Opinion AFL 2023 Round 8 - Liked, learnt, hated

[#23 Hill]

Liked: Collingwood finishing round 8 a game clear on top of the ladder.

Learnt: That Fly starts Nick at half back so he's near Maynard.

Hated: Nothing. All is love when the Pies are a game clear on top of the ladder.

 

[Sttew]

Liked: Closer margins this week
Learnt: As others have bemoaned, the game is going through a horrible revolution. By season’s end more than 20 players will have been suspended for committing the once accepted football action of tackling
Hated: that Collingwood FC felt the need to apologise for unknown supporters booing.

 

[Do the Dew]

Hated: Tom Stewart not getting reported for his dump tackle considering Brad Close was for an identical one. Not one whisper from AFL media, no Whateley campaigning for his head, nothing.

 

[WilloTree]

Liked: (most of) the (sane) footy community condemning the booing of Buddy Franklin.
Learned: There's a team worse than West Coast.
Hated: Umps still miss howlers (Schultz). And, that Saints/North game. Turned it off partway through the 2nd quarter and had a nap. The nap was more interesting.

 

[VinnieB]

Liked: Attacking football is beating boring kick-to-kick and backline-flooding football.
Learned: Gerard Whately seems to think he is the moral saviour of sport. But most likely can't catch a ball.
Hated: Scheduling of games. Another late Sunday afternoon game for the Pies.

 

[Demon13304]

Learned Melbourne struggle away from Melbourne and the media seems to ignore it

Melbourne have won 18 of its last 23 games away from Melbourne -
In fact, one of our main complaints especially last year was that we played so much better away from the MCG than actually at the MCG