The grand final has completely validated 6-6-6

[Always Ballin]

6-6-6 increases center clearance goals. I'm loving those quick goals in succession.

Hocking was a misunderstood genius.

 

[Dirty Bird]

No..........

 

[RUNVS]

6-6-6 increases center clearance goals. I'm loving those quick goals in succession.

Hocking was a misunderstood genius.

If teams are quick and confident the 6-6-6 can definitely be exploited.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Dogs have always struggled against the best rucks.

 

[Always Ballin]

That burst could've been stopped if 6-6-6 wasn't there. Bevo would've dropped 2-3 extra men back.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

It’s funny, when it was brought in after 2018 everyone said it would favour sides like us, and then we struggled with it in 2019. Today has been almost the quintessential 6-6-6 performance. A lot like a game in 2018 before it came in where we flogged the dogs.

 

[juss]

6-6-6 increases center clearance goals. I'm loving those quick goals in succession.

Hocking was a misunderstood genius.

A quarter of football does not validate anything.

 

[aCunningPlan]

A quarter of football does not validate anything.

They've done it the last few weeks mate...

 

[Borussia Teeth]

6-6-6 and the Devil’s favourite Demons.

 

[sobrave]

Christ almighty stop making so many threads. Calm down mate

 

[scaryness]

Change is always bad tho

 

[Always Ballin]

What was that? A 31 goal GF? Nice!

 

[blitzer]

What a load of nonsense. If you can't validate 6-6-6 based on several seasons of games, then you can't just go "well it worked in this one game"
It has failed to achieve the results it was put in to achieve which was to increase scoring.
Yeah it worked for one game, but so what - in general it hasn't achieved its core aim.

 

[Always Ballin]

What a load of nonsense. If you can't validate 6-6-6 based on several seasons of games, then you can't just go "well it worked in this one game"
It has failed to achieve the results it was put in to achieve which was to increase scoring.
Yeah it worked for one game, but so what - in general it hasn't achieved its core aim.

Wrong.

Scores from center bounces/clearances I believe immediately went up when the rule was introduced.

 

[Blue1980]

I liked 6-6-6 before it was cool to

 

[maskmcgee]

Dees kicked 16 goals in the last 25 minutes. Insane.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

74 point win validates 666 wtf

 

[Always Ballin]

74 point win validates 666 wtf

How does that matter?

Some of you are absolute airheads.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

How does that matter?

Some of you are absolute airheads.

It hasn’t validated s**t

 

[conrad_437]

Not for my side

 

[HTT]

Ridiculous thread. One game in three years is evidence a new rule was effective?

 

[Mazza44]

No. Quick clearances out of the middle shouldn’t override overall gameplay around the field. Melbourne would have won regardless without it, but it disables defensive counter tactics.

Watched a replay of 2002 today and our final goal that iced the game was kicked with 5 minutes to go after a huge slog. That shouldn’t potentially be wiped away with 5 possessions and little counter play.

 

[almuz]

Game is way too momentum based. So hard to stop a team that’s on a roll.

Tonight’s game was basically three different games - Dees on top, then Dogs, then Dees. It wasn’t really an arm wrestle, more just all out attack from whoever won clearances

 

[DavidSSS]

Hate it, what next - off side?

This is Australian Rules Football, a 360 degree game with very few restrictions on player movement. 6-6-6 is an abomination and should go along with the statue on the mark and the absurd way players stand 15 metres away on the mark when a kick out is taken after a behind.

In any case, as someone above mentioned - the AFL wanted this rule so they could have increased scores. Scores have decreased, so it failed on their own criteria.

If I wanted to watch basketball . . . I'd watch basketball.

DS

 

[Rotayjay]

I love centre clearance goals. The more the merrier.