Walls and comments on style of play.

[NMWBloods]

Personally I find the number of goals kicked in a game to be a minor part of whether it's a good game or not.

Which is generally something I've noticed as peculiar to Swans supporters.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

If you are just looking at winning as being entertaining I'm sure most supporters would prefer to win 20 goals to 10 rather than 10 goals to 5.

Supporters would prefer a 60 point win over a 30 point win, really?

If you are winning then I suspect you will still lose supporters if you are winning 5 goals to 1.

This is just a silly comment. 5 goals to 1? How often has that actually happened? Please don't create fanciful and near impossible scenarios to back up your argument.

[NMWBloods]

Supporters would prefer a 60 point win over a 30 point win, really?

Both are doubling the opponent's score.

I'd note also that it's harder to get 10 goal wins when you don't score many goals per game.

But, okay then - many supporters would prefer to win 20 goals to 10 than 10 goals to 2.

This is just a silly comment. 5 goals to 1? How often has that actually happened? Please don't create fanciful and near impossible scenarios to back up your argument.

It's an extension of a view held at times that any win is a good win. I recall a game when Hawthorn beat Richmond 14 goals to 2.

[Xie Shan]

I like Walls for the same reason. Like Davis, he gives us something to talk about.

True, though IMO he's just more annoying these days. Prob coz his comments get repetitive after a while and his opinions blow with the wind so much.

One of the things I like about AFL is the different styles played by various teams - last week's shoot-out between the Dogs and Tigers was brilliant to watch for the neutral, but I found our round 3 game against Brisbane equally enthralling even though we only won by 13 goals to 10 or thereabouts, coz it was just good contested footy.

[NMWBloods]

Absolutely. And if every team played in the same way, footy wouldn't be nearly as interesting, nay intriguing, as it often is. It is fascinating watching different approaches to the game grapple with each other and to see which one comes out on top.

A mix of game styles is not a problem. It doesn't have to be high scoring - I've made a number of comments about goals, but I want to clarify, as I did earlier, that it's not just about goals even though they are important. It's about the quality of the game and many low scoring games lack entertainment quality, especially if they are too frequent.

[dimelb]

Had to laugh when the commentators on tonight's Geelong-Freo match spoke admiringly about Geelong's capacity to lock down a game, or last week about St Kilda's capacity to set the tempo (used that word). It's OK when others do it. Though to be fair, we are playing on more and moving the ball faster than last year, and it certainly makes more watchable footy. I'm happy watching tempo footy, as long as there's a bit of presto with the adagio!

[Young Blood]

Footy is much better to watch this year. It's quicker, higher scoring football and the great skills of the game are on display more often.

Right now there's nothing more thrilling than watching Geelong in full flight, even when the game is a blow-out. In contrast, our first game this year v St Kilda was terrible to watch, despite being a close contest.

[NMWBloods]

(Oh, and even if people find Essendon's current approach to game plan "entertaining" it ain't going to get them close to a premiership without some major modifications. Indeed, it will be surprising if it gets them many more wins this year, even when they do get the likes of McVeigh back into the team.)

After 5 more losses they won 6 of their next 7!

[Dogzbody]

The way we play footy is absolutely fine by me as long as we keep winning...well, we don't have to keep winning, but as long as I can see that we are going somewhere as a club!

As for Wallsy, just don't listen to him, I swear he goes away. If you do have to listen to him, however, just laugh at most of the crap he dishes up. He is a washed up hack who has to keep his job somehow, so he delivers verbal diarrhea on a weekly basis.

Couldn't agree more bloodboy, although watching he a Sheahan argue on (the legendary) GH's show on Monday nights is always entertaining....

I have to say there aren't many footy commentators views I actually respect or enjoy... still can't believe they let Pickering and Spud loose together to call the game last Sunday. (absolutely terrible)

I miss Dermi doing Sunday games with the voice... in particular the way he had the same comment for each swans player every time they got the ball

Example: Luke Ablett..."Has a kick on him like a mule this kid"...5 seconds later..."Has a kick on him like a mule this kid". LOL

I reckon they should let Caroline Wilson, Dumbstall, Tony Shaw and Blighty to call an all VIC affair...maybe Collingwood vs Hawthorn...now that would be entertaining for all the wrong reasons.

[Dogzbody]

...thinking about commentators made me realize how much of a great loss Clinton Grybas has been.