37 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The Harmes two don't argues and the pass are what he can do at his best.

The don't argues all round were great.

Frost,Petracca,VDB,Harmes.

I liked the way we pushed their weak,insipid defenders off yesterday.

Was a highlight.

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

....

That 50 metre penalty against Viney was wrong in two counts, he was already within 10 metres when the ball was marked and he was running to be the man on the mark.

There are BIG problems with this rule which commentators have simply ignored and this is one of them.   Watch any match and you will see multiple instances of that which don't get pinged.  It seems to depend on the angle the player runs in to get on the mark.   Start a bit closer the the player with the ball and a couple of yards to one side and you are OK even though you are within the 10m- sometimes....    In any case 10m is far too much (as is the penalty).

Edited August 6, 20169 yr by sue

1 hour ago, jumbo returns said:

Hey od...

Very reserved in his commentary, but quick summary:

• said that the game changed since Jack was drafted and the coaches didn't adjust the players to the contested style
• there were no leaders at the club, hence his development was thwarted
• too many inexperienced coaches
• Jack loves the club, but he's quite reserved. CP5 is, apparently, the life of every party!
• Was ready to walk if Neeld stayed
• Footy will never define Jack as a person
• Jack was frustrated at the ball movement...Dawes gets the ball kicked to him on his head and there 3 players on him...Jack is usually free in many instances

Very reserved and measured....

And that he loves the club, only ever considered leaving, if neeld stayed

5 minutes ago, demondame said:

And that he loves the club, only ever considered leaving, if neeld stayed

To be fair, I considered leaving if Neeld stayed.

28 minutes ago, demondame said:

And that he loves the club, only ever considered leaving, if neeld stayed

Jack is quite reserved?

Not sure about that bit? I sat right next to a group of 4-5 Demon players at a Storm game about 4 years ago. Jack was the life of the party in that group. Dancing in his seat to all the hype up music. Chip Frawley & Tom McDonald there also from memory.  He had them all pissing themselves laughing.

Edited August 6, 20169 yr by Old Man Rivers

Watched from Brisbane, and if Eddie mentioned Wiedeman's Collingwood connection one more time, I would have put my fist through the television.

7 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

One thing nobody seems to have mentioned is the high hit on the Weed from Rioli.  Weed was bent over to pick up the ball and Rioli came in from directly in front and nailed him.  Weed was stunned and would up tackled and the Hawk supporters were screaming for a Holding the ball call. 

Incidentally, why were there so many Hawks in the Melbourne Members area?  There were dudes at the gate checking memberships, but apparently they didn't feel any need to actually keep people out. 

There were a lot there, but my my, they were quiet, weren't they.

1 hour ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

One thing I enjoyed about today is the spunk that they boys displayed. They didn't take a backward step and were handing out their fair share of sledges.
When Duryea dropped that ball near the goal square to gift Tracc that goal, boy oh boy did Tracc let him know all about that? Plus I saw Maxy give Gibbo a cheeky pat on the bum after he gave away that free to Weideman.
Hell, even Jack got back into Mitchell after he gave him that whack in the pack. 

Clarry got stuck in to Rioli at the centre bounce after he got shirt fronted, good to see.

 

 

Edited August 6, 20169 yr by Dante

5 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

If i was a Dorks supporter, i couldn't really care less if that was the case. Played in 5 GF's in the past 8 years (4 in 4) and have won 3 in a row.

As much as i hate their arrogance, their recent success has given them reason to be. I for one am [censored] envious. When will it be our turn?

DD - happily I am old enough to remember the period 1955-64   What joy.  Looking forward to a repeat 2017-27

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Rioli must get weeks, Jonathan Brown and Brad Johson have no idea.

He will get cleared, and for his slam dump tackle

Mitchell, the little sniper, will also be cleared, or fined, for the cheap hit on JW4

1 hour ago, special robert said:

That must be it for Dunn Garland and Dawes. No?

Hard to see any of them getting a game in the foreseeable future 

5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

DD - happily I am old enough to remember the period 1955-64   What joy.  Looking forward to a repeat 2017-27

He will get cleared, and for his slam dump tackle

Mitchell, the little sniper, will also be cleared, or fined, for the cheap hit on JW4

Hard to see any of them getting a game in the foreseeable future 

Not sure that's a reason to be happy.

Interestingly if you look at the comparison and how we crumbled in 1965, Hawthorn have looked shaky all year and we may have started the end of the empire, we dismantled them yesterday and the result was never in doubt even when they regained the lead.

 

 

6 hours ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

My most hated supporters and have been for many years.

