It’s no surprise that AFL clubs are having a little grizzle about the capped interchanges for the latter rounds of the pre-season competition. Go back a few years and there were very similar concerns being voiced about the substitutes then being trialled.
Of course it’s difficult adapting to a new scenario, but coaches and players will adapt.
We have to remember that the slowing of the game in the final quarter that we saw when the interchange bench was reduced to three had all but disappeared by the conclusion of the 2012 season. Players had adapted to the changed workloads.
AussieRulesBlog doesn’t bet, especially on sport, but we reckon a capped interchange for 2014 is at very short odds.
With less than two days before the Bombers, Barcodes and Bulldogs get things underway again, we’re looking forward to the start of the action for 2013.
The noises from Essendon seem to suggest that there’ll be a good result for the Bombers out of the performance-enhancing drugs furore fairly soon. If that’s the case, we can hardly wait to read Caroline Wilson’s apology.
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