Opinion What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? - Part 2

[lizard man]

This might make some people’s head explode but with Covid cases rising maybe it’s time for the afl to bring back mandatory vaccination for the players to set an example and encourage people to follow suit with this new wave

 

[Cuzz09]

Or cancel the season til June again

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[caveman72]

This might make some people’s head explode but with Covid cases rising maybe it’s time for the afl to bring back mandatory vaccination for the players to set an example and encourage people to follow suit with this new wave

Has to have had an effect on last season Afl should do the right thing and write it off with no premiership awarded

 

[Billy ray]

Hubs in qld ! And some lockdowns

 

[austinnn]

Bring back exhibition matches in other countries and make two All Australian teams to play each other.

Selection is two legend coaches selecting consecutively like you did as kids in lunch breaks

 

[Seeds]

This might make some people’s head explode but with Covid cases rising maybe it’s time for the afl to bring back mandatory vaccination for the players to set an example and encourage people to follow suit with this new wave

Covid today isnt the same covid as in 2020-21. it doesnt warrant the same measures. While lots of people are getting sick the numbers in hospitals are quite low.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Bring back exhibition matches in other countries and make two All Australian teams to play each other.

Selection is two legend coaches selecting consecutively like you did as kids in lunch breaks

Good in theory, but we all know that following a footy match entails having some sort of emotional investment for it to be successful.

If "Sheedy vs Matthews" played each other, and there were a smattering of Tigers in each squad, I wouldn't know who to shout for, so probably wouldn't watch it, and definitely wouldn't go.

Let alone trying to get the clubs to buy into it. They don't even release their players for SoO, so this has no hope whatsoever of getting off the ground.

 

[Quivorir]

I personally have zero interest in watching state teams, star teams, celebrity teams, or any of that shit.

 

[Soggy2112]

I personally have zero interest in watching state teams, star teams, celebrity teams, or any of that s**t.

With you on the last two, but state of origin doesn’t entice you?

 

[Quivorir]

With you on the last two, but state of origin doesn’t entice you?

No sir, never has. I have no attachment to my state outside of living here so I would find it difficult to have any passion for. Although I did say that about Australia too but every time the soccer is on I am green and gold...

 

[Soggy2112]

No sir, never has. I have no attachment to my state outside of living here so I would find it difficult to have any passion for. Although I did say that about Australia too but every time the soccer is on I am green and gold...

Fair, are you from Victoria?

I do wonder if state of origin is less enticing to Vic fans because they would win most of the time, kind of like how international basketball means a lot more to countries outside of the US?

 

[Quivorir]

Fair, are you from Victoria?

I do wonder if state of origin is less enticing to Vic fans because they would win most of the time, kind of like how international basketball means a lot more to countries outside of the US?

Yeah I am Victorian. I'm also too young to remember the days when SoO did exist so I don't have a nostalgic pull to it either.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Fair, are you from Victoria?

I do wonder if state of origin is less enticing to Vic fans because they would win most of the time, kind of like how international basketball means a lot more to countries outside of the US?

I loved it in the 80s:

a) when it was played during the week. We only had footy on a Saturday so seeing a game on a Tuesday felt great. Now we're over-saturated.

b) when both the SA and WA teams fielded players I didn't know. It was exciting to see someone like Stephen Michael whom I'd only read about. I hilariously remember hating John Platten when he was playing for SA only to become one of his biggest fans when he came over. Now every capable player is in the AFL.

c) before Andy Collins wrecked Tony Hall's knee in the 1989 game. Seeing one of the classiest players I've seen play go down clutching his knee after a typically brilliant run down tackle by his Hawthorn team mate took the shine right off SOO. And from that day onward, clubs were a lot more conservative in letting their best players play in it.

It had it's time.

