Mazer Rackham

If they paid the "tiggy touchwood" frees, they might be amazed at how quickly the players adapt and stop conceding them. When players are allowed to body surf oppo into the ground and it's somehow not "in the back" ... when they can freely throw the ball ... scrag and monster oppo forwards without penalty ... then just about anything that is in the actual laws of the game does look "tiggy touchwood". Ref it according to the rulebook and a lot of the game's ills will disappear, and the players will adjust quickly. Like they did with the "tough love" deliberate OOB. The AFL can do it.They just don't want to do it.

Referee the game in accordance with the rulebook? Novel concept. Can't see it taking off.

Victory counteracts a multitude of sins. A big ego is only a problem if you're losing. He can have the biggest ego in the world, double park his car, refuse to pay for rounds of drinks, play music too loud and throw rubbish over his neighbour's fence and none of it will matter as long as we win.

"very hard" "switch" "clubs" "bonds" Is this secret code for something?

No, that was the noise from the GCS cheer squad when Sexton put through his 5th

Acknowledge all your points but I don't recall any sympathy from anyone when we were down and just about out. It's the AFL's job to patch up GCS. It's our job to gloat about victories and march ever on to more of them.

Bear in mind you are applying "common sense", "fairness", "consistency" and "precedent", concepts that have no place in the modern match review process.

That last sentence is guaranteed to cause severe onset MFCSS in our most traumatised sufferers.

With that being the emerging theme at the Gold Coast club, they should change their nickname. The Gold Coast Our Captains Don't Give AF, What's The Points. And when the circling media pull out the old "what does this club stand for?" line of attack, they can simply point to their jumpers. "Our Captains Don't Give AF, What's The Point? So there. Culture."

It's not even the technology. Their whole approach is back-arseward. Even with their existing cameras that they got out of a Hollywood Director Barbie box, they will overrule calls where there is no evidence to support it, and (like last night) will uphold calls where there is evidence to overrule. Until they fix their method, high res cameras will probably only increase the magnitude of the stuffups.

Do these umps know how far 15 metres is? (Answer: no they don't)

Jesus. (That is... Jésus.) Thank god they don't make elbows any more like in olden days

If you say that again, I'm going to have to ask you to step outside, mon ami

Ooh la la! Who the f*** is Les Playzers something something ... ? Not exactly doing your anti-soft latte sippers street cred much good by quoting "lay fronsay", DV. Voulez-vous un ... 'ow you say ... KNUCKLE SANDWICH with that???

I've never tackled him, so so far your theory is holding up

Yeurgh. Was there sandwiched between two EFC-supporting mates who spent the first 3 quarters scoffing at the MFC "luck" ... every goal was an arse, MFC playing above themselves, so-and-so just threw it on his boot without looking and it sailed through ... they were not impressed. Delicious. Then of course came the deluge. They didn't even celebrate, just treated it as the expected comeback and win. Smug acceptance of their rightful due. Made it very very hard to take. I don't think I liked them much before that, but I have absolutely hated EFC since.

Goodwin has raised eyebrows with his game day coaching but he has really shown something with his ability to draw performances out of players over time. ANB, JKH, Harmes, Hunt, Hannan, Fritsch. In another time, or at another club, they would not have got a game or their cards would have been marked already. Goodwin has a way of showing faith and getting rewarded for it. Go Demons!

Goddamn. I'm going to training tomorrow just so I can give a shout out to Vanders. Go Vanders! Go Demons!

It reminds me more of the Logies. Unaccountable and highly fudged online "voting" to see who gets a tin medal to stick on their lapel. Who would rather have 100,000 $1 members than 20,000 $180 members? (Yes, I understand the magic 100,000 number is a very useful marketing tool, but right now, we're in the business of survival. We can't play in the same sandpit as RFC yet.)

I thought it was pretty well known that we have the highest rate of conversion of supporters to members. Years of being at the bottom of the ladder, with no bona fide stars, introduction of TV, etc etc, have stripped us of generations of kids getting on board. It's a long way back, but with names like Gawn, Oliver, Hogan, Petracca making kids sit up and take notice, we are finally heading in the right direction. But it will not be overnight. Far from it. Will take many years. Meanwhile hold on, support the club, and hope we jag a flag to give us a huge boost. Go Demons!

The number of members is the sizzle. The sausage is the amount of revenue brought in by memberships. Better metrics are total revenue and revenue per member.

We'll be rewarded with two Fri games, one coming off a 5 day break, against GCS at the Gabba. The other against WB at Ballarat in an icy gale in front of 2000 people. Carlton will be punished by only getting 5 Fri games, and only 4 of them against top drawing clubs. Collingwood will experience the full warmth of the AFL's merit based Fri night selection. For their crowd pleasing style & ladder climbing prowess they will earn 8 Fri nite games.

Can someone tell Channel 7 that with no interchange, there will be no need for "boundary riders" and they can save $$$.

Sorry. Save your dreams for Tattslotto, that pretty girl on the tram, or next year. Turns out the Bombers have got this year's cup sewn up. Damn! Hird's tip: Bombers to win the flag

Hogan played like a man who knew that every time he went for a mark his hand or arm would give him electric shocks of pain. Because it did. He's obviously injured. Maybe it was not "sensible" to play ... we've seen other players aggravate injuries out of a sense of duty ... but we have many times heard that players should die for the jumper. Putting your hand up to willingly put your body on the line in contest after contest, knowing how painful it will be, does not strike me as culture sapping. More like, setting an example. Go Hoges. (But for chrissakes get better too.) Go Demons.