Why Eddie McGuire wants to change the Sherrin - Footy Classified | Footy on Nine

[@thesupplantor]

Never thought I'd say this, but Eddie makes a very good point. So many people complain about AFL being fumbly in Sydney.

[@Wingyy1995]

absolutely agree! keep the leather but scuff it in, make the sponsors small or something.

[@nickwyllie7563]

As much as we all love to hate Eddie he has good intentions for the game and we need people like this in the business

[@npd6225]

Reminds me of when Travis Cloke couldn’t catch a cold until he wore a glove 😂

[@kalebarancelovic]

There is someone employed by the Major League Baseball in America to collect gritty mud and rub it over new balls so they're not so slippery and dangerous ( look this up, it's fair dinkum) so Eddie is making a sensible point.

[@DeanWhipper]

It's the stupidiest thing ever isn't it. Make brand new baseballs out of the finest quality leather, then purchase very specific buckets of mud for $$$ to smear them with. Sport is truly mad the world over.

[@justinwakeling8669]

Yeah good call. Agree on this. The game is way too fumbly

[@gordopark13]

Have the balls used in training sessions during the week then used for the game on the weekend. At least they have been broken in.

[@Nexadvenio]

American here. Just started watching the game, and I did feel like they were fumbling a lot more than made sense

[@clintoneddy2860]

How much coverage is there of AFL in the USA

[@Nexadvenio]

@@clintoneddy2860 none, I pay 30 dollars a month to stream it

[@ii2654]

Yup, Eddie is right. Sherrin so needs to be grippier

[@brendonvurlow7745]

Wake up to yourself. If they can’t kick it and mark it go back and play in the bush

[@darrenjpeters]

@@brendonvurlow7745 He has a fair point. The yellow sherrins we used to use at training at night were always slipperier than the red ones we would use in a game, or day training. And that's in the bush, mate.

[@Yoshimitsu420]

@@darrenjpeters switch to burley the footy we use in wa it's a way better footy than sherrin

[@theatrain5388]

I used to find a brand new pill easy to grab

[@cryptic6917]

you don't need to completely change the ball, just as caro said changing the texture of the ball to be similar to an NRL ball will make a massive difference. Even in the local leagues the yellow sherrin is far more slippery in wet conditions than the red sherrin.

[@beaut3862]

A rugby league style ball would only improve the game in every aspect. Great idea Ed

[@dennishunt1590]

Fair Bloody Dinkum, advertising is buggering up footy.

[@raydenny6051]

Right on

[@stavio12]

Hate to say it but he does have a point. Congestion comes when blokes fumble which causes more stoppages. Why use 7 freakin balls? Just use 2 or three for a match and break those balls in before a game.

[@rickyd.989]

Modern technology can do just about anything. Should be able to come up with a ball that is easier to grip.

[@BrendanMurrayJubana]

Yellow ball at night, more dew therefore, more slippery, therefore harder to mark. Not rocket science Max 🚀

[@davefrancis4529]

NFL balls are prepped and mudded prior to games, this is probably something the AFL should look at. Plenty of vids on KZbin describing the process.

[@hooligansharma]

Am I agreeing to Eddie on something? Wow

[@adammcguinness9950]

I agree with Eddie, they are very slippery these days. I nearly bounced my daughters Sherrin into the plaster wall today, I bounced it to come back on the carpet and it shot off in another direction. After a few goes I got it but it is very slippery.

[@frankmachin5438]

Don’t forget that up until the 80’s I think rugby union played with leather balls similar to ours and went to a synthetic dimpled ball to improve the spectacle. The greatest part of our only true Australian game is contested marking - why not change the balls somehow?

[@Hello-qd3uy]

Yeah literally every sport has changed their ball. Soccer is synthetic now, union and league have the light and dimpled balls, basketball is now a grippier synthetic material rather than classic leather and I'm not sure but I think gridiron has gone that way too. Aussie rules is behind the times on this.

[@markwarne-smith4560]

Good call re the ball + 1 fix it. you could dimple the leather, would fly better as well as grip better. Having watched umpire scratch balls pre match this would be much better.

[@bloodyhellism]

Get rid off advertising on footys done! They have crap everywhere else

[@logflume]

I bought a new Sherrin KB ball recently and it was rubbish. Panels weren't stitched together correctly. If anything needs to change about the footy, it is how well it's made-- QC at Sherrin is garbage these days! Got a Ross Faulkner recently for half the price and it is so much more well made than the Sherrin, it's not funny.

[@brianfryer550]

Use the real ball the burley from WA

[@Yoshimitsu420]

Yeah too right mate

[@boysdontcry5487]

I’ve never seen so many people agree with Eddie

[@ross7423]

the kids sized sherrins are synthetic rubber with dimples on them, bump them up in size

[@jamieshields9521]

We used have Kookaburra football with ruby grip years ago but when AFL football get wet it becomes challenging to mark or grab its the design. As for gloves not many players have taken too but in cold wet conditions long sleeves were in high demand as football hit your bare arms it would sting unless wearing long sleeves jumper.

[@joshuathomas1721]

Jack Darling drops a sitter in the goal square with forty seconds left. Ball is kicked in.. 2018 GF pies lost. True story

[@Bluez077]

Fev said the balls should be kicked in 10 years ago.. of course its a good idea! Something needs to be done.

