AFL Rd 3 2023 Post Game Prognostications Giants vs Carlton

[Three Votes]

As for Lochie O'Brien, he has to be dropped from that effort. he needs to get a full game into him, a bit of form and a bit of belief. At the moment, he is showing nothing.

This is probably a discussion deserving of a thread in it's own right.

My thoughts are that Lochie's problem is more with the stupid sub rule than anything else. How is the poor kid expected to develop any form or belief if all he plays is a quarter of football every week?

Never been a fan of the sub rule - tactical or otherwise. Where do we stop? Players will get injured and so be it. Do we need 18 players on the bench?

[crashlander]

This is probably a discussion deserving of a thread in it's own right.

My thoughts are that Lochie's problem is more with the stupid sub rule than anything else. How is the poor kid expected to develop any form or belief if all he plays is a quarter of football every week?

Never been a fan of the sub rule - tactical or otherwise. Where do we stop? Players will get injured and so be it. Do we need 18 players on the bench?

I can understand where you're coming from. We need to spread the sub job around. Lochie's probably suffering from not playing enough football. he needs to get 20 - 30 possessions in the 2's and some confidence. Being on the bench as he was is doing nothing for him.

[LP]

Never been a fan of the sub rule - tactical or otherwise. Where do we stop? Players will get injured and so be it. Do we need 18 players on the bench?

Agreed.

For me I can't understand the logic of a Sub and a Cap on rotations, we have the Cap on rotations so you might as well leave the cap in place and have a 5th player on the bench, or 6th or 7th for that matter. It's not like you can rotate them freely, if they want they could just tighten up the rotation cap even further and have more players on the bench.

[madbluboy]

The rotation cap was to stop injuries, that really worked.

[Lods]

The rotation cap was to stop injuries, that really worked.

Was it to stop injuries or slow the game down a bit and increase the fatigue factor to ease congestion.

It's an interesting situation.
It would be good to see some stats.
What's the effect of the cap.
Logic would indicate that if the players are more fatigued they would struggle to reach contests and congestion would be lessened.
On the other hand players pushing themselves through fatigue, rather than coming off for a rest, is more likely to result in a soft tissue injury.

[laj]

This has to be some kind of record, 16 pages on the Post Game, 4 on the game, 12 on one free kick.

Given the day I would have laughed if the umpire paid the free kick and just as it was about to be kicked, the umpire goes "April Fool"....haha.

[madbluboy]

Was it to stop injuries or slow the game down a bit and increase the fatigue factor to ease congestion.

It's an interesting situation.
It would be good to see some stats.
What's the effect of the cap.
Logic would indicate that if the players are more fatigued they would struggle to reach contests and congestion would be lessened.
On the other hand players pushing themselves through fatigue, rather than coming off for a rest, is more likely to result in a soft tissue injury.

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