7 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Mark Neeld tried to do the same thing to Jack Trengove and i remember thinking the same thing, if someone shows a heap of promise, keep them in that position, it'd be like us deciding to play Clayton oliver off half back.

Agreed, although Trengove has very neat skills. He's stronger by foot than Cripps. 

Edited April 16, 20169 yr by AdamFarr

Dale thomas isn't even a shadow of the player he used to be, seems to have lost a heap of leg speed and his kicking is terrible, wouldn't look out of place at the dees.

12 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Dale thomas isn't even a shadow of the player he used to be, seems to have lost a heap of leg speed and his kicking is terrible, wouldn't look out of place at the dees.

I'm just glad we got Roos and not Malthouse. He, along with their recruiters, have stuffed them up. Oh and probably Carlton's arrogance at thinking they were close to a flag. In hindsight, should have stuck with Ratten.

Gee, Grundy reads it well. Such a solid player. He'd be the first name on the team sheet every week, I reckon.

frees count getting a bit skewed. carlscum can't buy one

Swans v Crows is a cracker. Two points the margin at half time.

gee I am really disappointed in the standard of umpiring, players getting belted and pushed around, dropping the ball all over the place and they let the game go on until they pull one out of the pack. Seen far too many soft frees this round in marking contests up forward, it is a disgrace to see charity goals given like that. Even worse is seeing players bend at the knees and pick up the head high tackles.

The 15 metre rule is all over the shop, I don't mind the new deliberate out of bounds interpretation, umpires seem to have wised up to players dropping when contact is initiated.

Current free kick count Bulldogs 20, Carltank 5.

JOKE!

And if i hear the channel 7 commentators cream themselves over Stringer again i think i'm going to be sick! Very good player, but gee, give it a rest fellas!

Would be nice for someone in the press to go out on the Launie ground and measure the two kicks using vision of them as reference. Prove those weasels wrong.

Isn't umpiring supposed to be an impartial kind of thing?

Just now, AngryAtCasey said:

And if i hear the channel 7 commentators cream themselves over Stringer again i think i'm going to be sick! Very good player, but gee, give it a rest fellas!

Happens every time BT commentates Dogs games.  He's on a constant [censored].

So the umpire just a free kick against Carlton for 'Throwing the ball back too hard and fast'

They have seriously lost the plot yet AFL have the guts to come out and say they doing are a great job.

nutjobs

Geez Patrick Cripps is good. He is a level above these players. Just stiff that he is playing in the 'better be safe than sorry era'. I have both Cripps and Viney in my supercoach, and they both get penalised for playing tough, uncompromising football. Just goes to show how much the game has changed.

"Throwing the ball back too hard and fast"

Really translates to:

"I can't catch it for [censored] and you made me look silly on TV"

26 minutes ago, AngryAtCasey said:

Current free kick count Bulldogs 20, Carltank 5.

JOKE!

27 to 9 now

 Young Charlie Curnow is going to be some player. The way some youngsters move you can just tell they have it. The 'it' factor. Cripps has it, Oliver has it. Lynch, Hogan and Cameron have it. Curnow has it.

Cheney run it out of the backline only to bomb it high - Swans mark and a kick back over Cheney's head and a goal results. Swans hit the front on the 3/4 siren.

18 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

"Throwing the ball back too hard and fast"

Really translates to:

"I can't catch it for [censored] and you made me look silly on TV"

They don't need any help to look silly.  This is why the AFL shouldn't let the umpires be miked up. 

Crows vs Swans is a cracker.

15 minutes ago, Night Crawler said:

Crows vs Swans is a cracker.

Super game.

Just goes to show how even the league is this year.  Well, it is at the minute.  

Feel for the Dogs tonight.  Lost Murphy last week, JJ goes down this week and a few others were sore and sorry by the end.  Can't take a trick at the minute, and they would have been thankful that they played the Blues tonight.

Just now, KingDingAling said:

 Young Charlie Curnow is going to be some player. The way some youngsters move you can just tell they have it. The 'it' factor. Cripps has it, Oliver has it. Lynch, Hogan and Cameron have it. Curnow has it.

Yeah sorry i am yet to see that with Curnow..

On 4/16/2016 at 10:42 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

Yeah sorry i am yet to see that with Curnow..

Agreed, did a couple of nice things but i don't think he's picked up the pace of the game yet. 

16 hours ago, mrtwister said:

Will get 5 or 6. 

Not a good look from Ablett either, pushing Martin into an oncoming teammate that was lining him up from a distance. 

I noticed this and thought it was just as dirty. Pushing a bloke square in the back running full tilt typifies the kind of stuff the Abletts, Hodges and Mitchells get away with on a regular basis.