Since Rnd 14 there’s been 35 games between the top 9 and the bottom 9.

It’s 34 - 1 (Sydney 10th best Freo 8th, in Sydney).

This is the most imbalanced, unequal season of AFL ever. It’s FINALLY getting some media attention.

On 02/08/2025 at 16:18, Maldonboy38 said:

If you want to see how low modern tv journalism has sunk, a channel 7 reporter has tried to doorstop Ginnivan and absolutely embarrassed herself, and he calls her out on it. I'm unsure if you will be able to find it, but is almost humiliating for the poor young woman. I can't stand Ginnivan but he was totally justified to hold his ground and call her out.

Absolute gutter ‘journalism’. She and her editor should be embarrassed.

While I can't find the audio-visual of the 'reporting', which would have context and tone to it and might amplify Rose's behaviour, the written reporting of the reporting, so to speak, seems to be a little more in the middle as to who deserved to be embarrassed, between Rose or Ginnivan. The starting point - whether the defeated should be 'birding', and bringing sanction and some blow-back to his club - seems a fair question? 'You're embarrassing' as the immediate response, as opposed to subsequently, say, in response to a hounding, is also problematic (so, too, Ginnivan's apparent socials follow-up re sanction: 'Best coin spent!')

Don't know why I'm entangling myself in this one. Feedback might cure me! 😄

Edited August 4Aug 4 by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

3 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

While I can't find the audio-visual of the 'reporting', which would have context and tone to it and might amplify Rose's behaviour, the written reporting of the reporting, so to speak, seems to be a little more in the middle as to who deserved to be embarrassed, between Rose or Ginnivan. The starting point - whether the defeated should be 'birding', and bringing sanction and some blow-back to his club - seems a fair question? 'You're embarrassing' as the immediate response, as opposed to subsequently, say, in response to a hounding, is also problematic.

Don't know why I'm entangling myself in this one. Feedback might cure me! 😄

So it's deserved but to who by how much...good one.

3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

Since Rnd 14 there’s been 35 games between the top 9 and the bottom 9.

It’s 34 - 1 (Sydney 10th best Freo 8th, in Sydney).

This is the most imbalanced, unequal season of AFL ever. It’s FINALLY getting some media attention.

On a related theme, I'm looking ahead to the Rd 24 fixture and woundering how the AFL are proposing to get themselves out ot the Rd 0 pickle with Gold Coast needing to catch-up two games in Rd 24. Rd 23, they have been scheduled to play on the Saturday, so that doesn't leave the AFL alot of space to spread out their last 3 games over the next week. Guessing maybes they play a Wednesday /Thursday game, then a Sunday, Monday or possibly even Tuesday game?

Gold Coast have a fair chance to make up the final 8 starting positions and then possibly a good chance of shaping the finals, depending on the form they can carry in and possibly also if they can lock in a home final. For all the Rd 0 aspirations of the AFL trying to enhance the promotion of the game in Northern markets, having the Suns finishing in a position to have a home final would be worth way more than the Rd 0 rubbish. Add that to the wish list for Greg Swan for 2025 - no more Rd 0.

BTW, Gather Rd also adds another inequity for the Adelaide sides by gifting them an additional home game as the absence of power teams from Cat Park, with us almost garrenteed an away fixture to Geelong every season.

3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

Since Rnd 14 there’s been 35 games between the top 9 and the bottom 9.

It’s 34 - 1 (Sydney 10th best Freo 8th, in Sydney).

This is the most imbalanced, unequal season of AFL ever. It’s FINALLY getting some media attention.

There’s probably very good reasons and I just don’t understand, but what if we got rid of all the recruitment zones, father-sons, academies and just have a ‘free market’ essentially?

Would that not be an equalisation in terms of availability for all clubs? Won’t fix everything obviously but I don’t get why we segregate players. (I understand they want the Sydney clubs to have an advantage etc.)

6 minutes ago, BoBo said:

There’s probably very good reasons and I just don’t understand, but what if we got rid of all the recruitment zones, father-sons, academies and just have a ‘free market’ essentially?

Would that not be an equalisation in terms of availability for all clubs? Won’t fix everything obviously but I don’t get why we segregate players. (I understand they want the Sydney clubs to have an advantage etc.)

I think this is what a lot of clubs are arguing, but it does make me sad to think Jack Viney might have played for Carlton. It’s such a romantic part of our sport, but when you look at the Daicos, Darcy, and the Ashcrofts it’s also a huge advantage.

22 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I think this is what a lot of clubs are arguing, but it does make me sad to think Jack Viney might have played for Carlton. It’s such a romantic part of our sport, but when you look at the Daicos, Darcy, and the Ashcrofts it’s also a huge advantage.

Easily fixed - apply a capital gains tax in addition to the taxes already in place.

England need 20 runs and India need 2 wickets! What a finish and Woakes will bat with a busted shoulder!!

siraj bowling up a storm

superb series of test cricket

india doesn't deserve to go down 1-3

Que Siraj Siraj. Another moral victory for England.

Siraj finishes them off so India tie the series and therefore retain the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

Great series with a fantastic finalè

Apparently the smallest margin for an India test victory (6 runs)

Edited August 4Aug 4 by Macca

11 minutes ago, Macca said:

Siraj finishes them off so India tie the series and therefore retain the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

Great series with a fantastic finalè

Apparently the smallest margin for an India test victory (7 runs)

six runs

this is the first att, so technically no one holds it, although india won the last series in india, so theoretically 'hold' the trophy as victors of the previous series

poms the moral victors, natch

that was just a magic watch

3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

That was just a magic watch

It certainly was

I've never watched a series not involving Australia, so intensely

Quality cricket all round although the pitches were a bit too batsmen friendly (but just a slight knock as overall, the cricket was great)

Having said all that, the Oval pitch was a sporting one

Edited August 4Aug 4 by Macca

1 minute ago, Macca said:

It certainly was

I've never watched a series not involving Australia, so intensly

Quality cricket all round although the pitches were a bit too batsmen friendly (but just a slight knock as overall, the cricket was great)

Having said all that, the Oval pitch was a sporting one

oval was the spiciest of em all too!

flat decks on postage stamp sized grounds with the boundary ropes brought in 30 metres - designed for #bazball run chases

🇮🇳

48 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Technically no one holds it, although india won the last series in India, so theoretically 'hold' the trophy as victors of the previous series

They'll hold the trophy at Lords, you'd imagine (the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy)

But India denying England the trophy was an achievement in itself

Decades ago we would sometimes get a 6th Test and when the Ashes were up for grabs, the 6th Test might have been played at The Oval ... sometimes even with a 6th day added (stand corrected on that one)

But a 2-2 result seems a very fair result, all things considered

A nice lead in to the Ashes which is just over 3 months away

Soon enough, I reckon the big 3 Nations might play home and away over a 3 year cycle (instead of 4 years)

A 2 and a half year gap seems a tad long especially when it involves the Ashes