Welcome to Demonland: Aidan Johnson

[Willmoy1947 4,111]

On 21/11/2024 at 21:08, picket fence said:

YEP

About time

[Willmoy1947 4,111]

On 30/11/2024 at 02:13, faultydet said:

Cant believe that nobody on this site has spoken out about this over the past 1 to 2 years.

Moore is indeed a sniping Dog who plays knee-first, whereas "Bruzzy" plays shoulder first.

We have a player on our list who is very highly rated, but chose to console the meathead who put his best mate into retirement. It's a glaring example of why we never win flags. Yes bloke, I'm speaking about you. You and your media followers know who you are.

Far too many supporters on this site who want to play kumbaya while being laughed at by the power cubs.

There were more people on this site than you might think have been well aware of intentional acts. 

The problem has been coming to reasonable conclusions that may be corroborated with statistics, and not being deterred by, it could have happened to anyone, and accidentally intentional.

[picket fence 17,199]

On 30/11/2024 at 03:13, faultydet said:

Cant believe that nobody on this site has spoken out about this over the past 1 to 2 years.

Moore is indeed a sniping Dog who plays knee-first, whereas "Bruzzy" plays shoulder first.

We have a player on our list who is very highly rated, but chose to console the meathead who put his best mate into retirement. It's a glaring example of why we never win flags. Yes bloke, I'm speaking about you. You and your media followers know who you are.

Far too many supporters on this site who want to play kumbaya while being laughed at by the power cubs.

AGREE A MILLION %

[Damo 3,368]

13 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

The problem has been coming to reasonable conclusions that may be corroborated with statistics, and not being deterred by, it could have happened to anyone, and accidentally intentional.

=Dog act

[The Taciturn Demon 526]

On 30/11/2024 at 09:51, old55 said:

"Push in the back" free kicks in general play are an extinct species, they are never paid and players know they can drive forward in the tackle with impunity. This change was partly brought on by the playing community diving forward at the slightest pressure from behind to simulate "in the back" and umpires' reaction to ignore that. The pendulum has now swung too far in that direction now and blatant "in the back" frees go unpaid.

I agree. The most embarrassing case for many years has been Tom Hawkins' "brilliant strength" inside forward 50 ball ups and throw ins. Absolutely blatant, stiff-arm pushes in the back ignored and often resulting in a goal to Geelong.

I also think getting to the ball second and pushing the ball player away, often lauded as "smart" or "being stronger", is actually nothing to do with strength, and everything to do with exploiting a player who's almost always off balance just by the nature of the position they're in. I might be on my own with this, but I think in the same way front on contact frees were brought in to acknowledge that pushing someone in the chest as they open themselves up to mark wasn't fair, a second-to-the-ball push, especially in a one-on-one, should be looked at way more closely.