 

[Engimal v3]

Definitely unpopular amongst North fans: Will Phillips will be a bust

(and I'll be happy to be proven wrong)

 

[lizard man]

They should bring in the super goal that results in 9 points when you kick a goal from outside 50 …. This was trialed back in the wizard cup ages ago

 

[peetoo]

They should bring in the super goal that results in 9 points when you kick a goal from outside 50 …. This was trialed back in the wizard cup ages ago

Three points for a kicked behind, one point for touched or rushed would encourage more shots from longer range and discourage defensive flooding

 

[lizard man]

Three points for a kicked behind, one point for touched or rushed would encourage more shots from longer range and discourage defensive flooding

Correct, they had the right idea back then but never followed through with it

 

[Partridge]

I loved it in the 80s:

a) when it was played during the week. We only had footy on a Saturday so seeing a game on a Tuesday felt great. Now we're over-saturated.

b) when both the SA and WA teams fielded players I didn't know. It was exciting to see someone like Stephen Michael whom I'd only read about. I hilariously remember hating John Platten when he was playing for SA only to become one of his biggest fans when he came over. Now every capable player is in the AFL.

c) before Andy Collins wrecked Tony Hall's knee in the 1989 game. Seeing one of the classiest players I've seen play go down clutching his knee after a typically brilliant run down tackle by his Hawthorn team mate took the shine right off SOO. And from that day onward, clubs were a lot more conservative in letting their best players play in it.

It had it's time.

Yeah the minute you had interstate teams expanding the competition it was done. Especially from SA and WA.

If the players don't take it seriously it's hard for fans to.

 

[btdg]

Three points for a kicked behind, one point for touched or rushed would encourage more shots from longer range and discourage defensive flooding

What about a 'Hot Spot' for each team. A 3m radius circle that each team places pre-game at one end or the other (only) wherever they like, as long as it is outside the goalsquare.

Any goal kicked from the Hot Spot counts for double points. But you only get it for two quarters (which makes the toss more interesting).

 

[peetoo]

Brisbane LIONs talking about taking home games out of queensland, but not even acknowledging they could use it to reward Victorian fans of the Fitzroy background

Seems it’s only mentioned when it’s easy

 

[Captivating]

Not sure if this is popular or unpopular but journalists should try and find out about Arie Schoenmakers past. They surely know about the rumours as they are on bigfooty too.

Do you mean the story about the farm animals?

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

Yeah I am Victorian. I'm also too young to remember the days when SoO did exist so I don't have a nostalgic pull to it either.

That’s exactly it. For a certain generation, S.O.O reminds them of some of the best games of Australian rules football to ever be played. For a younger generation, the Big V jumper reminds them of out of shape ex-players having a joke kick-about, Sam Newman in a trench coat and trilby play acting as a coach with Arthur the dwarf on a step ladder holding the magnet board, Peter Hellier in a silly wig, Ryan Fitzgerald dropping his dacks and Craig Hutchison running around with his guts hanging out. In other words, it is deader than dead and can’t be brought back to life.

 

[King_Steele]

I don’t enjoy or have a want to watch every game like I used to

I get the head protection stuff but feel like its so confusing for players & the game is softer for it. which I don’t like personally

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for example wouldnt be able to go in full throttle these days & that makes me sad lol

Also hate zones honestly just want one on one football across the field. would be a better spectacle IMO

 

[rank and file]

The constant theme of Journo's branding a player(s) in the draft as ' the next Dusty Martin / Patrick Cripps' etc.

Does my head in......

Journo's sell hope to supporters.
TBF to Dusty he is a 'once in a generation player'.

 

[austinnn]

I hope the expansion clubs do well in general: I think there's conservative proprietary type resistance from supporters of more established clubs who want the "plastics" to fail, but the sport will grow with their inclusion and they will in time be just like other clubs with traditions and history...

However, as a Saints supporter, I hope that Gold Coast and North Melbourne get their arses smashed for at least another decade and their huge cache of elite draftees eventually put in trade requests.

Where were all the leg ups for the decades that St Kilda shot themselves in the foot? We have a history of systematic failure and we were merely allowed to survive with a few extras here and there, ripped off with a garbage stadium deal and treated like the red-headed stepchild of the comp. No one paved the way for the hottest coaches in the land to come to us.

The Suns and the Kangaroos will end up as power teams because of all these leg ups, and both will probably get premierships before we do. I don't even want handouts. I'm just annoyed that they have it so easy.