THE INTERCHANGE is ruining footy ?

[JK]

I would change the 4 interchange players to 2 interchange and 2 reserves as previously suggested. Secondly after a point has been scored, play resumes after the goal umpire finishes waving his flag as before but the player kicking the ball in must boot it back over the 50m line - no more boring 20m passes to the back pocket - kick the ball back to a crowded pack somewhere !!

Opposition teams will then leave their attacking 50 empty and loadup/flood around the 50m arc, nothing there that will improve the game either imho.

[mal]

these days, it's almost impossible for a midfielder to play the entire game

Yeah that is MAL point i think, limit the interchanage and these midfielders will have to play smarter footy by having to conserve their energy to get thru a game.... rather than doing sprints up and down a the oval for 8 / 10 min spurts...

Yep

[doggies4eva]

There is nothing weirder than seeing a player kick a great goal & then next minute they are walking the boundary. If I'd just kicked a goal the last thing I would want to be doing is cooling my heels, the adrenaline alone would carry me for longer. It's because the players can run harder over short periods that there is all this flooding as they can swarm up and down the ground.

I was told by a coach that the best time to take a player off was straight after he had done something good. That way he doesn't feel like he is being punished and stays positive.

[mal]

There is nothing weirder than seeing a player kick a great goal & then next minute they are walking the boundary. If I'd just kicked a goal the last thing I would want to be doing is cooling my heels, the adrenaline alone would carry me for longer. It's because the players can run harder over short periods that there is all this flooding as they can swarm up and down the ground.

I was told by a coach that the best time to take a player off was straight after he had done something good. That way he doesn't feel like he is being punished and stays positive.

Chris JUDD would not get on well with that coach