54 minutes ago, The Cult of Disco Turner said:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/be-a-good-teammate-steven-may-s-unfiltered-feedback-is-wearing-thin-at-melbourne-20250626-p5maet.html

It’s a slow week for news in the AFL and a big 4 club is falling apart…how can we bring Melbourne back into the drama?

What an absolutely shocking “report” this is. A bunch of unnamed sources speculating on why Steven May was frustrated after losing a game by 1 point 3 weeks ago.

Paul Roos interview in there…where he expressly says he has no sense of the May situation…and they still quote him like he does.

Holy hell is the AFL media an embarrassment.

talk about a slow news day - regurgitate ad nausem. The only new thing in there is this laughable clause:

.... "as his team’s season hangs in the balance"

Good to see this 'journo' still has us making the eight.

Again the Footy Classifieds hyena pack are calling out that Trac could be traded and has fallen to outside the best 25 midfielders in the league , based on the AFL coaches votes.

Slow news week ? What a pack of clowns searching for relevance !!! Cal the gettable vulture Twomey trying to fill more junk airtime and pushing up trade innuendo with half the season still to go

DAMO … 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩YOU ARE A CUCKEN FUNT…

Always prints negative about the Dees

IF ...

the Demons axed Jake Lever for round 16 and bring him straight back for round 17 ...

THEN ...

I do wonder why he was axed in the first place. There are a lot of problems at this club. Lever is not one of them.

54 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

DAMO … 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩YOU ARE A CUCKEN FUNT…

Always prints negative about the Dees

IF ...

the Demons axed Jake Lever for round 16 and bring him straight back for round 17 ...

THEN ...

I do wonder why he was axed in the first place. There are a lot of problems at this club. Lever is not one of them.

There's a lot of clowns in the media, and Purple is right at the top. He would never say anything like this about his precious Geelong or Collingwood.

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Always prints negative about the Dees

And you keep reading his nonsense. There's your problem.

21 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

And you keep reading his nonsense. There's your problem.

Ha ha so true I always considered Damo a lightweight in the media and never understood the attraction or how he wormed his way onto these panels.👍😁

40 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Ha ha so true I always considered Damo a lightweight in the media and never understood the attraction or how he wormed his way onto these panels.👍😁

worms will be worms ... eh dz

Tom Morris 💩💩💩💩💩

“He felt he was blindsided, as a result he felt he was disrespected."

@tommorris32 believes rival clubs are monitoring the Jake Lever situation at Melbourne, after his 'angry' reaction to being dropped recently.

#9FootyClassified |

Journalists sorry mud crawlers like Morris like getting into the mud and the negativity

This is gold

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/09/ato-commissioner-sent-ai-meme-mocking-collingwood-afl-supporters-to-all-20000-staff

Get stuffed

1 hour ago, biggestred said:

Get stuffed

Now now, we've been told quite clearly that there is no media bias which weights against Demons, making them less worthy of protection or justice while also more warranted for retribution.

Just once I'd like to see a Demon do a firm but fair run-through of an offender - Not to injure, but perhaps to humiliate - and give an explicit post game interview that "The AFL has chosen not to protect us, so we must do it for each other".

On 04/07/2025 at 14:53, Clintosaurus said:

There's a lot of clowns in the media, and Purple is right at the top. He would never say anything like this about his precious Geelong or Collingwood.

And from those Clubs, words are blokes like each of their Coaches actually laugh about him and another bloke continuously. That same guy though is a known big headed ex player.

On 13/07/2025 at 12:29, biggestred said:

Get stuffed

Sure sympathy for a guy who recklessly throws his arms and completely knocks an opponent out. Meanwhile if Kozzie even looked at another player with intent, "give him 5 weeks!"

So lever came out yesterday & said he wasn't angry with being dropped. He was more disappointed in his own form.

Said he doesnt know where it came from & he wants to stay at melbourne obviously.

Lever is one of those people with a mature head on his shoulders & goody would have had the conversation with him.

9 hours ago, Pates said:

Sure sympathy for a guy who recklessly throws his arms and completely knocks an opponent out. Meanwhile if Kozzie even looked at another player with intent, "give him 5 weeks!"

Steven may would be hung drawn and quartered if he'd done what xerri did.

On 04/07/2025 at 13:58, spirit of norm smith said:

Lever is not one of them.

Eternally wrong.

On 15/07/2025 at 08:36, biggestred said:

Steven may would be hung drawn and quartered if he'd done what xerri did.

“This is a six weeker for me" -- David King shocks the AFL world by advocating for Steven May to be suspended for SIX WEEKS for an innocuous bump!!

