Talking Footy

Basketball also has points based in diffulty of goal. If you think of point post to point post of AFL as the scoring zone then you get 1 point on the edges of that zone and 6 points for the middle

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

You just have to look at the size of AFL goals compared to every other football code and any thought of skill goes out the window.

This is why AFL has so many more points scored in a game compared to Union, League, Gridiron and Soccer.

yes it's higher scoring, however its all relative. Outscoring your opponent is the aim, so the ease of scoring is irrelevant.

Its easy to make a run in cricket, and the scores are high. Does that make cricket less skillful?

Yes but cricket does'nt have an extra set wickets on either side like AFL has goals.


Which ever way you look at it xman. It is only AFL that awards poor accuracy. NOT ONE OTHER SPORT APART FROM AFL AWARDS POINTS FOR MISSING A TARGET.

wrong, so very wrong.

In cricket you can score if you miss your target. In archery your can score yet miss your target. In baseball you can score yet miss your target.

I Find myself in agreement with XMan on this. If a person tries hard and is making a genuine effort than he needs to be given a reward or some type of treat. Its much like training a Labrador retriever. If there not given a reward or some type of encouragement they will stop trying to perform even the most simplest of tasks.

This has to be the worst thread to date - no evidence, sweeping generalisations and the author himself claims to have played the code - is he saying this is what happened to him? Or didn't and as a result feels left out very poor even by FIGJAM KE's standard!

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

You just have to look at the size of AFL goals compared to every other football code and any thought of skill goes out the window.

This is why AFL has so many more points scored in a game compared to Union, League, Gridiron and Soccer.

yes it's higher scoring, however its all relative. Outscoring your opponent is the aim, so the ease of scoring is irrelevant.

Its easy to make a run in cricket, and the scores are high. Does that make cricket less skillful?

Yes but cricket does'nt have an extra set wickets on either side like AFL has goals.


Which ever way you look at it xman. It is only AFL that awards poor accuracy. NOT ONE OTHER SPORT APART FROM AFL AWARDS POINTS FOR MISSING A TARGET.

wrong, so very wrong.

In cricket you can score if you miss your target. In archery your can score yet miss your target. In baseball you can score yet miss your target.

No it is actually the truth. There is no reward if you miss like AFL in other major sports.

Tell me one other football code or hockey code that has extra side goals?
Also name one other football code or hockey code that does not have a crossbar?

Is only AFL that makes it as easy a possible to kick a goal.

So now I've shown you there are other sports where you have variable scoring results according to accuracy you've changed to football codes.

If youre looking for reward for failure how about a game that allows 5 failed attempts to get past the opposition

Scoring zones exist i gaelic football with greater points given depending on difficulty. I reckob the rugby codes could spice up there games with extra points given for getting a try under the goals.

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

Xman wrote:

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:

You just have to look at the size of AFL goals compared to every other football code and any thought of skill goes out the window.

This is why AFL has so many more points scored in a game compared to Union, League, Gridiron and Soccer.

yes it's higher scoring, however its all relative. Outscoring your opponent is the aim, so the ease of scoring is irrelevant.

Its easy to make a run in cricket, and the scores are high. Does that make cricket less skillful?

Yes but cricket does'nt have an extra set wickets on either side like AFL has goals.


Which ever way you look at it xman. It is only AFL that awards poor accuracy. NOT ONE OTHER SPORT APART FROM AFL AWARDS POINTS FOR MISSING A TARGET.

wrong, so very wrong.

In cricket you can score if you miss your target. In archery your can score yet miss your target. In baseball you can score yet miss your target.

No it is actually the truth. There is no reward if you miss like AFL in other major sports.

Tell me one other football code or hockey code that has extra side goals?
Also name one other football code or hockey code that does not have a crossbar?

Is only AFL that makes it as easy a possible to kick a goal.

Oh FFS

I think its great that rabble ball allows the less athletic types, the unco's, the stumblers and the bumblers to play a professional sport at the top level. The fact they give a point for failure is great encouragement. The fact there are no consequences for making mistakes allows the plodders to achieve at the top level. The poor devils would never get the chance to play any other professional sport except the great game rabble ball.

