Opinion Non-Crows AFL 11: Footy's Back At Last

[MarcusP2]

Oh right I thought grey crow wrote premium and it linked to the page about it

It's like when the c word got automatically replaced by campaigner.

I'm gonna bet if you mention a blocker it gets redirected to the site approved method for removing ads lol.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Because Gold Coast, GWS, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, St Kilda and North all simultaneously did not have home games. Fixture was stacked to make high drawing games

The two bigger membership SA and WA teams got the home games, the match in Sydney was the grand final replay with no other northern state matches, and there were a couple of huge Victorian blockbusters with high drawing teams at the MCG

So you’re telling me the AFL fixed the Round 1 draw so they could write this pre-canned self-aggrandizing promotional marketing article the day after Round 1?

I don’t believe you. They would never do that!

 

[Scorpus]

Charlie Ballard did his ACL

 

[Coopers]

Charlie Ballard did his ACL

Looking at the footage... that's absolutely nothing. How does that cause an ACL injury. That sucks.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Looking at the footage... that's absolutely nothing. How does that cause an ACL injury. That sucks.

You wonder if some of these non-impact type injuries are partly to do with cumulative damage.

As in, these blokes are pushing their bodies so hard, day in, day out, maybe at some point it just goes “snap”.

 

[skam85]

You wonder if some of these non-impact type injuries are partly to do with cumulative damage.

As in, these blokes are pushing their bodies so hard, day in, day out, maybe at some point it just goes “snap”.

Thanks Slippery John

 

[Samcro24]

Thanks Slippery John

Dr Peter Who

 

[Slippery Pete]

Thanks Slippery John

Dr Peter Who

I think we’d need more than John Who to diagnose you two.

 

[FR0GGY]

I think we’d need more than John Who to diagnose you two.

We should be able to see a trend after those two points of data.

 

[rabidcrow]

Charlie Ballard did his ACL. Big loss for GC and shame for the lad - has become a really good player


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[Cleric]

Looks beefy for a small forward

He has good core strength. Could be another Milne.

 

[GameofSloanes]

So you’re telling me the AFL fixed the Round 1 draw so they could write this pre-canned self-aggrandizing promotional marketing article the day after Round 1?

I don’t believe you. They would never do that!

Needs sarcasm font

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

This is a pisstake, surely?

looks like a giant pinata

 

[ams4crows]

It's becoming glaringly apparent that the AFL are purely trying to save their ass in a concussion lawsuit.

They should legitimately start making fresh draftees sign a waiver that states you take the field at you're own risk and concussion may occur on field or at Training and we hold no responsibility for any future medical issues.

And 3 concussions in a 12 month period means 6 months on the sidelines.

 

[FR0GGY]

This is a pisstake, surely?

looks like a giant pinata

And the name

 

[rabidcrow]

An I the only one who thought Archers suspension is reasonable? Such a dumb thing to do and was always gonna crash into the dogs players' head regardless if he went to ground or not. The dogs player was low trying to gather the ball. Archer was just throwing his body in recklessly.

Spot on. It was worse (but similar) to SPP taking Keane out in the trial game last year. Didn’t slow or consider the contest in front of him - even though the player couldn’t evade - and just crashed into him.

Whether it’s 2 or 3 is up for debate - but clearly reportable


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[Samcro24]

Spot on. It was worse (but similar) to SPP taking Keane out in the trial game last year. Didn’t slow or consider the contest in front of him - even though the player couldn’t evade - and just crashed into him.

Whether it’s 2 or 3 is up for debate - but clearly reportable


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The player couldn’t evade because he went to ground.

Archer had 1 second to stop at that stage.

Are we actually trying to argue that you can’t sprint to a contest now? FMD

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Charlie Ballard did his ACL

That sucks.

Huge loss for the Suns as a gun.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I think we’d need more than John Who to diagnose you two.

Clearly as we would need an actual doctor...

 

[119others]

It's becoming glaringly apparent that the AFL are purely trying to save their ass in a concussion lawsuit.

They should legitimately start making fresh draftees sign a waiver that states you take the field at you're own risk and concussion may occur on field or at Training and we hold no responsibility for any future medical issues.

And 3 concussions in a 12 month period means 6 months on the sidelines.

its potentially going to ruin the fabric of the game and theres no easy answer..

the problem with waivers - same as if you go sky diving etc - is they generally arent worth the paper they are written on from a legal perspective due to the (which i believe legally is) 'Duty of Care' provisions from your Employer. Happy for one of the Legal Eagles to confirm but I have heard a lawyer speak about this issue a while ago

 

[FR0GGY]

The player couldn’t evade because he went to ground.

Archer had 1 second to stop at that stage.

Are we actually trying to argue that you can’t sprint to a contest now? FMD

When you’re ridiculously late to a contest in football terms, I think it’s reasonable to slowdown and assess a bit?

 

[Samcro24]

When you’re ridiculously late to a contest in football terms, I think it’s reasonable to slowdown and assess a bit?

It’s half a second.

 

[FR0GGY]

It’s half a second.

At it’s probably .75 of a second if they don’t go forward? So now he can suddenly make a decision of what to do? The ball was bouncing end on end before they went to ground, is archer going to barrel into a bloke with his head over the ball?
The bloke misread the situation ridiculously.

 

[baldandbroke]

And the name

The name is a Tassie thing, is it worse than Claude "Curls" Crow? The Devil mascot actually looks good in the flesh ... the fur is made from cut up Tassie School Uniforms from around the state.

This sort of thing will upset some other clubs ... don't remember which team, but one of the current AFL teams references a year don't they?


<EDIT> Mascot names are not a high bar ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot_Manor

 

[FR0GGY]

The name is a Tassie thing, is it worse than Claude "Curls" Crow? The Devil mascot actually looks good in the flesh ... the fur is made from cut up Tassie School Uniforms from around the state.

This sort of thing will upset some other clubs ... don't remember which team, but one of the current AFL teams references a year don't they?

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<EDIT> Mascot names are not a high bar ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot_Manor

Never heard Claude called curls, and Claude isn’t great either.