Don't these dumb ass commentators realise that the reason Merrett isn't in the middle is because the Bombers are trying to lose so they keep pick 1?#AFLDonsBlues
Another week, another example of why the stand rule is the worst rule to ever exist in the game of football
How can people think that this is good for the game??
It is genuinely embarrassing for this great game of ours has turned into this?
#AFLHawksDogs
For anyone enduring the Channel 7 telecast of West Coast vs Port - this is the worst commentary team I have ever heard. Biased, ignorant to the rules and all round brutal. #AFLEaglesPower
Between the Essendon skills, the abhorrent umpiring and Jobe Watson continually butchering the English language, this is a very hard watch. #afleaglesdons
Giving away a Kerry Wood signed Red Bill to celebrate the victory! Quote tweet #TeamRedBill to enter. Winner picked tomorrow at 1:20pm central. Must be following to win.
Thrilled to see AFL fining Blues $75K for being derelict in their duties. Now look in the mirror and you should fine yourselves $750M for complete and utter incompetence and duplicitous behaviour.
😂😂😂 Do yourself a favour if you’ve got Fox Footy, scroll to 9:40 left in the 2nd quarter and check out the Rowan Marshall score reversal via the ARC
Just when you think the AFL under Andrew Dillon reached peak shambles they’ve topped it #aflsaintseagles
Original stand rule was bad. Coaches find ways to counter it. AFL add layers to stand rule to counter coaches. Here we are. Players and umpires confused. Ridiculous 50's sucking life out of games.
AFL umpiring-a thread. 1. The "stand" rule is the biggest abomination ever to grace our once great game. It looks stupid. It sounds stupid. Umpires randomly pay 50 m, but not consistently. A player standing at 90 degrees to the kicker like stuck in cement is ridiculous. #AFL
6. The AFL. No accountability for poor decisions. Only concerned with revenue. Don't care about the game, just $. Run by absolute muppets that have a disdain for the common footy fan. Wild card? It's a top 10. Round zero? Absolute farce. Footy can be great. Right now, it isn't.
5. Soft free kicks for forwards (except Tom Lynch). Phantom "chopping the arms, arm around the waist, etc. etc." are being paid - no doubt to increase scoring - meaning more ads - meaning more money. Why would you be a defender? You have ZERO tools to defend.
3. Holding the ball. I don't even know where to start - it is PAINFULLY INCONSISTENT. Anybody watching last night's Richmond vs Melbourne contest would have thought the rule was only for one team. Four umpires. No consistency. So frustrating.
2. Below the knees contact. This rule was brought in to protect a player when somebody slides in FEET FIRST to potentially cause damage. Now, a player, first to the ball, HEAD first, is penalised when another player falls over them. They are NOT at risk. Fix it.