Finals have produced the best football and most exciting games that the competition has seen thus far (the 1-1 with Newcastle in V1, Sydney and Adelaide's two legged series from the same year, Melbourne's last minute winner in V2 against Adelaide, the 3-0 against Newcastle - to name a few).  Biggest crowds too.   Bizarre.

well.. of course. To the australian sport-supporting public finals are the be all and end all of competition.

 

[serious14]

Yeah I know that, but it's a shame that's what it has become.  Look at the NRL this year - Parramatta making the GF from 8th, with a Win-Draw-Loss record of 12-1-11??  Ridiculous.

 

[bikinigirl]

Ugh..... I dislike the very concept of a finals series in football - it just doesn't feel right.

. no interest in cups then ... i have heard about a finals series next year that is pretty popular ... does that feel right?

 

[Blair]

Bring the FFA Cup or as on manager Australian cup (pre-Season cup) in. f**k finals this is football not league!!!!!!

 

[MrCelery]

Farce.

Win the league please CCM.

+1

F**k the seat, give me the plate.

Why not have both? Victory seems to enjoy doing it that way.

Because its not football.

There should be more emphasis placed on the first past the post, and we as football fans should not encourage the FFA to continue the farce that is the finals. It should be widely advertised that it is a post season cup. NOT a finals series.

Seat AND plate will do fine thanks. To be presented jointly by Foster, Slater and Hill, while standing on Harper.

What a wet dream!