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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 24, 2011, 02:39:54 AM
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Kevin Sheedy spruiks 'AFL 11s'
Roger Vaughan
Herald Sun
January 24, 2011
KEVIN Sheedy is determined to bring a "Twenty20" style of game to the AFL as he leads the game's expansion into western Sydney.
The first coach of the Greater Western Sydney expansion team says an "AFL 11s" concept would give the game more flexibility as it tries to gain a foothold in the area.
Sheedy has touted the idea before, but said he had trialled the abbreviated form at his club this month and felt the idea had promise.
"I'm not going to let AFL 11s go - I wouldn't let Anzac Day go, I wouldn't let Dreamtime at the 'G go," he said.
"It would be the shorter version of a game to make sure we make an impact.
"If you had 11 top-class players zinging the ball around with 11 opposition top-class players, you've got something exciting."
Sheedy said an abbreviated form of the game could be played on smaller grounds such as rugby and soccer fields.
He said for the AFL to succeed in western Sydney, it needed much more than a GWS home game every fortnight.
"How can we make an impact at Homebush? Not just a game every now and then," he said.
"The west of Sydney needs an impact of AFL, they don't just need five minutes.
"If you want to put flooding in football, then put it into Homebush ... let the people actually know what the rules are."
"What's next in football? What can we do at Homebush, in the west of Sydney, that the AFL has never thought of?
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/kevin-sheedy-spruiks-afl-11s/story-e6frf9jf-1225993351753
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Sheeds ::)
We don't need this gimmicky stuff in the AFL.
Cricket needed it because it is excruciatingly boring nowadays and crowds are dropping.
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Actually I don't believe cricket does need it Wayne. IMHO 20/20 is at least partly responsible for the poor technique and mindset we are seeing causing problems with our batsmen in test cricket and to a lesser extent the 50 over game.
Agree though that the AFL doesnt need this gimmicky crap.
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Sheedy must have been buzzing when he came up with this one.
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Everything this man says these days is nonsense.
why change something thats not broken.
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Would be playing it as Pre Season NAB Cup, great idea :thumbsup
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poo idea, keep it for training.
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Where are they gunna play it ? When they gunna play it? How do they fit in the crowds if they play on smaller venues? The rugby games are a lot slower and soccer dont move it as fast or long, stupid dribble from someone that is a bit full of himself. Crap idea sheeds, How about we start with a kick off and add throwing and if it's caught and taken over the goal line you get 7 points NARF :banghead
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It'd be good for young kids to learn the game as everyone is more likely to get plenty of touches of the footy but they already do that with Auskick with 6-a-side at half-time.
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Plus there is already an aussie rules version of touch footy.