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Right now it’s looking highly likely that Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon will be in finals. That’s a very depressing thought, unless you’re the AFL. 

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    Perfect timing for Richmond to bottom out now and get 2-3 years of early draft picks before Tassie come in. 
     

    In terms of list ages as of this year…

    Pies are the oldest.

    Geelong comes in second oldest.

    Dees are third oldest. 

    Brisbane and Richmond equal fourth. 


     

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    3 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

    Right now it’s looking highly likely that Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon will be in finals. That’s a very depressing thought, unless you’re the AFL. 

    I'm not convinced by the bombers just yet.

    They've won against Hawks, Saints (4points), Bulldogs, Adelaide (3points), West Coast (6points) and now GWS. They've also drawn with Collingwood but they're not the same team as last year, not yet at least. Apart from GWS it's far from a convincing form line. 

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    4 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    I'm not convinced by the bombers just yet.

    They've won against Hawks, Saints (4points), Bulldogs, Adelaide (3points), West Coast (6points) and now GWS. They've also drawn with Collingwood but they're not the same team as last year, not yet at least. Apart from GWS it's far from a convincing form line. 

    I am not convinced nor do I want to be on Essendon but three of their next five games are against the Roos, Richmond and West Coast in Melbourne. It’s going to have to be some collapse to see them miss finals, which would be glorious to watch. 

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    24 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    I'm not convinced by the bombers just yet.

    They've won against Hawks, Saints (4points), Bulldogs, Adelaide (3points), West Coast (6points) and now GWS. They've also drawn with Collingwood but they're not the same team as last year, not yet at least. Apart from GWS it's far from a convincing form line. 

    Agree - but their scheme of arrangement draw, as an understatement, is favorable.

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    3 hours ago, loges said:

    Is David Roden the happiest goal umpire in the AFL ?

    No - its probably Roman Polanski due to extradition treaties. But David runs a respectable second.

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    4 hours ago, DubDee said:

    I don’t how the Saints are avoiding the blow torch. Pathetic effort

    Another rebuild?

    Id prefer Hawks list over theirs

    A short history of the saints since 1896.

    Millionaires, who had some success in fantasy footy comps, come in and run the joint. Except running an AFL club there are real consequences and less beer. The club drafts a hotshot player who once kicked 10 goals in a Frankston game. He fires in his first game against a team who hasn’t won since the flip phone era. The phrase "He’s our future" and "generational talent" is repeated so often it might as well be tattooed on the coaches forehead.

     

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    I get that we all hate Essendon but you have to give them a lot of credit for their win over a massive contender in GWS.

    And they’ve kept us the top 4 which was nice of them.

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    After all that we stay 4th and with the 3rd best percentage 🤣🤣

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    11 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I get that we all hate Essendon but you have to give them a lot of credit for their win over a massive contender in GWS.

    And they’ve kept us the top 4 which was nice of them.

    peptides will trouble us as well - their game style disrupts the approach that the likes of us, gw$, the filth etc. all have in terms of executing ball movement

    annoyingly, the scott twins are very good at that coaching caper

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    Geelong have been cleared of breaching AFL medical protocols, despite the Cats revealing on Saturday that key forward Jeremy Cameron had been diagnosed with delayed concussion from a heavy head knock on Friday night.

    Cameron was allowed to play out Friday night’s clash against Port Adelaide after landing heavily during a marking contest and slamming his head into the GMHBA Stadium turf.

    Star Cat Jeremy Cameron was diagnosed with delayed concussion on Saturday. GETTY IMAGES

    But the big Cat reported concussion symptoms during tests on Saturday morning and will miss next Thursday night’s clash against Gold Coast in Darwin.

    Several commentators questioned why Cameron was not taken from the ground on Friday night after he landed on his side and banged his head on the ground in a whiplash motion at the nine-minute mark of a tense last quarter

    He lay on his back after the fall, holding his head, before clambering to his feet to take part in the next stoppage.

    Geelong medical staff spoke to Cameron on the ground, but the club said on Saturday that he had passed a head injury assessment.

    Geelong said Cameron was allowed to play out the final nine minutes of the match, in which the Cats lost by a goal, because he did not report any symptoms and had satisfied all AFL requirements.
     

    An AFL spokesperson said the league’s medical experts had discussed the incident with Geelong doctors on Saturday morning and were comfortable that Cameron had been managed within the league’s concussion guidelines.

    The spokesperson said medical spotters in the ARC had alerted Geelong doctors to Cameron’s fall shortly after the incident, but in the absence of “probable motor incoordination or no protective action” immediate removal of the player for a sport concussion assessment test (SCAT6) was not mandated.

    The heavy nature of Cameron’s fall on Friday night, prompted Seven commentator Brian Taylor to say during his call: “He gave his head a real good banging. I reckon the doctors will look at that.”

    Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson then added: “As soon as you stay still on the ground for a couple of seconds, that’s a trigger.”

    Seven boundary rider Abbey Holmes was shocked that Cameron was not taken to the boundary for tests.

    “Jeremy Cameron is staying out on the ground,” Holmes said. “It didn’t look good, did it? With his head heavily making contact with the ground.”

     

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    The Geelong doctor barely even questioned Cameron.  Twice he was waived away and walked off.  Barely 15 seconds of discussion on field.  Cameron had to be withdrawn for HIA. His head hit the ground really hard.  I think the AFL has again shown little regard for their own AFL “strict” protocols. Last year Port was fined $100,000.   The Cats again have to be laughing at the AFL.  

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    27 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Howe out of the match with a groin injury. Just as he gets his chance to play forward 

    What a shame

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    25 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Do we know why cox wears the glove?

    Rhymes with Merchant Banker and starts with Compulsive.

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    16 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    The Bulldogs are 11th but have outscored their opponents by 25% more than Essendon, who are 3rd.

    From Footscray Bulldogs to Flatrack Bullies?

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    16 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I get that we all hate Essendon but you have to give them a lot of credit for their win over a massive contender in GWS.

    And they’ve kept us the top 4 which was nice of them.

    No we don’t. 

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