Mazer Rackham

Also the guy who got the free from the deliberate OOB cribbed about 10 metres on the mark. The AFL will love this because of the made-for-TV drama aspect, but really it looks like an umpiring fiasco.

I'm looking at the 2019 rules and can't see where there is even such a thing as a down field free kick. Anyone?

Not to mention Nathan Buckley! Oh wait ... he wasn't smiling. It was still good though.

The only thing we know he's "on" is the phone, to Weidemans' manager

Goddamn, that was satisfying

1. we were depleted too 2. it was Collingwood, so they can go and get [censored]ed 3. in fact all the other clubs can go and get [censored]ed 4. GO DEMONS

And the umps lost again! Keeping their perfect streak unbroken!

SO TYPICAL MELBOURNE PASSENGERS DON'T THEY KNOW WE HAVNT WON A FLAG FOR 56 YEARS SICK OF THIS SOFT CLUB

Jesus Christ. In the old days we scammers used to sell entire bridges. Now we're reduced to puppies. This damned virus has hit society in so many unexpected ways.

Wallace's timing is severely off, and he will face punishment from the AFL Media Sub-Committee for Kicking Teams When They Are Down. He's supposed to do this kind of article after we've LOST two games in a row.

Umpire 31 rules that Watts played on while out of bounds in the first application of that rule in 5 seasons

CFC players want clarification on the rule, the umpires want clarification on whether to ref to the rule book or to "the vibe", and the umpires department wants clarification on what sport it is. Yes they do. They say they don't. How many times have you seen games, not just ours, where the free kick count is way out of whack at half time and has mysteriously evened up by full time. It can happen. My memory is vague but I have read over the years -- "reminiscing" articles about retired players -- who would say that umpire such-and-such would never pay a 50-50 decision for him because of some abuse given earlier in his career. Then we had recently -- was it Hawthorn? -- inviting umps to their training, obviously to get chummy with them. Our inept umpires department had no problem with this and couldn't see the obvious conflict of interest. Now a story from another sport. Baseball. I don't know if they still do it, but a generation ago, the umps used to test new players. It's a peculiar sport where mouthing off at the the ump is seen a good thing, almost required, to do. Needless to say, the umps don't like it. So new player comes in to bat, the ump calls an obvious ball as a strike. If the player loses his marbles, then (depending on the amount of abuse) he gets line-ball calls against him for the rest of the game, sometimes for the rest of his career. The players who shrug it off get the benefit of a reduced strike zone -- again, sometimes for their whole career. Take it with as many grains of salt as you feel comfortable with, but that's from an ex-umpire.

Gaze is a great basketballer and a "flipping" "i diot" whose TV & radio ability is as bad as his basketball was good What the TV execs see in him is beyond me

Win AND percentage. GO DEMONS!!! Weideman really starting to look like a class act. Not quite there but trajectory is right. needs to work on straight kicking though!! Jackson gets ragdolled by stronger/more experienced rucks but is so agile he bounces back anyway. Imagine when he's got his sea legs Langdon has a lot of good football instincts but by god he is a shocking kick Tracc nearly in the elite category but goalkicking finishing is the icing on the cake Now if we can get rid of some our passengers faithful warriors whose best days are behind them Spargo has his limitations but I'd rather him in than Jones because Spargo has upside whereas Jones has none any more. He's (Spargo's) a natural footballer in an era of athlete-footballers Tommy, it's hard to see as a regular in the side any more, but with a "see ball get ball" directive, looked better (damning him with faint praise) than he has since 2018

Football equivalent: rocking up to the GF with a Norm Smith? (he asked hopefully)

Don't write posts

We will run over them this half

Spargo is a footballer in a team that plays rugby union

Like last week, the umps will do an evener-up in the last quarter and we will run away with it

How can anyone tell when the AFL rely on Photojournalist Barbie camera?

LEGEND KOSI

One minute in and the umps have lost control already

Education broadens the mind. No apologies required.

Hear, hear. They've found themselves on easy street, paid to rabbit on about their favourite subject without any fear of contradiction and are almost universally lazy and indulgent. (Exhibit 1: May & Lever similar players???)

"What do you stand for", or "club X doesn't stand for anything" is secret AFL code for "club X doesn't win enough matches". Every time a club is down and out, the media are on this meaningless tirade about what the losing club "stands for". When club X turns it around, the question mysteriously vanishes. Because it so happens that no-one in the world gives a rat's tossbag what any club "stands for". They just like kicking clubs that are down. It's impossible to say what Collingwood stand for, or Hawthorn, or West Coast ... the question has no meaning. Their existence is all about winning flags. Same for the humble MFC.