FireInTheBennelly

I think Demonland is above these heightist remarks don't you?

"But what was with her big hands?"

Would this work? Brisbane give pick 5 for Neale. Freo give pick 5 and 11 for Hogan. Freo and MFC also swap 2019 1st round picks. Melbourne give pick 5, 11, and 2019 1st round pick (from Freo) to Gold Coast. Gold Coast give MFC May, KK, and pick 2. MFC use pick 2 on Rankine. For Hogan and our 2019 pick we land May, KK and Rankine.

Get in the hole!

I think you've identified the problem.

So what does it have to do with Dean Kent?

Didn't they get in trouble for certain 'mods'? Mods Meds Mids They all fit.

Surely the WCE premiership throws a spanner in the works. He's now desperate to win one. That won't happen at Norf, the war chest has no flag in there. Let's do this.

Why? What's on tomorrow?

For sure, sounds like a good tactic for a side with concerns over their defense. Won't that be a great spectacle, another 30 stoppages per game. Stupid rule, we're not playing netball. It's a massive change to the game.

I'm not so sure. If you set up properly, that clearance we all love (not) of just throwing it on the boot forward, only to be intercepted by the spare in defense, may just become a weapon. 2 talls about 40m out on 45 degree-ish angles to go pretty much one on one. Moloney would've loved it. Just thinking out loud, but I reckon there'll be quite a few goals scored in quick time with that rule. I can see why broadcasters want it, but I'd say the football community will blow up and it'll only last a year.

That has to be a fine for staging, minimum, surely.

Righto here's a question for you on the whole academy thing. If someone were to select Bedford with a first round pick, which we then match, using accumulated points from down the draft order, does this then count towards one of our 2 required first round picks in 4 years as per the future pick trading rules?

There's a lot to play out in this and next years trade period, but with our recent first round history, chances are (and as it currently stands) we'll need to take next years pick to the draft. I'm not sure how we can get Whitfield next year without trading in more first round picks.

I think it's a capital 5

How about the new one when you take a mark, or get paid a free, against the opposition player lying face down on the ground, it's a free shot to push them in the back. How is that allowed? I can't recall seeing that prior to this season. Now it's every opportunity.

I'll take it a step further and say I fully believe the umpires are taking on field instructions from a 3rd party via their headsets. The number of very late calls this year has skyrocketed, and in 1 particular game a voice could clearly be heard saying '15 seconds' when players were lining up on goal. The umpire would then yell to the kicker for the 15 seconds. Who was it?

From memory, this punch didn't even result in a free kick, with the umpire looking in the general direction. Play on. They've lost control of the game. I grew up in a rugby league state, and I can recall in my teens any tackle that went near the head was penalised. Now they get away with it and everyone is so desensitized that commentators and spectators alike complain about penalties that are clearly high, and clearly intentional. AFL is slowly going the same way with all kinds of illegal play going un-penalised. When one is paid out comes the 'tiggy touchwood' line. The 'Gaff defense' is a perfect example of where things have gone wrong. I punched him in the guts not long ago and got away with it so I thought I'd have another crack. I guess he broke the tag in the end so achieved the desired result. Now that's not to say Brayshaw is totally innocent here. He was holding, and blocking Gaff's run outside the laws of the game (5 metres) and should've been pinged in the first place, which would've prevented all of this 100%. In my opinion most taggers are breaking the laws of the game constantly, even ours.

Couldn't agree more. If umps were doing their job properly, rather than taking instructions from head office on what frees to pay, we wouldn't be here right now.

So his defense was he'd punched him in the guts not long ago, so thought he'd go again. So what was the MRP outcome for the original punch?

Agreed, and it's amazing how many teams still manage a win a man down. I don't think it would be the same in AFL, but we'll never know until it happens. Would be very interesting.

I think that's where the AFL has resisted the urge for a red card system. It's far too big a penalty to be a man down on field. The opposition still has 18 on the field, they just have one less rotation, so I think it makes more sense to say the carded player is out of the game leaving the offending team a rotation down also.

Hilarious isn't it. I'm surprised Barry Hall hasn't done the same, although he's probably still locked in his room.

Has anyone seen mention of Gaff reaching out to the Brayshaws? A la the serial pest and overall evil individual Thomas Bugg.

I've been saying this for a while. It's been brewing all year with all of the off the ball aggression we've seen. Umpires and officials have just let it go and it's only inevitable that it will get out of control. I said at the time, if fans see all of this and it's deemed ok, then fans will think it's ok for them, and that's what will trigger crowd aggression, leading to violence. You can probably add to that the umpire bias towards the WCE at home, and Gaff subconsciously thought he'd just get away with it. Enough is enough. Start paying the free kicks, and start suspending players for these off the ball jabs etc. I can tell you where it all started getting out of control as well. Richmond last year came out at the start of every game swinging. They were allowed to do it and ended up with a flag. It's a free for all now, unless you're Clayton Oliver of course.