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Absolutely Excellent! The more disruption the better – means no game is assured and every body has to play to their best ability. Brings back the ‘X’ factor. Bulies in 16, Richmond in 17 and the Eagles in 18. Pure team work won these GF’s, not some super-stars, just the overall team playing together to achieve a goal. This has usually been the case but this year it may well be the year of ‘Best Teamwork on the Day’.
Looking forward to it and very happy to see the turmoil continue.
Port's Eagles upset launches them into the stratosphere
West Coast were robbed of a Premiership in 1991 because that was the only time the Grand Final was held at Waverly – Hawthorns home ground.
Maybe if Geelong had played and possibly won a Grand Final previously the Eagles may not have had such success against them in 92 and 93.
Sidey's corner: A tale of footy folklore
The West Coast legacy of Dean Cox being the ruck coach is being felt elsewhere in the AFL.
Callum Sinclair at Sydney perfected his skills under Dean Cox as Scotty Lycett did.
NikNat became the premier ruckman in the competition after Cox retired and unfortunately Nathan Vardy only had Dean coaching him for one season.
It will be interesting to see how Sydney progress in the rucking now that Dean is the ruck coach.
How Scott Lycett became one of the hottest ruckmen in the game
Bit harsh on Hickey – 13 possessions, seven clearances, 21 hitouts. Only spoilt by five critical errors, but that was on an evening when Gaff had seven critical errors resulting from the the frenetic Fremantle pressure, including three out-of-bounds on the full.
Port will have to break-down the Eagles kick-mark game because during the time West Coast are controlling the ball the Power are not scoring. Against Freo the Eagles had 135 marks, of which only eight were contested. Reductions in these numbers will provide more ball use and time for quick movement attacks.
But, West Coast will probably win regardless, hopefully buy a kick after the siren.
West Coast vs Port Adelaide: Friday night forecast
Went to the Eagles/Freo game on Saturday and then watched a totally different game portrayed on tele on Sunday. Same game different perspective. At the ground you could see the pressure applied by the Dockers to try and upset the Eagles kick-mark game, and it worked. This was from viewing the overall playing arena and seeing the effort expended in covering the man.
When I watched the replay on TV the close-ups captured the high pressure congestion but did not show the external manoeuvers undertaken to get to that position to impact the ball movement.
This created a low scoring game ameliorated by some excellent open play but blighted somewhat by skill errors caused by the pressure.
AFL media misses the point, yet again
have to agree with the commentators. A contest is supposed to be a contest not just two tall blokes standing next to each other seeing who has the longest arms.
'That's outrageous': Commentators see red as Ben Brown wins bewildering free kick
The core review system was not as bad as the umpiring in robbing The Bullies of goals.
There a minimum of two and probably more instances where the umpires decision directly influenced the outcome of the game by awarding ‘tiggy-touch-collingwood’ frees or not giving frees or not noticing blatant transgressions in the Bulldogs forward fifty.
Beveridge miffed by score review in close Bulldogs loss
I might be rusty but I would not necessarily re-use someone else’s bad pun to enamor myself with other Roaring mad punsters.
Is this the worst AFL joke of 2019?
Especially in Perth at the time these lyrics were penned. Much better now, gender balance has been improved with a lot more homeless girls living in the CBD.
Dustin Martin cops fine for gestures, apologises on social media
Love Bad Daggy Dad jokes. This one was so good I might have to dust off some my old ones.
Is this the worst AFL joke of 2019?
Bugger! My earlier comment was divided up into paragraphs for easier reading but has come out as one large block.
Is there some magic trick to ensuring the divisional spaces remain between the paragraphs and sentences. Does not make sense otherwise.
The AFL must review the rule book
I sort of do feel sorry for you Max, having to barrack for Collingwood but it does seem that far too many free kicks are for ‘tiggy-touchwood’ infractions. Not so much the wording of the rule but the umpires interpretation, especially when it does not seem fair and reasonable.
Most 50m penalties have a greater influence on the game than the original infraction, so should only be awarded to ‘real’ double infractions. The most recent 50m penalty rule was introduced to ‘speed up the game’ but if a player refrains from kicking the ball he could hold up the game for 20-30 seconds before he was forced to kick. A player intent on delaying the free kick may hold up the ball movement by about five or ten seconds at most.
Also the misinterpretation of the ‘Holding the man’ rule after a player has been tackled to the ground. You can not ‘un-tackle’ somebody instantly, and if it would not have impeded the tackled players ability to influence the outcome, because the play had moved on, there is no real infringement.
Next – Blocking. Nice idea to have a rule which gives forwards a free run at the ball but is rarely used to the benefit of defenders. ‘Sheparding’ used to be a big part of the game and as long as it was not ‘holding’ then it should be viewed as part of the ‘team effort’ to afford the best use of all opportunities. A big problem with the blocking rule is that a ‘nice block’ is applauded by the commentators and a ‘blatant block’ is derided, and this seems to be the umpires attitude as well.
