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Good to hear Sando going for the Cats...love his analysis but his tips are more often wrong.

I thought the time to move was at the end of last season... Great player.

Seems to be par for course in these situations. The Rioli situation dragged on for nearly 2 years. For whatever reason I don't know but as you say unfair.

Yes, our mids need to be at their best. We're competing against 2 other contenders & it's one of our strengths. As for clearances, the Cats were belted in the first half but comfortably ahead on the scoreboard. ...an interesting 2 weeks in a long season coming up.

Whatever is old is new again. In the old VFL days what Pickett did was called striking & he could have expected 2 to 4 weeks.

It's a long season "SWYL'...don't get too hung up on one game.

I think Willie Rioli's case took 18 months to get to a resolution. Then his 2 year penalty was backdated to reflect his time in limbo. Looks like we might be a player down for a while yet.

The rugby codes will end up as pro touch football I reckon, I just can't see them lasting too much longer. A good question re soccer...my soccer mad mate tells me the header has been on dangerous ground for a while now. The ball is a lot lighter and waterproof now so there is not the damage that was done to many past players...however he says they still get tiny concussions each time they head the ball...so maybe that part of the game will have to go. Remember these games have been around for only a very short time in the scheme of things, a couple of hundred years give or take. Everything evolves...

Boxing is in big trouble... NRL along with AFL will end up non contact, it's just a matter of time. 10, 20, 100 years.. Will all go the way of the Coliseum & the Gladiators. It really doesn't matter, we've had a good run with it, enjoyed the game & may or may not be around for the final demise.

I think there is going to be no choice and contact sports worldwide are in trouble here. It will end up a no contact sport. I can't see any other option.

Maybe make an adjustment to the front on contact rule that already exists...

I think you've got to do something but I'm not sure how you enforce it.

Elliot Yeo is back in form...

My problem is with players running recklessly back with the flight of the ball. It used to be a mark of courage but honestly it's just plain stupid. I can remember doing it twice when I was playing. One I got away with, a spectator who used to be a VFL captain was on the boundary side it happened and said basically what were you thinking. The 2nd time I wasn't as lucky and got a chest full of busted ribs. Yes, what Greene did was illegal in football terms but if he had of followed through with the marking attempt we might had had a terrible situation. Players need to be protected from themselves.

Absolutely it's true...In a marking contest like that he's in his rights to raise his knee. That wouldn't be good.