In other news, approaching the tenth year with my Hawthorn-supporting fiancée, and I finally get that first win since we've been together. Now we just have to beat them in a Grand Final in order to get her to switch sides. Not sure her mob will have a chance over the next 3-4 years to play in too many of those. That cliff is coming up quickly.

You aren't alone. I know someone who works at the G on game days. Said the Hawk supporters are the most arragont by a long way and their grog squad often instigates most of the trouble on the day.

I haven't seen/heard worse other than the Saints when we played em in the finals during Diamond Joe's era. Some of the lowest stuff I've ever heard at the G that night and I was no saint in my early years there ? I remember poor old Gary Hardeman sat near our group one day with his kids. Lasted about 3 minutes ?

5 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

Liverpool just beat Barcelona 4-0 at Wembley, lucky I had those plastic sheets up.  

Despite this we'll struggle for top 8 this season.

46 minutes ago, Forest Demon said:

Watched from Brisbane, and if Eddie mentioned Wiedeman's Collingwood connection one more time, I would have put my fist through the television.

I would have loved it, imagine how it is going to stick in his craw over the next decade.

lovely stuff!

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Rioli must get weeks, Jonathan Brown and Brad Johson have no idea.

I am assuming you are saying this for the bump on Oliver.

 

if Rioli gets weeks for this then we may as well make AFL a non contact sport, IMO it was a beautifully executed bump, the type I would like to see more of in the game.

 

there is a reason there were no players remonstrating after the fact, they knew it was a good clean bump

2 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

I am assuming you are saying this for the bump on Oliver.

 

if Rioli gets weeks for this then we may as well make AFL a non contact sport, IMO it was a beautifully executed bump, the type I would like to see more of in the game.

 

there is a reason there were no players remonstrating after the fact, they knew it was a good clean bump

whether it was or not depends entirely on if he hit his head.   I haven't seen the replay yet.  But whatever it was it was not Oliver's fault as those idiot commentators said.

4 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

I am assuming you are saying this for the bump on Oliver.

 

if Rioli gets weeks for this then we may as well make AFL a non contact sport, IMO it was a beautifully executed bump, the type I would like to see more of in the game.

 

there is a reason there were no players remonstrating after the fact, they knew it was a good clean bump

Ran past the ball and made contact with the head.

4 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

I am assuming you are saying this for the bump on Oliver.

 

if Rioli gets weeks for this then we may as well make AFL a non contact sport, IMO it was a beautifully executed bump, the type I would like to see more of in the game.

 

there is a reason there were no players remonstrating after the fact, they knew it was a good clean bump

Looked like he definitely went the man and not the ball, and was pretty high. I only saw it a couple of times though so no in depth analysis has been conducted.

Just now, sue said:

whether it was or not depends entirely on if he hit his head.   I haven't seen the replay yet.  But whatever it was it was not Oliver's fault as those idiot commentators said.

The commentators are stupid to say it was his fault as Cyril's call to bump would have been made before the fumble, but regardless IMO it was not high contact but a brutally perfect bump.

2 hours ago, special robert said:

That must be it for Dunn Garland and Dawes. No?

Garland has a few years to run on his contract...he is apparently a very good clubman so will be good for those kids down at Casey...he is now simply a depth player, will only play when injuries require it.

This is from the Age: Shock win over Hawthorn should drive Melbourne to greater heights: Paul Roos

"That's a bit of a reflection of the younger side we've got on the park at the minute, but we've had a pretty young side for a fair duration of this year and been able to cope," he said.

"But today we just couldn't get enough consistent passages to really hurt the Melbourne side."

Captain Luke Hodge had played through a groin injury and Josh Gibson a hurt right ankle, while Ben Stratton had a problem with his left shoulder and left the ground."

 

Geez Clarko seems full of excuses.  

Funni I thought we had a YOUNG side  I must have been mistaken!

Wanna tissue Clarko!!!!

8 hours ago, Django said:

[censored] hell! Just got home after numerous celebratory froffies. What a win.

Watts is a genuine gun, Viney is a star and our next captain, Oscar McDonald has a big future, Billy Stretch will play 200 games and we are a better team with Cam Pedersen.

He played well but i dont think omac will be our next skipper

One thing that was nice was the comment by Watts saying that we could break the hoodoo against the Hawks. 

For once we backed up our talk with actions. 

First time I can remember that happening and Watts played really well to Boot. 

WELL I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND I GOT MYSELF A BEER......

17 minutes ago, binman said:

He played well but i dont think omac will be our next skipper

The English language is a beautiful thing.

The person from the first half that should be rubbed out is Sicily, that was an old fashioned round arm on Bernie, a dog of an act that should get 3 weeks and the umpire who missed it should be dropped too