FireInTheBennelly

Surely that's worse than Bugg. Bugg swung around not looking where the punch was going. Gaff was looking right at him and whacked him.

Why do we need Gaff when we already have Bugg?

Carlton will be absolutely destroyed today, they don't usually get out of bed until 3PM.

Why doesn't Hogan get 20 free kicks a game? Soft free kicks to forwards this week that commentators say that's a free kick everyday. Not based on what I see in a MFC game.

I can't remember, why was the 3rd man up rule introduced? Was it because Blues/Pies didn't have a viable option? I didn't mind it. A different tactic, another dimension in the game. Why do we keep changing game rules to stop tactics? Zones, to stop tactics. 3rd man up rule to stop tactics. Tactics change, the game evolves, the spectacle increases. I'd almost guarantee that the current game styles won't be used, or even viable, come 2025. Leave it the [censored] alone!

I think this is where it gets really interesting and why Goody says we're not that far off. How many goals do we concede through rebound 50s? I would've thought the majority of goals against fall into this category. Considering (prior to last week) we were breaking records for inside 50s, if you combine that with how many rebound goals we concede, each goal we score means fewer opposition goals. The old 12 point turnaround trick. If we can fix our i50 to goal ratio, there's no team in the comp that can beat us. [censored] it, there's no team in the world!

Wait till he plays all 22 next year and wins the Coleman

Rain coming? Gotta get a lead early

It's pretty obvious Mitch Brown wasn't at the Bombers when the drug program was in full swing.

Oh for [censored] sake, can we please stop this [censored] after making a tackle.

Chins McGuire, who's on the rules change comittee, says why don't we just pay the free kicks as per the rules. A...[censored]...men

I think it's pretty simple, no need for zones. Just get rid of all coaches and Gil sets the predetermined tactics that players of all teams need to adhere to. SSSSSSSS. Free kick Hawthorn, Gil said.

There's obviously a bigger picture at play here as these changes don't make a whole deal of sense. I'd suggest the long term goal wouldn't go down very well with current club supporters so it'll be small steps along the way that may sneak through under the radar. Raise the draft age and those now ineligible would probably play in a VFL type competition. Reduce the number of players and coaches, and those will also be looking for a gig in a lower competition. So what I'm seeing is an attempt to strengthen those comps. Is it possible they're looking at evolving into a tiered competition with 2(?) leagues and promotion/relegation depending on performance? EPL style.

Not to mention 90% of those '3rd tackles' are directly into the back. So take your pick, holding the man, or push in the back. Nope, ball up, who's rucking, Bueller, anyone, anyone. Ok, Gaz or Paddy, umm, righto, Max and Paddy in the ruck. SSSSS, Free kick to my man Paddy, what do you mean you didn't know!

Yes that's another reason to go hard at him. Might be the last straw for old Chins.

It's too early this year, but the player I'd be in the ear of is Ed Richards at the pups. I reckon he steps straight into Bernie or Lewis' spot and the upside is huge.

I said in a different thread, how often do players not hear the 'touched, touched, touched' call when marking a touched ball, and are then tackled without attempting to dispose of the ball. Umpires give benefit of the doubt there suggesting the players didn't hear the call. Where was the benefit of the doubt here? I can't find video that goes back far enough to hear the umpires call, but someone else also suggested that Ablett put his hand up to ruck as well. The Cats do this quite often to create confusion and slow the game down.

For mine, this is what's caused the increased number of 'crowd incidents' at games this year. If it's ok for the players to behave outside of the rules after play, then I can too. The push in the back when a player's on the ground is the one that gets me. I was pretty sure we had a rule on pushing in the back... The carry on after kicking a goal is getting ridiculous, apparently it's a free shot at the opposition. Tigers are the worst at this. I can't recall which game, might've been Pies/Norf, but the ball went out of bounds for a throw. Subsequent to that one player clipped an opposition player high and a free kick was called. The commentators, and I'm sure G. Lyon was one of them, discussed why it shouldn't be a free. For [censored] sake, you don't get a free shot just because the whistle's gone, it should be reportable, not frigging play on. Now Hawkins has 'no case to answer'. For a forearm to the head (with a clear punching action) of a player lying on his back, after the whistle. Remind me again what Clarry was fined for earlier in the year...

How many times over the course of a round of football will a player 'take a mark' and stop, despite the umpires screaming 'touched, touched, touched'? The result of every single one of these is benefit of the doubt, player didn't hear it. Then in a ruck contest, Geelong nominate a confusing ruck, that ruck then runs at his opposite number, rather than the ruck contest, and is paid a free kick for blocking. Where the [censored] is the benefit of the doubt? Not one player had any idea Dangerdick was rucking. At least we know how to fix up our i50-goal conversion. Every stoppage inside forward 50, nominate whoever is being tagged and get them to run at the tagger. Free kick - goal.

Very lucky we scored a goal there. Duncan had a clear hold of smith's foot and no free.

Stat watchers would be scratching their heads at the Gold Coast. Suns losing every stat except hitouts and i50s. Oh, and the main stat, the scoreboard.

Yes it was Purple and yes he's a Norf man. He was right, but now it looks a little bit Pot....Kettle...

I think Purple would refer to that as the scattergun approach. Wouldn't you Damo, hey, hey.

It certainly seems like an odd strategy doesn't it, getting rid of every player that's ever kicked a goal for the club. Is it any wonder they're now unable to put points on the board.