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AFLW 2024 - Round 7 - Pride Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Great call. I don't have time to wasteTo save watching the entire game, are there any particular timings you can direct us to Mr P?
I did have a look. The loud mouth that can be heard on the mic is quite something. Young men getting blows to the head is not on in any competition anymoreThe less said the better, have a look at the replay.
From my current Wesley experience but evidently across the board, this is a 3-fold issue.
1) The ever changing demographic mix of kids / families, who are happy to pay the growing fees, but have a disdain for sport. The schools no longer have the ‘support’ to compel mass participation, as they enjoy the spoils of $$$. This is felt at younger levels & lower down than 1st & 2nds teams, that will always continue to thrive.
2) Teacher / coaches - already has seen a swing to paying ex students for many roles, for younger teams & lower down the pecking order. It’s also something of fallacy of sorts teachers moaning about extra duties. Certainly for most senior teams (1sts & 2nds again) are generally specialist sport coaches, including say extra roles also NB: Head of Footy, Aths, Rowing, Cricket, etc.
Sometimes they might double up as PE, English teachers.
3) Facilities - there’s huge $ millions invested in A grade infrastructure (gyms, pools, b’ball courts, outdoor fields, boat sheds, etc). Could anybody see a scale back that would make a mockery of such assets being under used !
What has been suggested, is offering new ‘activities’ as alternates for the families not ‘engaged’ as such, IE: yoga, pilates, health / well being, cycling, etc. Suspect some sports may find themselves on the outside if numbers are low.
Plus perhaps shifting some year levels inter-school sport to mid week, from a Sat to soften teacher impact.
But the core sports are believed to always survive ( footy, cricket, rowing, Aths, basketball, Netball, soccer, etc) perhaps with fewer numbers at some big schools.
Not A grade related, but I think there are some great points in here, but one you have not mentioned is this push to go away from Saturday sport as being purely commercial from the school. I remember being at Wesley Glen Waverley on Saturday afternoon waiting to bat, and the scores of cars coming and going to pick up / drop off kids to language school.From my current Wesley experience but evidently across the board, this is a 3-fold issue.
1) The ever changing demographic mix of kids / families, who are happy to pay the growing fees, but have a disdain for sport. The schools no longer have the ‘support’ to compel mass participation, as they enjoy the spoils of $$$. This is felt at younger levels & lower down than 1st & 2nds teams, that will always continue to thrive.
2) Teacher / coaches - already has seen a swing to paying ex students for many roles, for younger teams & lower down the pecking order. It’s also something of fallacy of sorts teachers moaning about extra duties. Certainly for most senior teams (1sts & 2nds again) are generally specialist sport coaches, including say extra roles also NB: Head of Footy, Aths, Rowing, Cricket, etc.
Sometimes they might double up as PE, English teachers.
3) Facilities - there’s huge $ millions invested in A grade infrastructure (gyms, pools, b’ball courts, outdoor fields, boat sheds, etc). Could anybody see a scale back that would make a mockery of such assets being under used !
What has been suggested, is offering new ‘activities’ as alternates for the families not ‘engaged’ as such, IE: yoga, pilates, health / well being, cycling, etc. Suspect some sports may find themselves on the outside if numbers are low.
Plus perhaps shifting some year levels inter-school sport to mid week, from a Sat to soften teacher impact.
But the core sports are believed to always survive ( footy, cricket, rowing, Aths, basketball, Netball, soccer, etc) perhaps with fewer numbers at some big schools.
The tribunal this evening handed out a total of 10 weeks suspensions to the four St Bernards players. That was an ugly game of VAFA footy that I hope I never witness again.So a pretty standard St Bernards crowd by all accounts. Pity about the on-field antics.
My spies tell me off the field was more rough house than on it!The tribunal this evening handed out a total of 10 weeks suspensions to the four St Bernards players. That was an ugly game of VAFA footy that I hope I never witness again.
With Tom Sullivan getting two weeks against XavsWAFL the week before that’s five out for the clash against Gazmen. Could be a boil overThe tribunal this evening handed out a total of 10 weeks suspensions to the four St Bernards players. That was an ugly game of VAFA footy that I hope I never witness again.
Have a look at VAFA TV 2 mins 30 seconds of the second quarter when the SKOB boy gets concussion, their supporters are like rabid animals, in particular their timekeeper who is yelling out great tackle and telling SKOB supporters to shut up etc.My spies tell me off the field was more rough house than on it!
That would be distressing for everyone who has been at SKOBAFL home gamesHave a look at VAFA TV 2 mins 30 seconds of the second quarter when the SKOB boy gets concussion, their supporters are like rabid animals, in particular their timekeeper who is yelling out great tackle and telling SKOB supporters to shut up etc.
How many weeks did he get. Lots of nervous boys in B regards tribunal as well.Have a look at VAFA TV 2 mins 30 seconds of the second quarter when the SKOB boy gets concussion, their supporters are like rabid animals, in particular their timekeeper who is yelling out great tackle and telling SKOB supporters to shut up etc.
Bloody violent footy in the VAFA Maxy - lucky we got out!!!Took 2 hours to type up results from last night.
I hear more to follow
Bloody violent footy in the VAFA Maxy - lucky we got out!!!
Must have been something in the water....???? To be serious though, haven't seen that sort of stuff for quite
a while, thankfully...
Situation not helped by the dkhd umps paying HTB for StB while the SKOB bloke's in la-la landHave a look at VAFA TV 2 mins 30 seconds of the second quarter when the SKOB boy gets concussion, their supporters are like rabid animals, in particular their timekeeper who is yelling out great tackle and telling SKOB supporters to shut up etc.
Collegians captain Boucher was gut punched 20 metres off the ball at the Snakepit just weeks ago. Dog act. Red card and suspensionMust have been something in the water....???? To be serious though, haven't seen that sort of stuff for quite
a while, thankfully...
Good question, I heard it was the same against OX the week before, maybe they’ve been told to play like it? They won’t have a team round one next year if it continues again this week.Serious question. Is that stuff led by the players or incited by supporters on the sidelines?
Only two field umpires for this game. Umpires view was obscuredSituation not helped by the dkhd umps paying HTB for StB while the SKOB bloke's in la-la land
Both of them had the chance to reverse the fk once they saw the SKOB flat on his back with a fencing response.Only two field umpires for this game. Umpires view was obscured
Dan Houston got 5 weeks and the umpires confirmed they didn’t believe it was a free kick. Video clearly shows a sling tackle and head hitting the ground. Also clear that the incident occurred on the outside towards the pavilion leaving the umpire being blindsided.Both of them had the chance to reverse the fk once they saw the SKOB flat on his back with a fencing response.
I could see how the HTB was paid. Why were they dickeahss, sounds like the players were, coaches, committee members and officials lost the plot.Situation not helped by the dkhd umps paying HTB for StB while the SKOB bloke's in la-la land