The Panglossian

I don’t listen to Mr “Get Neeld” Lyon. Hes out of touch with Melbourne.

She should make no comments about football tactics. She wouldn’t know, anyway.

I don’t think it has filled Geelong with confidence. Far better for us they lost badly. Pity it had to be to Port. Things went so well for them in the rain and with the maggotry against us.

I think it would be best for us if Port destroy the Cats’ confidence in the 2nd half. The frees will even out. ( but they won’t next Thursday!)

In the back IMG_0912.MOV 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?

Only a flesh wound!

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!

We’ll done, you Irons!

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!)

I get it... I've been hoodwinked!

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?