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54 minutes ago, loges said:

With the much improved ground maintenance, why couldn't you have more VFL curtain raisers, like the 'old'days.

Who cares about individually manicured blades of grass for the TV.   

The TV product has died of a lack of character.

 

Lets have some mud being flung again. lets have some players getting up off their knees wiping mud from an eye.

 

The girly's can play first,,, on manicured pre-mud lawns,  OH, hang on !

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    58 minutes ago, DV8 said:

    Who cares about individually manicured blades of grass for the TV.   

    The TV product has died of a lack of character.

     

    Lets have some mud being flung again. lets have some players getting up off their knees wiping mud from an eye.

     

    The girly's can play first,,, on manicured pre-mud lawns,  OH, hang on !

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    Cap the free kicks to 3 per quarter per team. Have a team member umpire for your team. He chooses when he wants to pay them and for what indiscretions. This would also require a send-off rule I feel.

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    On 7/26/2018 at 11:21 AM, pineapple dee said:

    The problem with the game is clearly the ball. Everyone wants to get it. That causes congestion. When it goes over the fence, we waste time getting it back, slowing the game down considerably. When it gets grubby, the umpire has to wipe it on the ground to clean it. 

    The players chase it all over the place causing unsightly groups of players running around, detracting from the spectacle of the game. 

    If there were no ball in the game, there'd be a much faster, free flowing game, very little congestion, far fewer free kicks to adjudicate and it would bring spectators, disheartened by the direction the game is going, back to the game. 

    As an added bonus, it would stop Collingwood cheer squad members stealing the ball. 

    Instead of using a ball, to score, players could just run up and down the ground touching the goal post to score a goal. Whichever team can do that the most in a certain period of time, wins the game.

    Why didn't someone come up with this idea sooner? I see no flaws in it.

    And the AFL could spend mega bucks rebranding the game as “Foot” (or even footy, as neither reference the ball)

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    7 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Very true, going to the footy itself is not half as good as it was before all the 'hoodoo' that exists today. A pie, maybe a hot dog, a thermos, a few beers, the anticipating 'hum' of the expectant crowds - no matter which teams were playing - the civil nature of the community of spectators, emphasising tolerance, a piddle at half-time with polite strangers, a quick smoke or two, no razzle, dazzle or imposed focus on irrelevant 'crowd entertainment', and better umpiring. The only real benefit of 'being there' is receiving a live view of your team in order to assess, speculate, understand, interpret and respect their efforts. Hey, you could even get a return train fare, ground entrance and a seat, the mandatory football nutrition and liquid refreshments, a Footy Record and a bag of hot jam doughnuts after the game for the walk to Richmond Station amongst friends - all for less than $25! Take us back, Gil because secretly, we are still all living the dream.

    Was Richmond Station even invented before a single jam donut cost $25 at the footy?

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    20 minutes ago, small but forward said:

    Was Richmond Station even invented before a single jam donut cost $25 at the footy?

    Err, not sure about left field comments but it was a knockout at the footy, once. 

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    There's nothing wrong with the game and it will fix itself. Stop [censored] around with the rules every year. It's ridiculous how often the rules of the game change.

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    1 minute ago, A F said:

    There's nothing wrong with the game and it will fix itself. Stop [censored] around with the rules every year. It's ridiculous how often the rules of the game change.

    That would make a lot of sense if there had not been some stupid rules made in recent times.  I'd prefer reversing them (or making them more sensible where possible) to putting my faith in the game taking care of itself.

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    26 minutes ago, sue said:

    That would make a lot of sense if there had not been some stupid rules made in recent times.  I'd prefer reversing them (or making them more sensible where possible) to putting my faith in the game taking care of itself.

    Well, yes, I'd get rid of the stupid ruck nomination rule and the taking the legs rule. But other than those, leave it alone.

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    13 minutes ago, A F said:

    Well, yes, I'd get rid of the stupid ruck nomination rule and the taking the legs rule. But other than those, leave it alone.

    a good start, and not much more needs doing..  But something needs to be done about the protected zone rule (or its interpretation) and ensuring the 30 second kick at goal rule is not manipulated.  And I still can't see the justification of a kick from straight in front if a mark is taken anywhere in the goal square, though I doubt it makes much difference.

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    24 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    I would pay $1000 to watch a full game of AFL footy where there were two balls in play at all times.

    Carlton plays Gold Coast this week. Go to that game and chuck a ball onto the ground midplay. I doubt anyone would intervene or even care.

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    On 7/26/2018 at 11:14 AM, Roost It said:

    Just make it no rules and play the AFLW and AFL together but in the nude. Also allow weapons. 

    Ha Ha! I've just had hernia surgery - when I read this I laughed so much I nearly re-ruptured it. Oh the pain...

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