Minor things that annoy you about the game

[Bomberboyokay]

Cheesy Banners!

I mean surely cheer squads can come up with something more creative then for example "lets show some fight tonight"

I like what the Bulldogs have done got a comedian to write their banners which has raise a few laughs and headlines especially on social media.

Either get creative or bin em' I say!

Cheer squads and their leaders are more preoccupied with convincing themselves they have status than coming up with fresh ideas or anything the other 98% of the ground might care about.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

The way at the end of every big game..especially finals...the TV coverage switches to the crowd for an inordinate period of time. I don't pay my Telstra AFL subscription to watch fans of any team celebrate...

Close shots of some spanner in crowd (MCC spanner if it's at the MCG) after a goal instead of players. Awful.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Clapping when your team wins the toss. Why are you clapping? Do you think the captain psyched out the coin?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Being told who we are not supposed to boo.

I guess Essendon will be put on the do not boo list in season 2016.

Racism won't be why Essendon gets booed.

 

[Dynamics]

Players who have haircuts that require them to tuck it behind their ears every 30 seconds, usually with a sneaky look at the big screen if they are at a stoppage.


Yes, I'm bald.

 

[Lion of Panjshir]

Awarding four points for a win and two for a draw. Why isn't it two for a win and one for a draw?

 

[Tas]

The game is rigged with the AFL dishing out perks on a whim, to get a flag when you are not on the receiving end of the rigging makes it an even harder proposition.

 

[Randomizor]

Awarding four points for a win and two for a draw. Why isn't it two for a win and one for a draw?

One for a win and half for a draw. Not much to think about that way

 

[bresker]

Players who have haircuts that require them to tuck it behind their ears every 30 seconds, usually with a sneaky look at the big screen if they are at a stoppage.


Yes, I'm bald.

Bontempelli spent a long time playing with his hair at stoppages. Always running his fingers through his greasy mane. Get a haircut son.


Yes am bald also

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Knock the ball over boundary when under pressure = free kick against
Knock the ball through scoring zone when under pressure = free kick for
Can't have it both ways.

Out of bounds on the full should be as a result of player error ie a bad kick.
Ricochet off a player should be throw in.
Penalise poor play - not bad luck.

50 m penalty for reportable incidents only.
Minor indiscretions should be 25
Crazy that you can clock someone on the scone and creep 2 inches into the 'zone' and get the same penalty!!

 

[citizen-erased]

1-tackling a player who has forward momentum and landing in their back = in the back
While anatomically correct, it's a stupid interpretation

2-Feral fans. Booing players, umps, other supporters, etc. Its beyond juvenile.

3-Not playing every team twice. Play midweek if you have to. Its not like we don't want more games.

Other than I'm sweet.

 

[Severe]

Cheer squads and their leaders are more preoccupied with convincing themselves they have status than coming up with fresh ideas or anything the other 98% of the ground might care about.

Been like this for some time unfortunately.

 

[moncon]

The short shorts.

The breathless need of the commentators/AFL to make the sport appear "big time" in the eyes of the rest of the world. Believe me, virtually no-one else anywhere watches AFL. And if by some accident they do, they get to see Cameron Ling excitedly gushing all over the place. This needs to be stopped.

The lack of imagination re: half-time shows. Ok so the Superbowl has a song-and-dance act at half time. Why do we have to? Isn't there anything else possible?

The ridiculous umpire outfits. They way the umpires call the players by their first names, and not their numbers.

 

[Zarrix]

Awarding four points for a win and two for a draw. Why isn't it two for a win and one for a draw?

There's some historical reason behind this (going back to the 1800's), and the 4 and 2 stuck around due to familiarity.

Read it somewhere a few months ago, can't remember where or can't exactly remember what the reason was. Maybe a historian around here can enlighten us.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The game is rigged with the AFL dishing out perks on a whim, to get a flag when you are not on the receiving end of the rigging makes it an even harder proposition.

You think the game is rigged, but yet that's only a minor annoyance?

 

[Wargreymon90]

1. Supporters calling another clubs supporters feral. Every club has them!

2. When high up AFL administrators come out and say that they want a certain club to be strong because they are a 'big Victorian club'. Don't care about the smaller ones?

3. When commentators say that a club has "found a player" when referring to a top 5 pick. They haven't found shit! The player was staring them in the face come draft day. I see a "find" as someone late in the draft or a rookie

 

[Schauermann]

Players who have haircuts that require them to tuck it behind their ears every 30 seconds, usually with a sneaky look at the big screen if they are at a stoppage.

Agree. Should all have Mullets to solve that...

 

[Superduperouzel]

When stadiums change their name for sponsors. Skilled stadium from Kardinia Park. Optus oval just sounded shit when they changed it from Princess Park.

 

[Grongey]

Let's get the goal umpires back into white coats and hats.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Let's get the goal umpires back into white coats and hats.

And bring back that hilarious action they used to make when the ball went out of bounds. The one where they would wave both of their hands at the ball.

Freddo frog to anyone who can find video footage of it.

 

[Wackajack]

1) White away strips worn by teams with NO "White" in their traditional colours.

2) Throwing of the ball....

3) Players going to the Interchange after scoring a goal...it's total BS and unnecessary.

I know i'm pulling his off the first page and apologies if it has already been covered. But I would think #3 has something to do with sport science, i.e calming the player down or whatever.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Umpires instructing players what to do in general play.

Just indicate when a rule has been broken and award the free kick.

 

[JackFlash]

I know i'm pulling his off the first page and apologies if it has already been covered. But I would think #3 has something to do with sport science, i.e calming the player down or whatever.

Sport science? calming down? Coaches in the modern era rely far too much on strategies and practices which, on closer inspection, are really not very good science at all. They will have to have a re-think with the reduction in rotations in our game this year and hopefully further reductions next year.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Agree. Should all have Mullets to solve that...

Hope North are keeping a close eye on Crichton at Werribee.

 

[Mezz]

The cameras repeatedly going to members of the crowd. I do not want to see how fans react to something, what they're wearing, what they're doing or where they're located that makes them a bigger/better fan of their club than I am of mine (ie face make-up, badges, club merchandise, in cheer squad etc). I don't give a heck what Joffa is or isn't doing at a Collingwood match (as an example), I just want to see the game and what is happening after a contentious issue, or between play. Simples. Just show me the game! An occasional shot of a crowd member is fine, but not repeatedly and not of sufficient duration that I miss something out on the field.

How hard can it be?