Mazer Rackham

The camera shots after goals, and from reverse angles for shots on goal, show two ren and a quan at the ends

Sellout crowd at the Shanghai cauldron noodle bowl. Easily 5 or 6 hundred there.

The AFL can't plan that far ahead

Cleared for 20/20 vision by the Carlton doctor

Given that it's an AFL tribunal, they're just as likely to suspend the umpire, Gil McLachlan, or the prime minister

Goals? I'm in

Because the players pretend not to understand the ump when he says "I will run backwards that way", giving them more time to set up. Geelong players now have two players put their hand up at ball ups, so the ump stops to clarify. Meanwhile they're getting more players in position.

He might or he might not. The point is that he shouldn't. Because of the appearance of potential favouritism. It's a conflict of interest. That it's in a coffee shop makes it worse. A fair dinkum CEO would refuse to meet in that environment and force the coach ......... why the coach by the way? Why not the CEO or the president? .... to go through proper channels, eg the coaches association. What is the coaches association for if not to represent the views of the coaches to the powers that be?

Heavier breathing maybe

Dancing With The Renovating Chefs In The Jungle. On Ice.

I still can't get over Clarkson scoring a private meeting with Gil. Any fair dinkum CEO would have said, if you have something to say, say it through the coaches assoc. I can't allow even the appearance of doing special favours for anyone. Last good thing Gil did for the game was slashing the price of chips. I bet they've gone back up to what they were.

This will be the show that reveals how Jack Watts lost the trust of his teammates. First he asks if there is a sommelier on set. Then, speaking of the pea soup, that he was expecting an element of surprise, but was let down by its pervading ordinariness. Of the steak and chips, that it was abstract but rarely obvious, and used too much tomato sauce. Of the bread and butter pudding, that it was emotionally complex with a hint of eroticism, but ultimately let down the taster by not having any real link to the the active perception it is signifying. Footballers will tolerate a lot, but not that.

Why didn't the umpires report May and the Curnows on the spot? They do know the rules of the game they're officiating? 19.2 REPORTABLE OFFENCES 19.2.2 Specific Offences (b) intentionally making contact with, or striking, an Umpire; (c) attempting to make contact with, or strike, an Umpire; (d) carelessly making contact with an Umpire; I only saw the few seconds of replay showing the contact. Were free kicks paid against May/Curnows? 15.6 FREE KICKS – RELATING TO UMPIRES 15.6.1 A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player or Official who: (c) intentionally or carelessly makes contact with an Umpire;

What I imagine? Let's see ... your long legs wrapped around George Colombaris ... tentacles ... Sigourney Weaver's face ... your tackle ... I'm not sure I want to imagine!

I had to read this twice to make sure I hadn't gotten the wrong idea

It's already well established that the AFL run a corrupt competition. Not in the sense of brown paper bags (although we know that has happened at clubs). Not in the sense of Gil calling in Mick Gatto to make sure Ablett gets to Geelong. More in the sense of damaged, tarnished, warped. Corroded. And that doesn't bother the AFL one little bit. The AFL runs a damaged and warped competition.

"Precedent"? To the AFL, that sounds like a challenge. Gil: "Precedent, eh? How about this for precedent? I'll precedent you, you #$%#$ %! %$#% %$~s!!!!"

The umps should not go near players, should not talk to players at breaks, or let players talk to them. Should not touch players or let themselves be touched. Instant report, don't wait for big Chrissie to hunch over in front of his video player. They should not call players by name, should tell them ONE TIME where to stand on the mark, should not wait for ruckmen to show up at ball-ups or boundary throw ins. Should not give speeches explaining their decisions. (Maybe to captains at breaks, but preferably not at all.) The mollycoddling and babying is unbelievable. These professional athletes need constant coaching by the umps on facets of how to play the game? Get real AFL. There should be standard calls that the umps use and nothing else. Like in sports with actual proper rules (not "interpretations"), like tennis, cricket, etc. As it is, there are some standard calls, eg "play on", etc. But a lot of ad libbing too ("hold .... hold! back one. back one.") which is bullsh**. An ump who does not speak English but knows the rules should be able to run a game just by knowing the standard calls. But at AFL level football, the players are used to a running commentary and constant direction from the umps. It's bullsh**.

This is the AFL we're talking about. What would have been unbelievable is if they DIDN'T pull out a chooklotto decision. Next week some poor bugger will be shoved into an umpire by an oppo player and cop 2 weeks.

He's certainly a big something.

That's funny, we were "we" not so long ago and now we're "you". Are you a Russian bot, or maybe just someone who doesn't barrack for the mighty Demons.

News reports said that a number of retired MFC players and several current players at Collingwood and Port Adelaide have been found hiding under their beds. After being coaxed out with Xbox consoles, they emerged dazed and shaking and said they heard the word "Neeld" on the news and can't remember what happened next.

They work these things on a strict points system. Star player = 1 point Good bloke = 1 Brownlow contention = 2 finals series = 3 fairy tale ending = 4 Hodge got 2 points, maybe 4. No wonder he got off! Curnows ... maybe one point each at best? Not enough.

Just goes to show how second rate he is. For the full 12 month deal + MBA you need to wreck a club for a generation, not just a season or two.