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Quickest rebuild ever apparentlyJust read on the AFL website that the Sydney rebuild is complete (“stunning!”) after winning one of their last three games.
Also read their veterans looked tired early in the season after making “15 of the last 16 finals” ...you know players like Stuart Maxfield and Troy Luff who are still on the list but were a bit rusty out of the gates...
I don’t think I have sat and watched a whole game from start to finish this year yetI watched about half the first quarter, lost interests and took the dogs for a long walk.
Is the game becoming boring or am I just getting old?
I watched about half the first quarter, lost interests and took the dogs for a long walk.
Is the game becoming boring or am I just getting old?
The game was faster and more exciting 40 years ago and anyone that says any different hasn't got a clue.I don’t think I have sat and watched a whole game from start to finish this year yet
And that includes Hawthorn games too!
The game has changed from what I grew up watching
Yes. Yes.I watched about half the first quarter, lost interests and took the dogs for a long walk.
Is the game becoming boring or am I just getting old?
More exciting? Yep. Better paced and the game flowed much better? Yes. Faster? yes and no. I'll explain.The game was faster and more exciting 40 years ago and anyone that says any different hasn't got a clue.
I hate the fact he wont be retiring as a Hawk. Never got to give him a proper farewell in the Brown and Gold.
Hope he doesnt go the way of Matthews either and firmly entrenches himself in Brisbane to the point we never see him back at the club in any official capacity.
No offence Hodgey, but can you kindly **** off back to Victoria?
So if Howe has of jumped on top of the player’s shoulders it would have been fine?Interesting arguments in the media regarding the Howe decision yesterday. Commentators were disgusted by the decision to take the mark of Howe and award a free to the Melbourne player, saying he was just up for the speccy and it should be allowed.
From what I could see, the Dees player was set to take the mark and Howe runs up from behind, and with his leg fully extended, plants his foot squarely in the back of the Dees player, pushing him out of the way. There was no real vertical leap, just a push in the back, plain and simple.
Good decision by the umpire IMO. A push in the back has always been illegal.
See what you’re saying, perhaps much like a deliberate push in the back which is no different if you do it with your you hands. But as we know, it’s perfectly legal to canon into someone’s back with your body when attempting to mark. And that is one of the most spectacular aspects of our game.Interesting arguments in the media regarding the Howe decision yesterday. Commentators were disgusted by the decision to take the mark of Howe and award a free to the Melbourne player, saying he was just up for the speccy and it should be allowed.
From what I could see, the Dees player was set to take the mark and Howe runs up from behind, and with his leg fully extended, plants his foot squarely in the back of the Dees player, pushing him out of the way. There was no real vertical leap, just a push in the back, plain and simple.
Good decision by the umpire IMO. A push in the back has always been illegal.
Marking contests have always had a different set of rules though. You can literally knee someone in the back, or the head and it's ok.Interesting arguments in the media regarding the Howe decision yesterday. Commentators were disgusted by the decision to take the mark of Howe and award a free to the Melbourne player, saying he was just up for the speccy and it should be allowed.
From what I could see, the Dees player was set to take the mark and Howe runs up from behind, and with his leg fully extended, plants his foot squarely in the back of the Dees player, pushing him out of the way. There was no real vertical leap, just a push in the back, plain and simple.
Good decision by the umpire IMO. A push in the back has always been illegal.
Even if they don't, their dads heritage will be hugeEyes on the bigger price - we need Cooper, Chase and Leo growing up wearing brown and gold.
No idea why you are so worried about antisocial behaviour being cracked down on
No idea why you are so worried about antisocial behaviour being cracked down on
Aside from that how do the Tigers cheersquad know they are undercover spotters, could just be fans sick of the Tigers cheer squad going feral
It's about time we moved on from the footy being an excuse to hurl abuse at people at the top of your lungs
I'm of the opinion that if you won't go to the footy if you can't swear your head off then I'm happy to not see you at the footy. If that is a requirement for your enjoyment of the game live then it's more about the fact that you see the footy as a place you can act in a way you can't anywhere else in public.Where does it stop though? Is booing a poor score review anti-social? Does booing the umpires off after a poorly adjudicated quarter/half count as being anti-social? Sanitising the game to the extent it is going is not going to see more people come to the football because it is 'safer' but will just see crowds diminish further because at least you can't get kicked off your couch for telling the umpires off.