SANFL becoming AFLish ?????????

[doggies4eva]

The dogs have been zoning (on kick-ins from points) since the 90s - probably early 90s.

[andyw]

Whats a flish? can you catch em?

[The Sleeping Giant]

A Flish is the seam of skin that runs between your anus and testicles.

[SABRE]

Here's a thought...Archaic man-on-man rubbish is redundant and won't win premierships.

It won quite a few before you were born junior and was a much better spectacle.

Unfortunately, the current style and congestion makes premierships unworthy of viewing to many.
Hopefully we won't have to bring in a bloody 'off-side rule' to make the game watchable again.

[Pseudo]

A Flish is the seam of skin that runs between your anus and testicles.

No mate, that's your taint. You know, 'taint one and 'taint the other.

[Q.]

Here's a thought...Archaic man-on-man rubbish is redundant and won't win premierships.

It won quite a few before you were born junior and was a much better spectacle.

Unfortunately, the current style and congestion makes premierships unworthy of viewing to many.
Hopefully we won't have to bring in a bloody 'off-side rule' to make the game watchable again.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I prefer watching complex footy played at frenetic pace.

[SABRE]

Yeah, it’s certainly a personal choice ‘Q’, but what you now see as complex and frenetic, many now see as hamstrung
and chaotic. To me the backline play is boringly predictable and the hopeless congestion in the forward line seems to
negate long kicking, long leading, spectacular marking and clever goal shooting.
i.e. Everything I believe makes the game worthwhile.

I respect your preferences mate, even if it’s not to my liking. If differing views on the values of the game continue
to diverge, perhaps the time may come when Australian Rules will have to experience a split similar to Rugby Union
spawning Rubgy League. I hope it won’t come to that and with any luck, as you’ve stated in another post, I hope you
are right in believing that coaches will find a way to effectively counter unpalatable tactics at all levels.
Cheers,
SABRE

[wildcat]

A bit of common sense wouldn't hurt either.[/quote]
umpire with common sense= oxymoron....ooops this post may be deleted.[/quote]

Oxymoron-is that a Centrals supporter with a welder?

[Voice]

Yeah, it’s certainly a personal choice ‘Q’, but what you now see as complex and frenetic, many now see as hamstrung
and chaotic. To me the backline play is boringly predictable and the hopeless congestion in the forward line seems to
negate long kicking, long leading, spectacular marking and clever goal shooting.
i.e. Everything I believe makes the game worthwhile.

I respect your preferences mate, even if it’s not to my liking. If differing views on the values of the game continue
to diverge, perhaps the time may come when Australian Rules will have to experience a split similar to Rugby Union
spawning Rubgy League. I hope it won’t come to that and with any luck, as you’ve stated in another post, I hope you
are right in believing that coaches will find a way to effectively counter unpalatable tactics at all levels.
Cheers,
SABRE

It's all cyclical. This year in the AFL, long kicks are well up on previous years, high marking and contested footy are also, as is kicking to a contest. There are still a couple of sides playing 'keepings off' crap uncontested footy but they are virtually all in the bottom half of the ladder as that gameplan doesn't work against the frontal pressure applied by Collingwood, West Coast etc.
It's been a much better year in AFL IMO and as SANFL is usually 5 years behind with gameplans it is stuck in a crap stage of footy. Swings and round-abouts I reckon.

[smac]

A bit of common sense wouldn't hurt either.

umpire with common sense= oxymoron....ooops this post may be deleted.[/quote]

Oxymoron-is that a Centrals supporter with a welder? [/quote]
Says the poster who can't work out the quote function.

[dogfish]

A Flish is the seam of skin that runs between your anus and testicles.

No mate, that's your taint. You know, 'taint one and 'taint the other.

and the ladies call it their Twitter,

that spot between the twat and the sh*tter!

[CENTURION]

A Flish is the seam of skin that runs between your anus and testicles.

that's the Gooch.

[wildcat]

umpire with common sense= oxymoron....ooops this post may be deleted.[/quote]

Oxymoron-is that a Centrals supporter with a welder? [/quote]
Says the poster who can't work out the quote function.[/quote]

Oh dear, a little sensitive are we?

[smithy]

I'm disappointed he didn't title this topic

SANFL becoming AflISH

Seems as if wordmixmaster MAL is letting his guard down.

[mal]

Saw 3 games on the weekend
PA V GL
WA V WT
SA V NW
I was very pleased at the style of umpiring in relation to the holding the baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall rule
In these games there was hardly a hot holding the baaaaaaaaaaaaall decision made

It appeared an obvious directive by the SANFL in this round to protect the ballgetter ?

This made watching all 3 games more attractive
It beats the frustration of often seeing instinctive ball getters getting unfairly pinged