Masten Smacks Down the AFL

[West123]

2018 truly has been the resurrection of Masto fandom.

 

[West123]

what i don't get with the extreme dumbness is that the zone markings are a line immediately crossed. We have the square but one kick and the swans have flooded.

Like 6/6/6 for centre bounces. Seriously? There aren't that many centre bounces and it takes an AFL player about 3 seconds to run from forward 50 to the centre circle.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Chris Masten is now our board mascot.

All hail our tattooed god

Masten has swagger. Must be all those motivational speeches from a certain poster later.

This board right now.

Love you Chris

Fly your flags at half masten

Shuey and Masten, forever legends.

Both shall be remembered for ******* over insufferable campaigners.

Oh my god. I like Masten. Really. Tentatively football and now this.

Masten...GOAT

MASTO has more balls to speak up than some big names.
Was interesting to hear on the podcast how Schoey lashed Dangerfield for siding with the AFL, saying he'd say anything for a stack of cash.

Thought OP was a pisstake, well done to Masto.

2018 truly has been the resurrection of Masto fandom.

#forevermarsden

 

[former lurker]

#forevermarsden

Great news, does that mean you are going to **** off with your Masto bashing now ?

 

[Doashuey]

That's it Masto *** the haters.
I bet most players would rather have this guy as the player rep rather than that brown nosing puppet Dangerfield.

I love my footy but can see me completely switching off next year if they do this. Fancy bringing in 6 changes all at one time, some of them fabric changing. And to top it off part way through a season? campaigners have go completely ****ing gaga.

 

[kranky al]

If we could separate masto the undersized slow cant break a tackle cant make a tackle from the masto hairy chested shirtfront the afl putin kind of masten would be super guys

 

[Mico89]

Good for speaking up... just drop the nominating ruck rule then leave it

 

[Balls In]

MAoFL is the stupidest orginisation in Australia. Needs to be prized out of socialist Victoria immediately. Reverse equalisation policies let shite teams fail leaving good well run clubs to prosper. Fewer teams, a bigger talent pool and stop rewarding poor performance.

At the moment we have a couple of good teams, a couple of basketcases and everyone else basically playing at exactly the same standard and seperated by luck and / or injuries only so ever game just becomes an arm wrestle. No wonder it looks boring and manufactured. It is.

 

[fomoco04]

**** man haven't seen you post in a long time.

Always been here, just content with lurking.

 

[DirtySandman]

“The AFL is ridiculous. Leave the sport alone. It will get figured out,” Masten said

I wish he'd leave the sport alone.

 

[ioppolo]

I think everyone should cheer Masten whenever he gets the ball. Not just a cheer though, I'm talking Cousins return type cheer

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Not only does he smack the AFL, he smacks down hard on the AFLPA for ignoring players out west.

 

[frenchconnection]

That's it Masto *** the haters.
I bet most players would rather have this guy as the player rep rather than that brown nosing puppet Dangerfield.

I love my footy but can see me completely switching off next year if they do this. Fancy bringing in 6 changes all at one time, some of them fabric changing. And to top it off part way through a season? campaigners have go completely ******* gaga.

What are you talking about - the AFL have been doing it for years - ie changing the rules. Not that I agree with changing the rules all the time though. You don't see this in other codes - can only think its people in high places trying to justify their jobs.

 

[Doashuey]

What are you talking about - the AFL have been doing it for years - ie changing the rules. Not that I agree with changing the rules all the time though. You don't see this in other codes - can only think its people in high places trying to justify their jobs.

Changing a rule or tinkering with a rule at the start of the season after a couple of preseason trials is one thing. Making half a dozen rule changes, some if them that completely change how the game is played ( zones, expanded goal square) mid season all at once with no trials for any of them is completely another.
Wouldnt have thought that was a concept that required explanation yet here we are....

 

[Pat_Footy]

He made sense

The game was pretty ugly in the 05-06 grand finals yet produced great grand finals

The game evolved after that ...hawks attacked

Bulldog win with slick handballing

Richmond with fierce tackling pressure creating turn overs and slick ball use

The game will figure itself out

It's hideous to watch at the moment. It's 40 players on the tv screen. Nobody likes change, particularly players who are barely getting a game as it is.
Both the bulldog and tiger game plans you describe are dependent on flooding and having huge numbers everywhere. It's disgusting to watch.

Most people can barely sit through their own games, let alone watch a neutral game.

 

[jdisc]

It's hideous to watch at the moment. It's 40 players on the tv screen. Nobody likes change, particularly players who are barely getting a game as it is.
Both the bulldog and tiger game plans you describe are dependent on flooding and having huge numbers everywhere. It's disgusting to watch.

Most people can barely sit through their own games, let alone watch a neutral game.

when, in the history of the entire AFL, has a rule change actually fixed the problem it was supposed to fix?

do you offer any evidence whatsoever that zones would suddenly make every game of AFL entertaining again?

 

[Pat_Footy]

when, in the history of the entire AFL, has a rule change actually fixed the problem it was supposed to fix?

do you offer any evidence whatsoever that zones would suddenly make every game of AFL entertaining again?

You've asked a stupid q, so I won't bother answering it.

Status quo has lead to this monstrosity. This game style has been around for quite a few years now. I don't think the AFL has the cojones to actually make significant rule changes - they'll just keep putting it off. Gill doesn't want to ruffle any feathers.

To all the people saying "all will work itself out and it will evolve again" - what a load of crap. You'll be saying the same thing in another 5 years.

 

[Pedals23]

It's hideous to watch at the moment. It's 40 players on the tv screen. Nobody likes change, particularly players who are barely getting a game as it is.
Both the bulldog and tiger game plans you describe are dependent on flooding and having huge numbers everywhere. It's disgusting to watch.

Most people can barely sit through their own games, let alone watch a neutral game.

Cheers for the input Gil. Keep up the good bad work.

 

[Godfather32]

It's hideous to watch at the moment. It's 40 players on the tv screen. Nobody likes change, particularly players who are barely getting a game as it is.
Both the bulldog and tiger game plans you describe are dependent on flooding and having huge numbers everywhere. It's disgusting to watch.

Most people can barely sit through their own games, let alone watch a neutral game.

TV screens are way bigger these days though