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If only they could wear their black and white jumpers....

With Brayshaw off the list surely we could bring in a Rookie. The first bloke that comes to mind is ummmm...Tim Tszyu. First game for him would be.... oh let me think, Kings Birthday against Collingwood? Starting position..... Maybe on Maynard.... Mmm maybe not. Leave him as sub until halfway through the third quarter when we're up by 10 goals and Maynard is sweating bullets. Bring Tim on to mark Maynard. Our Players instructed to bomb the ball to Maynard. Tszyu is ordered to spoil Maynard. Tim's feet won't even have to leave the ground to spoil. Ooops, it was a pure football act says Tim. One can only dream! In reality, I'm not really that angry at Maynard. He's just a thug. The thing that would have hurt him most would have been him missing out on a premiership medal. It's not even Collingwood's fault, although I completely loathe their supporters more than ever after attending that game. This is the AFL's responsibility. They didn't argue the case to protect a player going for the ball and didn't suspend a player who could have negated the impact of the collision but instead tucked his shoulder in to maximise damage to his opponent. They haven't changed the rules enough to stop this scenario happening again. They suspended one of our best players (Koz) for a week for a glancing, fair bump the following week (Remember that for round 1 when he's missing), while allowing Maynard to play a grand final. I don't know if I'll ever attend another game against Collingwood. It's such a foul experience. However, I do know I hate those corrupt, inept clowns at AFL house so much more than the pies. They are so inconsistent in their rulings and disloyal to the fans and our game. It's just about dollars and TV. Anyways, could Tim Tszyu be hypothetically drafted as a rookie before KB? One can only dream.

I agree totally and ..... I think our club is staggering a bit from the last 6 months. I'd love to see Gus deep in the footy department as a runner and or development / mentoring role with the team. We'll need his level head and wonderful communication skills both at the club level but also with the players as we hit some more rocky times ahead. Really glad he's going to continue to work at our club.

That's my reading of it too. He had previous knocks but he had good care and multiple ongoing scans which showed no deterioration until.... The Maynard incident. I would think Gus would have many scans in his back pocket highlighting/ benchmarking his neurological health along most of his career and through those previous concussions until the QF last year. Proactive vs reactive. He's made a point of the incident and the mismanagement by the AFL. I reckon he and his team might have a crack at the AFL

Stayed off this thread all day enjoying a wonderful day. I'm going to go back and watch the third QTR of our premiership game. I firmly believe it was not the "bang bang bang" but Gus Bradshaw's heroics and selfless play leading up to that, that turned the game our way. He was just immense. He never gives in and I will miss watching him do the hard things that others don't when games are on the line. Thank you Angus Brayshaw G A G F AFL for letting it slide and letting Maynard get away with it.

As long as we're in front with f50 entries, we win yeah?

And that's supposed to be our strength!

I thought it was great to hear him speak the truth. The only thing I'd disagree with is the "there's always next year" quote. That will not be the case for some of our older players and we're in a special competitive space right now that won't last too much longer. There is only this year. Grab it.

He's got a bit of no BS, just hard at it, James McDonald about him.

That's true about his inexperience. I really liked the way he developed last year. He's got a lot of toughness and attacking flair about him now. It would be good to see him have a run through the guts.

So it's really 4notoK I'm outside of proper NBN coverage and on starlink now. Anyone got feedback on how kayo runs over starlink?

Exactly, you'd want to cement a permanent forward line and get the system right before bringing in more new blood. It was not and easy year for our forwards and especially JVR.

Exactly. Gotta remember it was Gus' fault for deviating too somehow. "All reasonable steps" - christ on a bike I hate the AFL more than I hate Collingwood

Yep, me too. Very happy for her. Not so happy for us. Maybe could have been offered an assistant coaches role with our men's team?

It's happened before - Gee I miss these two

I noticed that today. Tackling has come on in the finals which brought us undone this finals campaign as our fantastic run and carry game got smashed through pressure. Today's game was all about tackling and pressure but you could say the same about our granny win last year. The women's game is progressing really well. It's just not in a straight line as coaches finesse their game plans and players adjust. Give me a close, hard fought grand final any day. Even if it's scrappy.

Well done umps. Ignore a heap of head high tackles in general play then pay a softie directly in front to give the lions a premiership.

North are looking out on their feet They need a goal. They won't hang on. C'mon Roos. I really dislike Davison btw

Demolishing a perfectly good stadium is just insane. Building a 'temporary' stadium at the show grounds is insane. Replicating a stadium next door to an existing one in Hobart is insane. The Lions should just play at Metricon. It's underutilised and actually not a bad stadium to watch footy. The Brisbane Olympics are going to cost an estimated $7,100,00,000,000. let's say 8 billion conservatively as a true cost. at 14 days for an event running maybe 18hours a day works out about half a million dollars a minute I think. AN obscene waste of money. Schools, health, aged care, housing. Naaah, Olympics maaaate

2 years in a row the aflw granny has sold out in a snap. Why isn't the game moved to a bigger venue?

I thought the crows would have a better chance of rolling the lions but really happy to see Norf get up. They tackle really (and don't get rewarded). Just didn't take all of their chances. Some crazy push in the back frees not paid to Norf in the last. Really glad they got up. Will at least give me a team to barrack for next week.

What an incredible game by Presparkis. We should have shut her down much earlier. Gillard into the ruck in the last worked really well and Goldrick finally came into it Not sure why you'd swing Pearce forward. She just a hopeless kick. Great last quarter by Zanks and Hanks. Umpiring was just horrible in that last when we were coming at em. 2023. What a complete waste of a season for this club. After the blokes, the girls gave me so much joy to watch. What the hell happened this year? I'm not sure if something is going on at the club or not. But geez, we just seemed to disintegrate.

They're getting ball, kicking ball straight down their opponents throat though. More accountability as well? No blind kicking.

Pretty good summation. Really lucky we got that goal on the siren. Do we need Banno right up the field to try and break the lines. She seems wasted deep in the forward line. Not sure how we spark our midfield. We're really not handling the extra finals pressure well, yet this team did exactly that to win a flag last year. We are capable. We seem mentally fatigued. What will Stinnear do to fire them up?

Yep. Remember when we used to strangle teams? We're choking big time.