The extended goal square Will slow down the game. Knowing that players will use the 18m square will mean that it will take longer to get the ball back into play and allow teams to set up their defence. A strange move.
And who thinks that every kick out will take advantage of the extra 10 metres or so? I wouldn’t be too surprised if a fair whack still go short to the pocket.
I wonder how far to the side opposition players are going to be kept out.
Because if it’s not much then it might mean less players playing on from the square.
I wonder if they’ll change the definition noting the area beyond the (invisible) lines joining the corners of the goal square to the behind posts, or if they’ll just ignore that until after someone rushes a point or points from 17 metres out to save a game.
Look, I was going to try and explain this idea I have, but instead - I’ll leave it to my schematic, as a picture paints a thousands words as they say. I think you’ll very quickly see that this addresses some of our major issues with the game, as well as the fixture inequalities, not to mention the value-add to TV.
Lol at the AFL trotting out stats from trial matches like 15 % increase in scoring and 14% decrease in tackling. I sure wouldn’t be expecting sides to over exert themselves defensively in a ■■■■■ giggles trial match. Stats from the games are meaningless.