Neil Crompton

Why is the sky falling in when we don't even know the results of the scan yet?

But there is more: Meanwhile, Yartapuulti captain Tom Jonas has also been banned for a match for rough conduct on Tom McDonald. Christian Salem was fined $3000 for tripping Jason Horne-Francis, while Ollie Lord and Jack Viney both copped $3000 fines for rough conduct. is that the TMac incident where Jonas got the free kick?

NARRM recruit Lachie Hunter has been suspended for one match for his high bump on Connor Rozee. The MRO cited Hunter for forceful front-on contact, deeming the incident as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.

I wish I could be as positive as you are about our team AF. All I’ve seen this year is us whipping the easy beats and getting beaten by top sides. I see us getting creamed at the clearances, predominately poor disposal skills, a forward line that gets comfortably beaten by the better sides, and a backline being worked out by opposition coaches of the better sides. I’m as optimistic as the next guy, but not seeing much to reinforce that optimism. And I have to ask - is it the quality of our players that is lacking, or is it the game plan, coaching or game day coaching that is causing us these issues? It has to be one or the other doesn’t it?

No Jaded, it’s the haircut. He’s been Sampsoned.

While I’m not suggesting anything at all, but since it’s inception, how’s the win loss ratio for Narrm going?

Could also possibly mean that he was just incredibly happy to see you WCW! Whatever, I just hope you haven’t put the moz on him. If he plays badly tonight we’ll know where to look.

Read the room Hawk. This is not the time or the place for a political comment. You never seem to learn.

Steven May - 200 out of the way; now only 23 more before he has played 100 for MFC, and his offspring become father son / daughter material.

What an amazing social life you have WCW.

I suppose Eddie was just as vocal when his beloved thugs attacked Jack Watts in his first game? What a f’ing hypocrite.

At what age were your sons when you taught them to sew WCW?

We all hoped JVR would develop and become a game changer for us - seems he could become a real game changer for a whole set of other reasons now as well. His profile has certainly enlarged over the last week.

I have no issue at all with the AFL trying to make the game safer - as long as interpretations are clear to all, consistent and are done / instigated pre-season ; and as long as the core fabric of our game ie the contest is not taken away. Making up BS rules and interpretations mid-season, on the fly, is just pathetic and so amateurish. The AFL should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Let's hope common sense prevails tonight. Please free Roo.

Couldn’t agree more Red. And as this has the potential to change our game, we should elicit the support of the other 17 clubs to attack this ridiculous verdict at the Appeal. We cannot let our game be Rooyened.

It’s taken me a while to get my head around why we don’t seem concerned about losing clearances, particularly the center clearances. Then I look at how poorly Trac and Clarry generally deliver the ball when rushed at centre clearances, and it helps me understand the logic. Unless it’s in Kossie’s or Tom Sparrow’s hands, I think I’d prefer to see us lose this clearance.

What is evident from that behind-the-goals video is that Jacob, after his spoil effort, still managed to bend his elbow in an attempt to lift his arm over Ballard’s head. If he had not done that he would have taken Ballard’s head clean off. To me that shows a duty of care to Ballard.

Haha You want to add that to the Conspiracy thread D?

Thanks for your insight. I’m just happy I didn’t misread your statement after all. And just for your information, I don’t think I represent our team - but our team sure does represent me.

Feel so sorry for JVR. The stretcher was simply a precaution because he claimed he heard a crack in his neck, but I think the stretcher was the optic that got him the suspension. If there is a positive from this, it’s that JVR may have been in line to be managed soon anyway - now he will come back refreshed and raring to go.

But Daz you said: “Yeah look I'd maybe get it if he said this to a few of his teammates and family members behind closed doors…. which is what WCW said he did, so what’s your issue? Other than it appears that you perhaps don’t get it. It’s not in writing because a fellow like Brodie would not disrespect the CFC like they did to him. So if it’s not in writing, then it has to be spread by word of mouth. Further, I don’t believe a MFC player would relay that message if in fact it wasn’t said to them by Brodie. And I’m dead set sure it wouldn’t have been repeated by WCW if it wasn’t kosher. In the end it’s your call to believe it or not. But Daz, telling WCW to calm down is, I believe, disrespectful to her, particularly when you have chosen to go down that route, after insinuating she has told a porky (which is how I read your posts). You are a lot better than that Daz.

Haha, I save my happiness for premierships, nothing less!

I hope I have misread this and you are not using “them” and “they” to refer to the MFC, because a true supporter would say”us” and “we”. So I must have misread this, right?

Petty needs to go back. But before we resort to having to bring BBB back, I’d like to try using May as our key forward for a few games. His attack, strength and accurate kicking is surely worth a good look. He’s not the reliable key back he was - for whatever reason - and after listening to his interview, I think he really would like the opportunity up forward. For want of a better analogy, he would be our “Hawkins”. I’d feel better about this if Disco had a better game - but he has only played one full game, so he will improve. While we are experimenting, and we are playing the hawks, I think May forward is well worth a look.

Tassie Spirit? (After the Spirit of Tasmania).