Internation Rules PRETTY BORING

[hawkfan5]

I went to the game last night, I arrived at about 5:40 after previously buying my tickets at Eastland in Ringwood and catching the train from Ringwood station to the G'. My seats were fairly good, D2 in row E which is very close to being right on the wing..... but was this an advantage in my viewing. NO. The fans could not even see the boundary line because of all the bloody sponsor signs and stupid cameras in the way.... so how were we meant to know if the ball was out of bounds, we had to watch the scoreboard. Anyway, my story continues..... at about 6:30 was what had to be the worst moment of the night, a band called the PLOUGH BOYS came on stage and played us a few of their irish songs, they were bloody terrible. And what happens of course, no aussie music at all. We only got Waltzing Matilda about half an hour from the start. Then came the best bit of the night in my opinion, the fireworks really were terrific. Ok, onto the game.... come on seriously, would anyone here ever choose this game over Aussie rules? It was bloody boring, the crowd was quiet the whole night apart from that one 6 pointer we scored.... and the fact that the game never really stops for ball-ups was actually a disadvantage because the fans never really got into it with the non-stop play. Overall I found it pretty boring.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Yeah, it was on at 11:40 up here...
I decided to tape it and watch it this morning.
When i watched it, i found myself fast forwarding a large chunk of it.

It would have been more enjoyable if it was our full All Australian team. Most of those players were second rate (IN TERMS OF ALL AUSTRALIAN SELECTION, THEY WERE ALL GUNS, BUT IN TERMS OF AUSTRALIAN SELECTION) Granted, it was due to the original AA's players lack of commitment, but you know...

If we had our full AA team out there, we would crap all over them!

Our forward structure was crap, even Lloyd was dropping marks. Bring Matty Lappin in, Gaspar in, Make Darryl White goal-keeper.

 

[Macca19]

the match itself was ok. last years games were much better.

i dont think anyone said they prefer to watch this than aussie rules.

its a different sport.

the commentary was as boring as you could get....people bag bruce a lot - pretty unfairly if you ask me...at least he gets into the game and doesnt mention the sponsers every 5 mintues like eddie did. Billy Brownless as a boundary rider....i hope they dont use him as that next season...i just cant get his drunken tirades on "spin the wheel" outta my head....and i keep expecting him to say "SPIN THE WHEEL EDDIE". Camera views were nothing spectacular.
Overall the match was average and the coverage was worse

 

[TimTamVonRyche]

and to think Eddie is the foundation for the footy at Channel 9

sigh!

what a mess we have gotten ourselves into.

I hope things improve! DRASTICALLY

 

[hawkfan5]

Havent actually heard any of the commentary yet.... but Im sure the news will have some footage of the game.