Why would anyone be surprised by the AFL. A complete joke.
Gerard Healey & the media's love for Nik Nat is unjustified and frankly sickening.
Dempster, Rioli (avg 9 kicks and 6 HBs), Franklin (ordinary year and averaging 3 goals) should not be in the side on this year's performance. Milne finished 12th on his clubs' B&F - that's what they think of him.
Glass as Captain is a joke.
Two ruckmen is a joke and I think unprecedented.
And whenever we were stiffed for the AA (Yze, Woey, Neitz etc) it was always said that the team rewarded consistent performance over a couple of years. Now there are 15 newly minted AAs - great if this is the new 'policy' but again totally inconsistent.
As usual conflicts abound with media and the AFL. Pathetic.