Clarry super impressive.... but wait.. he got the flick from us

Insufficient intent horribly officiated. So inconsistent. Kolt and Nick Haynes done. Ethan Read and Maurice Junior not. No difference in the play just the decision. Ours was very costly.

Horrible round of footy

only one game that was remotely close

Dunno why, but I can't find how to block a user? Can someone tell me how?

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Clarry super impressive.... but wait.. he got the flick from us

yep, he’s with the Giants now

18 minutes ago, DubDee said:

yep, he’s with the Giants now

AND STILL A DEESGRACE

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I've become a believer in compulsory trading such as the NFL. The only thing is if you're traded interstate you get a one off resettlement allowance of say $150k.

Academies should be run by the AFL and players should go into the normal draft.

Father sons are nice but they can distort the system. Not sure how you can keep them going unless you limit them to say second round and below picks. That makes the superstars available to everyone.

Free Agency probably deserves a tweak.

Richmond, Essendon, and Eagles spending the next five plus years at the bottom while Tasmania raids the draft pool isn't great for the competition.

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I've become a believer in compulsory trading such as the NFL. The only thing is if you're traded interstate you get a one off resettlement allowance of say $150k.

Academies should be run by the AFL and players should go into the normal draft.

Father sons are nice but they can distort the system. Not sure how you can keep them going unless you limit them to say second round and below picks. That makes the superstars available to everyone.

Free Agency probably deserves a tweak.

Richmond, Essendon, and Eagles spending the next five plus years at the bottom while Tasmania raids the draft pool isn't great for the competition.

Some good points, academies run by the AFL, the NFL interstate trading, which can’t the Father/Son just be the nominated club’s first pick so if it’s pick 1 or 18 that’s it, top 10 picks pure picks.

Listening to commentary.

I found out to my amazement that Oliver's first name is Clayton, and Petracca's first name is Christian.

And I harked back to their Melbourne Times when it was blandly...OLIVER AND PETRACCA

This ducking is a blight on the game.

Pretty spicy game here

40 minutes ago, DubDee said:

yep, he’s with the Giants now

Still on the payroll but good luck to him and to Bedford and Jessie, all now at the Giants. That’s footy.

Is there a more overrated player than JHF?

24 in June and doesn’t perform consistently at all

16 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Is there a more overrated player than JHF?

24 in June and doesn’t perform consistently at all

If things aren’t going his way he gets sooky. Bit weak minded.

Umps invite that response of dissent because they don’t punish it equally. AFL is infuriating sometimes.

If it’s a rule, enforce it.

Geelong vs Hawks, Sicily was arguing for a good 10-15 seconds with an ump whilst on the mark. No dissent paid.

The Umps really want the Saints to win

Unbelievable bias.

free kick from nowhere then dissent 50 on Wines. I thought that rule was forgotten as dissent happens every game

29 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Is there a more overrated player than JHF?

24 in June and doesn’t perform consistently at all

has been dominating since I posted this

lol

Get the next one port. Make it a game

On 11/04/2026 at 10:14, Dee Vinci said:

Spot on Mr Legs.

Golden globe moment there.

But there's been quite a bit of it this year.

Should be penalised, but I guess it's hard to do.

I've got a mate that used to umpire a few times in just the twos and he said it's just so different to sitting in your armchair with the perfect camera angles. That it's blink of an eye stuff.

Nonetheless I spoke to him the other day and he reckons ducking has increased this year and like me feels it's a real blight on the game.

Not condoning it but there's so much pressure on players and if I was having a bad game and dropping my knees bought me a shot on goal, I'd probably go for it.

Just being real. But there must be some way to reduce it somewhat because it's a not too subtle way of cheating in effect.

And there are some who have significant form with it and do it well.

Also v gcs last week so many times our fierce tackling caused an incorrect disposal from them. And so many were let go.

A great chase and iron tight tackle is a wonderful sight especially when the game is in balance as it was at times.

Have to reward the tacklers. I'm pretty sure the umps are under instructions to keep the game moving faster than ever but if your going to slow it down paying duckers ( that's a d) then pay tackles too if the ball is so blatantly dropped as gcs did so very often.

As mentioned it's a tough game to ref but I think we need to do better than the standard we have witnessed this year, by a long way.

Thanks for my rant. Let's just hope we get a fair shake today.

I think this is also an effect of the four umpire system.

Several times on the weekend, the nearest umpire let the tackle go, and a further umpire paid too high.

The only option would’ve been for the nearest umpire to pay holding ball straight away. Which it should be if ducking is counted as prior opportunity.

Carn Port. A Loss Lion ending to gather round would be appreciated.

On 11/04/2026 at 20:11, DubDee said:

Dogs are the same every year

Great fwd line, great midfield. Horrible defence

They look amazing for a few weeks then they come up against a solid team and their defence is exposed

How Bevo gets a new contract when he never fixes the obvious issue is beyond me

Same inside 50’s but one team has good key backs and one doesn’t.

Defence made to order.

Finally a close game with some biffo!

The umps might just get the Saints home

Just now, DubDee said:

The umps might just get the Saints home

Absolutely appalling one sided umpiring.

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

Horrible round of footy

only one game that was remotely close

Gather round is [censored]. Pointless travel for everyone except two teams.

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Edited yesterday at 11:451 day by Redleg