NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:Swans4ever wrote:NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote:Swans4ever wrote:post_hoc wrote:Swans4ever wrote:post_hoc wrote:Swans4ever wrote:post_hoc wrote:leagueiscrap wrote:[quote="post_hoc"]once again the AFL crying out for relevance, any international event the AFL photobombs, they do it with the ICC in melbourne, hell they were even so desperate that they got in on the Action win Tim Cahill signed for Melbourne City.
They are the ultimate look at me look at me sporting admin in the world. They are so lacking in any international credibility that they have to jump on any international exposure they can.
Just like the soccer is trying to do over here
been here longer than AFL

Err no - some AF clubs have existed before most if not all soccer clubs OS and certainly 100 yrs before any A League clubs. Pretty stupid comment really!
Thought that might get a few nibbles, disappointed it was only 1.
What A League clubs have got to do with it is beyond me, but but this comments is great
"some AF clubs have existed before most if not all soccer clubs OS"
So we are talking about several 100's of thousands of clubs worldwide, so you are saying SOME AF clubs are older. But they are not the oldest. I know of at least 2 that are older.
Edinburgh Football club and Sheffield FC and maybe Hallam, so sorry you are wrong.
I should also had that there are several Rugby Clubs that are older than both those as well.
My point partly tongue in cheek, but mostly identifying a few things, 'football' was played in Australia before AF started, AF in Sydney was never really played, the early rules of AF have less in common than those of Cambridge and Sheffield rules have with modern football.
Well no what was the professional soccer comp in Sydney until 1882
http://home.dictionaryofsydney.org/soccer-in-sydney-2/
Whereas AF was introduced prior to that
https://nswfootballhistory.com.au/wp-co ... ISTORY.doc
Clearly Clubs like Carlton before many European soccer clubs came into being. Regardless of the 'rules' being different it was still there and the Clubs that still exist today were there - your trying to gain some higher moral ground where there just isn't!
I can't really understand what you are trying to say.
The only measure are professional comps? Kinda rules out Rugby then, which is a bit unfair.
Carlton is older than many football clubs? yep sure that's true, not sure the point. There are football clubs older than Carlton, see not sure of the point you are making.
Moral ground? how so? Just saying that there are older football clubs than AF clubs, nothing more nothing less.
You were the one saying Soccer had been here longer ...... I'm just pointing out that it's professional comps are no older than AFL - you are somehow trying to argue that this in some ways makes soccer superior - it doesn't.
The fact you have world wide comps proves nothing but that people are very insular - (I suppose the fact at one point most of the worlds population were under communist governments - doesn't make that system of government better than democracy!). I just don't think you really have a point!
But facts are facts. AFL has rules that are stupid beyond words compared to football.
No other country in the world will like a sport which rewards missed shots at goal and has a ref throw the ball in backwards when it goes out.
Like seriously how shit is AFL lol
The reason Football is the world game is because it is a common sense game.
Something AFL will never be.

But again your opinion and the fact it is played OS illustrates how much your opinion is wrong. We don't have the advantage of being invented OS like your sport and as there are now only 24 mil Australians the population historically to spread out game - but the fact people have started playing with increased information in this age just illustrates it's only stupid people like you who can't understand its rules! Get a life champ it's only a game and it's not gunna take your birthday away from you!
I understand it's rules well. Points for missing. Free kick at goal if you catch on the full in the goal area.
Ball gets thrown in backwards by the ref if it goes out.
Still is a stupid game lol
I guarantee AFL would never have take off even if it was invented overseas. People don't like points for missing goals or constant drop balls in sport.
Just face it AFL is such a poorly though out game and that is why nobody outside Australia will take it seriously.
Your sport us a laughing stock.
Aussie Fools where you get a point for missing and throw the ball in backwards.

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But the fact people are playing OS in increasing numbers since the late 90's shows just how wrong you are - you really have a chip on your shoulder - if you understand the rules like you say it would make sense to you obviously tying shoe laces for you is a burden - get a life!