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I gotta have a vent about Sparrow. With 8 minutes to go, we're sixteen points up and Melksham is off with a sore foot and his boot off. Why wouldn't you put a fresh player like Sparrow on? Goodwin was right there on the bench. At a bigger picture, everyone is lamenting Viney not being back. Sparrow has been the obvious replacement for him and I don't know why we're not putting games into him. He's been performing really well at VFL level and this week he just sat in his tracky dacks. We had the opportunity to play him for a couple of weeks and with Viney being a load managed 50/50 proposition, I don't know why we haven't played him. It's best to put games into him now in case Vineys foot explodes again on the eve of the finals. It would have been a good ten minutes to have him on the field tonight.

As mentioned above, umpires need to be held accountable and their performance reviewed. Rules are already there for ducking and staging. They're not enforced. This whole interepative rule of the week to be enforced swill is making the game look as stupid as Rugby Union. The fact Selwood has got away for it for so many years is not Selwoods fault.

Commentators declare high shot is worth a fine. MRP take note (and it's Richmond $1k should do)

I think he was head knocked at birth

Top of the ladder and no telecast again.

Yeah @praha, our forward line was interesting last weekend for sure. Pretty clunky. Another reason to dominate against the Crows to see if those three can click into place or not. I thought we got pretty lazy at times with our forward entries. A fair bit of the old "bomb it long" crept in again. Yes, we have three tall forwards to mark it but that should mean we have to take extra care and lower our eyes. I'm still on the fence and hope we get a bit more clarity this weekend. It's going to be important for Chandler to find his feet quickly too.

We should win but Adelaide at home is always a bit feral. We'd be 50/50 against the Doggies, so potentially we could drop the next two if we don't keep the foot down. We don't need a tough match before the dogs either. So yes it's a danger game. Would be good to jump out of the gates and hit the Chris Sullivan line by half time. I like getting off the edge of the couch, sitting back, putting my feet up and laughing at crappy umpiring.

I reckon it's worth sending an email to Kate giving her your feedback about the Guantanamo match day experience. Maybe even suggest that it's included in the next members survey to see what everyone thinks. I haven't been to live game for about two years. So, I'm not sure if I can comment on the latest "activation techniques". I'm sure things haven't improved. The noise is just over the top. I.e. Yes I know it's a goal and I'd prefer to talk to my family and friends about it rather than being belted by some sort of audible and visual torture.

All over it mate. Haha

Wow. That's 1.2 extra free kicks for each of the nine wins we've had. You'd think it would reflect the ladder in some fashion. Have Richmond players been spitting on umps or keying their cars?

Haha, I'm not too sure. I renewed membership last week and my wife signed up for the first time. Ended up talking to JV on the phone. He said he was hoping to be back next week and was on the mend. I normally just renew automatically but cracked the s**ts last year after the Port Adelaide and Cairns debacle. Sent Pert an email stating I wouldn't renew until the club pulled it's finger out and started performing. I think they're performing.! Probably owe Gary an email this week. Watching both the blokes and the women this year and the way they play for each other and the club has been brilliant. What more can you ask for?

Completely agree, racking up wins in third gear. We are going to be scary good when we finally clunk into overdrive. I thought we slipped into some old bad habits with bombing it into our f50 just because of our tall forwards but I'm sure we'll sort it out. Highlights Tmac is just so steady. Kossie. His one handed pick up at full tilt in the wet on the outer wing. He is a pure joy to watch. The Wall of Demons. There were a couple of times where I watched Carlton try to transition across and we just ran so hard to form a wall of players and block their options. it must be awesome to see it happen at the ground. Keep banking the points Jack is back next week.

As compared to the play on call in the first when the Carlton player missed it completely during a tackle. Fmd

Great hands by Chandler

I can't wait to watch this team when we finally get into gear. We will be unstoppable. Still nervous

Yep, close to BOG. Jetta and Mitch Brown up there as well. Brown probably won it for us with goals late in the game. Beat Geelong by a point. They steadied it really well late in the game to get the win. Poor kicking at goal almost cost us. So Sparrow won't be playing today and Petracca ran through a full session yesterday with no problems evidently. The one thing I want from this home and away season is to never have to worry about percentage at all for once. Just keep banking the points boys.

Don't forget the amount of times the ball is pinned in by the tackler when the player is trying to get rid of it. The tackler gets rewarded for HTB when they're the ones slowing play down. The spirit of the game has always been to protect and reward the player going for the ball. As mentioned above, the umpires need to be professionals if they're serious about it. Umpires should also be dropped if they've had a poor game. It is a very hard game to adjudicate and the AFL needs to invest in umpiring as a career of sorts if they want a good standard of game. I watched a Norf player (I think) last week get penalised for deliberate when he kicked forward into his own forward 50 and it shanked off the side of his boot. That ump should have been dropped. Also stop with the stupid rule changes for the sake of change. Hocking.....

We get boxes of Tahbilk. Awesome stuff.

Amazing to see Geelong in third place. They really don't deserve to be there, but on the other hand, I'd love to see us destroy them in a final again.

Yep, saw him lots of times just trying to get a run at the ball and just being scragged. He did alright last week and he'll learn to beat those tags. He's just too good

Curly from the Three Stooges I think. That's where all of their ideas and decisions come from.

With Tmacs tank and marking, I think he's better to move up the ground and help Max I was worried about BBs defensive pressure but he seemed to chase pretty hard against the Swans even if he didn't lay too many direct tackles. I'm sure he's with the program on defensive pressure. I'd say it's Weid in for Jackson. Still not fussed on Melksham. If it's wet I'd prefer Jones, Sparrow or Chandler in for him but I doubt it will happen.

Hopefully we'll snag a premiership cup this year. In which case being showered with beer will probably be the commencement of a really big night for us all. Fingers crossed

Exactly, it's the inconsistency that makes it all bs. This will count against May if he is cited (by football commentators) again this season I would assume. I doubt it's worth pursuing an appeal but I can just see another borderline widely talked about infringment at the end of the season against May coming back to haunt us.

They mentioned it three times on the tv coverage after it happened. I knew he'd at least get a fine because that's the way the tribunal works. The commentators cite the players. Just ridiculous. There was nothing in it. How much did Hawkins pay for breaking May's eye socket?