Finally – Ruck Contests. Max Gawn was penalised for a straight-arm fend-off. So this, or blocking, or pushing, or accidental high contact happens in nearly every ruck contest, why is 1 in 23 pulled up. Ruck contests are supposed to be a contest, not a couple of tall blokes standing next to each other seeing who has the longer arms. If it is obviously dangerous award a penalty, if it is just part of the play, let it go.
Apart from that I don’t have an opinion!
The AFL must review the rule book
Collingwood beat Richmond by playing the same way that the Eagles beat the Tigers by 47 points in Round 9 last year, and then pinched the Flag from the Pies. Kick-Mark, 174 marks speaks for itself.
Pies bounce back to thrash Tigers
The best footy advice I followed was ‘Do not take the emotions of the game to work on Monday morning’
I wonder if that still applies now that I am recently retired.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 2
Take it out of the umpires hands. Let them get on with better decision making on the field.
My 23 crazy, fearless predictions for the 2019 AFL season
A couple of points
– Collingwood had the best draw last year due to their position on the ladder. This allowed them into the top four and the second chance. The win against Richmond was fortunate but I doubt that they will win against them this year.
Winning games builds confidence and enhances the team spirit, producing bolder play. After the first quarter of the GF Collingwood lost their mojo, which let the Eagles whittle away at the scoreboard and dominate the stats. If WC has kicked straight the game would have been over much earlier.
– Teams win premierships. Bullies, Richmond, Eagles and nearly Collingwood won because of the team spirit, working hard together and a fair bit of the ball bouncing the right way on the day. We all know we make our own luck but that luck only comes into play if the ‘team’ trains and plays together to maximise the opportunities. Adelaide’s demise last year showed this effect.
Another point, in addition to the couple pontificated so far – great joy is had by us plebs when we adjudicate over the pre-season predictions by the experts, paid to lay their reputations on the line for us to ridecule as the season unfolds. My fearts goes out to them.
2019 AFL season preview: Collingwood Magpies
Agree with your Colliewobbles assessment and with not wanting the Crows to win anything.
2019 AFL season preview: West Coast Eagles
Something strange about the timing of this Roar email – arrived at my inbox at 4:58pm on the 15th.
I had been waiting desperately for the Eagles Season Preview only to find all the comments and been made and replied too, and my trivial remarks are going to be lost in the wee dark hours of the night.
Goodnight and go Eagles.
2019 AFL season preview: West Coast Eagles
“mentally shaky” – they are based in Adelaide alongside Port.
2019 AFL season preview: West Coast Eagles
Last year, when the AFL website commentators made their pre-season predictions none of them had the Eagles or Collingwood in the eight let alone in the Grand Final. But the prediction we can now skewer with sarcasm was Marc Mcgowan’s “The headline you won’t see” was “WA footy takes AFL by storm”
I enjoyed this so much that I sent it into the ‘West Australian’ and it was published in their ‘Inside Cover’ column.
Just hoping for more mirth this year, just not at the Eagles expense.
Sorry, West Coast fans: Lyon says you won't be going back-to-back
Interesting article, reflecting a little of my experience.
Grew up in Perth playing lacrosse for thirty years with only a begrudging interest in footy. Getting WA team into the VFL/AFL stirred hormones a bit and then beating the Vics in 92 and 94 cemented my Eagles devotion into fanship.
So never having played the game, I started to watch most weeks and slowly picked up the nuances. This started real emotional input and outflow, fluctuating with the teams performance. The only rule was ‘ My demeanor on Monday morning was not to be determined by whether the club won or lost’.
I floated through about twenty years of this ‘Interested but not enthralled’ status until last season. Perth had a new stadium, all the pundits had the Eagles dropping out of the eight, quite a few players, including stars were dropped and unknowns were promoted.
So I now recognize that it was definitely a ‘ backing the underdog’ syndrome feeling which propelled me into becoming obsessed with the footy. Watching all the post and pre-match videos,
buying the paper to match my tipping against the ‘experts’, watching replays mid-week. All traits never before followed but now imperative to my addiction.
The dismissal of the Eagles chances and lack of appreciation of their abilities by the East Coast media fueled this fanatical drive, especially as the finals unfolded. The last gasp win in the Grand Final iced the cake, and I have spent the last four months re-watching every game of the 2018 season.
My reason for noting that my experience has been similar to Jonathan Northalls is to prompt him into immerse himself in the game, pour over the stats, look for the little wins and do lament the loses whilst soaking up the wins.
Have fun.
A letter of intent to the AFL
Saw the little video titled ‘Kennetts Curse’ – very interesting and definitely portrayed a close fought rivalry, with most of the games having multiple lead changes and Geelong getting up by a few points to win 11 in a row, after Jeffery’s wonderful prediction.
Easter Monday Forecast: Hawthorn vs Geelong