show me a field goal this year from 50 metres out....AFLsforPussies wrote:Those goals you showed are a rarity. There have been field goals done that far away in rugby league too.Xman wrote:what does a crossbar achieve? Both goals in that video still would have gone over any crossbar. Almost every set shot at goal in the AFL would go over a crossbar because if they didnt they wouldnt clear the defenders.
Furthermore, Why make it lower scoring? the conditions are the same for both teams. Its like saying you should make cricket ovals bigger or put in more fielders so teams dont score as much. Why? Its a contest to see which team score the most, no matter what the conditions
The fact is plenty of goals in AFL would not be scored if there was a crossbar.
The reason there is no crossbar in AFL and an extra set of goals, is because AFL players would lack the skill massively to get many points.
AFL is without a doubt the EASIEST football code to score points.
No other code has extra side goals incase you miss.
And no other football code has scorlines as high as AFL does.
This more than shows how easy AFL is to score in.
The skill required in scoring in AFL really is very low at best.
This probably one of the reasons AFL can't get a following in any other countries. People would see AFL as a no skill game.
Heres Fletcher kicking another goal from within the centre square only 2 weeks ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gTDjsP4xl8
Most AFL key forwards can kick goals from outside 50 which would clear a crossbar
How many of these 5 goals from Cloke within a game late last year wouldnt have cleared a crossbar? Note the 3rd is kicked from well outside 50mtrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENWoPX60CMw
Need any more examples? They happen pretty much every week in the AFL