No Oppo Supporters General AFL Discussion #10 - Carlton Posters ONLY!

[Jimmae]

I've watched one video about AFLX and I'm already sick of it.

Good game to tap into the indoor soccer market, which I have absolutely no idea how the AFL can monetise.

 

[teagueyubeauty]

Haha, the media is going to go nuts on Sloane all season until it’s over or he puts pen to paper and stays...even though there’s been zero football and none for another month (men’s that is) I reckon I’ve read at least 10 articles making comment about it.

I personally don’t believe he’s the type of midfielder we should be chasing so I don’t really give a shit except for the season long lols and hopefully deep schadenfreude at Adelaide supporters expense come the end of the season

 

[Bluechip66]

When’s the Blues v Tiggies Rnd 1 thread starting?

 

[blueboy25]

Haha, the media is going to go nuts on Sloane all season until it’s over or he puts pen to paper and stays...even though there’s been zero football and none for another month (men’s that is) I reckon I’ve read at least 10 articles making comment about it.

I personally don’t believe he’s the type of midfielder we should be chasing so I don’t really give a shit except for the season long lols and hopefully deep schadenfreude at Adelaide supporters expense come the end of the season

Sloane's former manager is now list manager at Collingwood.
Sloane's wife is in the media and looking for greater national opportunities she won't get in SA. Who has a president heavily entrenched at Channel 9 and Foxtel and has his own media company.
Which team loves adding to their midfield while forgetting about their forward line and back line.

Sloane to move home has got Collingwood written all over it.

 

[Jabba73]

If he puts off contract talks until the end of the season...

 

[Jatz]

How many years has Sloane been on their list? He's not a FA right?

 

[CJMB]

How many years has Sloane been on their list? He's not a FA right?

Pretty sure it'll have been 10 years and he'll be an unrestricted free agent.

 

[Aphrodite]

Pretty sure it'll have been 10 years and he'll be an unrestricted free agent.

Drafted in 2008.

 

[DangerousD]

It’s started, The HS front or back page (unsure wasn’t paying attention) already banging on about AFLX high scoring will put pressure on the AFL to introduce some rules in to the season proper.

Make no mistake, AFLX is a vehicle the AFL will use to gradually change the rules of the main season.

I should add, I only ready 2-3 lines of the article before regaining my self respect and promptly putting the paper down.

 

[The Toad]

They compared it to how 20/20 has changed the pace of test cricket. Saying AFLX might make the regular season more highscoring, a higherscoring ga.....**** it kick more goals.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Has this already been brought up? I’m astounded that they’ve actually gone with this....


http://m.afc.com.au/video/2018-01-25/whatever-it-takes

 

[The Toad]

Has this already been brought up? I’m astounded that they’ve actually gone with this....


http://m.afc.com.au/video/2018-01-25/whatever-it-takes

That was Pox as!!!

 

[Sector 7G]

Has this already been brought up? I’m astounded that they’ve actually gone with this....


http://m.afc.com.au/video/2018-01-25/whatever-it-takes

Wasn’t that the * slogan from the ill fated 2013 campaign. Guess Dank has a gig in SA. News must travel slowly over there.

 

[AceAndy]

That was Pox as!!!

Agreed.

Seeing Bryce in that appalling jumper has really annoyed me

 

[AceAndy]

Wasn’t that the * slogan from the ill fated 2013 campaign. Guess Dank has a gig in SA. Need must travel slowly over there.

Very strange choice indeed.

 

[The Toad]

Very strange choice indeed.

Thery are a few years behind after all.

 

[Blue Pulse]

Has this already been brought up? I’m astounded that they’ve actually gone with this....


http://m.afc.com.au/video/2018-01-25/whatever-it-takes

Seriously, do they actually live in a bubble? Whatever!

 

[ODNBlue]

Seriously, do they actually live in a bubble? Whatever!

That's a rhetorical question... right?

 

[footyfan1978]

Has this already been brought up? I’m astounded that they’ve actually gone with this....


http://m.afc.com.au/video/2018-01-25/whatever-it-takes

That marketing effort is every bit as bad as their grand final performance.
You would have to sack the marketing person surely. Grab of Chairman's speech was awful, absolute train wreck. Surely marketing person has to be secretly a Port Power fan over there for this to exist ?

