What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? (Part 1 - cont in Part 2)

[bluemarq]

That Fremantle are routinely treated like filth by the umpires and AFL administration and we won't win a flag until Demetriou pisses off from AFL Headquarters

The OP asked for unpopular opinions - not bats*** crazy ones.

Have a look at the grossly unprofessional, duplicitous and unethical way your administration routinely operates- the sacking of Damien Drum (who had to find out his fate from the media, rather than being told to his face) and (underhanded) poaching of Ro$$ Lyon being particularly egregious examples. Also look at the abysmal recruiting and player management decisions your club has made to see why Femantle has only played in a handful of finals in fifteen years.

 

[sportsmaniac89]

The OP asked for unpopular opinions - not bats*** crazy ones.

Have a look at the grossly unprofessional, duplicitous and unethical way your administration routinely operates- the sacking of Damien Drum (who had to find out his fate from the media, rather than being told to his face) and (underhanded) poaching of Ro$$ Lyon being particularly egregious examples. Also look at the abysmal recruiting and player management decisions your club has made to see why Femantle has only played in a handful of finals in fifteen years.

Clearly fits unpopular opinion as you felt the need to deride it

Unfortunately a lot of my opinions are popular so I went left-field. Deal with it.

 

[RodneyMaynard]

No they haven't. Less than 7000 people bothered to watch GWS play the Eagles on a perfectly fine day. At the opening of their new stadium, against one of the AFL's most popular teams, they only managed to draw about 12,000.

It rained at the opening of their new stadium. It rained yesterday in Sydney and Penrith drew 5,000 people to their NRL game. The Giants are in their first year and have won only one game, the Suns in their second and are winless. Give it time.

Too many teams in NSW and Queensland

Equal to league games, pitty you're not playing in the NRL, this is the AFL where League crowds don't cut it. Brisbane 20491, Sydney 20317, GWS 14939 and Gold Coast 13296 are the 4 lowest average home attendances in the league despite Brisbane and Sydney playing up there for 25-30 years plus. Before rubbishing Vic clubs look at your own state and remember where the money came from for you even to have a club up there.

Sydney's home ground is under redevelopment. Last year with no capacity restraints they had the highest average attendance of any sporting club in Sydney. When Brisbane were flying they regularly sold out the Gabba, the crowds will return when they're playing well again.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

That it's basically a bogan game, played and watched mainly by bogans.

I assume this is an unpopular opinion because my post saying that got deleted from the "booing injuries" thread within a couple of minutes. But it's true.

 

[Forward Press]

1. Demetriou has been fantastic for the game and should be regarded as the best chief that the AFL has ever had.

2. There is far too much ridiculing of umpires here and I think they consistently do a good job week in week out. We harp on about their crap calls but never give praise for the good calls they make.

3. On that note, the MRP are also doing a better job than is often portrayed in difficult circumstances. They probably get more analysis and armchair commentators than actual Supreme Court judicial trials.

4. Struggling Victorian clubs should move interstate and if not voluntarily so, the AFL should force the issue after conducting feasiblity tests, market research, etc etc

 

[Astro Bomber]

There should be more Thursday and Monday night games

 

[jo172]

The current MRP system is good and working, people just don't understand it and it suffers from having to apply shitty rules

 

[PendlePie]

That Dayne Beams and Steele Sidebottom have comfortably gone past Dustin Martin this season...actually I'd hope this view would now be popular as it's true.

 

[entourage]

Coaches don't have as much influence on game day as people, especially the media, believe. Game day tactics are overrated.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Boundary umpires should be able to award free kicks in play.

 

[Clay Davis]

• Intangible cultures at clubs (or any organisation) do not persist through time. They can disappear within the space of a couple of seasons.

• Players shouldn't be in anyway loyal to their clubs.

 

[royals1922]

The importance of ruckmen and captains is highly overstated.

 

[Astro Bomber]

The importance of ruckmen and captains is highly overstated.

Captains, I cant comment on but, you honestly don't see the importance of ruckmen?

 

[royals1922]

Captains, I cant comment on but, you honestly don't see the importance of ruckmen?

I did say overstated - not at all. Anyway from what I can gather here's not a place to debate ruckmen.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

1) too many teams in Melbourne. Need to merge, move or fold and bring the amount of teams down so we can either play each other twice or something suitable to fix the schedule.

2) not sure if this is unpopular or not but 3 weeks of byes? GTFO. my DT is fked

3) need Monday night football or Thursday night football on a weekly basis. Get rid of the twilight Sunday game and use either the Thursday or Monday to replace it

 

[roostersgal4eva]

The Sydney/West Coast Grand Finals were two of the better in recent memory

I agree with that

also is very unpopular to think Jack Watts will come good around these parts and how expansion in large is a good thing

 

[manicmagpie]

2) Home games should be classified as those where you do not leave the state. Therefore, currently the Eagles play 12 home games, whereas teams like Collingwood play 18 home games. Then to balance this out, the Vicorian teams would have to travel sometimes twice to play Sydney, West Coast, etc to make travelling fair.

1 - Demetriou is doing a fantastic job
2 - Banners should be scrapped save for finals / milestones of 100 games or more
3 - That if you join a competition where the 13 rival clubs are all over 3000 kilometres away you should probably get used to the idea that you will travel a lot and not whine about it, nor expect other teams to travel more to somehow "compensate you". *

* May only be unpopular in WA

 

[noodle]

That Fremantle are routinely treated like filth by the umpires and AFL administration and we won't win a flag until Demetriou pisses off from AFL Headquarters

And I thought that I had heard all the Freo excuses.

 

[Pessimistic]

1. Demetriou has been fantastic for the game and should be regarded as the best chief that the AFL has ever had.

2. There is far too much ridiculing of umpires here and I think they consistently do a good job week in week out. We harp on about their crap calls but never give praise for the good calls they make.

3. On that note, the MRP are also doing a better job than is often portrayed in difficult circumstances. They probably get more analysis and armchair commentators than actual Supreme Court judicial trials.

4. Struggling Victorian clubs should move interstate and if not voluntarily so, the AFL should force the issue after conducting feasiblity tests, market research, etc etc

Some of those interstate markets would fail the feasibiluty tests even worse than in victoria

 

[brooklyn]

fevola would have made a better carlton captain than judd

if fevola was made captain, he would still be playing football today

 

[Pessimistic]

You dont need a mid season draft you just need a special rule to promote a ruckman from outside the AFL if needed

 

[bloodsbigot]

1) Geelong is a really boring team to watch.

2) I actually like Collingwood and their status as the 'hated' team. They're like a heel in the WWE. They make the game interesting and they generate interest and boost crowd levels for every team they play.

3) Grand Finals between two Victorian teams is boring and it's basically bad for football.

 

[Crimmo]

In isolation, AFL players are paid far too much money for what they actually do.

 

[Coledinho]

In isolation, AFL players are paid nowhere near enough money for what they actually do. If we were being fair they deserve quadruple the current salary cap for each team

 

[jonoman89]

fevola would have made a better carlton captain than judd

if fevola was made captain, he would still be playing football today

You're insane.