Bring Back The Biff?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:24 pm
After reading all the interesting posts on BT & being a loyal, one eyed bomber i thought i would join in.
I was discussing with a few of my former colleagues Roger the hitman, Stan the man,Ducky & TD about how our great game has been turned into netball played with an oval ball by the AFL & the maggots. We lament about how footy has gone soft.I not talking king hits but genuine rugged characters playing tough hard footy, not the frilly stuff where "outside players"rack up uncontested possessions. How push & shove, flying the flag, melees etc. should be tolerated & players not being fined, as they sure liven up proceedings. No one gets hurt in these incidents.
Seriously what would crybaby Reiwoldt do if he saw Ronnie Andrews or Bluey Shelton coming to stand him at the start of a game? He would shit himself!! Would Buddy get as many marks & kicks if he knew he would be severely dealt with every time he approached the ball. I know all teams had their "protectors " , Dipper, the Hyphen,Big Carl etc. but they made for tense footy & not the boring thrashings that are happening more often these days,especially in the finals.
Some thoughts to ponder as our season has finished & we endure a boring finals series. Fair Dinkum lets go straight to a playoff between Whorethorn & Geelong so we don't have to go through the motions of teams struggling to match Geelong or the Dawks. I'm glad we are team building at the moment as it's pointless to be in the finals at the moment . The Bombers will rise again soon as the Cats/Dawks decline & decline they will!!!
Cheers
I was discussing with a few of my former colleagues Roger the hitman, Stan the man,Ducky & TD about how our great game has been turned into netball played with an oval ball by the AFL & the maggots. We lament about how footy has gone soft.I not talking king hits but genuine rugged characters playing tough hard footy, not the frilly stuff where "outside players"rack up uncontested possessions. How push & shove, flying the flag, melees etc. should be tolerated & players not being fined, as they sure liven up proceedings. No one gets hurt in these incidents.
Seriously what would crybaby Reiwoldt do if he saw Ronnie Andrews or Bluey Shelton coming to stand him at the start of a game? He would shit himself!! Would Buddy get as many marks & kicks if he knew he would be severely dealt with every time he approached the ball. I know all teams had their "protectors " , Dipper, the Hyphen,Big Carl etc. but they made for tense footy & not the boring thrashings that are happening more often these days,especially in the finals.
Some thoughts to ponder as our season has finished & we endure a boring finals series. Fair Dinkum lets go straight to a playoff between Whorethorn & Geelong so we don't have to go through the motions of teams struggling to match Geelong or the Dawks. I'm glad we are team building at the moment as it's pointless to be in the finals at the moment . The Bombers will rise again soon as the Cats/Dawks decline & decline they will!!!
Cheers