 

[Love the Drake]

Saw zakarias on the news talking about the bummers having a harder edge this year and being physical.
New assistant coaches for *don named - Wallis, duckworth, Somerville and specialist sniper Dustin ‘elbows and knees’ fletcher.

I cannot stand that s**tstain of a club..have always been thugs.

 

[Dadda Dave]

Saw zakarias on the news talking about the bummers having a harder edge this year and being physical.
New assistant coaches for *don named - Wallis, duckworth, Somerville and specialist sniper Dustin ‘elbows and knees’ fletcher.

I cannot stand that s**tstain of a club..have always been thugs.

What ever it takes .

 

[mediumsizered]

I was moved to write this post as a result of a handful of posts in tonight's gameday discussion thread bemoaning the poor skills on show (posts which are by no means invalid). I posted similarly last year.

When looking at the AFLW competition we must take into account the football background of those playing in the competition. You will hear throughout the commentary of these games about the various sports that these women have come from to play in this competition. Basketball, netball, soccer, there was even a Collingwood player who had a background in dirt bike competitions, but it goes far deeper than this.

We are not that far removed from the days when girls could only play football in the boys' junior competitions & only until a certain age. Once they reached the deemed age limit, they were tossed out of the game entirely as there was no female competition to cater for them from their mid-teens. Many of the women playing in the AFLW were victims of these rules & of course have not received the ongoing coaching, training & match practice to enable them to develop their skills/football nous in the way their male counterparts have. Access to football for girls at school has only become available in recent years. Many of your male TAC Cup graduates have been fortunate enough to not only receive ongoing coaching in local junior competitions, but also in properly sanctioned school competitions, where many have been coached by ex-AFL players.

Realistically, it may well be a minimum of another 5 years before we start seeing females graduating to the AFLW competition with improved skill levels. By then these girls should have had 7-8 years of ongoing coaching & matchday experience. They will also most likely be fitter & more mobile than the current AFLW players, having had access to facilities that some of the current women could only have dreamed of. A better fitness level should invariably assist the skill level.

My advice to Carlton supporters who find the current quality of the AFLW competition frustrating/hard to watch is to remember that at the end of the day all that matters is whether those women who are pulling on the Navy Blue & White jumper are winning. A 3.4.22 to 2.2.14 win is every bit as good as a 15.10.100 to 13.14.92 win.

 

[The_Wookie]

Re: low scoring. Ive wondered how mens games would show if sides had the same agression shown by the women. And others have pointed out that the games go for about half the time, with almost no time on played.

Girlsplayfooty also suggested that the last touch free rule impacted scoring by limiting throw-ins near the behind posts and inside the forward 50s.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Never seen a Round One ‘Game of the Year’, in my life.

Back to Dave Dobbyn.

 

[thylacine60]

I was moved to write this post as a result of a handful of posts in tonight's gameday discussion thread bemoaning the poor skills on show (posts which are by no means invalid). I posted similarly last year.

When looking at the AFLW competition we must take into account the football background of those playing in the competition. You will hear throughout the commentary of these games about the various sports that these women have come from to play in this competition. Basketball, netball, soccer, there was even a Collingwood player who had a background in dirt bike competitions, but it goes far deeper than this.

We are not that far removed from the days when girls could only play football in the boys' junior competitions & only until a certain age. Once they reached the deemed age limit, they were tossed out of the game entirely as there was no female competition to cater for them from their mid-teens. Many of the women playing in the AFLW were victims of these rules & of course have not received the ongoing coaching, training & match practice to enable them to develop their skills/football nous in the way their male counterparts have. Access to football for girls at school has only become available in recent years. Many of your male TAC Cup graduates have been fortunate enough to not only receive ongoing coaching in local junior competitions, but also in properly sanctioned school competitions, where many have been coached by ex-AFL players.

Realistically, it may well be a minimum of another 5 years before we start seeing females graduating to the AFLW competition with improved skill levels. By then these girls should have had 7-8 years of ongoing coaching & matchday experience. They will also most likely be fitter & more mobile than the current AFLW players, having had access to facilities that some of the current women could only have dreamed of. A better fitness level should invariably assist the skill level.

My advice to Carlton supporters who find the current quality of the AFLW competition frustrating/hard to watch is to remember that at the end of the day all that matters is whether those women who are pulling on the Navy Blue & White jumper are winning. A 3.4.22 to 2.2.14 win is every bit as good as a 15.10.100 to 13.14.92 win.

quality post from a consistently quality poster