Opinion AFLX - What do we think of this round robin pre-preseason experiment?

[Scorpus]

So on a soccer pitch you can kick goals from full back?

The pitch is 100m long so probably not

 

[Huntercrow]

The pitch is 100m long so probably not

But the player kicking out could evade his opponent, play on and kick from the centre quite easily considering the lack of numbers by the opposition.....maybe.
They might need an offside rule. It will be interesting to see how this is structured. They may use soccer rules to govern out of play and corners perhaps.

Yellow cards anyone?

 

[mistylake]

12 matches in the day plus a grand final

I did one of these in under 13’s. At Modbury Oval.

 

[GreyCrow]

I did hear goals can ONLY be kicked within a 40m area

 

[mistylake]

But the player kicking out could evade his opponent, play on and kick from the centre quite easily considering the lack of numbers by the opposition.....maybe.
They might need an offside rule. It will be interesting to see how this is structured. They may use soccer rules to govern out of play and corners perhaps.

Yellow cards anyone?

 

[Bicks]

You should make a thread about it

I did find that amusing.

 

[From The Pocket]

I did hear goals can ONLY be kicked within a 40m area

Technically yes, but that's because they have super goals (worth 10 now) outside 40.

 

[From The Pocket]

It's not footy's version of Twenty20, that's a normal game of footy. It's footy's version of Rugby Sevens.

Who cares about Rugby Sevens outside the Olympics or at all unless Australia medals in it?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It's not footy's version of Twenty20, that's a normal game of footy.

Exactly! To change things up they should come up with a football game that goes for 5 straight days, 6 hours per day

 

[John Who]

It's not footy's version of Twenty20, that's a normal game of footy. It's footy's version of Rugby Sevens.

Who cares about Rugby Sevens outside the Olympics or at all unless Australia medals in it?

It's similar to T20 in that they're both shortened versions with more emphasis on fast paced action and free-flowing play, and little in the way of stoppages.
It took some time for cricket fans to adjust to the new T20 format, so who knows? might do the same for footy fans given some time down the track.
Certainly I'll tune in to see how it all pans out. Interested to see who the team selects for this format.

 

[DD#23]

Who cares about Rugby Sevens outside the Olympics or at all unless Australia medals in it?

I don't even care about it then.

 

[mistylake]

Exactly! To change things up they should come up with a football game that goes for 5 straight days, 6 hours per day

Isn’t that how it originated on a playing field about a mile long?
You know back before Port started in 1770.

 

[DD#23]

It's similar to T20 in that they're both shortened versions with more emphasis on fast paced action and free-flowing play, and little in the way of stoppages.
It took some time for cricket fans to adjust to the new T20 format, so who knows? might do the same for footy fans given some time down the track.
Certainly I'll tune in to see how it all pans out. Interested to see who the team selects for this format.

its not really comparable to T20 at all, the changes (or compromises) are far more significant.

the shape of the ball will just about be the only recognisable feature.

 

[John Who]

its not really comparable to T20 at all, the changes (or compromises) are far more significant.

the shape of the ball will just about be the only recognisable feature.

You're looking at all the fine and major changes there are. If you look at it simply, the aim is to make it fast paced with maximal action. And hopefully more goals per given minute of game time.

 

[DD#23]

You're looking at all the fine and major changes there are. If you look at it simply, the aim is to make it fast paced with maximal action. And hopefully more goals per given minute of game time.

yeah, the objective is the same, but the details couldn't be more different.

T20 is instantly recognisable as cricket, in fact to a large extent the subtitles between it and the 50 over format can only be appreciated by cricket enthusiasts. AFLX on the other hand looks set to be one of Frankenstein's monsters.

 

[Coopers]

I say we play Tex and Eddie and all the young kids.

Tell them to clear out the forward line for Eddie. When Eddie's not 1 out, Tex can pretty much kick for goal from CHB, 75% of the field away.

 

[Bicks]

yeah, the objective is the same, but the details couldn't be more different.

T20 is instantly recognisable as cricket, in fact to a large extent the subtitles between it and the 50 over format can only be appreciated by cricket enthusiasts. AFLX on the other hand looks set to be one of Frankenstein's monsters.

 

[GreyCrow]

A fast paced tournament before the JLT series.

No injuries please.

So a pre-JLT before the pre-season JLT before the season

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

It's basically AFL 9's but at a professional level, I'll probably end up watching it just out of curiosity.

 

[Chrisa93]

I’m willing to see how it goes before making a judgement on it, it’s stupid they cut one of the preseason games for it though

 

[Squiba]

If Port puts McKenzie into there side, and just give him a licence to let rip from anywhere, that'll be entertaining.

 

[BRL121]

yeah, the objective is the same, but the details couldn't be more different.

T20 is instantly recognisable as cricket, in fact to a large extent the subtitles between it and the 50 over format can only be appreciated by cricket enthusiasts. AFLX on the other hand looks set to be one of Frankenstein's monsters.

It took a while, but I'm going to blame predictive text for this.

 

[brucetiki]

What is the purpose of AFLX?

We already have a 'shortened' format of the game in AFL 9's, what is AFLX meant to achieve.

 

[GrommoT]

What is the purpose of AFLX?

We already have a 'shortened' format of the game in AFL 9's, what is AFLX meant to achieve.

The X is probably the Roman numeral for 10 as this version has 10 players per side?

 

[flashcrow]

The X is probably the Roman numeral for 10 as this version has 10 players per side?

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