Personally: care factor zero.Originally Posted by aardvark
My sentiments exactly. Completely pointless concept which should be called 'AFL$'........
Similar things were said about Big Bash ;-)My sentiments exactly. Completely pointless concept which should be called 'AFL$'........
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At least that resembles cricket......
The problem with this is that yes it might steal a few fans from soccer, as the AFL's main motivation is this caper, but the died in the wool AFL fans, like me, will never accept it.
Big Bash is different. It took a boring, dreary, tedious (how many other derogatory send to sleep words are there) game and turned it into a spectacle
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First class cricket is still the only form of the game that matters or particularly interests me. If you think test match cricket this century has been generally "boring, dreary, tedious" then we have been watching a different game or you have been exceedingly unfortunate in your selection of matches watched.
At this stage AFLX is just a concept and a fairly meaningless one. That will change quickly when games start being played. Clearly it will be a different game to aussie rules football but it may be of interest, particularly when it happens in the off-season and features our favourite players while we are pining for the actual footy season to start. If nothing else, it will this season have some novelty value.
This is losing $$$ in fact. Low entry fees & no television rights because they were too disorganised or in a hurry to organise the event correctly. The AFL makes decisions on the run too often these days. This is a product of a disorganised mindset. The whole organisation seems in this mode of decisions on the run no matter the consequences. McLachlan has surrounded himself with creatures who have the same mindset.My sentiments exactly. Completely pointless concept which should be called 'AFL$'........
Here are some examples;
1. Swans Trade Ban
2. Knee Jerk to Head Highs. The umpires started umpiring this at the half way mark of a season.
3. Deliberate OOB. The interpretations change so regularly I can do my toilet by them. All due to knee jerk reaction due to something a superficial commentator like like Taylor & co (there are plenty of them) say.
4. A knee jerk reaction to the bad press about the lack of scoring and low standard of AFLW
5. Inventing AFLX, not really an invention as it has been played in a similar form for some time indoors, and thrusting it into the itinerary without consultation and nearly losing the clubs. Luckily for Glib Gil the clubs decided to come onboard
6. The many statements made by the CEO in knee jerk reaction to bad press or lukewarm press.
7. The knee jerk reaction to criticism by gagging the coaches and players.
8. Threatening to ban coaches and officials if they question head office.
9. Reacting to expensive food and drink prices at all matches and venues by telling the public they were going to ensure prices came down to an acceptable level. The prices came down for a weekend or so at Docklands. nowhere else did this happen. There was 20% off if you came to see the reserves but the 20% discount came off well before the first bounce. What Gil, a wealthy member of the Squatocracy, calls acceptable ($14-24 food and $9.50/drink) and I call acceptable are two very different things. This was an outright lie to get the ordinary punter onboard with the Great Gil's vision of 'Knee Jerk Reaction' management.
So this is just another in the many @@@@ ups that Gil The Great has perpetrated on us including the 2016 GF.
Yep, my wife, 6 year old and I will be there. Any excuse to get dressed up in the red and white! I'm looking forward to it.
Swannies for life!
I can't imagine there'll be a big crowd there. Maybe the Melbourne one will attract a decent crowd, given it features six clubs with tribal histories, all based close by. But hard to see anyone travelling from SE Queensland or Melbourne up to Sydney for this. It's even hard to see many tripping up the M4.
I�ve got quite a few mates ( including gws fans agghhhh) who want to go so we will probably all go together
I'm thinking of going along to Etihad for a look.
It's Friday after work, so might be a bit of fun. (Even without the Swans)
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