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There are many many fantastic things about modern day Canberra (cue first 37 comments now), but one of them is not that all leading…
I added my two bobs worth about Michael Foley and the Waratahs to David Lord's wrap-up of the most recent Waratahs 'game' and it…
I follow pretty much every code in Australia and beyond. I just love competition and excellence. Whether it's watching an AFL blockbuster with 90,000…
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Yesterday, I lined up with 18,000 other people at Canberra Stadium to get in to see a fantastic Easter Sunday game of rugby league…
I think once it addresses the major drop off in participation once kids turn 14 it may well be number 1
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
Dazza – I wonder if our kids were at the same club! Don’t respond – mine is still there!!!!
As for skills I’m gonna leave that to the others below!
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
Saphire – my only other post as berra boy was in support of the Raiders in the NRL so fair cop on that one.
Over my life on the Roar I have however been scathing of Union (primarily posting as Brumbie Justin) and NRL – particularly of the Storm and other organised cheating (I posted as Cosmos Forever for most of those).
No deception meant in changing handles, I just change every year or so so that my posts look fresh.
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
absolutely agree in terms of the A-League to a major degree – but every single 50 50 exchange is still met with some kind of play acting. Aside from that I think the A-League is way ahead of international or tournament football. The higher the stakes the higher the risk of head grabbing when a shin is clipped 😉
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
likewise Simon Hill’s wrap up on the fox site was a good one as well. I agree there are many excellent analytical minds in the game, but I got ranty when I saw Fossie (who I used to appreciate greatly) writing yet again that Football has a monopoly on passion!
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
that is exactly my point Australian Football. I am a football fan (Canberra United, Jets, Villa, Sampdoria, Dortmund) I am a League fan (Raiders, Celtic Crusaders) I am a union fan (Brumbies) and an AFL fan (Kangaroos, Geelong).
I don’t believe that you have to choose on over the other.
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
‘ll never get a team in Canberra – perhaps the thing that has led to the chip on my shoulder 😉
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
all above – agree but the point of my article was partially about football owning up to the scourge of things like diving – not saying other codes don’t suffer from the same thing. The NRL did, however, deal (eventually) with the Storm…
TCunbeliever – it was a rant, not a thesis on improvements on the game 😉 there are plenty of smarter people who’ve written detailed posts on that here on the roar, I just felt like ranting!
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
yep – was completely thinking about a domestic context, and your comments about 3 are fair enough – there is def a tinge of that in my experience though, but it could purely be the local club.
It's time for Australian football to just grow up
agree – coach can instil attitude but it’s up to the players
Weather woeful, Waratahs worse