The problem is when a player is taking a shot, they wait for the 30 seconds to count down before taking the shot or passing to another player. Time wasting kills the excitement of a close game. Darling started wasting the shot clock in the first minute of the final quarter today.
The solution...
Okay so there have been some melts over the umpiring in the review threads, particularly after the first quarter of the Derby and the first half of the Fremantle v North Melbourne game.
Righteo has suggested that there be a separate thread on umpiring decisions and bias so the review threads...
In the tradition of 2017 ladder predicting, I plan to pick my team higher than expected, GWS at the top of the ladder and Brisbane at the bottom. Well, perhaps not. But I am basing the ladder on exposed form, which is silly considering that amounts to maybe one practice match.
Fremantle
Carlton...
It's the time of year where every member has hope that their club can improve. Some are better placed than others. And of course, if you are not improving in this competition, you are going backwards.
On this thread, it would be good to break down the causes for optimism in the teams going...
2017 drafts analysis starts at post 44.
2018 start at post 61.
Inspired by GHS33 and a hope that my club would pick up Sam Petrevski-Seton, I decided to place as many Phantom drafts as I could find on a spreadsheet for analysis. I am looking forward to seeing who picks the draft most...
With Gillon looking at the 17-5 season and discussing options, I think it is time to look at the length of the AFL season and see if a fairer, more exciting competition can be constructed.
We have 18 teams, so a 17 game season would be fair in that each team plays each other once. But of course...
In the WAFL finals this year, there was a lot of grumbling about the advantages that Peel had over the rest of the competition because of its alliance with Fremantle FC.
Some of the complaints were just those of sore losers, many South Fremantle fans should be ashamed of themselves for booing...
This is not a thread to attack (or defend) our Senior Coach. There is another thread for that already. But I think there is a need to examine the performance of our coaching staff. The following list is taken from the Fremantle FC website:
ROSS LYON - Senior Coach
BRETT KIRK -...
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