Lord Nev

Bit of a rumour Salem didn't travel to WA and won't play on Monday.

In the context of this incident it makes a fair bit of difference. Having your arm pressing down on someone's throat is FAR worse than on the side of their head.

So now we're dealing with a concussion are we? Far out mate, you are really reaching further with every post. The point is you keep changing what happened in the incident (which you've now done again). You first said: "Putting pressure on someone’s neck is dangerous." Then said: "if a Gold Coast player did that to Gus who has a history of head injuries" It can't be both of these things in this incident. You're just trying to make it sound worse than it is. And now it's apparently a concussion issue...

Because Collins pulled him down. You can just see the beginning of it in this frame...

Apologies, let me clarify then. Jaded first said: " Putting pressure on someone’s neck is dangerous." Then said: "if a Gold Coast player did that to Gus who has a history of head injuries" It can't be both of these things.

No, you're trying to move the goal posts now. First you said he was 'crushing his windpipe', then you said 'what if it was Gus with his head injuries'... Fair bit of distance between the throat and temple, so perhaps it's not me who needs an anatomy lesson. You're just pushing outrage rather than the facts.

Ummmmm....

What? Are we looking at the same video? Nowhere near his windpipe.

Hang on, so is it throat or head? Don't try and make it sound worse by changing the story to suit your examples.

The one on the AFL website. https://www.afl.com.au/video/658907/viney-tangles-with-suns-defender?videoId=658907&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1627892572001 He's clearly not "lifeless", bit of an overreaction there mate. Look at this still - He drags Viney down and has hold of his jumper with two hands.

Reckon we could mount an argument that Collins is pulling him down on him given he's pulling Viney down by the jumper with two hands. Really can't see the big deal on this one tbh.

Not that bad. Wrestling fine I reckon, but it's us so who knows.... https://www.afl.com.au/video/658907/viney-tangles-with-suns-defender?videoId=658907&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1627892572001

Correct, money is super tight everywhere right? There's a hint in that then...

If you think this isn't "more than it is" then you've missed the entire point.

Agree mate. I think he's under instructions to work on certain things even if it means getting caught, so if he's doing that then goody would give him the tick. He also had a couple of important (contextually) kicks inside 50 that showed leadership too.

Nah, the AFL journo just puts that in and the article gets 're-badged' for the MFC website. Coaches votes usually give us more I reckon.

@Demonstone thoughts? ;) Just to clarify, that's not "the club's match report" that's the AFL website one. So it doesn't really tell you anything about what the club thought of the performances.

Tricky week. Huge win against a pathetic oppo. Not a huge fan of playing Viney, Harmes and Sparrow all in the same team and for mine it would be Harmes coming out, but can't help but feel Goody might just go with the swap of Sparrow and Jordon (if any changes). I can understand the frustration with Viney, but I have this feeling he's actively working on trying to change his footy habits; which has seen him always win the ball and just boot it long. We saw snippets of the disposal inside 50 he's capable of if he can make that work in the second half against the Suns. I'd keep him in based on if he can get the balance in his game he will be a far better player for us. Harmes is the opposite, his bad habits are just getting worse. Weid and Hibberd on hold for TMac and Salem if needed, Goody might swap Sparrow and Jordon, but no change otherwise.

No idea mate!

Women's World Cup takes place right in the middle of the AFL season.

This is just for the oval at this stage, wait and see what happens when we get to the actual home base stage.

"The oval will be resurfaced and enlarged to MCG sized length and Marvel Stadium sized width."

It's not.

Pert and Roffey have both been underrated gets for us IMO. Great news.