BoBo

Just clean up the disposals and we’re doing alright

Melbourru.

We can’t kick to forwards advantage when they are literally on their own.

Go easy on that ump, was more than 2 meters away after all 🥴

Culley attacking that ball nicely, bloody cracking in

Omg, unrealistic attempt when Petty took the mark in front of Melk. How is it unrealistic if the ball doesn’t even reach Melk???????

We are giving the dogs players 30 years to make decisions. Pressure is very average

Free kick if you fall into a tackling player

Nice one Frittaaaaaa

Can’t imagine our pressure rating would be very high at the moment.

This Culley kid is no good.

So this is what it feels like, haha

4 quarters of pressure and be adventurous with ball movement.

This is definitely a sentence nobody has ever said before.

It’s all about the skibidi rizz

Might have cost them a home final

I’m oscillating between: ‘We need to be brave and get a fresh new coach’ and ‘We need to choose conservatively, are at a crossroads as a club and the new coach is going to have to deal with a lot more issues than just an underperforming team’ I think we need experience right now??

S. Goodwin 2031. It’s settled.

Would’ve thought he wouldn’t be making those calls if he didn’t have the job.

Essendon have had 12 Thurs/Fri/Sat night games this year which is an interesting decision by the AFL considering they are rubbish and have done sweet F-all for 2 decades. TWELVE

Oh cool, so May was wrong for going for the ball and not initiating contact, therefore he should have tried to tackle Evans, at full speed, absolutely obliterating him, and he would’ve not even been sighted. Got it 🥴

Oh you’re right, there’s no way this will result in a suspension, the media has decided that, haha

Gleeson said in the May case: ‘Both players had a clear and unimpeded view of the ball and of each other... May made no attempt to change his path, his body position or his velocity at any time leading up to or in the contest. As a result, the effect was that he ran through Evans at high speed. A reasonable player would not have done so. May did not have a lot of time to do so, but he had sufficient time to avoid or minimise a high speed collision with a player who was gathering the ball...‘ Both Newcomb and Howe also had a clear and Unimpeded view ✅ Newcomb made no attempt to change his path, body position or his velocity ✅ As a result the effect was that he ran through Howe at high speed ✅ Newcomb did not have a lot of time to do so, but he had sufficient time to avoid or minimise a high speed collision with a player who was gathering the ball ✅ If the argument was ‘Newcomb tried to tackle’ then I could say, he had plenty of time to slow down to ‘minimise a high speed collision with a player who was gathering the ball’ but didn’t. And I don’t think Newcomb should be suspended in and of itself of this incident, but if May gets suspended then I don’t see how Newcomb doesn’t given the rationale Gleeson used applies to Newcomb. Edit: in the Archer case Gleeson said that Archer didn’t slow down at that the velocity was at which he ran was the incorrect metric. He said it was ‘too little, too late’ in slowing down. So: Newcomb didn’t slow down either, resulting in a concussion.

Newcomb could and should have realised that he remained unlikely to get to the ball first. Had time to slow down, duty of care to avoid a collision (alah, Archer from North) resulting in a concussed opposition player. Newcomb doesn’t even have Mays excuse of the ball changing direction on the last bounce. There is no grey area here. Can’t wait to hear King defend this tomorrow morning.

Based on the logic of the May suspension, he absolutely should. Wether he does is another question.