More boring footy from Roos

[floppinab]

Originally posted by Nico
Nolie I agree on the backwards kick. Many times it takes everything away from an enthralling close finish and makes it a dull uninteresting final 5 minutes. I hate it no matter which team is doing it at the time. A team that is 3 goals down with 5 minutes to go in a game has virtually no hope of getting a spectacular, last gasp win.

As far I am concerned it should be banned from final quarters.

Another unfortunate product of modern football. Players are taught to flood into the midfield to try and choke up that area making it difficult to find a way through into the forward line. Trouble is in the situations you describe always leaves opposition players free to drop back into defence and become chip targets. The old fashioned idea of "manning up" (apart from the taggers) is long gone leading to these rediculous situations.

[Nico]

Yep, another part of the modern equation.

[The Undertaker]

Originally posted by Charlie
I don't think that the deliberate out of bounds rule should apply if a defender's only option to avoid giving away a free is to handball out of bounds. If they go to the boundary rather than to an available teammate, fine... but when they have no other alternative, they should be able to do SOMETHING to avoid giving the opposition a scoring opportunity.

Fair point

[BAZooka Woman]

Originally posted by Nico
Can anyone explain "get over yourself

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Shedaisy/Get-Over-Yourself.html