9 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Christian Salem has been charged with tripping and offered a fine of $1000 (down from $1500 if he pleads guilty) following an incident in the third quarter involving Eagle Dom Sheed.

Watching live it should have been a free kick but wasn't paid (uncertain if there was advantage). Also looked accidental but may be wrong there, still think some of the financial penalties should be changed, tripping being the same as wrestling etc seems funny to me

13 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Christian Salem has been charged with tripping and offered a fine of $1000 (down from $1500 if he pleads guilty) following an incident in the third quarter involving Eagle Dom Sheed.

Are you serious, or have I missed some humour?

20 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Are you serious, or have I missed some humour?

https://www.afl.com.au/news/662942/match-review-star-demon-charged-with-tripping-eagle

8 minutes ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/662942/match-review-star-demon-charged-with-tripping-eagle

Wow that seems to have come late.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Christian has been charged with tripping 

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16 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

He has been fantastic so far. Soon enough the other clubs will have to decide, sit on Bowey or Salem?

Either or both, it is oppositions who will have to do their homework and commit a player or players to them. 

15 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree. They had 28 to 14 frees. 8 frees to 1 in last 15 minutes after the lightning delay. 

Maggots had a chance to check their bank statements and make sure the cheques  had cleared, and / or checked their text messages from AFL HQ. 

4 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I noticed that.  I wasn't been critical just drawing attention to Goodwin's comment as it hadn't come up in the discussion.

Your comment and those of @DeeSpencerand @titan_uranus elaborate on my point that we didn't do enough to close down the game and that our end game strategies need work if we are to defend leads in the dying stages of games in finals.  

Yes we do, and maybe therefore this lightning delay could turn out to be  a blessing in deep disguise. 

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2 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Its really un-australian and unsportsmanlike to be honest

Thanks Wadda.

Could not agree more. I'm sure its not the whole crowd but sure sounds  like a lot of them. I mean who goes to the footy and openly jeers a player to miss a shot on goal? Not us.

One may quietly hope they miss but doesn't actively boo so as to put them off their kick. Bunch of ferrals as far as I'm concerned and it just makes the win so much sweeter.

As for being un -Australian, I hope they all drove home soaked to the bone only to find their homes burnt down by the lightening strikes that didn't turn up at Optus stadium. Cheers.

It looks very promising going forward. The thing that I hope we can master is the in game changes. We seem to have the system right but as others have mentioned we need the ability to keep the game on our terms in order to win the big one. We must be close to having the lowest ever collective losing margin? It must be about 60 points in total for the year!

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51 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Thanks Wadda.

Could not agree more. I'm sure its not the whole crowd but sure sounds  like a lot of them. I mean who goes to the footy and openly jeers a player to miss a shot on goal? Not us.

One may quietly hope they miss but doesn't actively boo so as to put them off their kick. Bunch of ferrals as far as I'm concerned and it just makes the win so much sweeter.

As for being un -Australian, I hope they all drove home soaked to the bone only to find their homes burnt down by the lightening strikes that didn't turn up at Optus stadium. Cheers.

Lets face it....they are just SOFT.

Just now, Wadda We Sing said:

Lets face it....they are just SOFT.

I think their team has become more that way. They always seemed much more physically intimidating. The prelim seemed to highlight that. Maybe it us who have hardened up. Great that we have beaten them over there. It holds such horrible memories (except when Tmac kicked that wining goal in 2018} Either way Eagles seem to be heading in the opposite direction of our trajectory.

They had a good run.

6 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I noticed that.  I wasn't been critical just drawing attention to Goodwin's comment as it hadn't come up in the discussion.

Your comment and those of @DeeSpencerand @titan_uranus elaborate on my point that we didn't do enough to close down the game and that our end game strategies need work if we are to defend leads in the dying stages of games in finals.  

I  think we were trying to shut down the game

WCE were clearly trying to play on at all costs , we kept trying to slow things down to kill their momentum.

The problem is we always kick to a contest believing that we can win it or force a stopagge

WCE on the other hand (and Geelong for that matter) are masters of the short chip kick to keep us running and on the back foot. Its the opposite of what we do.

It happens all the time and is so frustrating. A player takes a mark or free and instead of immediately chipping it 20m they go back and wait.

There is a simple rule in footy - when you have the ball the other guys dont. We need to practice that a lot more than we do.

 

5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Christian Salem has been charged with tripping and offered a fine of $1000 (down from $1500 if he pleads guilty) following an incident in the third quarter involving Eagle Dom Sheed.

So am I reading this right?

MRO Christian thinks Salem nearly accidentally tripping  Sheed is on a par with Selwood elbowing someone in the head, or eye gouging.

He is even more insane that he has appeared to be to date. 

PS the AFL site don’t even have the decency to show a clip of the offense. 

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On 8/10/2021 at 10:41 AM, Mel Bourne said:

To be fair, it's inevitable when you umbrella an entire state's supporter base with one team (I realise there are two WA AFL teams, but eight years of only having one was enough to galvanise things).

Imagine if there were only one or two Vic teams. We'd have no choice but to cheer along with people who would otherwise be Tigers or Pies supporters.

I do think they should show a powerpoint presentation of AFL Rules on their scoreboard before matches, though. Particularly one on "prior opportunity". It's astonishing to me how many "supporters" still don't understand this incredibly basic concept.

I really like your ppt idea, the umpires could watch pre game as well.

That Bulldogs players seem allowed to do a 360 up to 720 degrees while tackled and not get called for holding the ball always confuses me!

Probably need three ppts shown per rule:

- normal rule

- rule as applied to Bulldogs

- rule applied in last quarter for interstate teams playing at home (especially Eagles, Crows, Power & Lions)

On 8/11/2021 at 5:41 PM, monoccular said:

So am I reading this right?

MRO Christian thinks Salem nearly accidentally tripping  Sheed is on a par with Selwood elbowing someone in the head, or eye gouging.

He is even more insane that he has appeared to be to date. 

PS the AFL site don’t even have the decency to show a clip of the offense. 

Not quite, $1000 for Salem, $3000 for Selwood. But it's still an absolute joke as $3000 is chump change to a guy like Selwood, and for Salem a totally accidental, zero malice incident gets on a similar pegging.

I am 100% of the opinion that Christian needs to be replaced as MRO, his favouritism for the star players is disgraceful.

2 hours ago, Pates said:

Not quite, $1000 for Salem, $3000 for Selwood. But it's still an absolute joke as $3000 is chump change to a guy like Selwood, and for Salem a totally accidental, zero malice incident gets on a similar pegging.

I am 100% of the opinion that Christian needs to be replaced as MRO, his favouritism for the star players is disgraceful.

Trouble is that they would replace one half  brain dead apparatchik with another of similar “quality”.  
One who also takes orders from the commentariat and from AFL HQ despite the “independent” title.