Half forward flank

Bad omens everywhere Blues had a general warm up, our forwards all kicking for goal as if their lives depended on it Last week Pies practiced bouncing the ball and other moves to watch the ball move off the ground. We make no practice adjustments. And then we have a welcome to country recognising 65,000 indigenous ownership before the National anthem singing , we are young and free..

Good point. Our style is what i hated about those sides.

Tommy Mac has been a great Club servant. Only thing i blame him for is declaring himself fit for a tough finals campaign. Goody had to pull the pin on him in last, I actually thought the third. Only thing i blame Viney for is being on the ball for so long. Goody had to give other mids opportunity during the year. Only thing I blame Max for is not remonstrating more with the umpires as he is getting held and bashed. Only thing I blame Goody for is.. well one is the automatic choice of our wings all year. i enjoyed the season, it didnt roll our way and the path ahead is bright with some good off season work, players and coaches. one final thing has anyone ever seen a coach give any kicking advice at a break

Interesting i would have Hunter, ANB and Spargo with a bit more to give, mindful goals are what we lacked. the intangible being lowering the eyes indtead of bombing 20-30.

Not regarded as a broady boy by his broady peers.

His kid is ok. Watched him in action as a volunteer. Nice lad.

Understand your feelings, but I am confident and ready to enjoy the night, mindful its going to be stressful.

Excuse my ignorance. I do not usually take much interest in the tribunal. When did unduly rough play stop being reportable? As to the knockout i believe it is very difficult to knock out a AFL professional player without illegal actions. AFL players are trained to defend their bodies in milliseconds. In this case Gus did not have time to get in a defensive position because he did not expect an attempted smother to turn into an attack on his body- via a full paced bump. Even in the brutal sport of boxing it is rare to see a fighter knocked out for 2 minutes, snd when it happens there are calls for the sport to be banned. I never recall Ali, the greatest to knock an opponent out for 2 minutes. How can we be a modern sport when an action allows this to happen?

Yes, it has exposed a gap in the rules that I thought was already covered.

What has malice got to do with it? Do you think all playing outside the rules is based on malice? Wow. Lets just get a cold hearted recruit with a clinical violent streak to create damage and defend him by saying he is not malicious

Spot on and especially when two are on the trampoline. You reach out grap the other

It is a difficult moment for me too buck, particularly with a young grandson who already follows the Dees. We have to remain optimistic change will come. Unfortunately the AFL are reactionary and in this case Pies reaction is greater than ours. The AFL support every good and feel good cause around. I wonder what the Elder the AFL invited to do the welcome to country made of the hit?

Put Brayshaw in or near the interchange players seat. Let ever player know that they play for their team mate in this one.

Former players by definition played in a different era, in the case of some even before a womens league was thought of or imagined. History will show this decision as out of step with community standards.

Yes. I know we gotta play it week at a time but i cant see us beating Collingwood if we make it without Grundy now. If we dont they will bash, knee, punch Gawn out of the game with nothing to lose. I always hoped Preuss would have progressed with us and been the battering ran to compliment Gawns brillance. Now i would put it to Grundy to play the game/ games of his life and give Gawny a clear path in forward half to chb.

Gotta brace for the fact the Collingwood Army is worth 3 goals and the club is 2 wins from the flag.

And brayshaw was knocked out as well as concussed.

Are you fair dinkum? Did he say that?

Yes, players act in milliseconds and he would have known instantly Gus had the advantage and won the piece of play before impact. Its really the same as a late spoil from behind. Dont worry Pies need to still play 200 minutes of footy. Who knows what may happen in those two games.

And in basketball its very common. Guys a fool.

Jack Dyer writing in the book, Wild Men of Football. I ran at him at max revs. Same here i launched myself at max revs. Except its not the 1940s anymore

I worked at Collingwood social club in the late 70s. In those days the supporters were passionate but salt of the earth working class people. In my time there they copped the Phil Carmen suspension on the chin and also losing the unloseable GF where they were well up and had begun crlebrations at 3/4 time. Nowdays they more a resemble Melb Victory soccer crowd with group mentality

It was a contest. Brayshaw charging to goal and Maynard defending. Brayshaw won that contest. Maynard knew it and decided to go for damage control rather than concede. Result is a collision that should never have occured in 2023. In my modest career, first game in seniors I followed the ball from centre bounce to CHB. Eyes on ball, the Methodists fat snd unfit, untalented full back hit me at pace without any intention of going for the ball. Gutless. Fortunate that unlike Gus he didnt get me in the head.

We have nearly broken this guy but now we all need to build him up to play the game of his life for the team and his own esteem. Time to worry about 2024 later. Go Grundy