@J G The A league is struggling Attendance numbers are way down. It peaked in 2014 However Junior Soccer participation at a club level is huge far more kids play soccer than afl. But it will never surpass AFL at a pro level in Australia The AFL is massive and forever expanding
My father used to say anyone who deliberately used his elbow as a maiming tool in footy should be rubbed out for a long time. He should know...an elbow ended his footy career when someone caved in the side of his face and he almost lost his eye. Only positive for Caven was he left Sydney when Lockett went there. He won two flags with the Crows. Plugger cost the Saints at least two flags by continually being suspended
Not just through suspension. He demanded the lion's share of the Saints salary cap and kept threatening to take the offers of massive money being thrown about by the Pies, Dons and the Blues. The Saints mortgaged the farm for Lockett and were left with nothing to show. He was just plain greedy.
@J G What's that statement got to do with his comment mate? It may be played in 240 countries but soccer will always be a boring, soft as butter game played by a bunch of overpaid girls. A-Leauge has a very long way to go to become more popular than AFL. Attendance numbers per year says it all the AFL had a total of 6,750,000 for 2022 with an average of 32600 per game. A-Leauge however could only manage a total 896,000 with an average of only 5600 per game.
And then NSW beat the Big "V" in 1990 - with the "Horse" Longmire kicking 8 goals. I believe Ablett, Lockett, and Brereton lined up for the Vic's in that game. Not that anyone in NSW cared - I know I did, it was a big thing for the code.
@M massive in more than 240 countries? Maybe you should get your hand off it and check that only 210 countries actually have a fifa ranking and I would certainly say that in a lot of those countries soccer is certainly not massive.
Cavo, the man who dethroned the King. The amount of goals that Adelaide scored from his running bounces from the backline. Not an all-out prodigy, but a contributor to our back to back flags all the same.
I really admired Caven after this incident. Looking at the replay, watching him running back with the flight of the ball towards the full forward position, he must have known he was about to cop it.
I still think Lockett was protecting himself , 8 weeks was harsh , saw him play twice , every thing about his kick was , from the hold to the kick through was close to perfect. Only mckenna kicked better.
The only thing that cost him was raising the elbow. He wasn't charging out on the lead to flatten Caven he just got to the ball first so had to brace for contact.
LOL at the bimbo saying that "injuries like that happen all the time in football" Yeah, because broken faces are, or were, a common occurrence in the game. Right up there in hilarity with the woman saying she was "concussed" after having a football hit her on Channel Seven.
@@ianburton8050 yeah, sure cleaned up his act. There was nothing tough about him, just very big and hard to get around. He sure dished it out if anyone ever challenged him, but he had the size so it was easy. It was a kind of mindgame. The bizarre thing was he won a Brownlow, one of the least fair players ever. But certainly one of the best. Barrassi and Whitten never came close to a Brownlow
Yes, that was in the days when rascist umpires, were prolific. One of them in particular. Northey pulled Muir off the ground in a McGoo's game , so to prevent Robbie getting another lengthy suspension. The VFL were hypocrites , and the AFL still are.
I remember that one where plugger caved in cavens head. I loved watching him play, so what if he was a bully and a thug, he could still play footy. The AFL has taken this type of player out of the game, which is a shame. I hate cheap shots behind play etc but if you wanna run back into the spot on a lockett on a flat chat lead, you're not only a hero, but could be a broken one with it
in this report it states "if he had been playing rugby or soccer he would of been sent off" the thing is HE WASNT REPORTED AT THE TIME but i guess why would that fact stand in the way of this beat up of a news story
loved watching footy when it was like this but footy players are ten times tougher now a days than ever. king hits aren't tough. plugger says that he was a thug that could play a bit. is embarrassed about this kind of shit. still would love someone like him at richmond
