What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? (Part 1 - cont in Part 2)
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I rate Nathan Buckley.
Seems to be quite mellow when on the air, at least away from the coaches box.
Shoulda stayed in the media. Always listen when he's talkin bout footy.
Seems to be quite mellow when on the air, at least away from the coaches box.
Shoulda stayed in the media. Always listen when he's talkin bout footy.
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Matthew Lloyd, too, although he needs to realise that appraising lists ain't his strong suit.
Just talk about the footy Lordo...
Just talk about the footy Lordo...
The AFL continuously adds more rules to the game without taking any out in order for the umpires to have more control over the game, with the implication being the umpires have to try and ensure the game is closer than in reality it would be
Don't know if this is unpopular but judging by the media, it is.
A team in Tasmania won't work, not because they won't have enough crowds or because of North/South etc but because no young people want to live there. There is not enough homegrown talent there (0 players drafted last year) and will have the same problems as Brisbane in retaining talent- they will bail to Melbourne as soon as they get the chance (and to be honest I don't blame them).
They had the Tassie football Hall of Fame this week and even that was hosted it in Melbourne!
A team in Tasmania won't work, not because they won't have enough crowds or because of North/South etc but because no young people want to live there. There is not enough homegrown talent there (0 players drafted last year) and will have the same problems as Brisbane in retaining talent- they will bail to Melbourne as soon as they get the chance (and to be honest I don't blame them).
They had the Tassie football Hall of Fame this week and even that was hosted it in Melbourne!
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Wat?
You think teams don't plan for players in advance?
'Oh we've got Sydney this week, who should we play on Franklin?'
'He's just 1 of 22, focus on Dean Towers too'
GWS won't win a premiership in the next 10 years.
A night GF and no Tassie team
There is an odd name in there and it's not rockliff.....
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i think he means that Brisbane are shithouse and rockliff is not going to make a difference
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Clearly didn't pay too much attention to the Tasmania game. Ben Cunnington is extremely clean in close. Possibly has the best hands in the competition.
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I think that incidents like the Barry Hall punch on Staker (and only receiving 6 weeks) have contributed to our king hit/coward punch/assault problem in wider society.
He was constantly lauded for how tough he is, and kids grew up wishing to emulate this quality. Surprise surprise we now have a generation that thinks it's ok to belt people from behind.
He was constantly lauded for how tough he is, and kids grew up wishing to emulate this quality. Surprise surprise we now have a generation that thinks it's ok to belt people from behind.
He actually received a seven match suspension. How many do you think he should have received?
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I think the AFL should be a 17 week season + 4 weeks finals. 2 byes, and the week before the finals a State of Origin/kick and giggle match made up of players from the non-finals teams.
The only reason the season is so long is for commercial reasons. If the AFL had some balls, they would pull the trigger and solve nearly all of their problems in 1 simple move.
The only reason the season is so long is for commercial reasons. If the AFL had some balls, they would pull the trigger and solve nearly all of their problems in 1 simple move.
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Similarly, but in completely the other direction, i'd like to see a full double round robin of 34 rounds.
I'd play games midweek to fulfil the 34 games in 23 weeks. I'd shorten the length of games to make this feasible, maybe even extend benches (but maintain the interchange cap).
Would take Cunnington over Rockliff any day.
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Cunnington is a gun. Can't help a generation that need Supercoach to tell them who the good players are.
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From a purely inequity of the fixture point of view, I don't think this would be that unpopular an opinion really.
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If Gary Ablett Sr. was a hack of a footballer people would change their tune about his off-field exploits completely - particularly with the 20 year old female.
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Players have too much say when it comes to trading, it should be more like the US sports in that once a deals done the players move regardless if they want to or not
Grew up on and around dairy farms apparently
Careful mentioning that, the douchebag is a protected species on BF
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