I wouldn't say no to a smaller ground but 18 a side is really needed. It has had the opposite affect of the afl hoped it would. Game would improve 10x just from this change imo.
Controversial perhaps, but in my opinion AFLX is an ideal concept for the Women's game.
They have completed destroyed the game by going to 18 teams, they would have being better by doing it by city like the big bash , also need to.play on rugby league grounds. Some of the players would struggle to get a kick in under 13 Boys as they have diluted the product so much
They capped interchange because they thing tired players will reduce defensive pressure and open the game up for higher scoring, which is the exact opposite of having 18 players on a small ground, which ends up looking like U8s imop. 20 players within 10m of the ball at all times. Tackle, ball up, tackle, ball up, tackle, ball up. Repeat.
This game is easily the highest standard game 1 so far.
Almost like flicking a switch. Most underrated player in the league, most frustrating player in the league. I've said both about her in the past, not sure which is more true.
The woman's game was great three years ago when all women were at a certain standard now due to Gils greed there are girls out there that are so far below the required standard it's not funny. It's really quite sad, the pub I was at turned the channel over to the NRL as everyone was commenting on how bad it was
It’s to do with bad coaching as much as recruitment. Brisbane lose their best players to Vic clubs every couple of years but they are able to replace them and coach journey type players to be good contributors. Meanwhile 2nd string players step up and outperform the player that just left.
Have you disagree with you. Was at the ground and had a really good crowd in. They were reporting on thr news around 6 to 7k which is great considering they are now charging entry. No better form.of market research I guess. First time I've been to that dump and there's actually been se atmosphere. And ironically Carlton wasn't involved.
That standard was demonstrably lower. So if you prefer a more even but lower standard of footy, I guess your right to be disappointed. Contested marking is one thing that is orders of magnitude better now. Pressure was causing them to drop 1 out of every 2 or 3 uncontested marks, and some players practically had to come to a stop to collect a ground ball.
Bigger than last year? And paying?
That's weird, I thought the B in "B&F" stood for Best. So for Brisbane that'd be... Bates, Anderson and Lutkins. Two of whom haven't left, and I guess we'll see how Brisbane manage without the other one this season!
Body left and was one of the best small forwards and Jesse Wardlaw was best tall forward. You might need to brush up on your AFLW knowledge.
