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I watched the Richmond / Carlton game
Thought it was a far better quality game
Than Crows / Essendon.
I’m a crows supporter have been since inception.
Last year it was very clear they had a structure
This year they clearly don’t have one.
There could be something in your observation though where
There are only a certain number of ways a team can play on a field and everyone
Has worked out how to counter every move.
This brings the game down to fitness,speed clean possession and accuracy.
The team that has least turnovers and best running and accuracy
While following their structure and dismantling the competition
Will win.
Not much new in the world of 18 men getting a ball through 4 posts and
Accumulating more points than the opposition.
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The thing that impressed me about the first two games, Tigers vs Carlton, and Essendon vs Crows, was the pace and skills on display in these games.
For Round 1, the fitness and athleticism, it's elite.
Speaking of elite, Rioli and Burgoyne were off the scale for the Hawks, who are going a long way this year if they can keep these two on the park.
For Round 1, the fitness and athleticism, it's elite.
Speaking of elite, Rioli and Burgoyne were off the scale for the Hawks, who are going a long way this year if they can keep these two on the park.
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When "Sport" becomes a "workplace"
Racial and sexual complaint by Joel Wilkinson
apparently the sexual component is his team players making comment about his impressive willy ..... he must have exposed himself?
He got the flick by AFL because he didn't make the grade and signed with NFL Cardinals in 2016 and presumably didn''t make the grade there either.
https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/afl-sued-for-racial-abuse-and-sexual-harassment/
Racial and sexual complaint by Joel Wilkinson
apparently the sexual component is his team players making comment about his impressive willy ..... he must have exposed himself?
He got the flick by AFL because he didn't make the grade and signed with NFL Cardinals in 2016 and presumably didn''t make the grade there either.
https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/afl-sued-for-racial-abuse-and-sexual-harassment/
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He should be flattered.
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The problem started with the AFL when hipster McLachlan took the reins.
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Great win by the Swans last night.
A star is born !
A star is born !
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For the love of the game.
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A much better game than Sydney v North which was dead boring.
Just watched a cracker between Port and Crows, what a match.
Good to see Carlton win one for a change.
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Much bigger crowd at Swans V WestCoke Eagles than Roosters V Panther next door.
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People are catching on.
AFL is a better game.
I find the trouble with Swans supporters at games, is they don't quite understand it's a game not the battle of Waterloo.
Kind of feeling embarrassed for the NRL, I was thinking perhaps there could be a partnership program where an AFL team sisters an NRL one to increase league's mobile fan base.
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Still get bigger crowds than the top NRL teams last night.
Can’t argue with that
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-on-course-for-tv-ratings-victory-over-afl-20180527-p4zhsd.html
NRL is a far superior game to watch on tv.
AFL commentary is diabolical
Basil Zempilas last night omg
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-on-course-for-tv-ratings-victory-over-afl-20180527-p4zhsd.html
NRL is a far superior game to watch on tv.
AFL commentary is diabolical
Basil Zempilas last night omg
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I think we all know that Rugby is not the TV spectator sport that box headed people like Roy Masters would have you believe. e.g. https://tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings/page/1
Even total membership of NRL is only 289k compared to a million plus for AFL
There's no upside to garnering 1/3 the average attendance of the AFL per game and welded on tragics who try to use skewed TV audience figures to prop up the failing NRL are only putting up road blocks to fixing the problem. If you take out the Melbourne curiousity and free ticket audiences, the ratio would be far worse.
Mind you NRL has as much in common to AFL as basketball does to cricket. Irony in action NRL can hardly lay claim to it being footy, (a term Rugby League fans stole from AFL) seeing as we only see a handful of kicks the rest being throwy.
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