Pointless thing AFL does that irks me.

[prattsta]

August.

It's the biggest waste of time in the season. The top teams don't care, the bottom teams really don't care and the mid tier teams are alternating week to week between fighting to get knocked out in week 2 of the finals or tanking for draft picks pending the previous weeks results.

Play everyone once. Spread out a few byes per team, per season and be ****ing done with padding out the season with meaningless games.

 

[bunsen burner]

Everyone wants each team to play each other twice. 22 rounds is the limit for me. Come end of season, I'm footied out. Would not be against a shortened season. 20 teams, 19 rounds.

 

[FootyJunkie]

What would be your ideal alternative?

get rid of the double chance, Final 6, single elimination

redundant finals are only there for the $$$

 

[FootyJunkie]

The finals broadcasting rights given to a network that cares so little about its product and improving its quality.

but they just love the footy

 

[Purple Suit]

August.

It's the biggest waste of time in the season. The top teams don't care, the bottom teams really don't care and the mid tier teams are alternating week to week between fighting to get knocked out in week 2 of the finals or tanking for draft picks pending the previous weeks results.

Play everyone once. Spread out a few byes per team, per season and be ******* done with padding out the season with meaningless games.

The August you hate would just be moved to July. It's only once teams can't make it or can't be knocked out do dead rubbers occur, they would just happen sooner.

 

[00Stinger]

Have a goal review system with cameras that come back inconclusive 99% of the time

 

[Damon_3388]

That damn AFL website, I honestly don't know if its because its on the BigPond network, but the whole thing is clunky at the best of times.

And yes, the split rounds are a pain

The BigPond network would be the last reason for it to be "clunky".

 

[Liger]

Supporters have no voice to express what they want to see happen with the game.
That's how you know it's a private corporation protecting it's trademarks and not a people's game supported by the wishes of the paying public.

 

[prattsta]

The August you hate would just be moved to July. It's only once teams can't make it or can't be knocked out do dead rubbers occur, they would just happen sooner.

Don't get me wrong August would still be rubbish, but at least the games would have bragging rights for the next 12 months!

 

[Badesumofu]

Next year. They say it's 24 rounds in 25 weeks with 2 byes.
Why not just say 25 rounds in 25 weeks with 3 byes, 1 of which will be in the first 2 weeks?
Why can't the "split round" just be 2 separate rounds where everyone has a bye?

As I said in the title, it's pointless, but it still annoys me.

Well you couldn't have some teams getting more byes than others, that would be grossly unfair

 

[gus3232]

"Compensation" for losing players via free agency. Just pointless and penalises clubs that had NOTHING to do with the deal.

 

[zachary]

Renaming the VFA as the VFL

 

[Sniggles]

Marketing the sport itself as 'AFL' and surrendering the term 'football' completely to the FFA.

This. Embarrassing. I noticed this on the Fox Footy facebook page:

The Recruit will seek to find AFL players currently competing at a non-professional level who could have what it takes to play professionally.

If they're playing AFL at a non-professional level, they're not playing AFL are they? They're playing ****ing football!

 

[It Just Is]

Matt Thompson's face and voice irk the **** out of me.

And Jeff Gieschen as umpires boss. Should be a retired 200+ game umpire.

 

[SBYM]

No slider bar on their "Smart" Replay video feature. You can only skip forward by goals, behinds, free kicks, marks etc - you can't just pick the 5 minute mark of the 3rd quarter.

The Smart replay feature won't go full screen on my TV when I go the go full screen button. It only goes about 2/3 size with black borders around the rest.

**** yes!!!

Not so bloody smart after all...

 

[SBYM]

Hame and his brother.

Was at a charity thing hosted by Hame on Sunday...Good Lord what a ****stick...

 

[ablett]

I hate that there's more coverage of the coaches reactions and facial expressions than the actual game, I want to see the f'ing game not the f'ing coaches, I could give a damn about their reactions after every possession!

If I was a coach I'd demand tinted windows on the coaches box.

 

[Bell Ringer]

The score review system. They finally spent some money on it for the finals and then they would show 4 different camera angles, none which are relevant and replay the wrong part over and over. I hope the 3rd umpire wasn't watching the same vision as it was hopeless most of the time.

The reviews during the Carl v Syd final were hilarious - amateur hour at it's finest.

 

[schnoods]

No representative footy.

Also the whole "circle of mates" football has become. The only people involved in commentary (bar a couple), the countless committees, reporters/columnists/media, judging panels, executive and managerial roles are filled by ex players. Now that isn't a problem, however there is a quite a number that cross into several areas at any one time that irks me.

 

[Purple Maverick]

Get Fox or stop whinging.

Got fox knob, but doesn't help for grand final does it?!!!

 

[Moggy]

For me it is hearing the same bloody "voice of football" for every promo and event for the last 15 years or more. Craig Wassisname.

Is it a job for life?

And if its not him, it's gripping suspense's Andrew bloody Demetriou doing his vaudeville act at the brownlow and the draft and so on ad infinitum

 

[lmach]

Got fox knob, but doesn't help for grand final does it?!!!

Aww, you poor thing. Are you going to be ok?

 

[dazbroncos]

The fact that streaming radio pregame can be heard on some stations but not others online.

Their is no consistency to it and often the pregame is missed entirely when no blackout even exists.

Go Catters

 

[Sherrinator]

Shut up everyone, the OP didn't ask for your opinions. This is about the rounds/byes issue.

 

[Moo]

Will give Melb the go ahead to waste millions of dollars, prop up GC-GWS & throw an extra shekel or two for the Swans but cuts off funding to WA country football.