by Corona Man » Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:33 pm
Booney wrote:I'm not for wholesale change like reducing numbers, just pay the basics as they used to be paid and we'll get the game moving.
The lack of in the back in tackles invariably leads to packs forming looking at the umpire, waiting for the decision to come. Just pay in the back and the player with the ball can move the ball.
The other thing I'd tidy up is giving the ball back when you've given away a free kick. The umpires go "Give him to him now....give it to him now..(player with the ball points ") "Him?"....yes, it's his....give it to him now". Give them one chance to throw it and if not pay the 50m penalty. Players milk 3-5 seconds on the mark all the time and that's 20m for most blokes and by the time the kick comes they've got back 50m into defence.
Neither am I quite frankly, but the game is awful at the moment (and no not just Hawthorn) it's unwatchable.
NRL (I despise the game) made changes to their game at the beginning of the year, and going by those who follow the game, has inproved it out of sight. To reduce quarters to 16minutes, players don't fatigue, they get to more contests and congestion reigns. The only way to fix it is reduce players on the deck, or enlarge the playing area.
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