Round 2 Richmond v Bulldogs - Saturday 11th - MCG

[DazBurg]

just burns seeing oxley do well but in all honesty i would of put brown on for fear of oxley vest
but brown will still score more then 10

Surely nobody would have played Oxley unless they had nobody else?! I put Saad on for Goodes. A bit upset seeing Oxley kill it though.

yeah but even brown will score more then 10...lol....but the way he is going not by alot..

[Ricochet]

I know the sub sucks but there are arguments for it. It keeps it more of an even game if one team cops a big early injury, because they aren't down a rotation straight away. Sucks for fantasy though

[Doggoneit]

I know the sub sucks but there are arguments for it. It keeps it more of an even game if one team cops a big early injury, because they aren't down a rotation straight away. Sucks for fantasy though

I don't agree Rico

you get an early injury and use your sub - yes you still have the same rotations as the other team. But the other team then releases their sub during 3rd or 4th qtr and they now have the advantage of fresher legs at a critical point in the game.

If there is no sub and you lose a player to injury it is really no different - you are still at a disadvantage either way.

With the interchange cap both teams still have the same number of rotations.

The sub rule wasn't introduced to cover injuries it was for the new concussion rule. But IMO the Concussion rule can stay (i.e. 20 mins observation) without the need for a sub.

[Ricochet]

I know the sub sucks but there are arguments for it. It keeps it more of an even game if one team cops a big early injury, because they aren't down a rotation straight away. Sucks for fantasy though

I don't agree Rico

you get an early injury and use your sub - yes you still have the same rotations as the other team. But the other team then releases their sub during 3rd or 4th qtr and they now have the advantage of fresher legs at a critical point in the game.

If there is no sub and you lose a player to injury it is really no different - you are still at a disadvantage either way.

With the interchange cap both teams still have the same number of rotations.

The sub rule wasn't introduced to cover injuries it was for the new concussion rule. But IMO the Concussion rule can stay (i.e. 20 mins observation) without the need for a sub.

Yeh but they are aren't disadvantaged for as long.

Guy goes down in the first quarter, teams play at an even level for 2 or so more quarters until a fresh opposition player is released. Even then it is only one player and it is still the same rotations, just one player who is fresh.

If there wasn't subs
Guy goes down in the first quarter, they are down a rotation for the whole game. Its a massive gap

I know its not the sole reason it was introduced, but it is an argument to keep it.

Games can nearly be decided based on an early injury if there are no subs

I hate them just as much as the next person but I see one of the AFLs argument for them