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I like quick open play and see the game as a showcase for individual skills. Game day is show time and I want to see the games elite show off. The individuals involved in AFL are on their own journey. They may win my heart with their flamboyance or courage and take me on a magic footy trip and you can't ask any more than that.. I don't sit in judgement and they have nothing to prove... I look to groups like the MCC and the AFL to promote adult participation in sports. This is their people sanctioned role. The most electric atmosphere at any ground this year is Taylor Walker approaching his ten goals... So individual stars really are the show.... That's why they are 99 percent of the media talk... same names again and again. The clubs exist for the development of the individuals... It's not the other way around... the players don't exist merely for the betterment of the club.
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There are moments in competition that transcend the sport and this year's Masters could not quite provide such a moment ... or did it?…
Here’s a headline: “Soccer withdrawn from Australian Olympic Campaign Due to Lack of Energy”. Watching Australian Matildas vs USA pass the ball sideways while…
It’s time we got serious about promoting the amazing skills of Aussie rules. With the coming of the Olympics it’s the perfect opportunity to…
Staging is a huge part of the game. The connection to the umpire in Aussie rules is pretty emotional and robust. They get told…
Tom Harley wants it. Don Pyke thinks it's a cool idea. But is it time to bring in a 'best of three' grand final…
Intention is everything in a bump or a charge or whatever you call them….
Dermott Brereton in his comments confuses a split second decision with one that takes a fraction longer….. it has nothing to do with time… I love Dermie and he’s clearly a great contributer on air but he still giggles about some cheap shots that are lucky enough not to do damage… There is a certain level of thuggery in the game at all levels…. how do you stop it? That’s easy….. you wait until something really serious happens and then we can all get outraged that the protest against unduly rough play is just talk.. until then we can afford to pretend that no great damage is being done… after all this is not just an athletic pursuit to master certain skills and then showing them off… this is a kind of war…. is Collingwood having the most fun and at the same time the least violent team going around?
Six Points: Bevo has a month to save himself, and the rule tweak needed to prevent another 'Sirengate'
Guthrie Going back worked really well
Cats younger men are standing up well..
Stengle worked his way into it.
Danger is finding his feet but maybe his VC
Carlton were better this week and Saad was outstanding but pretty even team performance.
Last word has to go to Jezza Cameron…
Good game and Cats put on a good show again as they generally do….
Scotty’s comment that the magical chemistry is still in the lab…
He always has one eye on the future and is setting up the list for long term while maintaing finals profile and remaining competitive against all comers….
What a club!!!!
Footy Fix: The Blues took 21 Cats to the cleaners. The 22nd nearly won it for them anyway
Ross Lyon is the person with all the necessaries… Fare thee well B.R…
Ruthless clash of opposites that sparked Ratten sacking, who is next man in: Burning questions after brutal move
Thanks for writng about Cats…not enough of this stuff..nice moments capturing a GF in the’ burbs…. great season….The Collingwood game was the one we dodged the bullet…. kudos to Gary Rowan for that mark and goal…. and then my favorite moment…… Holmes going totally bunta in celebration after kicking the winning goal while Gary Rowan flat out on the ground in the square….holding his head in hands relieved that his fumble didn’t affect the play… The GF and Prelim were just like a greatest hits concert of your favorite band…… in fine style Cats….
'Learned my lesson': Geelong’s day in the sun
Loving your stuff… keep it up… Go Cats
AFL Grand Final Focus: Dad's Army wins the war - here's how Chris Scott's Cats produced their masterpiece
Love to see a local flavour in any expansion…. coming in heavy rich and empty is not working….
Geelong Vs Gold Coast: apart from the cheer squad the only gold coast color in the crowd was the empty seats….
