The knot! 

1 minute ago, BigBadBustling said:

No doubt, but he's not a ruckman. If I went back through the pregame thread would I find you commenting that it was ok to play Petty in the ruck?

You are absolutely missing the point of my discussion.. have another go.

The issue is not starting Petty in the ruck, its the fact he hasn't given a yelp at all when in there. Some od his efforts were ridiculously soft.

Lovely Melksham and Windsor. Beautiful to watch. 

Wow how good was that!!!?? 

Kozzie, classy

Melksham SO SMART

Caleb crazy speed

 fantastic goal

That’s a push in the back?! Ffs 

There goes my hero pick 7, watch him as he goes

Edited July 13, 20241 yr by John Demonic

Langdon push in back but no call for Disco. These umpires suck.

Turner gets pushed into a dangerous contests = no free. Essendon player gets pushed by McVee = Free Kick Essendon!

Merrett just threw it!

Edited July 13, 20241 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Why wasn’t Kozzy’s tackle rewarded??? Exact same prior op and lack of disposal. Rules for them and rules for us. Maggot [censored]

Umps won't pay our tackles.

I'd say it's inconsistency but the umps are quite reliable.

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

You are absolutely missing the point of my discussion.. have another go.

The issue is not starting Petty in the ruck, its the fact he hasn't given a yelp at all when in there. Some od his efforts were ridiculously soft.

You're missing the point. He is not a ruckman. He's doing his best against a top 4 team ruckman.

He isn't going to measure up, in the ruck. Give him a break. You didn't mind the idea pre game. Stick fat

Some good hard footy 

Take note of JVR work in the ruck so far @BigBadBustling

This is exactly what I wanted off Petry.

Free to disco??!!

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Take note of JVR work in the ruck so far @BigBadBustling

This is exactly what I wanted off Petry.

Yep, part of the rotations. Petty will be back in there. HTFU

disco got a a non free there...

Can the commentators be any more biased towards Essendon? My ears hurt. 

Legit.. Merrett allowed to just throw the ball. 

Gunna be a long night

 

Where was Bowey’s pressure then??

1 minute ago, darkhorse72 said:

disco got a a non free there...

The contact below the knee rule is there to prevent players (Draper) diving at the ball. Yes looks soft and not how the game used to be. But the rule was adjudicated correctly. 
 

Draper should’ve kept his feet. 

Edited July 13, 20241 yr by Gunna’s

2 minutes ago, darkhorse72 said:

disco got a a non free there...

I thought it a player dived for the ball and took out a players legs it was a free kick?

Edited July 13, 20241 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Not 25 play on?

2 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

Can the commentators be any more biased towards Essendon? My ears hurt. 

Pretty frustrating when one of them is Nathan Jones. 🤬