Jumping Jack Clennett

In the back

Ball up

I thought the Butler  tackle was the most vicious of all, and was worth 3 weeks. I particularly disliked the two little extra shoves he gave Blakey  while he was stunned and prostrate.

Does anyone know the free kick count?

21 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

Bit worried about Clarries infected foot.

Has to be in some doubt

Only a flesh wound!

11 minutes ago, layzie said:

No player's parents get mentioned more in the game right now than Mason Cox's. For reasons I can't explain.

He’s the only one who knows who his dad is!

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we beat Collingwood!

Not impossible!

If the ball is knocked free, it’s basically the same as a ball up…pretty much 50:50.   BUT…… there’s a good chance of getting a free if you knock it out of the opponent’s hands , especially if I he may have had prior opportunity.

And I refer you back to my comment in the O P about the” surprise” tackle….. I think that’s important.

Insightful comment, no.18. Back to your blanket!

I think that game might have influenced Roos in his decision to come to Melbourne.

Bedford, Weed, Hunt , Baker , Hannan.

All doing well for their new clubs, but definitely not in our best 22.

Interesting…..suggests our depth was, and is, pretty good. There are are a few Caseyguys who can’t make our side now who would  make a lot of other teams.(Turner, Jordon, Laurie,Dunstan,Adams,Brown, Scache ..and others.)

Not worth consideration, obviously.

I think we sometimes miss opportunities to win a free kick with tackles.

If the opponent has taken a step after getting the ball, ( had prior opportunity), I think the tackler should attempt to knock the ball down out of his hands while grabbing him, rather than just holding him,and keeping the ball pressed against him, leading to a ball up.

There is a degree of inconsistency in the umpiring on incidents like this. Sometimes a free will be paid when the ball is knocked out of the player’s hands, even if he hardly seemed to have prior opportunity.

I realise that there is a danger of the free not being paid, and the ball falls free to a 50:50 situation, but I think it’s worth the risk.

Occasionally, a player receives the ball unaware that a potential tackler is right behind him. I think this is the time that the “ surprise” tackle should win a free, by knocking the ball down while grabbing the player.

The biggest error in this circumstance is to allow the opponent to fall forward, pulling the tackler down on his back, and getting a free, when a proper tackle would have resulted in a free the other way.

Well done, Hammers!

Staying up!!!

Thanks!

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Hammers were very good and we outplayed Man Utd ... could have easily scored another 2 goals at least

Man Utd had a few chances but they'd be disappointed with their game, especially with a top 4 spot up for grabs

West Ham have finally found some form and should finish the season well now

We’ll done, you Irons!

54 minutes ago, bush demon said:

It was replayed in both Hawaii and San Fran Cisco which Melbourne won 2-0. That gave us the flag 2-1 on aggregate. A bit like Liverpool and A.C Milan in 2005.

Have the Dees ever  been beaten abroad? 
I know we’ve won in NZ, Canada, USA, China ,England and Tasmania(!) Anywhere else?

Before this thread disappears into obscurity…….does any Demonlander know what happened to the “Wall of Fame”?
 

Does anyone know if the "Wall of Fame" still exists?

I suspect you would have bought one, too, Whispering Jack! ( though you were already famous!)

16 minutes ago, FlashInThePan said:

I think LDVC meant non-fungible token. NFTs are a new hipster way to make money out of block chain Technology whilst providing no value whatsoever. You can own a guaranteed unique token for, theoretically anything. What is it? Just a digital certificate of ownership, not of an actual thing, but of the idea of the thing… cool, eh?

I get it...

I've been hoodwinked!

44 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I assume this was promoted as a fungible token.

LDVC…..you must be a lawyer! I looked up “fungible”, and I still can’t understand how it would apply to the tiles. What would the tiles be replaced by?  Or does it just mean that once the money has been paid, there’s no responsibility to honour the commitment?

In 2004, I paid $250 for a "tile" with my name on it to be put on a tile- wall in the "Southern Stand MCG changerooms".

I presume those rooms  are no longer there.

Did any other Demonlanders make this payment? Does anyone know if the "wall of fame" still exists?

2 hours ago, forever demons said:

AFL/VFL have been doing us for a long long time.Example 1963 RDB rubbed for belting roger Dean cost us a final.Wish he had have hit him the little diver,and put him 3 rows back in the soutthern stand.

Arguably cost us the '63 Premiership.

I hope they tank when they play us…., but I doubt it.

Lewis back and a lot of talent at Box Hill. I think they’ll be hard to beat next week.

20 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

I think you are right. I can’t work out what rule a number of these so called frees are awarded for. 

28 frees to  St K, 14 to Port. 
Absolutely every 50:50 decision went to the Saints. The Marvel crowd( all Saints) definitely influenced the Umpires by screaming for frees the whole match.

We Demon supporters have got to try to influence the imps like that, but it’s harder at the bigger MCG, and we rarely have a crowd  that all goes for us .

Who does he barrack for?