(03-05-2019, 10:06 PM)Lods link Wrote:There could be multiple reasons for that (pressure perhaps) , but the product on display in the GWS game was well worth the watch.
I suppose GWS is under AFL control and takes the AFL mandate to play attractive football more seriously than the other clubs.
Remembering we got the blame for playing unattractive football back at the start of last season, yet it seems that in 2019 we are no longer the alleged "common denominator of negativity", why aren't these other clubs called out in the media, is it because their CEOs and Presidents are in positions of power in the AFL and AFL media?
FWIW, I also was thinking much the same regarding game lines. I wonder if the explanation for the change in spectacle is perhaps the change in umpiring emphasis, be it deliberate or unintentional. Does the match day pattern follow a certain set of umpires?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"