AFL News: Selwoods share 'miracle' baby news, standalone Sharks on the verge of VFL history
Goes to show how much of footy is played above the shoulders and how one distracted (may)mover and shaker can reverse momentum. May outplayed Buddy but Buddy played May ĺike a Banjo… Sydney were feeling it more than Dee’s…
Hearts and minds…
AFL Finals Focus: The Swans needed to find a way past mighty May. Buddy the decoy was how they did it
You only need to know one thing about your team….are they getting better or worse?…. because they never are exactly the same two weeks in a row….. always better or worse…. While North are struggling… the cats do seem to be improving each week… theyll need to play better than ever to beat the Dees…. and that’s what you want… it’s a privilege to be involved in this top of the table game with top spot up for grabs
Another Thursday night, another pre-finals blockbuster
The umpires had a nice rule they could interpret how and when they choose …… but over use of the whistle in these instances pricked the public’s placid demeanor and now they have had their privileges curtailed….. umpires are servants to the game and to the flow and enjoyment of this pleasant past time…. the moment they start to impose their authority they just start getting in the way…. and really …. we’d be better off doing what they used to which was letting the Captains call penalties……. when absolutely necessary…
AFL NEWS: Prestia recovering well after hit, Hunter back, protected zone rule change, Dees won't rush star duo
a few things…
Tom Stewart did the wrong thing …. elected not to attack the ball with his hands and braced himself for contact which in effect is the bump… elbow hit chest and shoulder hit head…
elbow was not raised but this has been described as an elbow incident across the media…
a general point
TIgers are the league leaders at pushing the envelope physically….they pride themselves on it and don’t shy away from it… as Hawks (2009) found out that comes with a price which is injuries…
Targeting influential players was not the issue here…. it was simply part of the cut and thrust of the way we choose to play the game which is roughly …. we actually pride physicality over precision but that is changing…. hurting the other guy in some way is part of this war of attrition (Kane Cornes) and better him than me.. this is a gladiator culture …. it could be an athletic culture but the four points system makes it winner take all and noone wants to lose…
The AFL should send off players for violent actions that take a player out
Addon….. with the jumpers….. the two teams playing lay out the colors….. Tigers V Saints its yellow black red and white. toss a coin…. first team picks ..eg Tigers would pick black… Saints will end up red and white…. Saints win toss and pick black leaving tigers all yellow…. This goes for an amount of time then alternate first pick …..
Six Points: Best season in decades takes another twist, and Pies must do something - anything - about De Goey
Wow!….. there’s groping in night clubs….. and there’s alcohol involved… How long has this been going on for?
Last touch OOB makes for a faster game…. too fast for Leigh Mathews who was the big voice last time this was kiboshed…
Tassie is not getting a “FAIR GO”…. doomsayers like Eddie Play more angles than snooker on a chess board. He only puts up North as a diversion to muddy the waters….. to the end of nothing changing… He’s burned his Shane Warne Tribute brownie points ……
Taylor Walker 2022 is the best Taylor Walker ever… I’d be keeping him..
The aboriginal AFL jumper designs are the most celebrated piece of sports costuming in Australian history…Also….. When two teams play it’s simply a better and simpler look if no color is seen on both costumes… including white … including numbers…shorts and even boots… It’s uniformity and it’s good for the team individuality. Doubling of colors at any level invites in the unnecessary confusion we’ve traditionally been tied to … So Only one team gets to show white at all…
Six Points: Best season in decades takes another twist, and Pies must do something - anything - about De Goey
It’s equally dumb to not not pay a true free as it is to reward a staged one….
All the time avoiding the issues of the rule of the week culture that has dominated umpiring for nigh on 50 years or more… ask Wayne Campbell…. he referred to it on Andy Meagher and Bob Murphy’s show when it was running…. but this sort of panto villian is a lot easier subject to brooch… I mean… How do you even get to mention that “rule of the week” culture that is so entrenched and even support by Sam Mitchell… … drama sells papers I guess..
Ginnivan's gravy train of freebies is rightly lurching to a halt now everyone has wised up to his ruse
Common sense would be a general cultural understanding the simple reason any particular rule was invented….eg push in the back …. and a non confusing interpretation within that purpose for which the rule serves the game…. at the moment it’s lawyers looking for loopholes in which to impose a penalty and punishment… the more creative the umpire the more broadband the interpretations… eg… falling forward when tackled from behind is now a push in the back against the tackler no matter how careful he is….. it’s the clever use of momentum to milk a free by the tacklee ( ooh a new word) I salute that clever gamesmanship but it’s the umpires who need to be smarter if they wish to earn that mysterious word respect rather than simple be saluted for wearing the umpires cap ( if they wore one but it would probably fall off)… that’s just common sense…. that is a clearly articulated purpose for every rule….
