The first two rounds of 2008 have shown how the AFL rule makers have reacted to recent seasons of 'flooding' dominance and low scoring encounters by basically removing the ability of a defender to compete with a forward in a marking contest.
No hands in back,no chopping of the arms,no holding..........
I can see it now.Debut a young Tony Lockett in 2008,in 2020 watch him line up for his 2000th goal.
Who'd want to be a defender.......?
Who'd want to be a defender?
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Who'd want to be a defender?
by Booney » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:43 pm
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by hearts on fire » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:05 pm
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by FD88 » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:20 pm
Don't like it at all. Hopefully with the continued evolution of the game the pendulum will swing back towards the physical stuff.
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by Westsider » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:25 pm
FD88 wrote:Don't like it at all. Hopefully with the continued evolution of the game the pendulum will swing back towards the physical stuff.
Now there was just no humour at all! So disappointing.
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by hearts on fire » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:27 pm
FD88 you are just too serious 
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by Westsider » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:28 pm
hearts on fire wrote:FD88 you are just too serious
True true... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by Thiele » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:29 pm
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by Westsider » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:31 pm
Thiele wrote:The Easter Bunny
Wrong.. the easter bunny is a giver, not a defender. Kinda in the mould of Scott West.
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Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by am Bays » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:32 pm
Booney wrote:The first two rounds of 2008 have shown how the AFL rule makers have reacted to recent seasons of 'flooding' dominance and low scoring encounters by basically removing the ability of a defender to compete with a forward in a marking contest.
No hands in back,no chopping of the arms,no holding..........
I can see it now.Debut a young Tony Lockett in 2008,in 2020 watch him line up for his 2000th goal.
Who'd want to be a defender.......?
those rules have always been there they are just starting to enforce them now...
Let that be a lesson to you Port, no one beats the Bays five times in a row in a GF and gets away with it!!!
Re: Who'd want to be a defender?
by Psyber » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:59 pm
FD88 wrote:Don't like it at all. Hopefully with the continued evolution of the game the pendulum will swing back towards the physical stuff.
Short swords and spiked knuckle-dusters perhaps?? And the odd real Lion?
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