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I think China might be slightly smarter than us - they can see the best chance for an asian-based world cup is 2022, so why would they worry about bidding for 2018? The AFC are allowing us to have our moment pretending we're playing with the big boys, but they'll drop us cold when there's a...

I'll never get tired of watching it, solely due to the kid in the blue singlet doing the bootbang.

Not really. One of the justifications for using the new interpretation was that the umpires were unable to consistently get in position to see any pushes. Russo admits that this isn't the case, but admits the umpires failed to enforce the rule properly. The inability to get in position is now...

Russo didn't say the umpires couldn't police the push, but instead admitted they wouldn't pay those free kicks correctly. If the old rule had been policed properly, there would have been no motivation for the new interpretation. I don't agree that the free was there under the old rules. Michael...

That is the biggest problem with the current interpretation of in the back - common sense has been completely removed from consideration. There's no doubt the free kick was there by current rules. Unfortunately, the umpires are no longer able to apply common sense to the type of contact Richo...

Everyone seems to overlook the detail that the AFL has subscribed to the WADA drug testing code. If you test positive to drugs on match day, illicit or performance enhancing, you will get the standard ban, same as athletics and other sports. The three-strikes policy applies to out of competition...

This is far from the truth. In English soccer, it's essentially open slather on the referees. At any decision in a critical error, players crowd the referees, yelling in their faces from centimetres away, even grabbing at the ref to make their views heard. The managers are worse. Ever heard...

Was this the game in 1990 - also one of my favourites. We were terrible, but still managed to beat Geelong at Kardinia Park, although they assisted us somewhat by kicking 9.28! As a youngster, sat with the cheersquad (I think they were the only Tiger fans in the ground) and had a great day. I...

There was a perfectly good rule in place that stated that you couldn't push in the back. Now you can't even hold your position with your hands. Isn't that the whole idea about positioning your body and reading the play? The rule was in place, but unfortunately its interpretation has slipped...

It's great work by Essendon on behalf of the Cancer Council. By making a massive media storm out of it, for the second year in a row, everyone is aware of what the armbands mean. Compare this to last week's prostate awareness round, which this thread shows had very little public awareness (I was...