The AFL never seems to see unintended consequences.
1. Encourages tanking
2. Greatly reduces likelihood of trading picks 1-5 when the opposite should be a goal.
The AFL media is pathetic. 3 changes in 3 years. No questions regarding the incompetence required to achieve that. The media just lap...
Yep, it is another of the Big Footy myths that become accepted as fact. The last 10 minutes last night we completely out ran Collingwood. The fade outs are part mental (fragile players) and part coaching. They are not because we are out on a feet because of a game style.
It is up there with...
Weitering had 9 possessions playing on kids and people having him as our best. I have read on here for years that Weitering should be ‘freed up’ and played as the interceptor. Last night showed again he just doesn’t influence enough when he does. He should play on the oppositions best key...
And this time last year many posters were demanding Lucas Campo be played and we saw how that turned out. Apparently he hadn’t put a foot wrong all preseason and simply demanded to be picked but it was obvious in about 10 minutes of an actual game he was miles off AFL standard.
Internal match...
Saad was very disappointing second half of last year. Just very lazy efforts and refusing to pick up his man at times. He was told clearly in the off season if he didn’t defend he won’t play.
His man hardly touched it these past 2 games. He is doing what is asked and he will naturally attack...
Of all the areas to discuss our deficiencies it is not key back. We have JW, HOF and Dean with Young as back up. If we invested in another key back it would be a total waste of resources from 2027 and people would be screaming for Austin’s head.
There are so many greater areas of need moving...
Yes, it is just for $ and media but has nothing to do with giving more teams an opportunity to win it as claimed by Dillon.
In fact, it gives less teams a chance. In the previous system all 8 teams had a chance due to the bye. But this system effectively means 7-8 can’t win it. There is no way...
I really hope we don’t have a backline that includes Saad, Newman, McGovern and Haynes in the backline. That’s 4 players who could be in their last year in the back 7.
That’s not planning for the future.