That drunken fool of a cricketer who invented the game did a marvellous job of dumbing the game down to the lowest level. A trained monkey could play this rubbish at the top level........actually so could an untrained monkey.......LOLOLOLOL

By the way swanette.......hows that PNG rabble ball team going in the Cairns comp???? Oh thats right......that was a lie!!!!!!!! Dill.

Mal wrote:

I think its great that rabble ball allows the less athletic types, the unco's, the stumblers and the bumblers to play a professional sport at the top level. The fact they give a point for failure is great encouragement. The fact there are no consequences for making mistakes allows the plodders to achieve at the top level. The poor devils would never get the chance to play any other professional sport except the great game rabble ball.

That drunken fool of a cricketer who invented the game did a marvellous job of dumbing the game down to the lowest level. A trained monkey could play this rubbish at the top level........actually so could an untrained monkey.......LOLOLOLOL

And I think it's great Mal that fat overweight men can have a competition where the major skill is handing a white plastic ballon to a team mate 6 times then falling on the ground to score! Not exactly an elite skill set - you know like being able to run, catch a leather ball in all sorts of weather, bounce the ball on the ground, punch the ball with your fist and let's not forget kick the ball between 40-60 meters (more than half the size of a RL ground!). Yep Mal your right it's great uncoordinated overweight and brain damaged men have somewhere to feel encouragement (pitty they get more people in the dole office Monday morning than to the game!)

Mal wrote:

By the way swanette.......hows that PNG rabble ball team going in the Cairns comp???? Oh thats right......that was a lie!!!!!!!! Dill.

Dunno mal I guess your still complaining about how harshly your pre-school teacher was on you last year

Mal wrote:

I think its great that rabble ball allows the less athletic types, the unco's, the stumblers and the bumblers to play a professional sport at the top level. The fact they give a point for failure is great encouragement. The fact there are no consequences for making mistakes allows the plodders to achieve at the top level. The poor devils would never get the chance to play any other professional sport except the great game rabble ball.

That drunken fool of a cricketer who invented the game did a marvellous job of dumbing the game down to the lowest level. A trained monkey could play this rubbish at the top level........actually so could an untrained monkey.......LOLOLOLOL

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So very true. A posse of Monkeys would make an awesome AFL team up there with the esendon drug cheats i reckon. Imagine the way they'd move/rove the ball around at ground level. They'd be awesome.

Xman wrote:

So now I've shown you there are other sports where you have variable scoring results according to accuracy you've changed to football codes.

If youre looking for reward for failure how about a game that allows 5 failed attempts to get past the opposition

Is not variable scoring. It is all done to make it as easy as possible to score in AFL.

No other code has a larger goal kicking areas than AFL.

As for tackling your opponent numerous times before scoring. That happens is RUGBY UNION, RUGBY LEAGUE & GRID IRON.

Tell me. How often would AFL players score if they had goals like Rugby or Soccer?
You guys would have a 70% reduction is goals.

Mal wrote:

I think its great that rabble ball allows the less athletic types, the unco's, the stumblers and the bumblers to play a professional sport at the top level. The fact they give a point for failure is great encouragement. The fact there are no consequences for making mistakes allows the plodders to achieve at the top level. The poor devils would never get the chance to play any other professional sport except the great game rabble ball.

That drunken fool of a cricketer who invented the game did a marvellous job of dumbing the game down to the lowest level. A trained monkey could play this rubbish at the top level........actually so could an untrained monkey.......LOLOLOLOL

says a flog, who is a fan of of league, the dumbed down version of rugby to appeal to stupid people

if a trained money can play AFL, why did Hunt & Folau struggle so much with it
they struggled to make the team in wooden spoon winning sides filled with kids!
Hunt has even stated its the hardest thing he has ever done

Poor ol' Leagueyboy.........I actually played rabble ball in the Riverina for many years so I know what I'm talking about. I was a champion that received offers to play in Bleakbourne. But I just couldn't take the game seriously........it's so easy to play I just didn't look at it as a real sport.

So......sadly for rabble ball...... they lost a champion and I went on to star in other serious pursuits.