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Plus all the other Melbourne players mentioned here end up doing is answering questions about his contract anyway.......

Not too hard is it, but I do miss having a nice, polite, humble fella on the top there !!!

Corey's tackle was less sling and more spear, and thus was far more dangerous.

Cheers Kento, up here AFL GameDay is broadcast on 7Mate HD at 10am. Just for future reference !!!

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned here but it was interesting to read...... List allowances for expansion clubs voted down

Bummer ......

Seems big Al has a few admirers...... Clarkson an option for Crows

Absolutely see your point, I probably didn't voice me thoughts very well...... (really should stop trying to be intelligent in the middle of the night, like now!!!) The system that is in operation is a direct steal with a few tweaks from the NRL, but up here it generally gets the job done. Obviously not all the time, but the principle of points equalling weeks, its transparency is obvious and it's grading is clear. Which is not the case in the AFL, it's far more subjective. Now the sports are very different and league as a code is a far more structured sport and therefore it is probably easier to grade the illegalities than a more helter skelter sport like the AFL. That being said they grade via 1-5 on illegal on-field manoeuvres. The grading takes away the "reckless" or "negligent" labels, takes into account the impact made and any damage done but only on what they see as illegal deeds, eg a high tackle may have been an accident in execution, but it is still illegal so the grading will be less as long as you haven't knocked the other player out. Trengoves tackles, both this one and the previous one would be congratulated and applauded by the people in NRL, because tackling is a legal (entirely required) skill to execute and as long as you don't stray from what is in the rules (which doesn't include the players head accidentally hitting the ground, that is just unfortunate), you should be (and so far have been) fine.

Where are you Kento?

Grimes has always had my vote in this as well, but all seem to lead easily.... And that is a happy, but very different position to be in given the dearth of leadership we have had in recent times.

If not already......

Not really, he just didn't play well......

Tough lessons learned at Punt Road by a few of their youngsters this week.......

Be with calm my friend !!!

Interesting that you brought up the spear tackle Titan...... I am in Sydney and as such watch the NRL a lot and this is the one thing that in recent times at least they have been very heavy on. The dangers of a spear tackle are massive, with broken necks not unheard of. If a player is found to have lifted another player (generally by putting his hands between their legs and pulling them off the ground using a combination of strength and in leagues case momentum), and then flipping him down so he lands on his head or neck then the NRL judiciary has been very strong. Only last week South Sydney forward Dave Taylor was suspended for five weeks for a spear tackle which certainly was bad, but not the worst I have seen. The problem is with the AFL here is that the Bronco player than Taylor dropped got up (luckily) and kept playing. He may have been sore but not "damaged". By AFL standards this would mean that Taylor may not have suffered the same harsh (and deserved penalty) because the injury wasn't bad enough. We saw this with Joel Corey only a couple of weeks ago. There were two or three tackles in that round that were looked at. A couple of players were suspended (including Koschitzke and Mumford) but it was Corey's tackle that was in my opinion by far the most dangerous. He shoved his players head into the ground. Showed a hell of a lot more intent in the action, and while it was not perpendicular to the surface, it was near enough for arguments sake. And yet he received the least punishment (reprimand by memory) simply because more "damage" was done to the opposition player when they incidentally banged their head on the ground. The system is flawed but needs to be rectified to make sure the players are taken care of if it is shown that there was intent to hurt. I have no issue with punishing for reckless or negligent acts either but the application of these designations that has the system upside down and inside out.

Breath HT, breath.... I am worried you might explode!!! Not that you are in the least bit wrong, a legal tackle (not high, not spear) on a footy field should not (never) be looked at by anyone, but this is especially the case when it was actually (and correctly) the cause of a penalty for the player applying the tackle. The contradiction if ridiculous and almost criminal (if actually taken further), because now it would mean that players are rewarded for a legal manovre on the field, all the while being penalised off it. None of this makes any sense whatsoever. But what to expect we are dealing with fools apparently.

Fascinating to have a read through..... I couldn't remember what I went by back then, but there she was, pretty obvious looking back now!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and to those folk who help make this site as great as it is..... Which is everyone in reality, but a special shout out to the admin core. They do a genuinely great job.

Geez babe, I clearly remember sending you my congratulations for the first one..... That would be some number of years ago now !!!

Congrats for, well everything Finksy, hopefully we'll see you back in the mix a bit more soon. Take care.

Apropos...... @hame_aflgameday AFL Game Day On #aflgameday this Sun. @mattricho0 @CameronLing @Robbo_heraldsun on panel with guests @jtren9 @Steviejohnson20 Looking forward to big show Meaning that Jack Trengove will be a guest on AFL Game Day tomorrow (Sunday) morning on Channel 7 at 10am (I guess it's the same in Victoria as it is up here, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

Mark Robinson via Twitter last night..... @Robbo_heraldsun Mark Robinson Re Trengove sling.... you are allowed to sling, unless you drive the opponent's head into the ground. No head. No penalty. JT in the clear

Not really unfortunately, Rafa was ruthless and outside of one really poor service game was not really threatened. Interesting to see how he handles losing the #1 ranking to Djokovic, especially going into the final, if maybe revenge is in play or not. Whatever happens it has been a great tournament, especially for Tomic, but I do hope for a Rafa win!!!

Not only happening to us, but has been going on in other games, and other codes..... I'm not a fan but not necessarily the players fault here.

Sums up the our entire way of life at this point in time......

6. Watts 5. Trengove 4. Petterd 3. Frawley 2. McKenzie 1. Martin