12 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I don’t know. I was just told that because Sandringham and Casey both have byes this weekend they’ve organised a scratch match which will be played at Casey Fields on Saturday.

Agree with the unfairness of Kozzie’s two praccies not being counted in his suspension.

PS Laura Kane’s appointment is one of the worst decisions made by the AFL ever.

Why so? Genuine question.

In the long list of spectacularly bad decisions by the AFL for this to be one of the worst is saying something! Anyway I'd be interested to know.

2 hours ago, godees said:

This is a very sensible decision by Laura Kane and is very different circumstances to Kozzy. Open your other eye.

Very different, he got 4 weeks so must be deemed worse than what Kozzie did (which shouldn’t have been a suspension anyway - Moore flopped).

Kane is undercutting the tribunal to do the Saints a favour cos they complained. Silly and sets a weird precedent. Do AFL players now get a discount for bye rounds when they could’ve played VFL?

On 01/05/2025 at 09:15, Ghostwriter said:

I asked Tmac if he’s seen the article about his amazing stats in defence. He said Ruby (his wife) showed it to him. I told him how proud of him we all are. He said, “Not bad for an ancient old bugger, hey.” 😅

I love TMAC he has always been so humble.

17 minutes ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Very different, he got 4 weeks so must be deemed worse than what Kozzie did (which shouldn’t have been a suspension anyway - Moore flopped).

Kane is undercutting the tribunal to do the Saints a favour cos they complained. Silly and sets a weird precedent. Do AFL players now get a discount for bye rounds when they could’ve played VFL?

If you get suspended for 4 games in the vfl but because of the inadequate nature of the comp that means 6 I think the correct decision has been made. He now misses 5, which seems still too harsh to me.

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

If you get suspended for 4 games in the vfl but because of the inadequate nature of the comp that means 6 I think the correct decision has been made. He now misses 5, which seems still too harsh to me.

It doesn’t mean 6 though. He gets suspended for games not weeks. 4 games suspension should mean 4 games suspension, always has. If the 4 games are scheduled over 6 weeks bad luck. Why should 2 byes make a difference if 1 bye doesn’t?

I also don’t think the bump was worthy of 4 weeks but that’s no reason to stuff around with it via the back door.

17 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

More like Ghosty gave it to him involuntarily!

For those who may have taken this the wrong way (not the first or last time on DL i'm sure), that was meant as a compliment to Ghosty ie; Tom is riding off the back of her reports

13 hours ago, jaydenh10 said:

are they playing two games this weekend or are we playing someone else? :

A win for St Kilda.

Laura Kane has approved under exceptional circumstances that Alix Tauru’s four-match VFL ban can start this weekend with Sandringham’s practice match against the Tassie rep team.

Will be available AFL R12 / VFL R10

@7NewsMelbourne.

also f this, kossi’s ban didn’t include the freo and north game so why does this?????

He who shouts loudest jay

We are too often the mild mannered gent

6 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

He who shouts loudest jay

We are too often the mild mannered gent

This

I keep saying this

10 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

He who shouts loudest jay

We are too often the mild mannered gent

Would Pendlebury have got 3 weeks for the tackle Curtis was suspended for?

19 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

An in depth analysis of the lost opportunity on the possible 2024 trade of Oliver to Geelong by Jake Niall has just been dropped by the Age

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-multimillion-dollar-decision-how-demons-missed-the-boat-on-oliver-20250501-p5lvrx.html

Co-incidence or did they want Oliver to avoid the media.

The article is mainly about dollars and doesn't really contain much we have not always known

One source close to the discussions reckoned 75 per cent was where it might have landed, not counting Oliver’s potential pay cut. Geelong’s position was that they would stump up a certain amount – let’s say $850,000 – and it would be left to the Demons, Clayton and his management, to work out the remains (how much he gave up, how much money Melbourne picked up).

If so, the Demons could have saved close to a million dollars per year, with the caveat that they would not gain much draft-wise.

After reading what cats were offering l am happy to back oliver in to build his form back up

56 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Would Pendlebury have got 3 weeks for the tackle Curtis was suspended for?

Highly unlikely Roost. He's a good bloke Pendles.

