20 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

A chance to knock those puddy cats outta the eight tomorrow and put a decent gap between the top three and the rest.  Let's go Demons!

Massive opportunity tomorrow no doubt.  

1 hour ago, bingers said:

Hate to say it ... but Darcy Moore is so good.

And for some reason I don't mind Daicos. Pretty much hate the rest.

I might pop over to the Big Footy/Filth board. 

They are really teeing off on Grundy over there. It’s amazing. Imagine these kind of posts being made about Gawn.

“At what point is he traded for a 2nd rounder to get his utterly ridiculous salary off our books? Not even a joke now, completely serious discussion needs to be had. Beaten by a retired 35 year old ruck coach today whose body is held together with tape”

“It was a bad contract even when he playing well....”

”Grundy should offer to take a pay cut. I’m serious. It would be the gesture of someone really invested in the club.”

”Send a message to this bloke!! Drop him and leave him there for a month. His efforts are weak as [censored], got his mega contract and switched off.”

”Give back the money coward. Guys that compete week in, week out like Mihocek and get paid peanuts because this greedy ******* drinks his own bathwater. Tarzan looking, Jane playing [censored].”

”Brodie is invested in himself , $$$$$$ Like i stated many moons ago, If i`m i the trenches, I don`t want him in my trench he is a pea heart”

Edited April 10, 20213 yr by P-man

2 hours ago, P-man said:

They are really teeing off on Grundy over there. It’s amazing. Imagine these kind of posts being made about Gawn.

“At what point is he traded for a 2nd rounder to get his utterly ridiculous salary off our books? Not even a joke now, completely serious discussion needs to be had. Beaten by a retired 35 year old ruck coach today whose body is held together with tape”

“It was a bad contract even when he playing well....”

”Grundy should offer to take a pay cut. I’m serious. It would be the gesture of someone really invested in the club.”

”Send a message to this bloke!! Drop him and leave him there for a month. His efforts are weak as [censored], got his mega contract and switched off.”

”Give back the money coward. Guys that compete week in, week out like Mihocek and get paid peanuts because this greedy ******* drinks his own bathwater. Tarzan looking, Jane playing [censored].”

”Brodie is invested in himself , $$$$$$ Like i stated many moons ago, If i`m i the trenches, I don`t want him in my trench he is a pea heart”

This should be shown to people during contract negotiations. 
big contracts in size and length of time can be very dangerous. 
Players must perform if they are well paid. 

3 hours ago, P-man said:

They are really teeing off on Grundy over there. It’s amazing. Imagine these kind of posts being made about Gawn.

“At what point is he traded for a 2nd rounder to get his utterly ridiculous salary off our books? Not even a joke now, completely serious discussion needs to be had. Beaten by a retired 35 year old ruck coach today whose body is held together with tape”

“It was a bad contract even when he playing well....”

”Grundy should offer to take a pay cut. I’m serious. It would be the gesture of someone really invested in the club.”

”Send a message to this bloke!! Drop him and leave him there for a month. His efforts are weak as [censored], got his mega contract and switched off.”

”Give back the money coward. Guys that compete week in, week out like Mihocek and get paid peanuts because this greedy ******* drinks his own bathwater. Tarzan looking, Jane playing [censored].”

”Brodie is invested in himself , $$$$$$ Like i stated many moons ago, If i`m i the trenches, I don`t want him in my trench he is a pea heart”

Gold.

GWS had an added incentive to beat the pies last night. They hold Collingwood's first round pick this year. Pity we couldn't get our hands on it. Imagine the mirth and merriment death riding that pick for the year and based on last nights performance it could well land in the Top 5.

8 hours ago, P-man said:

They are really teeing off on Grundy over there. It’s amazing. Imagine these kind of posts being made about Gawn.

“At what point is he traded for a 2nd rounder to get his utterly ridiculous salary off our books? Not even a joke now, completely serious discussion needs to be had. Beaten by a retired 35 year old ruck coach today whose body is held together with tape”

“It was a bad contract even when he playing well....”

”Grundy should offer to take a pay cut. I’m serious. It would be the gesture of someone really invested in the club.”

”Send a message to this bloke!! Drop him and leave him there for a month. His efforts are weak as [censored], got his mega contract and switched off.”

”Give back the money coward. Guys that compete week in, week out like Mihocek and get paid peanuts because this greedy ******* drinks his own bathwater. Tarzan looking, Jane playing [censored].”

”Brodie is invested in himself , $$$$$$ Like i stated many moons ago, If i`m i the trenches, I don`t want him in my trench he is a pea heart”

My ears pricked up when he said there was more to footy than premierships. It was on fox footy and he was talking about the good you can do in the community, using your position to affect change etc. Not that there's anything wrong with those intentions, but I just would've chosen my words better there.

