Booney wrote:All in all though the game wasn't much of a spectacle as far as this neutral was concerned. Not many highlights, 43-34 I50's with only 19 goals and 3 of them came late for the Blues. The post match presentations with the lady halting every player and kid for a photo was strange, are we doing that now?
And with that Booney, the debate about rule changes will continue.
The SANFL brought the rule change in to increase scoring, yet on a day that was perfect weather wise we get 19 goals. Obviously I'm not complaining but it was a dour affair when it could/should be higher scoring.
As long as coaches have ar$eholes pointing to the ground, they'll take a 12-7 goal win anyday over a shoot out. So now the rules committee will have to bring in NEW rules to counter the defensiveness if they want to attract people back to the SANFL.
My personal opinion, is that the out of bounds rule shouldn't have been brought in at all. Did it make one skerick of difference yesterday? Maybe the interpretation of deliberate out of bounds has been beneficial but seriously, it was never going to increase scoring overall IMO.