Dame Gaga

Try to sneak in Stevie Mae, so there's no objections.?

Trac - love love love ? All hail the chief of the back line Steven May. So good to beat St.Kilda ?Happy happy joy joy.

Cheats.

Did they become good friends on the flight over? The way they are kicking to the opposition is so precise.

Rubbish free kick. Lucky the goal keeper was there.

Fabulous four goals.

Three lovely ones.

Nice pair Trac.

Max doesn't look right. Should have kept Preuss in for support.

Knew he would kick that.

Hoping a Melbourne supporting steward slipped the Saints team some dodgy drinks/food on the flight over.?

What? Give them one job.......?

Well, we can't drink the water. ?

That tuft of grass deserves all the credit. The tuft of grass that saved the day! Richmond should put it on the payroll. (What a crock of nonsense. I didn't know the AFL were hiring political speechwriters now.)

We love you Kozzy - that's all you need to know. Stay safe.?

Dahlhaus - initial charge is one of careless conduct, medium impact and high contact. Reading the tweets from Fox Sports of the tribunal proceedings ; Gleeson : "The more logical and obvious and natural interpretation of the video is that Crouch's head snaps back up again because it hits the ground and hits it with some force. I'm concluding there was contact and meaningful contact with the ground. Forceful in this context need only be something more than negligible, slight or brushing contact with the ground and that is what the vision reveals. He is not only rotated into the ground, he is leveraged into the ground. "We got lucky here and we're all to be grateful that (injury) was not the outcome, but that level of surprise should not benefit Mr Dahlhaus. The force with which he was brought to the ground would typically result in injury...." "The AFL has taken steps during the course of this season to implement changes to guidelines. The potential to cause serious injury is the very thing that has been beefed up in the changes to this language. You should be satisfied the impact of the tackle had the likelihood of causing serious injury......" Mr Ihle says : "the revised AFL guidelines only broaden the scope for 'rough conduct', it doesn't change whether the head hit the ground and the level of impact.... the vision shows a tackled player who has the opportunity to get rid of the ball. He tries to take on the tackler. Rather than brace himself for any fall he tries to kick the ball. He's contributed to the overall action. I'm not disputing this was rough conduct but let's look at this in the entire context of what happened....Crouch lands on his upper arm and all the force is absorbed by his upper arm. Perhaps it's the bounce of his body...that causes the head to appear to bounce off the ground....." After deliberation; Tribunal Chairman David Jones : Not clearly satisfied on balance of probabilities that the contact was high. They were not clearly satisfied on balance of probabilities that forceful contact with ground by the head occurred as a result of the tackle. Free to play. Fine $1500. Did the AFL ignore their own guidelines? "You should be satisfied the impact of the tackle had the likelihood of causing serious injury." Sounds like members of the tribunal (ex footballers perhaps ) latched onto a petty fact whether a head actually made contact with the ground or not to let Dahlhaus off. What happened to the other aspects of the dangerous tackle? On another note, I was appalled to read David Zita of Fox Sports quote Brendon Gale, who cannot comprehend the "outrageous" scrutiny on premiership forward Tom Lynch, saying the star Tiger is being treated "like he's Ivan Milat." How dare he compare the media coverage or public commentary of a pampered AFL player to the reporting of a vicious serial killer. He should apologize to Milat's victim's families for even mentioning a comparison. Another blunder by this stupid, self important club who have lost the plot this year. They should count their blessings for not being down here in Victoria and shut up.

The title is appropriate - the story football doesn't want to hear. Because we don't witness it, because we don't experience it, we can pretend it didn't happen and it doesn't still happen. We should stop denying someone's experience of life and what traumas they have endured. Jack Hamilton: "It has never been the subject of report or complaint. You're saying it happens....I have no evidence of it." Wow, the VFL must have had a huge lump in their carpet with all the stuff they didn't want to know about swept under it. What a terrible indictment on society for this young man to be failed at every turn. Every aspect of his story was disturbing, but the worst that stayed in my guts were; The suspension of two years for a 'trip' when he was 16, which appeared to be the result of a campaign to set him up for the greater charge of a 'vicious kick' with suspect 'witnesses'. The abuse he received from his father, with a kick twisting his bowel when he was a child, causing him ongoing health problems which embarrassed him throughout his career, never being treated. He never ate breakfast or lunch before a game because of his condition. How did he survive, and still manage to play well? The shocking treatment from his own team mates as a young recruit. And they never stuck up for him. The lack of official intervention when the crowd were being abusive, including throwing objects at Muir. The Footy Show set up which sent him into a downward spiral. All for a cheap laugh. Eddie et al should hang their heads in shame. Disgrace. The failure of anyone at the football clubs to look after his mental well being. Didn't anyone think to ask themselves, does this kid need guidance and help. Don't forget, he was only a young man at the time. All and all a shameful part of football history. The next time someone like Heritier Lumumba speaks up about his experience we should not be so quick to dismiss him as some sort troublemaker and wish he would be quiet, otherwise we will be reading about these stories again and again. We will never learn. As witnessed by the latest attacks on players on social media. Disappointing.

Perhaps hub life is a little too cosy up there in Queensland, far from the madding crowd.

Every time the camera panned to Goodwin in the box he had a 'how did that happen?' look on his face. It started to annoy me no end.

Wish the siren would sound. This game is making me sick.

Nice mark and goal. If only we had more of those.

Someone needs to tell these umpires they are NOT the stars of the show.

Some strange snacks being consumed today. Lockdown madness setting in??

Would you like fries with that??

I've seen more headlocks and over the shoulders put on Melbourne players than the world championship wrestling.