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Opinion: The future Aussie rules footy game

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Sunday, July 13 2014 @ 09:05 pm ACST

It's funny - as a North fan we saw Pagan's Paddock back in the 90s and we saw what I guess to be flooding, and we saw a bloke called Carey who made it all work.
Positions be damned - they are a guide. NOTHING says where we stand on the ground - only where we line up on the white board. We can start high, or wide, or deep, or go loose in defence (that always happened on windy days anyway).
The removal of the boggy cricket pitch is the biggest change - it allows forwards to push up and help the defenders and push back without running through sticky Merri Creek mud.
Footy though - is oft viewed unfairly. In the past, we saw very little televised and often only the best bits in highlights packages.
I recall North in the 90s when our midfield was perhaps fractionally slower than some - the first qrtr we'd clunk some marks - 2nd and 3rd term the oppositions mids would run us around a bit - and by the last qtr it'd open up a bit and our talls would clunk marks again.
Point is - it's not an homogeneous product. It ebbs and flows across a game, across each qtr.
The key point is that a top of the table clash or a classic midtable '8 pt game' dish up generally a greater contest than most the soccer games you'd see where one team parks the bus, and in a tournament might be playing purely for the penalty shoot out.
As a North fan I was fortunate to attend our Rnd 16 game against Hawthorn. That was a GREAT footy night (back on a Friday night too!!), and a ripper game and yes a forward at each end kicking 6 and 5 goals respectively.
Earlier in the season I was at our home game when we got up over Port at Etihad - I'm not a massive fan of Etihad but I love the roof on a wet windy day. Anyway - that again was a ripper footy day. I don't expect to be blown away every time I go. Our win over Melbourne was a less inspiring game but we were back at the 'G and that was like an old friendship rekindled.
Footy is still there to be enjoyed. Over expectation of Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda supporters this year aside. Just let the '8 year old' inside of you come out and just enjoy.

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