[@clyntonsimon2286]

Well there's a Burley league and a Sherrin league, my record clean in da Sherrin league, up to you CLEAN use is mean, is anonymous aloud to laugh 🦁🎽SGL, don't question my ability please 🙏

[@baronvonaux8294]

Time to do what we all know is right. Change to a Burley...

[@AntipodianMusic]

So like the AFL does they don't listen to reason and they just bring in stand on the mark stupid rules and ignore the ball.

[@rickyelvis3215]

nothing a bit of sandpaper down the shorts can’t fix !

[@samboy1406]

0:34 I'm sick of this me, me, me woman!

[@jaxonanderson9790]

eddie be quiet

[@sanjusmiles]

Or change to Burley for good. I'm sorry, but a Sherrin is no way near in quality. Burleys are much easier to catch too.

[@huaweiphone4358]

Make​ umpire​s​ accountable better​ idea​ when​ they​ give​ away​ goals​ to​ good​ blokes

[@shaundevlin3905]

Eddie: Players' cant mark the yellow ball because it's to slippery. Lockett, Dunstall, Ablett & modra: Hold our beers!

[@raydenny6051]

Crazy . Money is even destroying ball integrity. Players must make it clear we want balls we can grab probably and that won't brake our feet when we kick them.

[@kylemcmahon7651]

It's great when Eddie is like this talking about what will make the whole game greater not just the pies new balls are so slippery they need a couple of days or weeks to get some grip I can only imagine how fresh all the balls in the afl would be and how slippery

[@mitebcool]

Make the ball out of suede leather instead

[@AtTheDriveBy]

Footy is a game entrenched in traditions but the ball needs to evolve. 1. Get rid of the marketing for the game balls. Less need to maintain the leather for aesthetics, and lacquer applied. 2. Switch to a composite leather sherrin, which is softer and has a better tactile feel in the wet.

[@MozartificeR]

It might be to glossy. Make the ball waterproof another way. There should be a solution in our history.

[@ONESKEBEAR]

agree

[@matthewfinis6723]

0:34 he really didn’t ? 🤣

[@oryx-labs]

remember preliminary final 2019 pies vs giants? it was too slippery so pies couldn't mark.

[@Thejay120]

Yeah that’s the reason...

[@pj1491]

Eddie well said

[@alanoleary5744]

Change the rules every year always

[@jamestrellu9043]

Agree with his point actually

[@MartyMcFly3]

Eddie's greatest ever idea 👍🏼

[@elmerfudd6305]

It's not his idea, it's used in other sports, but does make a lot of sense.. first time ed made any sense..

[@horsecodenumbers]

He's finally right change the ball to dimples 😁😁

[@alanoleary5744]

Leave the ball alone leave the grand final a day game maybe taking the advertising of the ball would help

[@garryjnrthegoat3763]

They should use some of those Velcro gloves and a Velcro ball would make the game easier to play cmon shut up eddy

[@xpacnwo2000]

Harold Bishop always whining about something.

[@stormskye3578]

Try playing Bush footy then, we use bricks 🤣

[@kingoutback]

how are you booting bricks 45 metres champ?

[@elmin2323]

%100 correct!!!

[@kevinaylesbury1969]

Eddy finally got a grip on something other than himself 🤣

[@eponymous7910]

If you want the balls to be somewhat waterproof they're gonna be slippery. That's the trade-off for any leather based material. Just get more players to use grippo, I doubt many at afl level use it these days...maybe the communal jar of it has been banned during the pandemic?

[@bobbyhill1085]

Eddie mate your 💯 right

[@raymondwright4358]

Slow news week if this is the focus

[@theeviking7395]

For once I agree with him.

[@PjRjHj]

Sherrin's had it's time. Bring in the Burley's

[@user-rr9xr1vm5f]

Seems to me if you disagree with Eddie your career is over. Have you ever heard luke darcey on the breakfast show.. embarrassing. Just put in a suggestion with the afl Ed. No need to make everything about you........PAL.

[@LP004]

There needs to be some sort of grip on the footy, maybe a mixture, the Sherrin but with a few dimples like the rugby ball

[@brettbrett9973]

The coating ? Take the sponsors off then. Hardly a large sample with a couple of days. Always has different arguments.Always a bit of a "muck around". American footballers dont say its clumsy. You had an interview with one the other day. Headline grabber .

[@mayojeffery7570]

Too everyone saying that eddie maguire is making a point you are so wrong, I dont remember the last time i gave a rats ass about what he said about the game of afl and hes tryna make a point of changing the sherrin. When all it takes is getting good and putting time in to perfect your timing and positioning of marking the ball. In all those video examples they where all high pressure situations with players panicking but when u see the good players who put the time and effort in like D.Martin P.Dangerfield they dont struggle to hold the ball regurly do they.

[@chrisharrison2759]

Oh..... I wasn't aware that the present football in use,..... favoured one team over the other? Wow is that why your team is at such a disadvantage? Is this phenomenon mainly against interstate teams. Weeeellll. Thanks for that.

[@BryanBoytano]

what

[@chanceryan1757]

Once any ball have been put through the mud, dew, rain its gunna be harder to handle. If ya can handle the Sherrin at top level, look at ya skills. Or rub a bit more rossin in ya hands. They've all been playing with Sherrins since under 14s. Turnovers are part of the game. Imagine players not missing a mark. You'd potentially have short punts all the way from the backs to the forwards.

[@petermeatballs6252]

Eddie mcguire should've been boss of channel nine for More years than two or three years like ten or eleven years that's how long he was president of Melbourne stars