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"Can you smell the fear?", do the other football codes in Australia (AFL,NRL), genuinely fear football?

grazorblade said:
I dont know the sport, but was there any logic behind how they decided which afl was a 6, which a cb and which a box2box mid?
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Yeah. Cameron as a #9 is correct - he basically plays around the goal square; Draper as GK is a complete mystery; the rest are pretty much spot on. BUT given that right now the three most exciting small players are all indigenous (Pickett 1, Pickett cousin, Nasaiah) where are they on the line up? Pretty white line up.
 
grazorblade said:
I dont know the sport, but was there any logic behind how they decided which afl was a 6, which a cb and which a box2box mid?
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There's logic to it. The positions are as close to analogous as they get. The CBs are the best full backs. The mids are the best most skillful or athletic mids (I dont think its a mistake they picked ethnic mids). The forwards the best forwards, including an ex-junior round-ball footballer in Rachele. The full backs the best half backs in AFL. The GK is a ruck. I've often wondered how Daicos and Petracca would have gone in football. Daicos is so smart and skillful would be an excellent 10 imo.
 
Quicky said:
I've often wondered how Daicos and Petracca would have gone in football. Daicos is so smart and skillful would be an excellent 10 imo.
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As a longtime Bergers fan, Peter Daicos surely wouldn’t have begrudged Nick going w/⚽️ instead.

James Hird’s son Alex did though; I believe he’s currently on the books at Bentleigh Greens after having spent time w/Melbourne Knights.
 
BA81 said:
I've seen the insecure AFL zombies crawl out of the woodwork on Twitter over the past 24 hours, as well as some deadshit from some cowpoke town(Donald, I'd not heard of it before) in VIC writing in to the Herald-Sun having a sook that his inherently-"superior" AFL game isn't known by 99.9% of the global populace.

It's worth noting that to the utter best of my recollection, there really wasn't much at all of this carry-on during Qatar '22...and frankly that's no coincidence💡
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Donald's a town in western Victoria a couple of hours from the South Australia border.
 
BA81 said:
As a longtime Bergers fan, Peter Daicos surely wouldn’t have begrudged Nick going w/⚽️ instead.

James Hird’s son Alex did though; I believe he’s currently on the books at Bentleigh Greens after having spent time w/Melbourne Knights.
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Daicos - Bergers.... underrated comment of the weekend ... chef's kiss.
 
Quicky said:
There's logic to it. The positions are as close to analogous as they get. The CBs are the best full backs. The mids are the best most skillful or athletic mids (I dont think its a mistake they picked ethnic mids). The forwards the best forwards, including an ex-junior round-ball footballer in Rachele. The full backs the best half backs in AFL. The GK is a ruck. I've often wondered how Daicos and Petracca would have gone in football. Daicos is so smart and skillful would be an excellent 10 imo.
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Maybe FIFA can organise a wildcard entry for them next world cup. FIFA surley know all the best athletes in Australia play AFL.
 
state of origin said:
Maybe FIFA can organise a wildcard entry for them next world cup. FIFA surley know all the best athletes in Australia play AFL.
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In all seriousness, they ought to play a charity-match vs. an NRL-equivalent XI. But neither code/organisation currently has the foresight(let alone balls) to actually go through with it.
 
BA81 said:
In all seriousness, they ought to play a charity-match vs. an NRL-equivalent XI. But neither code/organisation currently has the foresight(let alone balls) to actually go through with it.
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Why would they risk injury?? Honestly love the passion but some of these comments are a bit weird
 
LFC said:
I just came across this - too funny for a change re this flog of a game.
www.zerohanger.com

"It's a disgrace": AFL player slams league for World Cup fixture clash

"They want attendance. They want people to watch. No one is watching. Everyone is watching the World Cup."
www.zerohanger.com www.zerohanger.com
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Only time will tell if this and other such recent instances ie. Toby Greene are a sign of things of come but if history is any indicator, then not bloody likely(sincerely hope I'm wrong tho🙏)..😔
 
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SR1968 said:
Many of you may remember the Simon Hill article that he wrote back in 2005, regarding the constant hate football gets from its rival codes ie. Australian Rules and Rugby League, plus the mainstream media.

Football is often called the "sleeping giant" of Australian sport, and when football gets it right, the people will come in their thousands, and at the amateur participant level, football is the most popular sport in Australia. I'm from Sydney, and if you drive through most Sydney suburbs, you mostly find football fields (often shared with cricket ovals), not that many Rugby League fields, and very few AFL ovals.

Realistically, football will not become the biggest football code in Australia any time soon (at the spectator level), as it is up against the entrenched codes of Australian Rules and Rugby League, especially AFL.

Me personally, I don't think the AFL fears football, as they are the most cashed up and powerful sporting organisation in the country, with all its billions, the AFL has the government and media in their pockets. Look at how hard the AFL is pushing for a team in Tasmania, and how they are lobbying the government for funding (in spite of the fact that most Tasmanians want the money spent on more important things like hospitals, schools, roads etc), but you know what?, the AFL will get that funding (aka corporate welfare), because they can.

So what do you think gents?, do the other football codes (ALF and NRL), fear football?
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Can’t remember if I have posted in this thread before?

I think from 2005 - 10, League and AFL feared football.

Then there was a period where the Lowy regime fixated on securing the WC for Aus. Meanwhile, T20 cricket and women’s AFL increased in popularity, whilst football imploded a bit with the AL owners winning the battle and losing the war to control the AL.

If the Murdoch tabloids and ABC TV are any guide, football coverage has declined regarding domestic football.

Tas ABC TV only covers AFL both genders, T20 cricket both genders, Test cricket both genders, now Tas NBL basketball. Football only WCs and Matildas and Roo home games, with Tillies more popular.

Cairns or Queensland ABC TV has a lot more rugby league men coverage, still plenty of AFL, but AFL has less coverage than league, with no basketball.

Of course they are covering the WC all of a sudden, with the Roos winning against T.

As soon as the WC is over, domestic football will disappear again.

I’m assuming the ABC is a barometer of public Aus support for football.

As you say, domestic football doesn’t seem to be sexy with politicians and corporate sponsors.

Our own vast majority of football supporters who are Eurosnobs doesn’t help either. These are the umpteen thousands who will turn up to watch big UEFA club friendlies in the off-season, but rarely follow Aus football.
 
The State of Origin game tonight was at a sold out MCG something the Socceroo.s haven't done in there lifetime, And the ratings would have to be bigger then the world cup matches if not pretty close to it.
So I doubt the NRL will ever fear football however the AFL are a strange bunch, Changing game times for matches to go head to head with Socceroo games is weird and when Australia wanted to host the World Cup they went apesh!t on not wanting there grounds to be used for any matches. Oh and Eddie saying the Womens World Cup in Australia would be a lemon.
 
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