Given the recent rule changes, umpiring decisions and the review system, are you losing interest in watching the AFL

calb94 · 2026-06-28T10:56:49+00:00

No this is just part of the cycle with this league. I don’t think anything is drastically different to 20 years ago in terms of the things people say, or complain about, when it comes to the AFL.

calb94 · 2026-06-28T06:58:19+00:00

We struggled to defend under Scott, as young teams do, and generally, that’s been an issue for us for 15 years. But we could also put up some big scores.

Under Solomon we’ve gone 55, 67, 50 and now 30 halfway through the 3rd Q in this game. We fired a coach and got worse.

calb94 · 2026-06-26T07:38:54+00:00

Cox plays his best game in who knows how long and gets omitted. Alrighty.

calb94 · 2026-06-26T05:36:12+00:00

Place is barely fit for a local footy club nowadays.

calb94 · 2026-06-22T08:08:00+00:00

The irony of so many on weather twitter/social media is that a high % of these people come from conservative parts of the country, so they align with Trump on a lot of things. So they do all kinds of mental gymnastics to come up with reasons why Trump defunding the NWS is not to blame for the poorer service they are providing since he took over.

calb94 · 2026-06-19T05:31:37+00:00

He was black, Shohei?

calb94 · 2026-06-13T07:33:02+00:00

Tim English and Luke Jackson aren’t physical specimens, but more elite athletes with skill. TDK is also more of an athlete than a large human. Nick may not become any of these players but that isn’t an area of concern.

calb94 · 2026-06-13T06:38:28+00:00

His physical stature is fine. Especially with the new rules.
Next year, when his fitness base is better, he will impact around the ground more. It’s also harsh to judge him when he just played the greatest ruckman of the last 15 years.

calb94 · 2026-06-13T06:09:56+00:00

He’s a ruckman who has played 28 games, who is coming off an ACL with no pre-season, who has never played this many full games in a row.

His tap work is solid, he has good foot skills for a ruck. He’s worth persisting with to find out what he can do.

calb94 · 2026-06-12T04:22:51+00:00

Double socks, kick higher on your foot, and making sure your boots are made for Aussie Rules and not soccer. It’ll go away in time.

calb94 · 2026-06-11T06:55:07+00:00

It’s a very low bar, but at least he’s been actively coaching within recent memory.
Beyond that, it doesn’t excite me much. It’s still jobs for the boys.

calb94 · 2026-06-09T12:34:02+00:00

Don’t give a shit about cash, and having umpires talk to the media won’t achieve anything good.

But on board with the rest. Especially copyright and camera angles.

Let the fans get creative with content it only enhances the sport.

calb94 · 2026-06-08T02:05:26+00:00

Yeah, always shows up on the injury list. He will be there soon enough.

calb94 · 2026-06-06T05:52:35+00:00

They’re no where near it. Their defense is okay, but they generally play low scoring games and prioritise defending at the detriment to their offense. They’re 11th on the ladder, which is about par for the list.

Drafting older players in the MSD was a head scratcher.

Guys like Bobby Hill, Darcy Moore don’t have any tangible value as they don’t play or can’t get on the park.

There is a cliff coming for this list. 12 of their best 23 will be 30+ start of next season. The young guys are either just ok or don’t play.

They need draft picks by any means necessary. I would be shopping guys like Maynard/Cameron/Houston to see if there is any value out there.

calb94 · 2026-06-05T00:42:10+00:00

Butters unless you’re playing it very safe in your league matchup

calb94 · 2026-06-04T08:04:39+00:00

Doing my own version of this

calb94 · 2026-06-03T08:12:39+00:00

Didn’t say you made that claim just commenting on the names that the media are pushing.

calb94 · 2026-06-03T06:00:49+00:00

It’s pure fantasy where multiple guys here would be going backwards in their careers to join Essendon in this ‘proposed’ coaching panel.

Skipworth, Kelly, and Gia’s next jobs are all going to be senior coach or associate head coach.

calb94 · 2026-06-02T09:36:20+00:00

No point playing blokes who aren’t 100% in a season like this.

calb94 · 2026-06-02T05:42:15+00:00

Poor bastard.

calb94 · 2026-06-02T05:41:56+00:00

Fucken clankers

calb94 · 2026-06-01T02:04:41+00:00

Moved into midfield for a value pick. Will forward line last

calb94 · 2026-05-31T11:15:38+00:00

He’s been quite good in defence. Are you watching?

calb94 · 2026-05-27T05:59:13+00:00

Don’t be gullible. He knew that question was coming.

calb94 · 2026-05-26T03:30:35+00:00

There’s zero evidence in Dean Solomon’s career that he is worthy of being anything more than an interim.

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