AFL 2021
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Thoroughly recommend the 'Making Their Mark' doco on Amazon Prime. Got through the series on the weekend, it's very well made.
The last episode is the best, you get such great access to the Richmond camp on GF day. See Dimma's pre-game talk, half-time talk, 3QT address.
He may be a questionable husband, but man he comes across as an amazing leader.
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and we're back with the now usual fixture of Richmond starting slowly and beating the Blues by 4 goals.
Carlton's team looks pretty shitty as they have a few out.
50% crowd at the 'G will still be good.
I assume it's on Ch7, and we have our first primetime game without Bruce. Now we only need to get rid of BT, Lingy, Duck, Brayshaw, and "Hame" and it might actually be tolerable
Great call BT!
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oh, and to the new rules
First look at the man on the mark rule. Will the game really open up or have the coaches already found a way to slow the game down?
And the other change is the coaches have managed to get the sub back. Despite 4 on the bench constantly swapping, apparently losing a player is the worst thing in the world. It started with a concussion sub, but they have managed to get it for any injury. Stop listening to coaches!
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
And the other change is the coaches have managed to get the sub back. Despite 4 on the bench constantly swapping, apparently losing a player is the worst thing in the world. It started with a concussion sub, but they have managed to get it for any injury. Stop listening to coaches!
Just wait for players to depart with 'hamstring soreness' late in the 3rd quarter, allowing teams to bring on fresh legs in the final term.
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@mariner4life what's the man on the mark rule mate?
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@mariner4life what's the man on the mark rule mate?
You literally have to stand on the mark, i.e. can't take a step and move around like they used too. Nor can you piss off in defence and have a teammate take your spot at the mark.
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@antipodean 50 metre sanction I'm guessing
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@mariner4life what's the man on the mark rule mate?
essentially, once the mark is taken, the defender on the mark must stand still right on the mark. Previously he had a lot of latitude to move sideways, which allowed him to cut off the passing lanes and usually shepherd the play towards the boundary line. Now the man with the ball should have more avenues to kick in to, and the intention is it will open up the middle of the ground.
If the guy moves around, 50m penalty instantly. Expect a goal from it, and the offended team's supporters to collectively lose their shit.
In theory it is not too bad, and the feedback from the preseason was pretty good. But lets see what happens now that we are in to the real shit.
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@antipodean 50 metre sanction I'm guessing
Yes. My expectation is it will reward teams that flood fast. Teams that fuck around on attack are more likely to make a mistake trying to break down defences. Hopefully it works because the defence oriented games are boring for the spectator IMO.
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Will they ever invoke " my" rule, ( the one I made up and no one has ever thought of😉):
The goalposts are "live". Rebounds off them, play on. Makes for an exciting goal line scramble.
Rebounds off one and goes through - 1 point or 6 depending on the post. Like Rugby -
3 votes D Martin
If he's not playing Carlton probably win this
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@mariner4life Yeah he was immense last night.
Was a really good game, scoreline blew out in the last four minutes but Carlton were in it for a long time.
Carlton gave us enough to think they could compete for the eight. Saad was excellent, Walsh was great, the backline was solid too. Throw in Williams, Martin, McGovern and a few others and you have a pretty decent side.
Goalkicking will be the weakness, still blew too many decent chances inside forward 50 to beat a team as good as Richmond.
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wait I've just paid attention to that graphic. Max Gawn and Dustin Martin are kiwis? Get the fuck out. That's cringey as fuck.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
And the other change is the coaches have managed to get the sub back. Despite 4 on the bench constantly swapping, apparently losing a player is the worst thing in the world. It started with a concussion sub, but they have managed to get it for any injury. Stop listening to coaches!
Just wait for players to depart with 'hamstring soreness' late in the 3rd quarter, allowing teams to bring on fresh legs in the final term.
aaaaand a "corked knee" in the first game of the year. What a fucking stupid rule.
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@mariner4life
If your dad supports the ABs, you are a kiwi.
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@mariner4life
If your dad supports the ABs, you are a kiwi.I've said it before. Australian mothers, Australian born children, wear and support All Blacks.
One of my niece's class had a supporters day at school and half of them wore All Blacks gear.
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Was in jest but I'm sure most of the foreign based kiwis wouldn't object to their kids being called kiwis.
