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I understand your point but do you really think they would’ve risked him given his injury history with knees if he wasn’t able to come back on?

Don’t be Jumbo. He wouldn’t have played out the game if it was serious.

This is exactly what I’m talking about.

The Jones reversal is what is turning me off the game. You can charge someone (see Walters on Viney just as that melee started) while they’re not looking, yet you can’t do what Jones did. Even the remonstration that Jones copped from the Freo boys after that incident could’ve been reversed. If you’re going to pay one, then pay the next is all I’m saying. I’m sick of the umpires nitpicking what is paid a free and what is not.

I thought Jones should got the free kick. In my eyes Walters attempted to head but Jones shoulder

Surely you jest...

Heart says yes, head says no. Win next week, generate some confidence and momentum and anything can happen. This could be the year where 11 wins will get you in.

No. Everyone who was potting him for most of the game saying we’re a player down when he’s on the field

But he’s not AFL standard ?

Or could it have been when someone (can’t remember who) ran across his leg in an attempt to smother the ball, on QB?

That’s a pretty big jump in about a week especially this late in the year. Imagine if we started the year better.

Haha yep sure was. His nose was at right angles

A broken nose would do that to ya.

Hang on. On that logic, preliminary finalists last year would then suggest we don’t. And the fact we had to move Hogan on to get May suggest to me not only was it picks we needed to get the deal done, it was also salary cap relief.

Yeah I understand that but at what point does it become too much to fit into our cap. If it cost us Oliver and Harmes/Gus/Tmac or any other player of significant importance is it really worth it? To gain one gun we could lose 2. I’m not sure I want that, but if it doesn’t then yeah by all means get him. Thats part of list management I guess.

He may cost too much. He’d be asking upwards of $1M per year which is probably too much. Just gotta pray that Weid can step up. What’s Whitfield’s contract status at the moment? Is he OOC at years end? Or did he resign recently. Would sure like him on the wing and unlikely to cost that much.

Yep. I agree. There were steps last year where we fought against adversity. The win in Perth, where no one really thought we’d win, the first of the finals where majority of the public thought the experience of Geelong playing in multiple finals campaigns would knock us off. No doubt this year has reared its ugly head but let’s see if that flakiness has more to do with personnel rather than history of our culture.

Neeld certainly didn’t shield them and you can argue during that period is probably the worst in club history. So clearly that doesn’t work either. The skill level is bad, the connection is bad but injuries play a big part and you’d have to ignorant to overlook that. If you look at our back 6, just about every first picked player is out injured. Jetta, Hibberd, Salem, May and Lever. Then you look at our forwards. Melksham, Vanders, Hannan, Smith, Nibbler. There’s another 5 of 6. The only area where we’ve had some stability is the midfield. And most games so far we’ve dominated in that area bar today. The season is done but let’s see if things change as we start getting some players back.

So you expect the coach to come out and back the players for all the world to see? C’mon SWYL. I know you’re frustrated, as well as I am but to suggest that is wrong. How did that serve Neeld? No doubt that he could be giving them a serve, but that’s behind closed doors. One good thing about Goodwin is that he’s measured and composed in front of the media. But don’t grill players to the media. As soon as you do that, the players will lose respect for him. And I don’t blame them.

What he says to the media and what he says behind closed doors r two different things. He’s not Neeld ffs. Im surprised no one is looking towards Chaplin. He’s the one I have concerns about. I’d love Rawlings back coaching.

Or Melbourne is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gunna get.

I’m with you Rusty but not to a point of someone getting rubbed out, but definitely to a point where they cop a fine. I would’ve loved a similar response to what Viney gave Rance a couple years ago when Rance clocked Watts in the back of the head, or the melee that happened at 1/4 time the year before. But that could be a reflect of Roos and Goodwin.

Rubbish. If Viney was around, he would’ve push and shoved Vardy and ragged dolled him to the ground and shoved his head in the dirt. It was a time when we needed a lift and no one got there hands dirty for their teammate. Great sides not let [censored] like that slide. Imagine hawthorn and Brisbane during there 3 peat letting that go... highly unlikely.

You need a spell in the 2’s