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I've noticed this too. I'd also like to note that the games they do play just get repeated over and over again. It's very poor

Dont worry, the kids at my club dont like AFLx either. If any of our players play and get injured I'll throw all the marbles out of the pram.

I think its the other way. I think this generation behaves BETTER as a result of knowing everything could be posted on the net for everyone to see. We just see more misbehaviour because we see all of it and not some of it

Happy for him to take it slow and be back 2nd half of the season proper. Get it right, dont rush. Finals win flags, not round 1.

I guess this is also the point- that the afl havent thought through scenarios like this that their rule changes may cause

Is it?

So, the afl have said that each team must start at the centre bounce with 6 players inside each 50m arc. To reduce "congestion" One would assume the penalty for a significant breach of this would be a free kick from the centre to the non offending team, given thats where the ball is at a centre bounce. However, i reckon the following scenario is an absolute lock to happen in 2019 and make a mockery of the rule. Team a kicks a goal with 45 seconds left in the last q to go, say, 2 points up. Team b now needs to kick a goal inside 45 seconds to win, but team a are no longer able to just push players back, as team b would get a free. But, what if team a said, ok, and just pushed all bar 4 players into the defensive 50? Team b gets the free kick but are then heavily outnumbered in their forward line (as they cannot push players forward and must start 6 back), and now face an impossible task, despite having the ball. Thoughts? am i nuts?

Well, they all travel 10 times Most vic clubs travel 6 or 7. Hell, we go gold coast and then perth inside 6 days next year, i bet wce dont do gold coast and then melb in 6 days

Funny how the interstate teams neglegt the fact that they get true home ground advantage for 10 games a year and the vic teams might only get it 4 or 5 times, when they play an interstate team at home, and effectively are playing at neutral venues most of the time. Ya kidding yourself if you don't think the likes of the eagles have benefited from this hugely, especially when it could be argued that it probably counts as a win or two in any given year and that without that extra win they wouldnt have finished 2nd and gotten 2x home finals. Swings and roundabouts, not saying its fair to have the GF in melb every year but they shouldnt overlook their natural advantages, which pretty much even themselves out over the course of a season. It is what it is

The 3 we have now are perfect. Just wish the shop would sell long sleeves

Aye, looks like he was right. I still have a problem with him reporting stuff before its happened though. If damo had said "we believe he is going to request a trade", thatd be fine. But he didnt, he said "beams is going to collingwood". Damo then had to go back and say that "he actually hasnt yet". Or perhaps its the editors fault for the inflammatory headline?

I have a vague memory of us having so many injuries and having to make so many bonus payments to rookies and lower paid players we had to let the afl know we were going to be over the cap Or am i imagining things

Agree, BUT injuries do happen And competition for spots is a good thing too

Hello There is no trade There never was a request Its all just fake news AND very distracting from "lets introduce positioning at centre bounces"

The conduct of beams? You mean damien barrett writing a bs story based on nothing? Beams has done nothing. Not requested a trade or anything. Barrett should be sacked for lying

Get rid of all of it Bring back the under 18s and reserves The only entertainment i want is 4qs of footy.

Haha fair. Just because we lost to them this year. Should change it probably

Ive been reflecting for the last few days, and while im disappointed in how we played on saturday, something has been gnawing at me. so i did a bit of quick research. we have a pattern of losing to much lesser teams and it costing us at the end of the year. 2018 Lost to st Kilda (finished 16th) – missed top 4 (instead of 3rd), end up playing away to wce in prelim 2017 Lost to dockers at mcg (finished 14th), lost to kangaroos twice (15th) – missed finals by % 2006 Lost to carlton twice (3 wins) – finish 7th 1 game out of top 4 2004 Lost to hawks (4 wins) – finish 5th, a game out of top 4 1998 Lost to dockers (15th) – finish 4th instead of 2nd ive pretty much just looked at finals years and losses to teams who finished bottom 4 (wasnt much point looking at 2012 for example) if we ever want to be a REAL force in september, we have to make sure we dont drop these games. of course, what if, what if. but off days in may cause problems in september. Edit - left out 2002 (should have beaten adelaide in that final) and 2000 - we didnt drop a silly game in 2000 and made the GF. Shock horror.

Toby greene Most punchable face in the afl Yes/no?

Is it wrong i want these two to just bash 7 shades of [censored] out of each other?

Rance on poppy Definitely an attempt Is rance Nothing to see here

bit of an eye gouge from rance then?

Im pretty sure you're correct. But it was also sold as "can help equalise the comp"

Imho i think they need to get rid of the minimum salary cap. Carlton are paying (minimum) 93% of what richmond/wce/hawks are spending. They should be able to pay their players next to nothing and use the rest of the money to make huge offers to free agents. Who is to say lynch wouldnt have gone to carlton if they could pay him 2mill instead of 800k at rich?

Tom lynch has apparently chosen richmond as his destination. Gold coast lose a key forward and get worse Tigers get one and get better Seems fair