Not sure why the quarters need to be shorter, players now spend half the game getting "stand" yelled at them, surely that is enough of a break.
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DreamTime side vs Esserdern
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Yep, this.
The AFL talk a lot about how the game is too long, it isn't the game which is too long, it is the interruptions. The endless wait for the centre bounce to cater for ads, the posing umpires wasting time by existing, the absurd ARC non-decisions . . . the list goes on.
Get on with the game, forget the idea of shorter quarters, they changed that a few years ago already and it made little difference. Australian football has quarters which last around 30 minutes, what is the problem?
DS
think they need to watch the 67 grand final.One central umpire.No arguments(except Geelong supporters after the game).Fast . Everyone got on with it.And the crowd were cheering more please.
That is a great game to show the differences over almost 60 years. It was a fast and furious game back then and a lot to like about the "look" of the game the AFL seem so concerned about. Yes, there was some congestion at centre bounces, but less so around the ground. Stoppages were less of an issue given the umpire just grabbed the ball and bounced it immediately rather than the useless palaver they insist on these days. No issue with where the umpire was backing off to after a bounce, the ump just kept out of the way. The game was all about the players and the teams - such a contrast to now where the adjudication is getting closer to centre stage by the week.
DS
That was so good - "if you aren't here yet I'm starting without you".
Also useful for breaking up melees
I can't stomach that, it is Essendon we are talking about coached by one of the Scott brothers
I live in hope that maybe we can push them hard, make them sweat a bit at least. We have to start much better than the last few weeks as a beginning point
IN: Baker, Seth, Samson
OUT: Young, Mansell and Coulthard (huh??? in Dreamtime)
OUT: Young, Mansell and Coulthard (huh??? in Dreamtime)
The good old bounce the ball and no one is there to ruck it.... Because they are all wrestling.
Big relief for me that Vlaustin is named but I'll still wait and see as same thing happened to Bakes last week but was a late out
We got Dow on ball, against the Essendon accumulation squad...
We're gonna get done by 80.
Coulthard wasn't even at training so his absence must have been non injury related?
Maybe Balta is playing back and Samson forward. Otherwise we have a very short backline
Last time we have 3 talls we won. More marking power in our forward line, however, we need to win our fair share of the ball from centre.
