Opinion How tough would it be?

[rfctigerarmy]

The effort AFL players put into getting the ultimate success from what would be a hobby, to a professional career is monumental. Those of us who work, or play sport, or whatever we're passionate about and work our way up would realise to some degree.

Think of Richmond from a supporters point of view, and just how big 2017 was. I think we can all accept that for us, and probably the players, it's in our top 3 days of our lives at the very least.

Then, 2018, we were playing for the majority of the year which such high confidence. It almost didn't matter how we played, because we played so freely.

This year is where it's going to be tough. We've come down with the flag, all the MCG wins, it's a new year and all the emotion / realisation is that we're going to have to work / struggle through this year moreso than the last 18 - 24 months. It's now about who wants it? And, let's be honest, it would be natural that it's hard to want it as much as the last two years. Because, we've seen the ultimate success.

Sometimes it's the last 5-10% which is the hardest. We don't have that right now. So, yeah, it would be tough.

The sooner the players get "over" the premiership (or accept it and move on), and how much of a success we were last year, the sooner our next batch of success will come.

Sidenote; you have to commend people like Federer, Williams, etc to stay motivated for success for such a long time at the highest level.

 

[Tiges1229]

The effort AFL players put into getting the ultimate success from what would be a hobby, to a professional career is monumental. Those of us who work, or play sport, or whatever we're passionate about and work our way up would realise to some degree.

Think of Richmond from a supporters point of view, and just how big 2017 was. I think we can all accept that for us, and probably the players, it's in our top 3 days of our lives at the very least.

Then, 2018, we were playing for the majority of the year which such high confidence. It almost didn't matter how we played, because we played so freely.

This year is where it's going to be tough. We've come down with the flag, all the MCG wins, it's a new year and all the emotion / realisation is that we're going to have to work / struggle through this year moreso than the last 18 - 24 months. It's now about who wants it? And, let's be honest, it would be natural that it's hard to want it as much as the last two years. Because, we've seen the ultimate success.

Sometimes it's the last 5-10% which is the hardest. We don't have that right now. So, yeah, it would be tough.

The sooner the players get "over" the premiership (or accept it and move on), and how much of a success we were last year, the sooner our next batch of success will come.

Sidenote; you have to commend people like Federer, Williams, etc to stay motivated for success for such a long time at the highest level.

All those people you mentioned are champions because of mental toughness and obviously they have talent , but without the mental toughness etc never be continued champ . Look at kyrios as example great talent no mental toughness will never amount to a champion .

 

[The Dice Man]

The way the competition is rigged (or set, ruled if you prefer), each club shall go through a cycle that if they get it right, will snag them a flag roughly once in every 18 years. We have had ours, now it's time to wait for the next generations (Seya'll in 2035).

The game/business is incredibly interfered with from year to year, game to game and almost impossible to follow even neutral games as there are too many umpires on the field, resulting in too many different interpretations for similar incidents.

Ideally we should go back to one central umpire. The more umpires you have the more differing interpretations of very hard to understand rules you get.

Less umpires make for more consistent decisions all over the ground.


The biggest change that's needed is LESS officialdom. While the AFL add more every year.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

One maggot on the field is enough...

 

[Handsuper47]

Really goes to show you how incredible that Hawthorn three-peat was.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

We rolled the dice and just missed out last year...as close as we are ever going to get..who knows could of been going 3peat if rancey did'nt get injured!

 

[Achilles Heel]

AFL will not allow another three peat or back to back , bad for ratings