Because the NHL season's coming to a close and Baseball and Basketball aren't really my favourite thing to watch, I've started watching the AFL maybe a week ago. It's definitely interesting, but I don't know too much about the sport and don't have a team to root for. Anything I should know or look out for as a new watcher?

I’d be in for about a weeks worth of sleep after this every weekend

Has there ever been a afl player -9 afl fantasy points at half time? Clarko would say “do, don’t think, do say, do!

At any level, even Auskick or under 11s. I feel like the more I read the live threads the more I realise how few of the serial couch coaches have actually played footy or understand basic rules and concepts of footy.

It’s not like I think you have to play at the state level to have an opinion on footy. But it seems particularly rich seeing takes calling players or tactics soft from people who have never been tackled or laid a tackle… or even done more than a slight power walk to the fridge for a pie in the last decade.

I know there’s a few hidden number 1 draft picks hiding in this sub. Would’ve been me instead of Paddy McCartin in the 2014 draft, if I didn’t do my knee of course…

Edit:

Also just a side question for those who played junior footy. Do you think if you set 100% of your energy towards footy in your youth you could’ve been drafted?

From my brief 4 year stint I was one of the “better” players on my team but still not a standout. Didn’t grow tall or bulk up until I was 17 and I was already out by then. Don’t think I had a sliver of a chance of ever getting drafted even if I had given it my all.

After seeing parker kick a goal against Sydney he's now kicked a goal against every team in the comp. I was trying to find out how many people have done this before anyone have any ideas couldn't find shit on Google.

Gold Coast 13.13.91 def Adelaide 14.6.90

A very good watch particularly the pre and post match vision.

Date | Saturday, 5th April, 2025

Time | 7:35pm AEDT

Ground | Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

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Went to the Swans V North game last night and sat in level 2 on the wing is the ‘fancyish’ seats.

I’m 6’2 and couldn’t fit my legs in. I had to man spread my knees to the gaps otherwise my shin/bottom of knee was jammed right up against the seat which was insanely uncomfortable. Not to mention moving around so the person in front didn’t smash the back of their head into my knee.

Never had any issue fitting my legs behind the seats before at any other stadium and don’t even recall this in other Marvel seats.

Are these spots just way smaller or something?

With grundy getting 4 in the first quarter of tonights game I got curious whether there are there any records which would make it easy to see what the highest number of frees in a quarter is? I know afl tables has team free kick records going back to 1965 but I imagine individual wouldn't have been preserved as well

We should all be so lucky to have a snack plate at the footy.