Rodney (Balls) Grinter

If you play for Gold Coast, you're not going to live in Noosa (on the Sunshine Coast), that just silly. It would be like playing for Geelong and living on the Mornington Penisula (but without a ferry to commute across the bay as a short cut).

I'm honestly not sure how much strength and conditioning he needs as opposed to mental strength. I've been watching s fair bit of Logan Morris this year and lately Ty Gallop. Both very young key forwards. I'm not sure they do much of their work by out bodying others, but more just putting themselves in the right spot and having the confidence to go for it. Both also good kicks for goal that don't waste opportunities. I see alot of both of these in Jefferson. The things that Morris and Gallop have that Jefferson and JvR have lacked reciently are an open forward line where the ball comes in consistently purposely and confidence. I'd imagine both these things feed into one another. Just the change of face and fresh start might be enough to get Jeffo a burst of confidence. Going on a bit of a tanget here, but some of the later Goodwin and Chapman games, I thought we were actually starting to move the ball better into our forward 50. If King can take that to the next level and give everyone the confidence in doing it, guys like JvR, Jefferson, Melksham, Fritta, Chandler and Kossie are going to have a party every week. I can also see all those guys buying into a method of moving the ball in fast through half forward as well as being on the receiving end. I actually think that Melksham could be more of a weapon driving the ball deep inside 50 from half forward than being the player deep on the receiving end.

Both things can be true though: King on Judd - (maybe) no while I'm coach everyone plays a team game and while I'll give players opportunity to expand and extend their capabilities, team comes first. I want you to play with flair, but I see you as a defender first and we'll see where things go. Flanders likes King from his time at GC and feels like he can trust King from his experience with him as both an assistant and short term senior coach.

Then watch us make good deals and scoop up some good players that see value in our list and like what King is saying.

Talk about choking on your wiskers: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7GhnWftssE/?igsh=MWFmenl1cjJ3ZDduOA==

Really? Remember what that Tom $cumy bloke did to us? I don't quite put Judd in that league, but I do think it's pretty rich that a bloke that we gave an opportunity as a rookie when others didn't packs their bags after just a few seasons. Pretty poor form in my book.

I think we'd be doing the whole comp a favour to be honest. What could really make it bite for Judd and any other like him and Freo if there was say a second player of similar calibre that their current club took a similar stance. Neither player could be assured of getting back to their state of preference. Honestly, I think it's long overdue that clubs took a stance like this. Time that every out of contract player stopped acting like they are a free agent.

Classic. No wonder he didn't fit in with the blue blooded Tories at the MFC, lol.

Yep, I started cheering on Snoop Dawg whenever he got the ball for Brisbane on Saturday too. Thought he was better value with a footy in hand than a microphone to be honest.

Still can't get over Chris Scott's moaning about the sub rule. Blind Freddie could see that Cameron was stuffed from the moment he did that injury. Scott was trying to avoid subbing him at all pure and simple. If there was no sub, he'd be complaining that Brisbane had 5 on the bench vs their 4 and were thus able to rotate more. I'm actually beginning to think that his criticism is more cover for the fact that he should have subbed him way earlier and or shouldn't have taken injured players into the game. Mind you, I have some sympathy for him loosing old mate to that reckless tackle from Chol last week.

Wore a Brisbane scarf into the office and on the train two and from work yesterday, just as a little mid-week reminder to any Collingwood supporters out there.

Did you see that Eddy think Zorko should have been fined $50K, instead of $5K? Before the Maynard incident I didn't actually mind the Collingwood Football Club or their supporters that much (based mainly on their supporters I knew previously). Along with Maynard, I think Eddy keeps giving me reasons to despise them.

It's total rubbish. Trip or no trip, Chol wasn't ever in control and would have ridden him into the ground regardless the way he recklessly lunched at him with all his body weight beihind him. I also think they should have taken some of the past instances of him injuring other players into account in making that assessment. We do agree on one thing, it is a raffle every time. Steve May was suposed to have made the perfect calculation of colliding with that Carlton bloke and had to do something to avoid it. By the same logic, Chol should also have seen the other player and foreseen getting tripped. Different rules and standards for different players.

He's some more vision of Chol carelessly throwing his weight around previously: afl.com.auBreust goes bang after May gets crunched on wingLuke Breust drills a much-needed goal for Hawthorn after Steven May cops some heavy contact from Mabior CholMy recollection is that he did something very similar within the next two weeks, or perhaps that was Darcy Moore who has a similar record, yet who also escapes with impunity. Yes, by all means, go for screamers etc, but only if you can take them without crunching your opponent. Unless your dumbo, elephants shouldn't fly. I also think this kind of action wouldn't have been such an issue in years gone by, because players would have dealt out thier own natural justice on the feild. I.e. if you hurt your opponent in that way, they'd get up and punch you.

Absolutely I believe Chol deserves 3 weeks for that. He chose to takle second and just throw all his huge momentum into his back without any regard for the player. Others have been suspended for showing far more duty of care than he did.

Apparently been given 3 weeks by the MRO, but the Hawks are arguing against the penalty: The Hawks said Chol “feels sorry for what happened to Mr Stewart as a result of this footballing accident, given the significance of the game this weekend”, but argued he tackled reasonably in the circumstances. We've seen how this plays out for other clubs, compared to the MFC. As I've said before, this isn't the first time involved in this sort of incident. Will be interesting to see what kind of stand the AFL do or don't take.

A 'karate' chop to the head to snap them to their senses for supporting that vial scum seems more appropriate.

Slight change of topic, but Chol absolutely needs to be suspended for the first 3 matches of the 2026 season. ANB got rubbed out for 4 matches falling forward in a takle in 2020, Kade Chandler 2, Kossie and Steven May also got suspended for 3 matches this year because of invidents that resulted in concussions Chol has form in throwing his huge body around and giving other players concussions etc and needs to be taught to exercise a duty of care to his fellow players. Asides from that, I've got nothing against the guy (well that and asides for him playing for Hawthorn), but if the AFL doesn't suspend him, it's negligent and corrupt.

Absolutely a football action

Could have just read "Disgusting scenes at the MCG - Collingwood fans"

Have a bit of a Brisbane following in my household, so was going off that last quarter. When Charlie Cameron kicked that goal things just erupted. After had the season we did and missed the finals, tonight's game was pretty much the perfect way to end the year. The elation of Brisbane making the GF was overwhelmed for me by making Collingwood miss out on it. Having them think they were robbed with the non free to Elliot made it even sweeter.

Him getting nailed in a tackle at the end of the game was an awsome full stop

Nah, I think your maths are a bit out their old Dub. Flags in 2009, 2011 & 2022 - that's three flags in 14 years and if you go back one further to 2007 it's four in 15 years. I'd definitely take that. ...the 20 odd years prior to 2007 might have been pretty heart breaking though, but we know all about that.

My thoughts exactly. ...youngest son was going for the Hawks tonight, so I had to feign support for them to win. Part of me was dying on the inside.

Wasn't there at either, but sat through loosing GFs in 88 and 2000. Just give me that premiership at the G and I'd be complete in a footy sense.