dice
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Totally agree. And then for the SA CHO to come out yesterday and say this is pure lunacy: https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/covid-crowd-advice-for-adelaide-afl-matches-duck-and-just-do-not-touch-that-ball-ng-b881889263z
Oh boo hoo: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/swans-stay-in-sydney-but-club-will-be-counting-the-cost-20210601-p57x46.html "The delay has cost the Swans two days of ticket sales.....They will also be unable to organise corporate functions due to the late notice. " What about us? Top of the f***** ladder and still don't know where the [censored] we are playing!!!
You truly are jaded. Grab yourself a strong Irish coffee, sit back and relax and watch some of these highlights:
Absolutely. Can't see Caro ever writing such a positive piece about Melbourne! As for Kozzy, he is truly an inspiring young footballer. Must be have been devastating for him to lose his Mum at the start of the year. And kudos to his Dad who sounds like he went through a bit of rough patch himself when Kozzy was a toddler: https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/4252469/comedy-star-returns-home/#slide=0
And now Joffa accused as being a rockspider (having sex with a 14 year old boy). It is definitely Collingwood's turn to rot away in the doldrums: Legendary Collingwood icon Joffa on child sex charges
And yet Seaford is 35 minutes by car (via Monash/EastLink) from Toorak/South Yarra/Richmond, where no doubt many of them live. Ironically it probably takes just as long now, for them to commute to Moorabbin via Punt Rd/Nepean Hwy! Good luck to them
Jake Niall seems to have filled that void with this doozy: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-richmond-aren-t-punishing-bolton-and-rioli-20210511-p57qw1.html "The first factor was that the players, who might have had a couple of drinks, had not been intoxicated....Second, the incident was said to have taken place just after midnight, rather than in a dangerous time slot around 2am or later" ?
One thing is for sure, there are double standards at that Club - one rule for expendables like Connors, Stack and Coleman-Jones and another for required players like Martin, Cotchin, Bolton and Rioli
Jack Watts
Sex, drugs and rock n roll apparently. I wonder what the outcome was with that hit and run charge from last year?
Only one coach has come out publicly and said they don't like it and surprise, surprise, it's the "slick-back sook" Chris Scott: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=824030&t=3m17s (scroll to the bottom and press play for the audio)
If the AFL were fair dinkum about protecting players' heads, they would punish elbows to the head (accidental or otherwise) as they have done with the bump (e.g. Dangerfield on Kelly). And it removes the grey area of trying to determine if an elbow is careless or not (e.g. Hawkins on May, Hipwood on Ridley, Dangerfield on Vlastuin). If Fritta gets off tonight, I suspect the AFL will look at doing this.
Trading out Andrew McLeod for Chris Groom was pretty good too: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/trading-trick-or-treats-20111009-1lft1.html
I don't really like digging up old posts/threads (heaven knows I have posted some shockers over the years on this site!). But I really think Josh Mahoney deserves a bit more credit for the tireless work he did behind the scenes in getting guys like Lever, May, Langdon, Tomlinson, Hibberd, etc. to the Club. These guys have been huge acquisitions for us and we really need to appreciate the part Mahoney played in those trade deals. Especially when the Norm Smith medal is hanging around Lever's neck at the end of September. Go Dees!
And to show how stupid the HS SuperCoach fantasy game is, he ranked second WORST of all players for the match (just ahead of medical sub Ross)!
So true. And how good would it be to beat a top 5 team like Richmond and then go 10-0! Tidbit: we have only beaten five top 5 teams in the past 10 years: 2012 Round 10 Essendon 2016 Round 20 Hawthorn 2017 Round 8 Adelaide 2018 Round 22 West Coast 2018 SF1 Hawthorn
As much as I have criticised Clarry on this site for various things over the years (e.g. kicking scrubbers, overhead loose handballs, grinning after missing easy goals, etc.) and posted heresay about his text message to Cripps last year, I am sincerely happy that he has signed on. Clarry is a genuine A grade inside mid and we need players like him to finally win another premiership. Well done to all involved who helped him over the line in the contract negotiations. Go Dees.
And I thought the AFL regarded the head now as sacrosanct? If Dangerfield gets 3 weeks for an accidental clash of heads, Hawkins should get 3 weeks for an accidental elbow to someone's head
There would be no doubt if a no-name Melbourne player like Trengove or ANB were involved. How strange that Hawkins doesn't get cited for his errant elbow yesterday that caused major damage to his opponent's face but gets 3 separate suspensions for puny jumper punches causing no damage whatsoever. And Dangerfield doesn't get cited for his errant elbow in last year's GF but instead gets 3 weeks suspension for an accidental clash of heads. Perhaps errant elbowing has become a thing again in footy.
Yes, tended to hook it quite a bit. Kicked 25.38 in his unfortunately short career. Still was great to watch, especially his marking and unusual kicking action:
