2018 Rd 9: Post Game Calm: Carlton vs Melbourne

[LP]

I imagine what they are stating is true of marking a wet footy.

material would add friction to a leather ball making it much easier to catch than wet skin.

Not really, I found once the material was soaked it stayed wet much longer, and held more water. As soon as the rain stopped you would see players pushing their sleeves up because having muddy arms was the best solution. I think it was the grit from the mud that was more beneficial.

But overall the worst thing you could do was be coated in liniment on a drizzly day, you might as well coat the footy in silicone spray.

Another reason some blokes wore long sleeves sometimes was to deal with chaffing or material burns under your armpits, it wasn't a big issue but it can become a distraction. I've read that these days players use those high tech undergarments for the very same reasons. Back in my day it was tighter shorts or jumper, or Vaseline! Capper started wearing those tiny shorts for the very same reason! Of course, back in those days some blokes also wore stockings in the wet, a very common practice at Federal, VFA or VFL level.

[Lods]

Material has changed significantly but it was always a no-brainer back in the days that you wore long sleeves in the  wet.

[LP]

Remember how heavy the old jumpers used to be when you took them off, it was like carrying around a bag of lead?

My son's kit absorbs no water at all, they come of the ground in the rain and underneath they are almost dry and the kit weighs nothing!

[capcom]

Some players used to wear two in the wet.  LS inner and SS outer.  I remember a filthy soaking wet muddy day at Princes Park and at the start of the second half, every player had fresh jumpers.  Long sleeves were a definite advantage in the wet.  When we went wool (1985 IIRC) they were even better

[laj]

Someone on Facebook put up a side of players that didn't play on the weekend. While they were scratching a bit towards the end it was a certainly a good side, better than the one we put pout on the weekend.

[crashlander]

That was the worst exhibition of coaching I've come across since the days of Pagan. I'm all for teaching and development but why go back to something they left us totally lost, confused and regularly thrashed.

It was easily the worst coaching performance since Bolton has come to the club.
[1] Our team was selected on the basis of nothing going wrong. That failed at the first centre bounce. Not having 2 rucks to play on one of the game's best was a mistake. Having to ruck Harry McKay was an embarrassment. There were others selection quandaries that worked about as well.
[2] We stuck with the same plan and the same players on the same opponents. We really needed to change things and we didn't.
[3] Our strategies were flawed to start with, as we did not make enough attempts at stopping their better players.

What do the guys in the box do? Other than sit? Nothing changed.

[Lods]

We selected a team to beat Essendon.
Not sure we did that on the weekend.

Sure injury and suspension knocked us around but I think there are times (and games) this year when we'll pick to win if we think we have a chance.
If we don't think we're in with a chance then the emphasis will be on picking for development.

[Professer E]

I'm sitting next to a campfire right now.... Please tell me that Vince was cited?

[crashlander]

I'm sitting next to a campfire right now.... Please tell me that Vince was cited?

He got off.  :-[ Not one of the AFL's best moments. Especially after last week.

[Professer E]

FMD...  It really matters what jumper you wear doesn't it?