AFL Friday Footy Fix: Swans and Tigers put on a classic despite the controversy - and why THAT non-50 was the right decision
I reckon there’s a subtle side to the communications in and around a team and pinpointing just who is the creative heart of the teams connectivity is not as simple as saying the coach dictates the culture… I can’t prove anything but I have a suspicion that Luke Hodge was the active ingredient in the Hawks chemistry set…
With Leon Cameron gone, GWS finally have a chance
Saints were always going to be a tough game coming off Melbourne and feeling them up close and personal…. Paddy Ryder was huge but the third quarter was the definitive statement….Cats are thereabouts and were still in it with a minute left… even contributions and some great play… just spilled a lot of marks that didn’t look that hard….close finish was exciting..
AFL Saturday Study: Saints' best win in a decade has them dreaming big, and Tigers' 'back to the future' tactic works a charm
Bombers have turned a corner…. despite the dodgy kebabs affecting so many teams
AFL Saturday Study: The Swans' SCG problem could cost them top four, and fortune favours brave, brilliant Bombers
Any time you use the word ….SHOULDA… you are on shaky ground…… could have or might have makes more sense…… even better stick to what really did happen… every second play in AFL is a skill error…. if the players were all precise and fearless and smart they would get goals every time they got the ball
AFL Saturday Study: Prolific Stewart a problem for the Cats, and will the real GWS please stand up?
The cats got a taste of a genuine contender in top form… were beaten for an hour while they absorbed that energy …..then stepped up as they do and nearly pinched it with some stunning heroics.. not good enough but not too bad and as always they fronted up for the contest and you can’t ask much more…. Freo were mostly just that bit quicker and cleaner in the middle…
AFL Saturday Study: Prolific Stewart a problem for the Cats, and will the real GWS please stand up?
The AFL has it’s one true master and that is TV money.. Losing Gazza to the Gold Coast still kinda stinks to me…. There’s plenty of communities around the country that would benefit from having a team with an AFL spotlight…. Instead no community is getting anything out of these TV dollar fake expansion clubs… It’s good numbers for executive junkets but that’s not what our elite athletes should be forced to promote….. community connection history is the history that AFL cowboys are sucking off … they have to acknowledge that history…. it’s John Wren pinching the best players out of Richmond and putting out his bovver boys to recruit child supporters…. a personal friend was held down with a knife and asked who she barracked for until she said the Pies and that was as late as the 1970’s… the depth of passion came hard and the tribal conflicts survived only with an accompanying sense of humor….
Giant baby steps: A decade of the GWS Giants
If you are confused about the laws of the game then that’s the intention…. If you are not confused about the laws of the game then you work in marketing….
Dissenting dissent: Why the masses are in uproar about the AFL’s controversial new rule
My heart goes out to the wives and children of all these individuals who paid so dearly serving God and King…
ANZAC Day: How sport shaped the lives of our war heroes
it was a long time…. maybe it was more of a who you know in those days…
The AFL isn’t prepared for the vitriol the umpire crackdown is going to set off
my personal anecdote is meeting a top young umpire form local north eastern Melbourne comp many years ago who did all he could to enter the AFL ranks but it was a private school boys club…now how to you find out if only the private school… old school tie dictates the culture of AFL umpires…
The AFL isn’t prepared for the vitriol the umpire crackdown is going to set off
One thing you can rely on…. the AFL will muddy the waters on things like Knees in the ruck contest… They communicate Chaos and Confusion and people get hurt and they ride on the back of that…. they do it repeatedly …. and noone calls them out as they are too scared… we just pretend its not deliberate and calculated
What to trust in the AFL after two infuriatingly inconsistent rounds