Recent content by loopy08

Congratulations Geelong on the win. Maybe we can now have overrated commentators stop talking about the importance of handball. It's the most overrated skill in football. Biggest difference between the sides was the number of Geelong players willing to attack the contest and play team first...

This has more to do with the AFL Media and the rubbish they spout as well as the in built advantages some Victorian clubs have than anything else. Every August we hear the AFL Media espouse the line that certain Victorian teams can't be overlooked as a flag threat because of their experience...

This is the main reason why its these two teams playing in the Grand Final. There's only so many games that can be won on the back of 1 or 2 star players. Also, odds are that once you get past the first week of finals you're generally playing against teams that have just as many star players...

Most of the results in recent years where one side has had a close game in the prelim there was a clear better team in the Grand Final and that team won it. Although I agree that Geelong's best is better than Sydney's, the strength (and weakness) of the Sydney side has been their...

Definitely food for thought but suspect it would be too involved a system for it to be implemented considering the average IQ of an AFL House employee. Good analogy with likening it to betting though, especially considering the amount of people that bet on live sport. Proof that field umpires...

Definitely food for thought but suspect it would be too involved a system for it to be implemented considering the average IQ of an AFL House employee. Good analogy with likening it to betting though, especially considering the amount of people that bet on live sport. Proof that field umpires...

Suspect it was because the goal umpire was making contact with the post which I would suspect would cause interference with edge but not sure. The irony regarding the score review wasn't lost on most other people either. Don't know how you can make a judgement on whether it's a goal or not when...

My point was more that given the game situation, Pickett's two misses playing me football were more costly than Lever's actions. The difference in Brisbane's 2 finals wins have been 22 players playing team first football and taking their opportunities when they come. For someone that can have...

90 seconds to go, 7 points down. McStay takes at least 25 seconds to start his run up so at best for Melbourne they have a minute to score 2 goals unless McStay kicks it on the full in which case a draw is possible. Much more likely he takes 15 to 20 seconds and chips the ball to a free teammate...

Suspect it was more along the lines of what Neale said in his interview after the game. Got jumped early but Melbourne didn't put them away. First box Brisbane had to tick was still be in touch at quarter time which they were (only 2 goals down). I've found that the they're on top and can't...

2015 Fremantle vs West Coast. Hawthorn beating Fremantle in Perth in the prelim on the Friday night guaranteed a one sided grand final. North weren't good enough to challenge Hawthorn (or West Coast in Perth) and West Coast weren't good enough outside of Perth. 2020 Brisbane vs Richmond. A big...

Yes it has but they were situations where the only person who didn't know the result before the review was the goal umpire. Think what will be the result of Thursdays game is that we'll see goal umpires allowed to say I've got no idea and the review go on a most likely scenario instead of...

Doubt it. That would require Michael Christian to use his brain and not be a laughing stock.

True, umpiring was poor all night. Biggest difference for me was Brisbane's senior players playing team first football and making the most of their opportunities. Joe Danniher was probably beaten most of the night but walks away having kicked the same number of goals as Riewoldt and Lynch...

Dunstall was playing Devils Advocate and posing a what if question to his fellow panellists regarding whether or not Brisbane would play a ruckman next week. As he explained when Sarah Jones queried him on it, Sydney's main ruckman, similar to Richmond's, doesn't hurt you around the ground with...