Three things you've learned-round 16 v Adelaide.

[Twodogs]

Also this isn't the Bankers and Anchors thread.

Or the Marmo/James medal thread.

[macca]

Sorry for getting it wrong , doing this from my iphone so get disoriented at times on which thread is which . Doggies losing like that really must have made me upset to lose orientation

Pardon my ignorance what is Marmo/ james medal thread ? If there is a wiki or something funny on YouTube would be great to referemce

[westdog54]

Sorry for getting it wrong , doing this from my iphone so get disoriented at times on which thread is which . Doggies losing like that really must have made me upset to lose orientation

Pardon my ignorance what is Marmo/ james medal thread ? If there is a wiki or something funny on YouTube would be great to referemce

The WOOF Player awards aka the Joe Marmo Award and the Ron James award

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

1. Can't see us winning another game this year.

2. The standard of AFL football this year is at an all time low, and it is boring to watch. I tried to watch the GWS v Geelong "match of the round" last week, and was laughing at how pathetic the skills of many players are these days.

3. As bad as the standard of the game is, it is miles ahead of the standard of umpiring. Embarrassing.

Wow. Apart from any of our games this year..even our wins I've been impressed by the footy played. Maybe more influenced by the even state of the comp.

[1eyedog]

Wow. Apart from any of our games this year..even our wins I've been impressed by the footy played. Maybe more influenced by the even state of the comp.

I think there are too many players around the ball. Its usually only late in a game where it opens up a bit.

[Twodogs]

I think there are too many players around the ball. Its usually only late in a game where it opens up a bit.

Yep, almost al 36 players spread around the ball in a huge pack gets a little boring.

I hope to god they don't bring zones in though.

[1eyedog]

The AFL seem set on 4 on the bench so I'm not adverse to drawing a line across CHF and CHB and making it mandatory to have at least 4 players there the whole game.

[Twodogs]

The AFL seem set on 4 on the bench so I'm not adverse to drawing a line across CHF and CHB and making it mandatory to have at least 4 players there the whole game.

I'd rather poke myself to death with a knitting needle. To see a player get a fee kick against him because he's gone in a forbidden part of the ground would destroy footy for me.

I know the problem is congestion and that's the simplest solution but I don't like simple solutions. They tend to cause even more complicated problems for whatever it is you were trying to fix in the first place.

[always right]

The only thing wrong with footy this year is we are playing shithouse.

[Sedat]

The AFL seem set on 4 on the bench so I'm not adverse to drawing a line across CHF and CHB and making it mandatory to have at least 4 players there the whole game.

Doesn't need to be so drastic to fix up the congestion mess. Only need to do two things:

1. Get rid of prior opportunity. If you're in possession and are tackled legitimately, get rid of it or you're gone. Black and white, no grey area.
2. Max 10 interchange rotations a quarter and only after a stop play situation.

[always right]

Doesn't need to be so drastic to fix up the congestion mess. Only need to do two things:

1. Get rid of prior opportunity. If you're in possession and are tackled legitimately, get rid of it or you're gone. Black and white, no grey area.
2. Max 10 interchange rotations a quarter and only after a stop play situation.

Not a fan. Reckon we will se an increase in blokes letting their opponent win the ball first so they can lay a tackle. Why be first to the ball?

[hujsh]

Doesn't need to be so drastic to fix up the congestion mess. Only need to do two things:

1. Get rid of prior opportunity. If you're in possession and are tackled legitimately, get rid of it or you're gone. Black and white, no grey area.
2. Max 10 interchange rotations a quarter and only after a stop play situation.

Not a fan. Reckon we will se an increase in blokes letting their opponent win the ball first so they can lay a tackle. Why be first to the ball?

Exactly. Why try to win the ball and probably get pinged when you can sit back and get clear possession with a gang tackle?

[Sedat]

Prior opportunity is a myth that never existed until 20 years ago. It is the main reason we have players now hatching it in a tackle, which quickly turns 1-2 players into 20 players and endless rolling mauls.

Player smarts have gone out the window - in the past if you were about to take possession and knew you were about to get tackled, you would tap on and not take possession. Now because there is no fear of being penalised players simply take possession and go to sleep. I hate it.

[Twodogs]

Prior opportunity is a myth that never existed until 20 years ago. It is the main reason we have players now hatching it in a tackle, which quickly turns 1-2 players into 20 players and endless rolling mauls.

Player smarts have gone out the window - in the past if you were about to take possession and knew you were about to get tackled, you would tap on and not take possession. Now because there is no fear of being penalised players simply take possession and go to sleep. I hate it.

Good assessment. Especially about prior opportunity being a myth, I never heard if it before the mid '90s.

[bornadog]

Prior opportunity is a myth that never existed until 20 years ago. It is the main reason we have players now hatching it in a tackle, which quickly turns 1-2 players into 20 players and endless rolling mauls.

Player smarts have gone out the window - in the past if you were about to take possession and knew you were about to get tackled, you would tap on and not take possession. Now because there is no fear of being penalised players simply take possession and go to sleep. I hate it.

Yep another rule, that changed the game for the worse.

I have said it many times change a rule or interpretation and the consequences are always dramatic. (not talking about rules that protect players from injury)