percyms said:
Playing into AFL hands.....if you think the game is *smile* don't watch at all. I only watch Tiger games in the real footy.
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Playing into AFL hands.....if you think the game is *smile* don't watch at all. I only watch Tiger games in the real footy.
Not sure I'm a fan.
If they limited kicking to:
1) kicking out after a point
2) kicking for goal
That might make it more exciting as it will require more running with handballs only. The ability to kick a ball on such a small ground just negates a lot of the skill.
It'd be more like Rugby 7's than kick to kick
If they limited kicking to:
1) kicking out after a point
2) kicking for goal
That might make it more exciting as it will require more running with handballs only. The ability to kick a ball on such a small ground just negates a lot of the skill.
It'd be more like Rugby 7's than kick to kick
I didn't mind the first game. But then every other game was the same
. Boring. Trying to be like basketball. One end to the other. 10,000 people must have thought Adelaide United were playing tonight and would have been disappointed when they showed up
. Boring. Trying to be like basketball. One end to the other. 10,000 people must have thought Adelaide United were playing tonight and would have been disappointed when they showed up
I only watched the final. It was pretty boring but introduced a few interesting topics for discussion.BrisTiger24 said:
1. It made a case for less players on the field in real footy. Less scrums, ball rarely went out.
2. the field was too small. Same idea, 20% bigger field would have been more interesting.
3. Like all pre-season footy, the skills were really poor - but it placed a premium on good kicking, both in the field and for goal.
I think it's really hard to separate the actual game from the circumstances. The skills we're typically poor, fitness not great - and for us Tigers at least, watching a poor-quality, modified-rules pre-season game between teams I don't like was a pretty big step down from our last game!
Finally, this is a game suited, as someone else said, more to social footy. I think the game is ok, but probably not in the AFL, professional context.
Did not watch all the games as we found it a bit ho hum actually.
Not much physical stuff and was more like a practice game, with kicking skills the main aim.
Not sure at this stage what the future holds for this mode of "footy."
Could hardly say it was exciting!!
Not much physical stuff and was more like a practice game, with kicking skills the main aim.
Not sure at this stage what the future holds for this mode of "footy."
Could hardly say it was exciting!!
99% of the comments on here and on social media are against/negative towards AFLX
But people will still turn up and watch it? Do you have pay go watch it?
What I saw last night was awful and very dull. The combination of both Taylor and Bradshaw was unbearable
But people will still turn up and watch it? Do you have pay go watch it?
What I saw last night was awful and very dull. The combination of both Taylor and Bradshaw was unbearable
In the USA we have always played a version of this called Metro Footy --9 or 10 per side on a soccer field. It was a good way for newcomers to the sport to get a touch and learn skills in a non-training situation and unlike Australia it's difficult to secure a full-sized ground. This is largely irrelevant for professional AFL players and you see nothing of the tackling and pressure that enabled us to win a premiership. Only thing it may be good for is some fitness.
can't believe i'm saying this as there was no bigger critic of this concept than me, but I actually didn't dislike it. some of it was a bit tacky... the zooper goal was especially cringeworthy. and some of the rules need to be tidied up. but apart from that, I think it has potential. one of the biggest criticisms of footy over the years is the constant stoppages and stacks on the mill. This had none of that. OK, it perhaps lacked a bit of physicality, but it is preseason after all.
But as someone who has been to Hindmarsh on numerous occasions over the years, it did look a bit weird seeing footy goals there. And it will look very weird seeing them at Allianz as well I'm sure.
But as someone who has been to Hindmarsh on numerous occasions over the years, it did look a bit weird seeing footy goals there. And it will look very weird seeing them at Allianz as well I'm sure.
Batchelor Party said:
We used to play something similar at school. Except it was played on the concrete basketball courts and with about 50 kids playing! Certainly taught you how to get out of congestion with the ball
I’m not a hater. I like new stuff and I’m a believer in growing the game overseas or interstate. But it was kind of *smile*. Luckily, I’ve come up with a few tweaks to soup it up a bit:
- Umpires are clogging the TV view. Let’s put them in a blimp. Instead of throwing the ball up they could just hover over the middle and drop it. They could make decisions from an SMS machine in their dirigible. Interactive. We could all be blimpires.
- Turn the lights out for 10 seconds at random moments.
- All fans could be given a gun on entry. Nothing life threatening - something between a low powered air rifle and a high powered nerf gun. Three pellets each. Choose wisely.
- If the footy goes into the crowd, the fan can kick/handpass/throw it to any player they choose and play continues (particularly pleased with this one).
- Padded walls instead of a boundary line. Checking. Awesome.
- The AFL boys eat up the distance too easily, so they should play with a half-deflated ball. Or a possum skin.
- Powerplays: This could be interesting. Teams could choose a two-minute block when their scores are worth double. Or maybe the other team have to play barefoot. Or handball only (bring on speedsters).
- Goal posts should be giant pinball thingies where the ball bounces off them at speed and makes a cool noise.
All it needs is a few tweaks.
- Umpires are clogging the TV view. Let’s put them in a blimp. Instead of throwing the ball up they could just hover over the middle and drop it. They could make decisions from an SMS machine in their dirigible. Interactive. We could all be blimpires.
- Turn the lights out for 10 seconds at random moments.
- All fans could be given a gun on entry. Nothing life threatening - something between a low powered air rifle and a high powered nerf gun. Three pellets each. Choose wisely.
- If the footy goes into the crowd, the fan can kick/handpass/throw it to any player they choose and play continues (particularly pleased with this one).
- Padded walls instead of a boundary line. Checking. Awesome.
- The AFL boys eat up the distance too easily, so they should play with a half-deflated ball. Or a possum skin.
- Powerplays: This could be interesting. Teams could choose a two-minute block when their scores are worth double. Or maybe the other team have to play barefoot. Or handball only (bring on speedsters).
- Goal posts should be giant pinball thingies where the ball bounces off them at speed and makes a cool noise.
All it needs is a few tweaks.
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I loved it. better than big footy.
should be extrapolated to PoloX.
Shetland ponies. 3 a side in an indoor cricket pitch. Table tennis bats pot a golf ball in a hole.
if a pony breaks a leg in the net, the rider can crawl on all fours, but must wear the saddle.
should be extrapolated to PoloX.
Shetland ponies. 3 a side in an indoor cricket pitch. Table tennis bats pot a golf ball in a hole.
if a pony breaks a leg in the net, the rider can crawl on all fours, but must wear the saddle.
With the majority on this, just plain dull and boring.
They've taken a game that is based around physical contact (and some skill) and tried to make it a pure skill game by removing the physical contact. We go and watch the footy as we love the hardness and the contest probably more so than some of the skill.
If I wanted to watch a game of high kicking and foot skills on a rectangular field, I'll go and watch the soccer thanks.
Was on in the background but was not engaging in the slightest.
They've taken a game that is based around physical contact (and some skill) and tried to make it a pure skill game by removing the physical contact. We go and watch the footy as we love the hardness and the contest probably more so than some of the skill.
If I wanted to watch a game of high kicking and foot skills on a rectangular field, I'll go and watch the soccer thanks.
Was on in the background but was not engaging in the slightest.
