gs77

Ripper finish fantastic stuff Dees!!! 

Hope Daisy's knee isn't too bad. 

Melbourne v Fremantle

10 Steven May (MELB)
7 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
7 Jake Lever (MELB)
4 Tom McDonald (MELB)
2 Andrew Brayshaw (FRE)

Phew!

Got the job done. Will benefit from Viney, Weid, Ben Brown etc being back. Might expect Brayshaw to improve in the coming weeks given his impacted preseason.

Spargo was good to see today. Jordon very solid debut.

Jackson set shot kicks. Ugh.

Jeez we are blazé sometimes

That dude has been bleeding for the past 5 minutes ffs.

What do we have to do to get rewarded for a tackle???

Love the way Pickett turns no-chance contests into some chance

Lever fantastic

What the living f&$k was that free against Salem for?

40 minutes ago, Hell Bent said:

Footy will be more enjoyable to be honest. I used to cringe at some of his drooling of the stars. Will never forget creepy Bruce behind Dusty at The Brownlow.
 

Great race caller though. All the best Bruce.

The cringe on that was off the charts. 

Jakovich's 11.8 against North in 1991 against the asbestos-laden old Southern Stand demolition site.

Knocking Geelong off at Kardinia Park under Roos. 

Killing off the Hawks' winning streak the year after their 3rd consecutive flag.

First quarter of elimination final in 2018 against the Cats.

Knocking the Pies off at Vic Park in 1991ish.

2000 Qualifying Final vs Carlton.

1 hour ago, Darkhorse72 said:

Thanks, as I said it was surprising as how that would make the ligaments more susceptible to injury, but it does somehow!

It may be connected to relaxin, a hormone that amongst other things relaxes ligaments in preparation for childbirth - its concentration rises and falls with the menstrual cycle.

3 minutes ago, gs77 said:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877056813000935

Here's one article - there is quite a lot more in the literature.

https://mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/association-between-the-menstrual-cycle-and-anterior-cruciate-lig

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03635465020300020601

A couple more

39 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

When you say "apparently its being backed up by evidence on the injuries" can you give specific details about this ?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877056813000935

Here's one article - there is quite a lot more in the literature.

3 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

Bloody hell, that terrible.  Is it simple genetics or bad surgeon, if its the same knee ?  

Different knee, apparently.

On fire!  So much for AFLW being low scoring.

Lever had swelling in his knee on his way back from his ACL. He got back on the park ok.

Tracc had a knee cleaned out after 2018 - He's gone ok since...

Take a breath people!

Fantastic news. Very exciting to see what Luke can do in 2021!

22 hours ago, COOLX said:

The Southern stand of the MCG is getting torn down next year . The new infrastructure is going to cost 70 million dollars. Also the 3000 new police will soon get will cost the state 200 million per year. Andrews is going to bankrupt this state.

Feels like only yesterday that they built the "Great" Southern Stand. What's the new one going to be called? The Greater Southern Stand?

1 hour ago, JTR said:

???

I think (hope) we'll see more of this Weid now we have another genuine key post to give him the freedom to roam.

 

His tackle nailing Dangerfield near the boundary at around the 1.50 mark still gives me goosebumps.

3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Trump told me one is only weeks away. 

Was that in April?

3 hours ago, PaulRB said:

The Dons would be deluding themselves if they’re thinking they’ll be in contention in the next 3 years. They should be aiming at the draft and building a team to conTend in 5 yrs...

Been their modus operandi for almost two decades.

Kinda bummed Rowell did his shoulder. May have been a chance to take out the medal if he'd played the season out - what a ridiculous debut season that would have been! He was on fire early.