HoneyBadger35
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HoneyBadger35
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They deliberately started with 17 on the field and ran a bloke on after the ball was bounced so they could have a spare man on the wing. Very, very nearly came off.
So much dodginess going on
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Interesting tactics from Essendon. I noticed they did it earlier in the season but it seemed like a one-off accident at the time. Funnily enough I posted a MB thread at the time asking if what Essendon did was legal, because I could see teams trying it at the end of close games. In true MB style I was called an idiot for even thinking that a team would intentionally start with 1 short.
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Oh, and the reason I had to ask if it was legal was because the AFL hadn't yet published the 2019 rules booklet, a month into the season. They really are an absolute clown college.
Is it already a rule that 18 must start on the field at all centre bounces? If not, fair play.
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Cheers for that, HB.
I actually enjoy seeing tactics coaches come up with when new rules are applied.
They mostly seem to smash up the reason the new rule was employed......a good reason to just leave the game be IMHO.
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Spot on. It's almost like people whose sole job is to maximise their teams ability to win will come up with loopholes for untested rules created in boardrooms. It's almost like good coaches always figure the game out, because that's what makes them good at their job. Sport is dynamic and evolves, and when something comes along that could be a barrier, a good coach adjusts and gets things back on their terms no matter what.
Who ******* knew, Gil you flog.
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I can only assume the rule would be written 'no more than 18 players' or 'no more than six players in each zone', otherwise surely this is easily adjudicated.
They'd have to make it "no more than 6 in a zone" or they'd have to pay a free kick every bounce if a team ended up with 5 on the bench with injury.
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So I’ve maintained my perfect donut tipping Melbourne games
Every game I’ve tipped them to win they’ve lost. Whenever I’ve tipped against them they’ve won
Going into tonight’s game I was going to tip us but decided against tempting fate so picked Melbourne
Going to tip them for the rest of the year I think
Every game I’ve tipped them to win they’ve lost. Whenever I’ve tipped against them they’ve won
Going into tonight’s game I was going to tip us but decided against tempting fate so picked Melbourne
Going to tip them for the rest of the year I think
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The year is so even that tipping is pointless.
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For a team that had only won one grand final - $4m for a standout game that won them a flag
I think they’d do it again
You're doing the [deity of your choice/cruel and uncaring universe]'s work, my child.
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These Saints forwards could take a girl home and somehow get it in her ear.
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St Kilda dominating Collingwood at the G, for a return of 3.8. Collingwood lead by five points, having kicked 5.1.
Ridiculously even season, bank wins, get on with the season.
Ridiculously even season, bank wins, get on with the season.
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3.9.
How are a club so bad at goal kicking? This has been an issue at St Kilda forever.
How are a club so bad at goal kicking? This has been an issue at St Kilda forever.
Bank wins. Progressively build form. Challenge for premiership in September, not May.
6-3 is a pretty good spot to be in given how many have had interrupted preseasons.
Collingwood won’t win it this year I don’t think. That’s been my thought most of the year, but they aren’t anywhere near the side that the media makes them about to be.
6-3 is a pretty good spot to be in given how many have had interrupted preseasons.
Collingwood won’t win it this year I don’t think. That’s been my thought most of the year, but they aren’t anywhere near the side that the media makes them about to be.
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Well, fair point. However Ben Simmons NBA number one draft pick at 20 made $5,903,160 in his first year (US dollars) and seems to have handled it well.
Interesting considering the Nba is way bigger and more scrutinized then AFL is.
It's also much much more professional than the AFL is and no doubt is more used to dealing with managing young, wealthy players. Plus, Simmons was making millions but so were most, if not all of his teammates. Boyd was one of the highest paid players in the league.
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