NON MFC: Round 14

[Melb-A-Toast 257]

4 hours ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

How's the 7 News promo, talking about a goal line blunder in our game... ?‍♂️

Yes. Absolute BS. 

[layzie 32,939]

12 hours ago, pitmaster said:

Yes but Blues would have been on our tail as well.

Best result was a Blues win. This outcome 2nd best.

Fair enough but a Blues win would have had them level with us. Definitely a good result if they could have knocked off Collingwood as more places in the 8 would have been up for grabs but with Carlton having some winnable games coming up that could have been iffy. 

[spirit of norm smith 15,250]

Kangas are canon fodder now. They have given up and the Suns should have won by 100. The next few teams to play them will be out for big wins. Power, Freo, Eagles. 

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

17 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Must say I like the jaguar symbol on the back of our jumper. Most of the car logos are rather nondescript.

Took me years to work out who SEW were on the back of the hawks jumper.

Jaguar’s are not ordinary!

[Diamond_Jim 12,360]

2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jaguar’s are not ordinary!

Pity they broke down so often.

The V 12 was a mechanic's dream money spinner.

Continual rumours that Tata is trying to sell.

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Pity they broke down so often.

The V 12 was a mechanic's dream money spinner.

Continual rumours that Tata is trying to sell.

Most V12’s need a good mechanic to keep them tuned. 
A refurbished E Type V12 would be superb. A lot of that is going on

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

7 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Kangas are canon fodder now. They have given up and the Suns should have won by 100. The next few teams to play them will be out for big wins. Power, Freo, Eagles. 

10 wins needed to be a Finalist

Too many Teams have been crap this year

[DubDee 24,440]

Izak rankine the only punishment from MRO. Toby Greene gets away with that blatent punch to double over Conca off the ball?  not even a fine??!?

The MRO continues to baffle. just because conca didnt crack a rib, its a bloody joke.

punish the act not the outcome FFS

[Pates 9,625]

10 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Izak rankine the only punishment from MRO. Toby Greene gets away with that blatent punch to double over Conca off the ball?  not even a fine??!?

The MRO continues to baffle. just because conca didnt crack a rib, its a bloody joke.

punish the act not the outcome FFS

The MRO have painted themselves into a corner by continuously excusing Lynch’s off the ball acts, they had to give Greene a pass or it would’ve exposed their blatant favouritism. 

The system needs an overhaul and a new MRO. 

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

9 minutes ago, Pates said:

The MRO have painted themselves into a corner by continuously excusing Lynch’s off the ball acts, they had to give Greene a pass or it would’ve exposed their blatant favouritism. 

When has that ever stopped them from outrageous inconsistent decisions that defy precedent or even common sense?

 

9 minutes ago, Pates said:

The system needs an overhaul and a new MRO. 

100%

They can start with a panel of people who are not lawyers and who have never played Aussie Rules football. But who have played high level sport (rugby, hockey, basketball). Compile a list of incidents from the past, covering most things ... sling tackles, punching, off the ball, etc etc ... and tell them "this incident should get 1 week", "this other incident should get 2 weeks", and so on. That's their reference library. And it should not necessarily reflect the actual punishments given by Mr "Protect the Stars" Christian, as making sense of that is bad for one's mental health.

What's more, it's the act that is penalised. The outcome can weight the penalty, but the act itself should be the focus of scrutiny.

Each week the panel goes over the cited incidents, compares them to the reference library, and decides on a punishment.

In a perfect world, the panel would not need to be so exclusive, but the AFL have poisoned their MRP/tribunal system over the years to where no-one can have faith in ex-players being either objective or not bamboozled by ever-changing justifications. Christian himself seems punch drunk.

[John Crow Batty 8,786]

4 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Pity they broke down so often.

The V 12 was a mechanic's dream money spinner.

Continual rumours that Tata is trying to sell.

My cousin was a mechanic for Jaguar. His advice was don’t ever buy a Jaguar.  Many of the V12 engines were removed and a Ford or GM V8 installed in their place. Conversion kits were an aftermarket money spinner. They tended to overheat badly and burn valves. The straight line 6 triple carb E Type was a beauty and far better car  if one could afford the service and general repairs. 

