FireInTheBennelly

If we truly want to be a successful club, and get ahead of the game, we need to be ruthless. Trade Brayshaw and pick up Coniglio for nothing. Or we can let the Cats trade Kelly, and pick up Coniglio for nothing. Which makes you feel better?

Exactly right. This idea of interpretations, especially happening during the season is absurd at best. Having professional players expected to go out and perform to their best when they don't even know what rules are going to be applied? It's ridiculous.

Every year there are rule changes, and every year players are forced to deal with that, or in the end they're discarded due to lack of performance. Every year there are rule changes, and every year umpires should be forced to deal with that, or in the end they should be discarded for lack of performance. There is however another factor at play here, which none of us are aware of. The secret directives coming from the AFL for umpires to pay certain rules, not pay others, interpret a rule in a different way. This is the problem, and this is why it's become impossible to umpire. The throws coming out of tackles, which all the top teams are doing now is clearly against the rules of the game, yet ignored, who's idea was that? The Gawn straight arm rule, it's not written like that anywhere, where'd it come from? Perfect example. Read this article and in particular the quotes from everyone's favourite umpire. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/below-the-knees-unless-they-change-the-rule-they-ll-keep-paying-it-20190408-p51c2o.html That rule has been a shocker. It was initially introduced to stop players sliding into a players legs causing injuries. The umpires are being coached to pay a free kick for anything forceful below the knees. It's not the same. The deliberate OOB rule is a joke. Asking an umpire to look deep into the mind of the disposer to know if they were deliberately kicking the ball out? I mean come on, it doesn't get more amateur than that. They probably get it right more than wrong though, so kudos. If anything needs an external review, it's AFL rules and officiating.

Even more important to clean them out. I recall there were some high profile (for us) names mentioned in that story. Happy to see them all moved on, this off season, before it's too late.

Hang onto those crinkle cuts. Do we have a packet of that flat rubbish to flick em?

In that case Earl, with Macca gone, I hope we're looking to also exit the senior players involved as well. The cancer can't be allowed to grow, it must be cut out until the culture is up to standard. Cannot have the tail wagging the dog.

This is what I was saying should've happened last week. How often does a new player come in and fail when played out of position??? We know Preuss can play ruck, let's play him in that role to get his confidence at the level up, then try him forward. We need to know if he's up to the level before we commit to it in the pre-season. It would've been nice to slaughter Aliir last week for some confidence before attacking Goldy, but so be it.

Thanks W4tA

From a purely financial and list management perspective, any idea how much comes off the books with his retirement?

Can't be accused of tanking when you're ladder spot is locked in. Rest everyone we can, bring in whoever we have left.

He does appear to be too heavy but that wouldn't make him drop simple marks. I reckon it's between the ears, and it won't help dropping him after every game. He should've been played vs Sydney, as the ruckman, with Gawn at FF and chopping out. Would've kept some forward structure, trialled the 2 ruck game plan, and also given Max more experience up forward, not to mention a bit of a rest. It was a no brainer for mine, given Sydney's lack of a genuine ruck. Would've been fantastic to see him up against Aliir Aliir again.

That's rubbish from Hill. 4th round pick and Freo to pay half his salary.

To be fair, I think he had a man crush on Figgy and the Chins.

It's not just this issue, he keeps digging at us, and I'll guarantee this won't be the last bit of niggle. Just on the review, I agree, there is benefit to going external, unless the problems are well known to the club and they have a fix planned. The club have repeatedly said there'll be no external review, but TB keeps pushing it. He should've walked away, but he won't.

Understood.

On another note, how close were we to appointing Fagan as caretaker coach in 2007, instead of Riley?

With all due respect to the Gold Coast Suns and Tony Cochring, if you're delisting a player like Jarryd Lyons, you can't be given a priority pick.

This muppet is seriously [censored] at the MFC isn't he. Every opportunity he has the boots in. #TomBrowneGAGF

Awesome, thanks for that MAT. So things are happening, hopefully we can jag a ripper at some point.

Are you sure? I never heard her blow the whistle. If that's a free kick, then Frosty was seriously shafted twice at then other end that led to 2 Reid goals.

Push in the back, as he kicked, is not downfield.

4-6 champ, you'll be right.

That is a [censored] disgrace.

I think you're right. I mean what were we expecting with OMac out injured????

Time to re-arrange the sock drawer