Mazer Rackham

1. Not enough MFC supporters in the media to kick up a stink and remind the AFL of their own rule 2. The AFL don't GAF anyway. Where's the hit on revenue here? Issue effectively does not exist.

Round 16 can't come soon enough

The AFL can save money by abolishing the MRP and putting up a web page where the club doctors can enter in how many weeks the oppo assailant gets.

Well now you're arguing against yourself. Now you're saying "if those guys had played, we WOULD HAVE won". We don't know. We'll never know. All we know is, we had plenty of chances to kick goals, and we lost.

Iv'a is correct. We kick a behind. Cats kick it out. Play on etc. BUT IF WE INSTEAD KICKED THE GOAL ... ball goes back to the centre. At the bounce, Watts gets a corked thigh, Cats clear it, Motlop kicks an incredible team lifting goal and the momentum changes with Watts in the change rooms for the rest of the day. Maybe. You just don't know. It's sliding doors stuff. You can't say "we WOULD HAVE". You can say, "it's likely ... it's probable ... " etc. The one thing we can say with certainty is, we need to kick straighter.

I'm not saying we (as a sport) are useless at kicking for goal. (Maybe we are or aren't, but that's not my point.) Teams can have bad days. (This last round was a bad one for more than just us.) Also rushed behinds can distort a team's accuracy. What I am saying is: what a difference if teams would take the effort to improve their goal kicking. Even the best golfers are only 50% chance to sink a ten foot putt. But, knowing the difference it can make, they spend a lot of their practice time on the putting green. I don't understand why players are often not allowed to spend time practicing goal kicking.

Look at the scorelines from this round's matches. Compare goals to behinds. One is an outlier. Stands out like the dog's proverbials. (Cat's proverbials?) The other thing to note is, half the teams cannot kick more goals than behinds. Four of the losing sides could have won just by kicking straighter. It's a mystery why this supposedly top-flight league does not put more emphasis on goal kicking.

And how about Rowe? What a soldier. Being severely concussed and all.

Very nice. They beat the pants off black and red, or navy blue ones. And thank you for asking!

To be fair, in these conditions ... what am I saying? Get [censored] Parish. Get [censored] Essendon.

I'm hoping they fall over and lose. I hope Essendon also lose. I hope they're all disqualified and their clubs deregistered.

Is it just me, or is this one of the worst games of football in years?

Mr Steve, there is a saying. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, but the nineteenth time is BAD [censored] GOAL KICKNG.

Sounds like good advice but maybe you'd better give Tony your address.

No. That's not right. We won the after-match trivia quiz because Hogan knew the capital of Kenya.

General rule of life ... when accusing someone of stupidity, try not to leave yourself wide open like this.

"Mr Viney, we have viewed the footage and considered the doctors reports. Due to all the evidence showing no contact, and the fact that the doctors report no injury, we at the MRP are unanimous in our finding that the penalty should be ... A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY weeks!"

"Tim MCDONALD!!!"

Collingwood and Essendon the cause of the remaining 10%

Yes, there have been several. Tim Barassi - had the talent and drive to be one of the greats but retired at age 22 to play tournament scrabble Tim Alves - left under a shadow to play drums in the band at North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfasts Tim Hardeman - underrated player. Holds the record for most behinds kicked in a half of footy Tim Templeton - cruelled by injury. Starred in the movie of "The Club" Tim Cattoggio - transferred from Carlton in a recruiting coup that ended up in court. Club legend. Tim Tingay - after a stellar career, reached even greater heights as a male stripper

There is allegedly some rule that the sports "organisation" known as the AFL have in place, whereby a concussed player cannot play or train until they have fully recovered. And this bloke had "severe" concussion. Which would make it equal to or worse than Brayshaw's or Lumumba's. Because the head is sacrosanct, you see. Except for when it isn't.

It's a fit up and that's been obvious since Monday. The integrity-free zone known as the AFL will do jack about it. Imagine if this had happened to Collingwood, or Essendon, or St Kilda, or Geelong ... the outcry would be tremendous. As it is, not a whisper. Why? What is the missing ingredient? Answer: supporters in the media. Very few supporters in the media. Mostly the media still regard us as unimportant and making up the numbers and can't quite accept what's unfolding under Goodwin. They will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the reality bus. There is only one remedy and that is winning games. Especially round 16.

If we do, can we make sure Lewis gives him a broken jaw and Hogan gives him concussion?

Goodwin has shown his hand. He will keep playing Oscar and Weed as long as they keep following instructions. Only way they'll be dropped is if they don't follow team rules or lose fitness or form so egregiously there is no alternative but to drop them. Get games into them. Joel Smith. Same deal. Tim Smith. Same deal, at least until Hogan is back in. Get games into them, find out what they can do. Pedo, Trenners, can get ready for a long season at Casey, and silently pray for a killer run of injuries.

You make your bed, you lie in it. If you want to take the big bucks, don't complain if you are then expected to give something back in dedication, attitude and performance. Play out your contract with a whole heart Gary, and maybe karma will reward you with a return to the Cats. Otherwise, stiff [censored].