Steve's whole intent was to get the ball, clearly," Goodwin said.

"And you can see it, even if you slow it down, his whole intent was to win the ball, and it's really unfortunate to get a concussion in the game, and sometimes you can be concussed without (it) being reported. And, you know, it's going to be one of those ones that will have to go through the process.

"But if you just look at his pure intent, it was purely for the ball, and it was unfortunate, and in the end, similar too, Steven, he's walked away with a concussion himself late in the game with a knee in a marking contest."

10:31

9 hrs

Goodwin post-match, R19: 'Steve's whole intent was to get the ball'

Carlton coach Michael Voss was of a similar opinion regarding the hit.

"Clearly it's going to get looked at. Both players were in line with the ball, seem to be attacking it to be fair, if I'm being brutally honest, and both sort of making a play at the ball," Voss said.

"Maybe one person was one step late, which obviously then the incident happens. But, for 'Frankie' to be able to hold his line with a pretty strong man coming the other way was, again, it was a pretty important moment in the game… I don't tent to read too much into it at this point of time, let the Tribunal take care of it, really.

2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Steve's whole intent was to get the ball, clearly," Goodwin said.

...

"But if you just look at his pure intent, it was purely for the ball, and it was unfortunate, and in the end, similar too, Steven, he's walked away with a concussion himself late in the game with a knee in a marking contest."

The media and AFL bias and lack of logic on these issues is astounding. We'll see what happens to Maysie at the MRO this time, but the comentators cries for blood for Steve and relative silence on his own concussion are enough to rile me right up now.

If the AFL is serious about reducing concussions and serious injury potential, then all actions need to be looked at, not just the bump. Steve himself has been the victim on at least two previous occasions and the perpertators walked away scott free.

I love seeing a good screamer as much as the next person, but the AFL has got to stop the amnesty on players recklessly flying for the with total disregard for their fellow players. Knees can do just as much damage as elbows and shoulders, particularly when they belong to giant 100kg + players. I can find it on the net, but my recollection is pretty much the next week Chol almost took off someone's head and/or fractured a cheek after he'd injured May like this. Similar action from Moore left Trac in a critical condition - what's it going to take for these morons to act.

Two fracture ribs.

afl.com.au

Breust goes bang after May gets crunched on wing

Luke Breust drills a much-needed goal for Hawthorn after Steven May cops some heavy contact from Mabior Chol

Fractured eye socket, concussion.

afl.com.au

'Freak accident': May to miss a month with fractured eye...

Star defender Steven May escapes a lengthy stint on the sidelines despite nasty eye injury

Xerri's act deserved way more than 3 week, yet we didn't hear the commentators asking for any more than that. Xerri's act was way more careless and much less of a football act than what may did.

If Maysie gets rubbed out for this, then [censored] you AFL, you brain dead ****whits

Edited July 20Jul 20 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

36 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

If Maysie gets rubbed out for this, then [censored] you AFL, you brain dead ****whits

May's set for a long holiday

28 minutes ago, lorn said:

May's set for a long holiday

10 days or whatever of concussion protocols isn't what I'd call a holiday.

Add @scottgullan to the list of Dees haters

For all those in 2021 who said the Pies and Cats were too old … they turned it around

Nothing like aiming at a soft target like the Dees

http://bit.ly/40Ba33I

add Peter Ryan to the list of haters

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/steven-may-s-suspension-was-justified-and-won-t-change-footy-as-we-know-it-20250723-p5mhb8.html

He should understand. It’s clear.

The AFL wants players to show such a duty of care to their opponent that they assess a range of decisions they make – whether to bump, whether to change direction, whether to accelerate or decelerate, whether to brace or not – on more than the single criteria of winning the ball.

Players are also expected to factor in the likelihood of injuring their opponent or putting their opponent at serious risk of injury when making those decisions.

He could have been less certain he was going to reach the unpredictable ball first. He could have altered his approach as a result. He could have positioned his body differently, something Evans managed to do, in the final instant.

May knew what was at stake as he made each decision in a series of decisions, albeit each determined in a split second, with a goal at risk. Putting a player at risk was prioritised above the risk of conceding a goal.

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Add @scottgullan to the list of Dees haters

For all those in 2021 who said the Pies and Cats were too old … they turned it around

Nothing like aiming at a soft target like the Dees

http://bit.ly/40Ba33I

What exactly is wrong with what he is saying?

This whole we're the victim type mentality from supporters regarding the media is insufferable.

Club has brought this mess upon itself. When you dish up what we have over the best part of 2 years, then the heat comes down on the club.