More to footy than premierships?... and you're a senior leader on the biggest contract at a club? Yikes. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 20213 yr by John Demonic

On 4/9/2021 at 6:18 AM, Dee Zephyr said:

I think deliberate is gone CB....us fans will have to scream ‘insufficient intent’ when the ball gets kicked or tapped out of play. Last night was the first time I’ve heard the umps use those words.

 

A bit late to the party here but geez hearing “insufficient intent” makes me cringe. It sounds like when someone writing an essay has wanted to sound more sophisticated, so they’ve gone nuts with the thesaurus. One of my wife’s uni lecturers called that “w**king on the page”. 

30 minutes ago, Nasher said:

A bit late to the party here but geez hearing “insufficient intent” makes me cringe. It sounds like when someone writing an essay has wanted to sound more sophisticated, so they’ve gone nuts with the thesaurus. One of my wife’s uni lecturers called that “w**king on the page”. 

Are they awarding frees for insufficient intent when a player lets a ball kicked by an opponent go out rather than try to pick it up?

21 minutes ago, sue said:

Are they awarding frees for insufficient intent when a player lets a ball kicked by an opponent go out rather than try to pick it up?

In the Brisbane/Bulldogs  game an umpire refused to give a free for deliberate OOB because a Bulldogs player let the ball run out when he had a chance to pick it up. The umpire told him so. That’s the way it should be policed.

40 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

In the Brisbane/Bulldogs  game an umpire refused to give a free for deliberate OOB because a Bulldogs player let the ball run out when he had a chance to pick it up. The umpire told him so. That’s the way it should be policed.

Well that's better than actually giving Brisbane a free for the Bulldogs player showing insufficient intent of keeping it in.  But that is exactly what he did - clearly he showed insufficient intent to keep it in (though not responsible for the motion of the ball).

But it does not change the Brisbane player's "intent" if an opponent could have kept it in but didn't.  So as unsual for the AFL, the terminology of rules is imprecise as well as being cringeworthy as Nasher said.

There is nothing in the rules about what happens if a player who didn't dispose of the ball does not try to keep the ball in bounds. More "interpretations" and enforcing rules that only exist in someone's head.

 

18.10 OUT OF BOUNDS
18.10.1 Spirit and Intention
Players shall be encouraged to keep the football in play.
18.10.2 Free Kicks - Out of Bounds
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player who:
(a) Kicks the football Out of Bounds On the Full;
(b) Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the Boundary Line and does not demonstrate sufficient intent to keep the football in play; or
(c) fails to immediately hand the football to the boundary Umpire or drop the football directly to the ground once the football is Out of Bounds.

12 hours ago, AC/DeeC said:

On Kayo tonight, I watched simultaneously GCS v CAR & COL v GWS. F'n great service for $5 a month. 

F1 starts its European circuit next week.

Some of the tracks are in mind blowingly beautiful spots and occasionally the racing is good.

The Sky commentary is the best in sport.

This weeks tips and punting has all gone out the window. Funnily enough I’m tipping 7 from 8 most weeks in the league and I don’t follow it at all.

So what do we think will happen to nth today? The crowd will be interesting. Mind you they get to play under a closed roof. 

5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

So what do we think will happen to nth today? The crowd will be interesting. Mind you they get to play under a closed roof. 

As impressive as Adelaide have been,  North could win today.  Anyone who thinks they're going to go through the season without a win is being unrealistic.

They badly need Tarrant back though, and Taylor Walker could kick 12 today.

 

Edited April 11, 20213 yr by Pickett2Jackson

30 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

So what do we think will happen to nth today? The crowd will be interesting. Mind you they get to play under a closed roof. 

11-12k at most

Could be as low as 8k

Maybe a 1000 local Crow supporters... certainly very very few from Adelaide

Tex might kick 20 today

If North believe in themselves and show a bit of composure the Crows are there for the taking. They are not taking advantage of forward entries and kicks at goal at the moment

Edited April 11, 20213 yr by Better days ahead

Gee nth only 2 points down with 2 players down. Adelaide should not lose this

Cannot take ANY side Lightly this year

the last 2 Rounds have made it abundantly clear

Hawks currently locked in a tough game with Freo over in Perth which helps us next week.

 Theyre playing pretty well.

Great to see Fyfe score a goal in his return.  Too bad it took him 6 kicks to get it.

I just saw Caleb Daniel's tackle, now the Brisbane player is unhurt (mostly) by it but I have to say that is more dangerous than just about any tackle I have seen sent to the MRO. That is a neck-braking action, he drive the guys head into the ground with all of his weight. It's lucky that he didn't get him flush and that perhaps the ground was a little moist and soft, for me that is a tackle that needs to be eliminated completely. I think he got one week, I think that should be looked at worse the Dangermouse's bump.

Part of Collywobbles doing so badly and us doing well, is that Trac may be less interested in their big bucks.

Edited April 11, 20213 yr by kev martin

7 hours ago, kev martin said:

Part of Collywobbles doing so badly and us doing well, is that Trac may be less interested in their big bucks.

Have you seen their coach in the shower, Kev?