I don't have ready access to those numbers - and welcome their inclusion by anyone who has.

Howe is this 'back on topic'?
It would be back on topic if Wanderers and the various League teams memberships were mentioned as well. You seem to keep forgetting that part.

Anyway, back on topic, GWS memberships for 2013 are now at 8,422 more than 2 months out from the start of the AFL season, and now looking very likely to overtake last year's figure of 10,241.

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

No, that's in relation to any sport. You don't necessarily have to have good ball-handling skills to be successful in that sport. Take your monocle off.

Errr...generally the same ball skills as any other midfielder. :lol:. Jesus Christ you have no idea what you're talking about do you? :lol:

You raise a very pertinent question, in relation to AFL

Who says you have to have good ball skills to be a successful sports person?

Hundreds of matches are won by a CB scoring, with the striker doing fuck all in the same game.
What ball skills are required of a tagger?

The point is, you can't just say "AFL players don't know how to do this". Of course they don't. They're playing a sport that doesn't require those skills. You can say that about any sportsman in the world, compared to any other number of sports they don't play.

It's a bit different. Bouncing a ball is one set skill. Goalkeeping is a combination of many skills.

Indeed. About as ridiculous as saying no AFL player knows how to Goalkeep. ;)

Edited by Funky Munky: 5/2/2013 06:12:57 PM

No soccer player knows how to bounce an oval ball correctly? What a ridiculous claim.

That's like saying, surely being a CB is reflection of that CB's lack of ability. Surely if they were good enough, they'd be the striker?

Similarly, only one player wears the no. 10 shirt in soccer.

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This.

Isn't 'tagging' in AFL a reflection on the said tagger's lack of ability? I mean, if they were good enough wouldn't they be the one's being tagged?

Fucking lolwut?

There's a lot of truth in that - although Dustin Fletcher was brillian one year - he's got a good height and build for goalkeeping too.

Talk about a derailed thread.

Exactly. They play a hybrid game internationally. Not AFL.

They play gealic Internationals with Ireland and don't need a squashed ball

The AFL doesn't have internationals...

And no Soccer player knows how to bounce an oval ball correctly...what's your point.

The game that never happened

actually AFL players need coaching from Football players to be able to play in their own internationals.

No AFL player knows how to goal keep.

You mean there's no esprit de corps?

Since this thread is not doing that, perhaps the Wanderers can post in the Wanderers thread and Giants can post in the AFL thread. It's more efficient for all concerned as it reduces the posts by half (considering there ain't much in common between the two sports).

But if someone wants to talk about the Wanderers in the context of what the Giants may or may not be doing, they won't be allowed to raise it on the AFL thread (under the normal rules of engagement).

It's been 4+ pages since the Wanderers have been mentioned.

This thread is not making comparisons of any useful nature, that couldn't be consolidated into a single and easily accessible thread. Pointless to see the same thing repeated in both.