Edited August 31, 2020 by america de cali

[Brownie 5,870]

56 minutes ago, Pates said:

The MRO have painted themselves into a corner by continuously excusing Lynch’s off the ball acts, they had to give Greene a pass or it would’ve exposed their blatant favouritism. 

The system needs an overhaul and a new MRO. 

Logically that would be a Green Light for the Weid to go the gut punch when on the lead.

I can imagine the MRO then making an example of a Dees player if we did the same as Lynch or Grubby Greene.

[titan_uranus 24,631]

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Izak rankine the only punishment from MRO. Toby Greene gets away with that blatent punch to double over Conca off the ball?  not even a fine??!?

The MRO continues to baffle. just because conca didnt crack a rib, its a bloody joke.

punish the act not the outcome FFS

Greene did get a fine.

Still, the system is broken. Lynch and Greene receiving nothing but fines for blatant, non-football dog acts, is a joke. Both should have been suspended to remind the league that punching players and smacking their heads into the turf is not what you should be doing.

[spirit of norm smith 15,250]

13 hours ago, DubDee said:

Izak rankine the only punishment from MRO. Toby Greene gets away with that blatent punch to double over Conca off the ball?  not even a fine??!?

The MRO continues to baffle. just because conca didnt crack a rib, its a bloody joke.

punish the act not the outcome FFS

Totally agree.  It’s a joke. Need to suspend Greene to send a message. A fine is soft. 

Edited August 31, 2020 by spirit of norm smith
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[layzie 32,939]

We all know that if they start dishing out suspensions it will stop these acts dead in their tracks yet all I hear from the experts on acts like these is "Nah no suspension, should just get a fine". These people are usually the same ones calling for the harder penalties and saying fines do nothing. Too much foot in both camps for me. Get serious AFL or go home. 

[leave it to deever 17,462]

23 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Pity they broke down so often.

The V 12 was a mechanic's dream money spinner.

Continual rumours that Tata is trying to sell.

The scene from madmen summed it up well.

Regarding tonight's game that has no relevance, I am trying to determine if my hatred of hawthorn is more than my dislike of crows fans.

I'll go for Adelaide to win.

[daisycutter 29,341]

hope crows win by a disputed goal in last few seconds. decision for touched goes to the arc goal line cameras but they are malfunctioning and decision is umpires call - goal and match to camry crows. media in meltdown. 

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

Surely the Crows cant go through the season winless?    Reckon they will beat the Dorks

West Coast must beat Essendon, do it for us Eagles.

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

3 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

The scene from madmen summed it up well.

 

That was Hilarious! I still love E Types though...

[leave it to deever 17,462]

16 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

That was Hilarious! I still love E Types though...

When I was 18 my mates older cool brother had one but he went through 3 engines and it was always in the shop. But bloody hell it was sex on wheels.

[Willmoy1947 3,971]

On 8/27/2020 at 8:41 PM, Call Me What You Will said:

As with the players, the maggots are exposed in hub and frenzy football. Night after night, game after game we same the same clowns making appalling and consistently bad decisions. Tonight Maggot 11 is excelling. But of course he will running around again in a couple of days making the same appalling calls. Unfortunately, it’s not just Maggot 11.

They have a roster system between the AFL, and French Island Seconds. A different winner every week sadly.....

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

28 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

When I was 18 my mates older cool brother had one but he went through 3 engines and it was always in the shop. But bloody hell it was sex on wheels.

Absolutely. If the Electrics are properly sorted, they can be a good motor

[ding 5,126]

So, hows them football games eh?

 

 

 

 

*E-Type was and still is a beautiful car

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

 

wrong thread

Edited September 1, 2020 by Pickett2Jackson

[layzie 32,939]

15 hours ago, ding said:

So, hows them football games eh?

 

 

 

 

*E-Type was and still is a beautiful car

Love a good E-Type! Not a massive car guy but gee there's been some beautiful Jags over time.

 

Anyway football, football, silly Hawks, football etc.