glorified preseason hit out

Good grief

Whoopee doo.

State of Origin lost its appeal for me once we had teams from S.A., W.A. and Queensland in the competition.

I doubt I'd be bothered watching it and my only hope would be that none of our players were injured.

Can't see Dangerfield playing

Wonder how much the WA Gov't is paying for the event?

Can’t wait for one of our players to do an ACL 🙄

Ok... would we play Gawn for example

17 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Ok... would we play Gawn for example

He will want to play

31 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Can’t wait for one of our players to do an ACL 🙄

Please don't 'Jaded'...there are some words that should be banned in spite of freedom of speech.

I just hope none of ours are available.

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Club football is the pinnacle of our game.

This jealousy of the NRL needs to stop.

Let them have something...

16 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

He will want to play

And stupidly we would let him. Let's see how many other veterans put their hand up.

6 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

And stupidly we would let him. Let's see how many other veterans put their hand up.

Reckon it’ll be a lot

Head office will incentivise players to suit up

Zero interest.

I loved it when I followed the VFL, but it's completely anachronistic in today's national competition.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmeh.

Massive excitement in year one, players chucking a sickie in year two, 20,000 people watching games against the Allies in year three.

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

And stupidly we would let him.

If Max plays we shouldn’t be accused of stupidity because “let” isn’t a factor. If Max wants to play, Max plays.

Again I have concerns about the direction of our game, a return of State of Origin being the least of them. Will be interesting to see how many players put their hand up to play.

Would Kozzie qualify for WA?

Would have had a slight interest if it was against SA for nostalgic reasons.

The players say they want it, but let's see how many of the big names are still on board by the time 14 February comes around.

I'm guessing the clubs will have the final say on whether star players are available or not.

Zero interest in this.

No shade for the those that will enjoy it as a spectacle, but really don't see how there's an allure to this in the current AFL landscape.

I had always thought State of Origin had a long, venerable tradition. It's silly in retrospect, but I had imagined the aura it commanded in the 80s and early 90s had existed for decades previously.

Nope.

I knew it had faded badly by the mid to late 1990s, but I'd never realised until today that it only started in 1977.

Just a small thing really. But, like others have said, I find the whole return uninspiring, and any wistfulness is further diminished now that I realise it was only a big thing for a dozen or so years.