GBDee

Twomey has suggested that, given their poor start, Adelaide wouldn’t want to have to deal such a high (top 5 atm) pick to us and will wait until his contract runs down in two years. This might actually strengthen our hand in any upcoming extension talks.

You prompted me to check! Their last four games are tough - Carlton, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne - but yes, seven of their last eight will be at the MCG with just the one interstate trip (Sydney).

Won’t waste my time next year either. The whole world knew we were taking this unlikely pairing even before St. Cal pronounced over the weekend. Need to keep our hand better hidden.

Yes. Kemp immediately tapped his hand to claim a touch but this means nothing as players are now routinely doing this, regardless... A goal was called but ARC will have seen Kemp’s claim which may have influenced them to overturn.

Some of the confusion stems from the evidence presented by Ch7 at half-time. Evidence that was flawed. I can’t upload the clip but in the first still below, the 3rd/4th fingers of Kemp’s bandaged left hand appear to touch the ball and, trust me, they did seem to wobble. Ch7 went back and forward in slowmo on this and I was taken in and posted as such on the matchday thread. (Ignore the hands at the top btw, they’re Hewett’s but he’s actually 2m from the ball.) Shameful smoke and mirrors by Ch7 as the next shot reveals. His left hand was actually nowhere near the ball. Indeed, the goal was overturned by ARC because it “was touched by the right hand of the Carlton defender” (although I’d argue this was inconclusive so it should have stood as a goal). Begs the question though, why did Channel 7 present seriously flawed evidence at HT to support the ‘touched’ narrative?

Had a soft spot for him ever since he was shown in the crowd leaping up, fists clenched, and shouting “Maxie!!” 21 finals I think.

Just switched on the Port/GWS game and heard the news. Tears in my eyes. He was my hero as a young kid. RIP legend.

You’re spot about these momentum shifts. You see it nearly every game btw. 7 minutes to go, 9 points up and it’s locked in their right forward pocket. We’re on top, pressing, and a goal then and you sensed it was over. Carlton needed help, so a non-existent free kick against TMac for high contact gets them out of jail (with 50m for good measure). Momentum swing handed to Carlton. 2 minutes remain and we're still 3 points up. They've just been called back for an illegal kick-in after a behind and umps are getting it from their fans. The retaken kick-in reaches the square and Cripps, surprise surprise, gets another non-existent free for high contact at the front of the pack. Wasn’t touched. Another Carlton leg-up and a free i50. Umps were actively looking to give a free in both cases to play to the narrative, be that to favour the big club (or star player), create a dramatic climax, keep their job, or avoid assassination by social media. I hate them.

Just shown that ANB’s ‘goal’ was touched. Kozzie will go for his bump, I’m afraid. I just think he’s playing frustrated cos he isn’t impacting games, but his decision-making is poor.

There’ll be plenty of rooms back on the market when all those Blues fans cancel their bookings tomorrow.

Eh?? I live in Sunderland and SAFC is my other sporting love - off to see us at QPR tomorrow. Hope he didn’t embarrass us. If you’d asked him, he’d have willingly sung a few songs about hating the magpies. Go Dees.

I don’t really follow RU but in Eng v Arg at the weekend, a player was first yellow carded (10 mins in sin bin) while further tv review/consultation took place to decide if he should return to play or be sent off. He got the red so Eng played with 14 for the rest of the game (instant punishment) and he has since been further banned for two games by a tribunal (retrospective justice). That it may have been an accident (a rugby act?) was irrelevant, he was still responsible for the collision as he alone could have prevented it (think the other lad had just caught a drop out and was deemed defenceless). AFL take note. As regards Maynard, I can only share in the collective dismay felt by fellow posters. Absolutely disgusted by it all and feel lucky that I can more easily swerve the shameful media sh!tshow you’re all suffering.

McKay out next week.

That was my impression in the early sixties with ‘Esserdon’ perhaps the third most popular. St Kilda were briefly a bit of a glamour club mid-sixties with Carl Ditterich and Ian Cooper taking hangers. North, South, Fitzroy, Hawthorn were nobodies and Footscray only existed out west. Dad took me to Glenferrie once and we outnumbered home fans.

Yep. Didn’t stop #35 with the mullet claiming to have touched it and getting the soft call.

To further compound matters, we now have players routinely ‘claiming’ to have touched the ball from shots to put doubt in the goal umpire’s mind and get the soft call. They know the ARC will be inconclusive. Marchbank succeeded last week. Worpel tried it on Sunday (Clarrie’s goal) but failed. We even had North’s McKay claiming to have touched one that didn’t appear to be within a metre of him yesterday. This needs to be stamped out. It’s cheating.

Ffs BT. “They’re like mushrooms.”

If it finishes as now, the Pies could well have to beat us twice to win it all. As Dub said earlier, they’d prefer not to face us at all.

Cox 😀

“There are 3 teams, then the rest,” said Lloyd during week. Care to think again sunshine? Had to follow the scoreboard on a train. Looks of bewilderment when some bloke thumped the table when 105-104 came up. Can’t wait to get home and watch it x5.

As an Englishman, I can assure you that everyone on my WhatsApp groups called both the Starc catch and JB run out in your favour. Same with the broadsheet press and sensible TV pundits over here. All that BS about Starc not being in control of his body after the catch?? This isn’t the NFL ffs. It was a catch and when the authorities get round to clarifying the respective laws (hardly necessary in the case of the run out/calling of ‘over’), Australia’s stances on both will be vindicated. As for Broad, he’s a rubber sole. I’d hate to captain him if I was still playing. Did you see him having the white lines (requested by the bowlers pre-match as a guide to prevent no-balls), painted over in green as they were distracting him on Day 1? All about him. It’s embarrassing. Looking forward to Headingley mind, should be a bit spicy. Your lads’ll cop it from the drunks on the Western Terrace but I can’t see anything other than 3-0 by the end of it all.

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Starc catch. What an appalling decision by Erasmus.

Opportunity lost: Cameron off, a 21-21 free-kick count and conditions that favoured a contested slugfest. Should have ended their season, instead we’ve kick started it.

Ffs

We’ll win this.