Stupid Idea Mr Healy

[LaDoleCheckVida]

What makes this even more hilarious is Teddy Hopkins trying to nulify the amount of handball in our game. He has a premiership medallion around his neck ONLY because his coach Ron Barassi instructed his badly losing team to "HANDBALL, HANDBALL, HANDBALL" at the half time break in the 1970 Grand Final.

Teddy Hopkins........walked away from the game after that Grand Final did Teddy. Perhaps he should have kept walking....

There couldnt be more of one hit wonder in footy than Teddy. Teddy Bloody Hopkins..the man who also brought us champion data and a influx of useless stats.

Friggen stat nerd!

[Chow-Chicker]

What makes this even more hilarious is Teddy Hopkins trying to nulify the amount of handball in our game. He has a premiership medallion around his neck ONLY because his coach Ron Barassi instructed his badly losing team to "HANDBALL, HANDBALL, HANDBALL" at the half time break in the 1970 Grand Final.

Teddy Hopkins........walked away from the game after that Grand Final did Teddy. Perhaps he should have kept walking....

[LaDoleCheckVida]

Ahh the AFL Competition Engineering in full show. The AFL already know who they want as premiers in advance.

So now because Geelong dominate with a handball attacking game that might see them win back to back the AFL has to step in a try to nullify them as they did with us in 2006. They sure dont want another threepeat ala the lions no more...scared that it might make people turn away from the game if a team dominates for too long.

Yet we the fans let the afl do it.

[Triple B]

He's simply raised it as a topic to be debated.

Agree. This whole thread has been one mass debate.

[ScottH]

This thread gets more and more inane.

[Industrial Fan]

Not even close. His OP was ridiculously stupid - that's really quite obvious!

Whereas a call to limit the number of handballs is a well thought out comment, one that deserved to be aired in the media.

[goswannie14]

Where's that tongue in cheek simile??? We really, really need it to put a halt to the "wit police", i.e. those that wouldn't recognise wit if it came disguised as their mothers.

Was that the "wit police" or the "half wit police?"

[AnnieH]

You make way too many assumptions.

Adding support for my argument!

[Chow-Chicker]

Where's that tongue in cheek simile??? We really, really need it to put a halt to the "wit police", i.e. those that wouldn't recognise wit if it came disguised as their mothers.

I agree. I failed to see the tongue in cheek emoticons in that article on Gerard Healy's suggestion anywhere.

[AnnieH]

Adding support for my argument!

Seriously son.
You have to chillax.
You're way too uptight.

[AnnieH]

Not even close. His OP was ridiculously stupid - that's really quite obvious!

I found his comment to be quite witty actually.
Sarcasim is the lowest form of wit, after all.


Where's that tongue in cheek simile??? We really, really need it to put a halt to the "wit police", i.e. those that wouldn't recognise wit if it came disguised as their mothers.

[Mr_Juicy]

I don't know why they keep tinkering with rules without considering the consequences of the change.

Exactly. You could argue that the number of handballs per game has increased because of the recent htb rule changes. It's a hot potato out there

[Mr_Juicy]

Or an senseless arguing point, from reading the rest of this thread.

I love you ScottH

[Mr_Juicy]

No - it was clear from the start, but that doesn't make it any less stupid.

sorry mate, give up, he's got you on toast and serving you up to the rabid homeless.

[ScottH]

You might be onto something.

Healy, being a Swans man and all, is sick of watching some of our assclowns handball it around in a circle and coughing it up. The only way to stop it is legislate against it.

Healy, you're a genius.

Now if we can only stop Jude throwing the ball onto his boot willy nilly and kicking it straight to the opposition, we may really be onto something.

That'd be the new "Kick Limiting" Rule.