SA Footy

woodublieve12 wrote:

Bum Crack wrote:

Booney wrote:I haven't heard anyone say Mickey Mouse.

I assume someone called out "Any dinosaurs want to comment?" though.

I'm sure I'm referred to as a dinosaur then. Can't stand watching the girls play. Absolute crap. Good on them though. They are on bloody good coin for their skill level so good luck t them.

You constantly bag them!!! What impact do they have on your life for you to continually comment about them??? Just seems odd that you, days and a few others have a crack whenever they can... How can our game getting more exposure a bad thing?? The comp is still young, just look back to when men first started playing, actually just look at the standard 40 odd years, it was junk... Just have to look at some of the talent coming through, the standard is only going to get better

amber_fluid wrote:

woodublieve12 wrote:

Bum Crack wrote:

Booney wrote:I haven't heard anyone say Mickey Mouse.

I assume someone called out "Any dinosaurs want to comment?" though.

I'm sure I'm referred to as a dinosaur then. Can't stand watching the girls play. Absolute crap. Good on them though. They are on bloody good coin for their skill level so good luck t them.

You constantly bag them!!! What impact do they have on your life for you to continually comment about them??? Just seems odd that you, days and a few others have a crack whenever they can... How can our game getting more exposure a bad thing?? The comp is still young, just look back to when men first started playing, actually just look at the standard 40 odd years, it was junk... Just have to look at some of the talent coming through, the standard is only going to get better

70/80’s is some of the toughest and best footy you’ll ever see.
Give me that over the current style any day.

amber_fluid wrote:Training wise YES
Match day NO

Much more physical 30 years ago.

woodublieve12 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:Training wise YES
Match day NO

Much more physical 30 years ago.

I am going to have to disagree with you in regard to the Match day -
i'd love to see the Km's travelled between a current midfielder compared to one 'back in the day'...
Gameplan back in the day was kick the ball long and maybe punch the other teams best player in the head just to spice it up! Now they have to actually think, deal with rotations, zone's, presses and several other roles.
They hit probably a lot harder now due to the bigger bodies. Being athletes.

amber_fluid wrote:

woodublieve12 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:Training wise YES
Match day NO

Much more physical 30 years ago.

I am going to have to disagree with you in regard to the Match day -
i'd love to see the Km's travelled between a current midfielder compared to one 'back in the day'...
Gameplan back in the day was kick the ball long and maybe punch the other teams best player in the head just to spice it up! Now they have to actually think, deal with rotations, zone's, presses and several other roles.
They hit probably a lot harder now due to the bigger bodies. Being athletes.

They definitely run more km’s these days, no doubt.
But they don’t hit as hard these days as you can’t.
Hip and shoulder is dead.
Smashing a pack is as good as dead.

Booney wrote:If you don't think today's players crash in and hit as hard as any era what are you watching? Harder and faster than any era.

Booney wrote:Anyway, AFLW....

amber_fluid wrote:

Booney wrote:If you don't think today's players crash in and hit as hard as any era what are you watching? Harder and faster than any era.

What forward hits a pack/contest these days as hard as Ablett Snr, Plugger or Carey?
I’d say none.

And they do have better techniques these days when they know the bodies coming as they roll off them as opposed to crashing into them.

Booney wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

woodublieve12 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:Training wise YES
Match day NO

Much more physical 30 years ago.

I am going to have to disagree with you in regard to the Match day -
i'd love to see the Km's travelled between a current midfielder compared to one 'back in the day'...
Gameplan back in the day was kick the ball long and maybe punch the other teams best player in the head just to spice it up! Now they have to actually think, deal with rotations, zone's, presses and several other roles.
They hit probably a lot harder now due to the bigger bodies. Being athletes.

They definitely run more km’s these days, no doubt.
But they don’t hit as hard these days as you can’t.
Hip and shoulder is dead.
Smashing a pack is as good as dead.

Hit, as in punch? Of course not. Hit, as in crash in, please.

Booney wrote:If you don't think today's players crash in and hit as hard as any era what are you watching? Harder and faster than any era.

woodublieve12 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

Booney wrote:If you don't think today's players crash in and hit as hard as any era what are you watching? Harder and faster than any era.

What forward hits a pack/contest these days as hard as Ablett Snr, Plugger or Carey?
I’d say none.

And they do have better techniques these days when they know the bodies coming as they roll off them as opposed to crashing into them.

Another example of the players these days being smarter

Bum Crack wrote:

Booney wrote:Anyway, AFLW....

I'm over this thread. I'm going to climb Ayers Rock

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Bum Crack wrote:

Booney wrote:Anyway, AFLW....

I'm over this thread. I'm going to climb Ayers Rock

Pick me up on your way through, we'll put some teddy bears on a fence somewhere on our journey.

Booney wrote:"I DON'T WANT ******* GUITAR LESSONS!!"