Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2021 Rd 2: Carlton vs Collingwood
Reply #212 –
King is talking from his experience, from his old days, it is almost a different game from just 2 years ago!
I'm not sure we yet have the measure of what scoring is normal under the 2021 rules, we could well see clubs kicking 150pts before season is out!
Two years ago they all complained, loudly and non-stop, how boring footy had become, the scoring problem, now they are calling for scoring restriction tactics, the over-scoring problem.
Maybe there isn't a weathervane on earth that turns as fast as an AFL specialist commentators does. Maybe what King is better at than anything else is reading fan sentiment, not unlike Kane Cornes! They might well be fully-fledge members of AFLanon!
Am I being unfair?
One thing for certain, you have to score more than the opposition to win games. If the tide is turning towards higher scores, mostly kicked by forwards, it's better that we get that right.
I have a dream of a forward line with Curnow/McKay kicking 3-4 each, McGovern presenting up higher and feeding Fisher/Martin/Gibbons who all chip in with their share. It's a big dream I know, but at least the building blocks are kind of there (crosses fingers).
Then we may be back to the Tommy Hafey theory - the opposition may kick 13 or 14 goals, but we kick 19 or 20 and win every time. Makes for a better game of footy to watch as well.
Well, I'm allowed to dream, aren't I?