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You need to limit the rotations 'daisy'... That's a no brainer 16 or 18 a side. There's no logical reason to keep the high level of rotations in our game. The injury excuse is a furphy, high rotations leads to a more ballistic game and more injury to my mind.

16 a side... Time to reduce the number of players on the ground. Players are bigger, faster, fitter.... The ground size hasn't changed. Reduce the number of players on the field. Makes sense even if the so called traditionalists go a bit weak at the knees. Agree with these. On point 8, I would have the umpires bounce the ball. No call back for a bad bounce...the unpredictability of the bounce is an ace that makes it harder to set up for. Making the game predictable has been one of the big problems and has allowed coaches to set up plays. Part of the beauty of the game is the oval ball with its inherent unpredictability.

In this case I think the Doc dragged herself down. She should have known better... ...and she must of been living under a rock not to know who he was by the time she was dealing with him. Even per chance she didn't know who he was a quick Google search would have filled in the blanks.

There aren't a huge number of suburban leagues & there isn't plenty of cash. There will be a lot less now. The boom/bust cycle is alive & well in local footy. Whilst there are some wealthy clubs most struggle to stay in existence & put teams on the park. The VFA was dead & buried when the AFL started playing Sunday games as 'daisy' pointed out. The stand alone clubs can barely stand alone. Port, probably the most famous of the VFA clubs has been on life support for a while now. Frankston had to close up shop for a while before coming back in. The strong local connection to these clubs has died out with the gentrification of their areas. I don't know a lot about the other state leagues...but the SA Port have struggled for a while now so all can't be rosy there. If the AFL alignments end, the VFL/VFA will be a thing of the past.

Honestly 'Dee' if the AFL hadn't of taken it over it would be long dead and buried. Yes it's a mess of a competition agreed...is it better to have a mess or nothing? I guess that's the question.

Agree with Daniel & Brad...Jennings has conned his way into a microphone. He talks inconsequential rubbish most times.

...and we can use the canned laughter tracks from the sitcoms to laugh at Brian jokes.

Thanks 'hardtack'...I've been lucky enough to see Buddy solo (at the Corner Hotel) and also with Emmylou...and almost forgot also saw him with Steve Earle's band at the Central Club Hotel in Richmond. They are a great music couple...

Been happening since Adam was a boy... The US has been playing these games for years...the Russians. Previously the Brits... ...and what have the Romans ever done for us?

China has been hammered and looks like it's set for a 2nd wave unfortunately. Russia has also been hammered. North Korea have been seeking assistance through back channels apparently and would never admit to anything so who would know really. I wouldn't use these examples to back your argument...

With KK and Bennell on the list... No, we can't afford to carry another.

One of the few benefits of the lockdown is some of the music on Youtube...Tom Bukovac is one of Nashville's top session players. His wife Sarah is a singer & writer. He's a big prog fan so not surprisingly has covered an early Genesis tune and another from Jethro Tull...enjoy "Ripples" - Genesis "Wond'ring Aloud" - Jethro Tull

The NRL have shown themselves to be an absolute disgrace in their push to start early. Let's hope the AFL don't keep pushing down this line. There should be no favours given to elite sport. FOX are desperate to get sport back on and Rupert more often than not gets what he wants. Let's hope the government stand their ground and our sporting leaders don't out themselves above the rest.

Great concept, great match ups.

The idea that AFL players and support staff live in an isolated bubble is absurd. I know for a fact that some players were out and about socialising and taking selfies with non football people on the weekend of the first games. Then we have the idiots at North and Geelong who thought it was a great idea to have parties. This is not a smart idea, Shepherd is right to be sceptical.

I'm not sure who would want to invest in a club that's losing money and never likely to turn a profit but I guess stranger things have happened. At least the AFL won't have to sink any more money in. People mistake their current on ground success with ongoing viability. Once this success, their window closes, then it's a tough road for GWS.

Ok, seems it's including '87. Then there's no argument. It's Flower by a country mile. Better put him in the poll 'Demonland'...

It might also show a complete break down in communication where the players didn't feel comfortable in bringing it up with the club. The club/Goody didn't understand the depth of the concern. At least in the end the players made the right choice and Goody had to follow otherwise we could have been in Adelaide's predicament.

Flower did play in '87 so that automatically makes him number one. ..but he does say since '87, not including. There's a reason for this and it's not an arbitrary date. The real question is who is our best player since Robbie retired?

This...

One thing I can agree with Danger & Hutchy on... https://www.afl.com.au/news/390875/why-danger-s-not-comfortable-with-proposed-quarantine-hub-?fbclid=IwAR0l-0EgtWtnc6BM_7j3HdkvMqt2Hczbussb9hnTcfZT7p_48NA1BJ1sYVc

It's now getting beyond stupid...

This talk of setting up a completion in an out of the way venue is a total load of c... Can you imagine 18 teams and staff in one place, isolated from their wives and kids (you could have 18 teams, staff wives and kids surely). Expect that no one is infected or that no one would go troppo... I'll tell you what it is. It's just throwing things out there to keep the AFL in the news. The media run with it because they've run out of things to report and a lot of their jobs must now be on the line. It's not going to happen and if per chance it does, it would be a absolute disaster.

Trouble is they will have to reward the corporates that stick fat...and the clubs will be looking for every bit of corp money they can get. The general fan will be quickly forgotten in the run for cash no matter how many times the AFL and clubs tell us how important we/they are.

I wonder what his view would be if Collingwood were not one of the favourites? Just say for example they were in Carlton's position... Would a navy blue flag have an "asterisk" Ed?