A large-ish fine and a slap across the wrist

14 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I don’t know. I was just told that because Sandringham and Casey both have byes this weekend they’ve organised a scratch match which will be played at Casey Fields on Saturday.

Agree with the unfairness of Kozzie’s two praccies not being counted in his suspension.

PS Laura Kane’s appointment is one of the worst decisions made by the AFL ever.

She is totally incompetent!

35 minutes ago, picket fence said:

She is totally incompetent!

Wow, incompetent not in caps, you feeling ok?

2 hours ago, Outside 50 said:

Why so? Genuine question.

In the long list of spectacularly bad decisions by the AFL for this to be one of the worst is saying something! Anyway I'd be interested to know.

Laura Kane is insipid, just like Andrew Dillon. But at least he fronts the media, she has decided to decline talking to the media ever since she (mis)handled the situation where Collingwood narrowly beat North thanks to an absolute howler by the umpires. She made the mistake of publicly admitting to asking Brad Scott for advice (her predecessor) which is unprofessional.

That’s just one reason. I’m not gonna waste my time or anyone else’s time listing the many other reasons.

9 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Laura Kane is insipid, just like Andrew Dillon. But at least he fronts the media, she has decided to decline talking to the media ever since she (mis)handled the situation where Collingwood narrowly beat North thanks to an absolute howler by the umpires. She made the mistake of publicly admitting to asking Brad Scott for advice (her predecessor) which is unprofessional.

That’s just one reason. I’m not gonna waste my time or anyone else’s time listing the many other reasons.

That is flat out not true

Edited May 2, 2025May 2 by godees

2 hours ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

It doesn’t mean 6 though. He gets suspended for games not weeks. 4 games suspension should mean 4 games suspension, always has. If the 4 games are scheduled over 6 weeks bad luck. Why should 2 byes make a difference if 1 bye doesn’t?

I also don’t think the bump was worthy of 4 weeks but that’s no reason to stuff around with it via the back door.

He was on the verge of being picked at AFL level so it is effectively an extension of his suspension (more than the tribunal wanted or intended for him) due to the idiotic VFL scheduling.

5 minutes ago, godees said:

He was on the verge of being picked at AFL level so it is effectively an extension of his suspension (more than the tribunal wanted or intended for him) due to the idiotic VFL scheduling.

Should’ve picked him a week earlier then instead of sooking about it. But it’s the AFL where the rules don’t matter unless they want them to

11 minutes ago, godees said:

That is flat out not true

Tim Watson was the channel 7 sports reporter at the time. He must’ve lied 🤷‍♀️

2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Would Pendlebury have got 3 weeks for the tackle Curtis was suspended for?

No Phu-ken way!

3 hours ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Very different, he got 4 weeks so must be deemed worse than what Kozzie did (which shouldn’t have been a suspension anyway - Moore flopped).

Kane is undercutting the tribunal to do the Saints a favour cos they complained. Silly and sets a weird precedent. Do AFL players now get a discount for bye rounds when they could’ve played VFL?

Agreed practice matches should have counted as they are AFL umpired and suspensions incurred carry though to the AFL season so it should count.

7 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

Agreed practice matches should have counted as they are AFL umpired and suspensions incurred carry though to the AFL season so it should count.

Richmond included practice games in the Balta ban, so they must be valid!

4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Laura Kane is insipid, just like Andrew Dillon. But at least he fronts the media, she has decided to decline talking to the media ever since she (mis)handled the situation where Collingwood narrowly beat North thanks to an absolute howler by the umpires. She made the mistake of publicly admitting to asking Brad Scott for advice (her predecessor) which is unprofessional.

That’s just one reason. I’m not gonna waste my time or anyone else’s time listing the many other reasons.

Sorry but asking your predecessor for advice isn't unprofessional. Personally I'm not enamoured by any leaders I see out there at the moment. Bunch of overpaid corporate wankers, most have so many bestowed benefits a trained monkey could fulfill the role. I mean the AFL is basically unbreakable. The hard work has been done. I could run it.

On 02/05/2025 at 15:09, In Harmes Way said:

Richmond included practice games in the Balta ban, so they must be valid!

Michael Long missed a couple of practice games after his hit on Troy Simmons!

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