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The other concern is Brisbane's enhanced rebounding ability from our forward line

16 a side would be a good starting point But traditions die hard so I doubt we'll see any change unless the TV & streaming/cable numbers drop Most just love their footy no matter how it is served up. Any other thinking falls into the dinosaur bracket Meanwhile, the throw is becoming a staple of the sport. And it's not just this year, the Bulldogs were throwing the ball prior to 2016

Let's just hope all our tall forwards can apply some defensive pressure So we've got JVR, Mihocek, Jeffo & Fritsch up forward and none of them are noted for their chasing or tackling skills Groundball possessions? Maybe Fritsch if he's having a good day And then there's Heath? Where does he play when Gawn is rucking 80% of the time? Another tall forward?

It is, but otherwise congestion & stoppages rule, rjay 15 or 16 a side would help solve the issue. I've seen people here suggest even down to 14 a side! if all the players were highly skilled like what we saw in the State game, it's a different story But that is not the case, far from it All the grounds are far too small for 36 players Tradition? That all went decades ago Even the man on the mark has to stand there like a statue! Looks ridiculous In the meantime, players can now throw the ball

Elton live with Philadelphia Freedom & Paul McCartney with Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

The above link may not work so try here ... VFL Night Series

It has to be an AFL directive as I refuse to believe that all the umpires have en masse, decided to not penalise blatant throws Might happen 15-20 times per game sometimes. And 100's of times for each round of football Sure, it keeps the game moving but a throw is a throw

They wouldn't rest Gawn, would they? He may have a niggle and we might prefer to save him for another battle Otherwise, another tall might be out

We won a premiership in 1971 and played in 2 Grand Finals in 1969 & 1970! The little known (or remembered) VFL night series was played from 1956 until 1971 (under lights at the Lake Oval) The 1971 GF team was at virtual full strength and all the games were played in September alongside the normal finals (after the season proper) n.b. the teams that missed the finals were the participants in the night series (8 of 12) GF crowds regularly topped 20,000 (Lake Oval) Here's the link ... (you'll need to scroll down a bit for the night series games, match reports and other details) Hard Ball GetVFL Night Series & AFL Pre-Season Cup - every seasonA history of the AFL pre-season competition and Night Series (1956-71 and 1977-2013).

I was at the Glenferrie Rd end and knee-high to a grasshopper! Just saw a clash and then out came the stretcher And there's a record that may never be beaten ... Fanning's 18 goals. In today's footy? Unlikely

The MC might think that the only way to win is to win in the air (forward line) Otherwise, we're a tad top-heavy and I can see the Lions having an easy passage out of our forward line Maybe Heath helps out down back when he's not rucking? Let's hope that Checkers, JVR & Jeffo don't get in the way of each other

As you and others would be fully aware, Redleg, Hawthorn would clear out their forward line so that Hudson was one-out Pagan's paddock style but 2 decades earlier. They would also flood the midfield which led to the Centre Diamond/Square being introduced Fairly sure we double teamed Huddo in that 1972 encounter where he had kicked 8 goals by half time Biffin & Bourke? Anyway, Hudson did an ACL in a pack mark situation I was there but the thing I also remember about that day was Phil Rhodan's enormous drop kicks from full back, playing in the 2nds

Ok, so play him as a loose man in defence. An interceptor for ground balls or marks Help out his fellow accountable defenders in a double-team role A bit like how Bowey plays A lot of teams play a 7 man backline these days (after 666) ... or have at least 7 defenders in the rotations Which means that 1 or 2 defenders often don't have direct opponents It's why we see so many interceptions in the backlines these days

Yes, Percy Beames might have won 3 Norm Smith's if the award was around back then Of course, in that 3peat of flags ('39, '40 & '41) Norm was stationed at Full Forward!

Phar Lap raced 95 years ago (around the Warne-Smith, Reynolds & Bunton eras) But why just the last 50 years re champion footballers? Why place limits? Why not recognise the past? Just because we didn't see the deeds back then? Footy was rather big even going back to the 19th century For instance, in 1886 a match dubbed 'The Match of the Century' approximately 30,000 attended a match between the 2 heavyweight teams of the day (South Melb & Geelong) Melbourne's population at the time ... approx 300,000 That's 1 in 10 Melbourians attending a footy match. No cars back then either The equivalent of 546,000 in today's terms You'd need a rather large stadium to fit that many people in