It's the basic problem I have with AFLW, they want everything now. How about the competition expand and grow for the next 20 years before we even think about Hall of Fame. They want Phillips to share the same accolade as Polly Farmer? Give me a break.
Precisely. The AFL are telling us we have to like it. They're good at telling us what we should like and how we should run our lives. They're turning the game into a joke.
I switched on the telly and saw the Adelaide girls jumping around. Saw the score and thought, "Why would they be celebrating a quarter time lead"? Then I realised it was the full time score. :)
I think those number who are "interested" are footy starved people desperate for a game of footy, they don't care who or what. The only way you will get a true indication of interested numbers is to put it up against men's footy, same time slot, and see how many turn up then.
Yep, that's pretty much my thoughts. No problem with a women's league, none whatsoever, but talk about running before you can crawl. The product simply does not justify the media coverage. Minor sports must be really pissed off.
Nothing highlighted this more than watching Adelaide yesterday. Erin Phillips was out there. She IS an athlete, and she DOES understand how the game should be played. It was almost a joke watching her run around doing as she pleased whilst the others floundered around her.
It just annoys me...
Yep, good luck to them, they deserve their own league, but how about starting from the beginning instead of kicking off with national coverage on TV? In all honesty, I took a look at it yesterday, it's an inferior product so I won't be watching again. I refuse to have the AFL tell me what I...
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