Ralph is a bumbers supporter and a total flog. The 93 baby bombers was media propaganda, they had many experienced older players but the lie keeps being tossed around.
I thought Ralphy was a Tiger supporter? Could be wrong though. It would be good to know who the journo's support to see which barrow they are pushing?
Yeah why don't we just join the VFL and tell the AFL to stick it right up their clacker. At least we would be back at Princes Park enjoying our footy. Carro and Lyon and their Carlton hating buddies in the media would finally get want they want and we would be free at last from AFL orchestration. Wasn't Ayres at Port suggesting a break away VFL or maybe I was dreaming ?
We don't have to prove ourselves, we have given the rest of the comp 15 years to catch up. With the exception of the Hawks with the southeast corridor and the Cats given Simmonds Stadium to satisfy the rural sector, only the interstaters seem to be catching.
Conspiracy theories LOL. Is it all about the money and **** the football? The minions will believe anything we tell them. Ahh just a rant!!
After rnd 8 or 9 I'm sure it was Cripps and Brayshaw vying for favoritism. Bottom line, If cripps played for any other team in the AFL he would win it by easily. If I recall Brayshaw got injured about that time and so the media hating anything Carlton were in search of another stooge.
I thought Holman showed a bit. He tired as the game went on. Was very surprised at the sub standard skills albeit in crapty conditions. I thought Coburg was cleaner than us considering the amount of AFL listed players we had.
Maybe we should have a good look at how the game is played in general. Take in how the rules effect the type of players we put on the park compared with the better teams. The game I feel has changed even since 2011. The Freo game highlighted this. Brute strength is a necessity. The rules now suit a bigger bodied player. Correct disposal of the ball when tackled seems to no longer exist. I didn't know there was a rule change as I was of the belief that a player when tackled must dispose of the ball either by handball or a kick. With less frees awarded and the pursuit of letting the game flow this rule has just about disappeared. Bomber Thompson stated when he arrived at bummerland that they needed to get bigger, and we all know how they went about it, but they did alter their structure game day this year with less smalls. They no longer have Monfreis, lonegan reimers Davey, Jedda, Melsham Windelich Dempsey Stanton, Zacofwhatever playing together at any given time, not that they all ever did. but their ratio of similar types has altered. We have a lot of smalls and with the game and rules as they are, it is little wonder we don't run out games or play consistently for four quarters. We just physically cannot and the rules or should I say lack of won't allow it especially against better teams. I have noticed our players struggle to retard the opposition, especially in close whereas our boys when tackled are easily retarded. There will always be a need for nifty clever smalls but I wonder if our balance of talls, smalls and bigger bodied players is outer kilter with the better teams and should we recruit and field teams accordingly.
Maybe we should have a good look at how the game is played in general. Take in how the rules effect the type of players we put on the park compared with the better teams. The game I feel has changed even since 2011. The Freo game highlighted this. Brute strength is a necessity. The rules now suit a bigger bodied player. Correct disposal of the ball when tackled seems to no longer exist. I didn't know there was a rule change as I was of the belief that a player when tackled must dispose of the ball either by handball or a kick. With less frees awarded and the pursuit of letting the game flow this rule has just about disappeared. Bomber Thompson stated when he arrived at bummerland that they needed to get bigger, and we all know how they went about it, but they did alter their structure game day this year with less smalls. They no longer have Monfreis, lonegan reimers Davey, Jedda, Melsham Windelich Dempsey Stanton, Zacofwhatever playing together at any given time, not that they all ever did. but their ratio of similar types has altered. We have a lot of smalls and with the game and rules as they are, it is little wonder we don't run out games or play consistently for four quarters. We just physically cannot and the rules or should I say lack of won't allow it especially against better teams. I have noticed our players struggle to retard the opposition, especially in close whereas our boys when tackled are easily retarded. There will always be a need for nifty clever smalls but I wonder if our balance of talls, smalls and bigger bodied players is outer kilter with the better teams and should we recruit and field teams accordingly.
