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Jun 7, 2007
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Ok here's another thing I just found out, and it's pretty s**t that it's not there. The Match Centre gives you the leading goal kickers, possession getters, team lineups showing you the players names.
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Why can I not click on the player and get taken to their Stats Pro page giving me a look at who they are? Unbelievable thing to overlook.

I should be able to click on Blake Hardwick and get taken here:
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raymond35

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Jan 5, 2004
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Collingwood LEGEND Murray Weideman passed away this week.
I could find no mention of this on the AFL website. I was able to count 17 articles about aflw however.
Just like to give a large one fingered salute to all those knowledgeable people at Telstra and the AFL.
Screw you all ladies and gentlemen.
 

andon

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Jul 26, 2009
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Ha Ha Ha what an abosute useless, slow, and complex waste of space and time.
 

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It's still frigging stupid:

* I shouldn't have to click into a sub-menu to see the current round results. Bring back the tickertape across the top of the page.

* I shouldn't have to go hunting to find an article about MRO decisions. Make them fixed link sections at the top of the menu like the injury update info.

It genuinely feels like it's just a funnel to get people to watch videos. Directly under the top section of the main page where it has links to just four articles, is a ribbon with links to different videos and podcasts. The second link under the 'News' submenu at the top of the page is for Videos. And even on their facebook page half the stuff they link to on there is a video now as well.

Just... ugh.
 
Jul 26, 2007
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Darwin
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It was bad in 2015. Now its an absolute disaster. Almost unusable.

Agreed. I am using other sites more and more. The quality of the AFL website is terrible. Examples:

Take months to put up draftees photos. Really poor form.

Traded players ditto. Traded players have photos of them wearing their previous teams strip on the new teams board. Like really?

Team lists don't show the interchange players. Just great. Very disrespectful.

The amount of AFLW crap being shoved down our throats is just painful. One of my biggest hates.
 

Atavistic

Norm Smith Medallist
Jan 22, 2008
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This round centre is great. I mean, whenever I forget the scores from games played 10 years ago, the AFL sees fit to remind me.

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Why doesn't it automatically load the games from round 17 this year rather than round 17 from a random year?
 

Ed_Gein

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Dec 17, 2003
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The most annoying part of the website for me is the header that keeps popping up when you stop scrolling. It obscures the first line or two when I'm trying to read.....

I just use FoxFooty, FanFooty and The Age sites.
 

raymond35

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Giants being murdered by umpires with Geelong getting more frees and 50s, so AFL website puts this comment up. Outstanding.
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