Jumping Jack Clennett

5 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Great get, George! Did you remember it was there, or are you a dedicated (obsessive?) researcher?

Calling @deegirl, your answer is served!

Let's hope we can sing the above  on Sat. night.

But I like.... "Oh, the premiership's a pipedream, for poor old Collingwood!"

49 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Oh the team played fine

in the year ‘39

We’re the demons that no one can lick, lick, lick

and you’ll find us there

at the final bell

with spirit of 26, six, six, six 

This rather feeble verse, is the SECOND, not the third verse.

Which one is Towna?

Who is that in the dark glasses?
Is my hero, Donny Williams there?
Come on WJ…….you knew most of these guys!

Bluey Adam’s next to Dicko.

Bryan Keneally with the goatee up the back

23 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

There didn't appear to be much from memory but I was at the ground and refuse to watch any footage of that game other than what is posted here on DL. But I'm sure all clubs have been told that all goals / points will be reviewed, so you could argue that he was confident that it would be picked up via the ARC. 

Unlikely scenario!

If the Carlton guy got a fingernail to it, he would have desperately gesticulated to the umpire immediately….. not just hoped the routine review would pick it up despite his indifference.

We were basically denied 3 goals…..

The Neal Bullen “touched”.

The obvious front on interference on Smith, directly in front of goal, in Q1.

The reversal after Smith’s good mark in front, when Pickett and McGovern jumper pushed each other in the upper chest.

          Also, but less definite,late in the last quarter Viney was thrown off the ball during a scrimmage in our goal-square.

          Does anyone know what the free was for, against Oliver in Q4, in our forward pocket?(when he was given a millisecond to move back, but penalised 50 metres for not stepping back fast enough.) Compare that to the non-50 metres when he was retarded in the centre after marking in Q4.

It seems we were unlucky repeatedly with 50:50 decisions, so we lost by 2 points and are branded “chokers”, while every Carlton player is a gutsy champion.

Carlton  belittled MFC about 15 yrs ago after they beat us, saying they were bruise free after playing us.

On Friday, their supporters whinged like banshees when Kozzie bumped a couple of guys.

Theyd be sorer than us after their lucky win. 

They “know that they’ve been playing” against the Dees!

Theyll suffer against Brisbane with no “ noise of affirmation” influencing the umpires.
 

Spot on, Deever!

If he hadn’t been injured, I’m sure he would have done better than JJ on Friday……..though he wouldn’t have been selected, like Grundy.

On 9/16/2023 at 12:25 PM, leave it to deever said:

Tx for mentioning the umpiring.  I know ultimately we lost it by poor kicking but with some balanced umpiring we would have won. Carlton got some very soft fries that directly caused goals. Umps were red hot on rolling over on top of the ball but for some reason just stopped paying it.

Carlton got a lot of 50 m penalties and we had none despite their infringements.

It wasn't just the many more frees paid to Carlton it was the many more they ignored paying us.

To add injury it got worse in the last quarter. Suspicious.

What about the obvious and undeniable front-on contact on Smith 2 yards out from goal in Q1 !

If it happened to a Carlton  player , the noise from their fans would have made it impossible not to pay the free.

Which second viewing?

The AFL must really want a Collingwood/Carlton GF.

I don't!

20 minutes ago, No10 said:

ARC said this angle determined the overturning

No  definite evidence in that footage  that was  enough to overturn the soft call .

Carlton are so lucky so often with adjudications that it really makes you wonder how.

Is Roger Dean still alive?

If so, he should come clean and admit that he staged , and that Ron didn't touch him.

His dishonesty caused  Ron to miss Finals in '63, greatly diminishing our premiership chances.

Also, Cripps was allowed to stay on with blood dripping from his nose, and on his jumper.

Remember that game at Geelong when Touhy kicked their winner after the siren?  (?2018  round 1)

Max had a tiny cut on his lip(from another head-high non-free), with  a minute to go. He was sent off for the blood rule , and Tmac had to leave the backline to ruck. The ball went down there, they goaled, won, and  at the end of that season we missed making the top 4 by 4 premiership points .

So where do we finish on the ladder. ?   Port and Melb both went out in “straight sets”. They finished the home and away above us, so I guess we came 6th(though we were dead stiff to lose each game, and they were killed in both of theirs.)

I guess it puts us above Port in the draft selection.

On 9/15/2023 at 10:57 PM, joeboy said:

Gawn - overwhelmed and outplayed

Viney - disappointing and careless 

Petracca - couldn’t lift team

Oliver - disposals regularly amateurish 

May - dominated his opponent 

Salem - tentative and loose

Rivers - lacked expected drive

Langdon - continued disappointing year

McVee - calm under pressure 

Pickett - hard to rate

Lever - controlled the defense 

Spargo - some deft touches

Chandler - little impact again 

Fritsch - just some cameos 

McDonald - couldn’t justify selection 

Neal-Bullen - seemingly no role

Tomlinson - effective albeit loose

Bowey - poor under pressure 

Hunter - couldn’t provide connection 

Smith - provided some energy

Jordan - had no influence 

Sparrow - an almost game 

 

17 bad players , hostile adjudication ……….how did we get within 2 points????

43 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Vale the greatest name the sport has known

Dynamic and inspiring on and off the footy field.

6 hours ago, Smokey said:

Weideman?!?!?! We have very different interpretations of what doing well means. 

He got games....which he wouldn't have with us.

He started ok, then went back to his usual poor form.

I ribbed my Bomber mates about them giving him John Coleman's number!!

What about thecMudpies?
Have they played in the wet this season? How’d they go?

There is a few players doing well that we've lost that wouldn't get a game with us, that are going well else-where.

Hunt, Bedford, McInerney, Weideman,....one or two others, that I can't think of.

It shows how deep our list has been in recent years.

Johnson hurt himself yesterday in the VFL. He is a depth player for them. Wasn’t playing very well, I thought.

5 hours ago, Sydney_Demon said:

I posted on this regarding the proposal to introduce a Wildcard Round for the AFL (which was rejected by the Club CEOs). Basically the introduction of a Wildcard Round severely advantages the 5th & 6th teams which will probably also have implications for the Semi-Finals, as the losing Qualifying Finalists will be disadvantaged compared to the winning Elimination Finalists (assumng the latter are the 5th & 6th teams).

The situation is further exacerbated by the Wildcard Round being played on Sunday when it should have been played on Saturday. So the 5th & 6th teams not only get a week's break but they play the 7th & 8th teams off 6-day breaks which could have been totally avoided. 

Unlike others I have no problems with Melbourne resting fringe AFL players this week. Obviously they're going to do what maximises their chances of success on Thursday night. Imagine if they had played them for Casey and injuries/concussions had occurred. Much easier and more sensible to manage their loads in a controlled training environment. 

But it was so important for the AFL side to have the reserves still alive in the finals series.  ...to have non-rusty , hopefully in-form,replacements for injured, or out-of-form  players from the seniors.

36 minutes ago, Allus Monk said:

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but loved the gold (premiership) AFLW logo on our jumper. Gold for the next few years please. 

But why is the Premiership pennant pink?   Shouldn’t it be red and blue?