No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXVII

[Rayzorwire]

Yep. And even some of the radical suggestions coach’s will still get around. For example 16 a side. What do you think clubs will do ? They’ll just recruit and build with more athletes who can run to defend and that will have other consequences eg perhaps a drop in skill levels.

That seems the most likely consequence of both reducing on-field numbers - and extending the bench for that matter.

More athletes, fewer pure footballers.

Just wish all these professional tinkerers would leave the bloody game alone.

 

[Rayzorwire]

Agree , the only problem is there are no more mud baths, usually golf green fields

They're definitely a rare sight, get the odd lake, but not the entire centre square mud of old.

 

[SunshineBoy]

I know I was just referencing your comment about suburban grounds.

I don’t think any rule changes will have much of an impact on creating higher scoring or un defending the game. Think this is what it is, and will be. I don’t really care. Not sure, as you state, if anything is necessarily worse v the old days when you look at the full gamut of games being played. You’ll always get one or two average to poor ones but you got that in the past too.

Tbh I felt a lot of the very recent rule changes were designed to stop our chaos, and prior to the 666 we always had a spare man at the back, is that defensive ? I’m not sure it allowed us to rush forward, so I would say it was attacking.

our chaos game certainly didn’t have low score from our side, but definitely stopped oppos from posting big scores, the AFL (cats mafia) tried to curb that.

now before you start laughing at conspiracy theory, the great soothsayer Gerard Whateley was sprouting 666 twelve months before, he was also the champion of 17 minute quarters and the “look” of the game. He waged a campaign for 17 minutes towards the end of last year When the scats were being overun.

we have the no prior opportunity bullshit because Gerard Healy started sprouting about it, some sections of the media hold too much sway

 

[SunshineBoy]

will be at richmond as an assistant in the future for sure

will decline a new senior gig

was a Richmond supporter as a kid too

Had a poster of kB on his wall

 

[SunshineBoy]

i made that part up anyway

I didnt

 

[SunshineBoy]

i made that part up anyway

I didn’t

Everyone loves the Chimp.

racist

 

[Drofder]

That seems the most likely consequence of both reducing on-field numbers - and extending the bench for that matter.

More athletes, fewer pure footballers.

Just wish all these professional tinkerers would leave the bloody game alone.

Exactly. It’s not the look or style of the game that shits me, it’s the endless rule changes and, importantly, the endless interpretation changes. Every single year seems everyone has to adjust to new rules and usually overkilled interpretation changes that have zero overall impact on the game other than to continue to frustrate the fans and players as consistency goes right out the door.

 

[SunshineBoy]

That seems the most likely consequence of both reducing on-field numbers - and extending the bench for that matter.

More athletes, fewer pure footballers.

Just wish all these professional tinkerers would leave the bloody game alone.

How about you get caught with the ball pay a free, throw it pay a free, drop it pay a free, that would stop 6 people laying on the ground on top of the ball carrier.

the NRL was blighted by people laying on the ball carrier , they changed one rule now you don’t get that s**t anymore, the game flows, pay the free as it was written in the rules not as the interpretations we have now.

we no longer have rules but interpretations to give the umpires an out and the AFL to manipulate, 4 umpires 4 interpertations

 

[Rayzorwire]

Exactly. It’s not the look or style of the game that shits me, it’s the endless rule changes and, importantly, the endless interpretation changes. Every single year seems everyone has to adjust to new rules and usually overkilled interpretation changes that have zero overall impact on the game other than to continue to frustrate the fans and players as consistency goes right out the door.

Couldn't agree more.

Players often unwilling to put their head over the ball and win it at ground level was just a horrible sight in the Bears/Scats game, talk about unintended consequences.

 

[69vintage]

i made that part up anyway

Don't you make up everything ?

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[tigs2010]

Couldn't agree more.

Players often unwilling to put their head over the ball and win it at ground level was just a horrible sight in the Bears/Scats game, talk about unintended consequences.

Looked like under 8s. Embarrassing stuff. They’ll ban kicking off the ground soon and players will start diving to the ground and punching it forward lmao.

 

[tigs2010]

Walters lmao

 

[Rayzorwire]

we no longer have rules but interpretations to give the umpires an out and the AFL to manipulate, 4 umpires 4 interpertations

That probably shits me - and everyone it seems - more than anything rule related.

Looked like under 8s. Embarrassing stuff. They’ll ban kicking off the ground soon and players will start diving to the ground and punching it forward lmao.

Nothing would surprise me at this point, Bristle Twat and Broose were endorsing the 'nobody win the ball at ground level' look during last night's game.

 

[tigs2010]

Beautiful crumb by Butters

 

[k31th]

that arrogance on the goal line haha

 

[tigs2010]

Was King the 9th or 10th bloke to touch the ball on his mark?

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Butler AA right now according to Gerard Healey

 

[tigs2010]

Freo are a ******* rabble haha

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Butler AA right now according to Gerard Healey

Where was this for him in 2017?

 

[tigs2010]

Saints are good to watch

 

[k31th]

Saints are good to watch

when they're playing a bad team...

 

[tigs2010]

when they're playing a bad team...

They whipped us haha

 

[k31th]

They whipped us haha

and we were bad that day haha

 

[tigers12]

The aints are absolutely pretenders they have played no one including us when we always play shithouse at shitihad if it was at the G they would Have no hope

 

[Goshaa]

Saints are pretenders. Pies slaughtered them.