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Ok cool. The next Collingwood elbow that lands on a Melbourne player’s chin, it’s cool because it’s ‘ON’ yes? JVR did it so it’s now open slather. Love the zero logic and complete lack of awareness that’s going on. Remember, my point is based upon Jaded wishing Howe injury. So, if Collingwood fans were to wish JVR or any other Melbourne player injury based upon what JVR did, then it’s all fair yes? Because it’s ‘on’?

What point do you think you’re making? JVR is now fair game given it’s a: ‘very physical game, not for the faint hearted. It can get very argy bargy, even with all that, there’s a line. They crossed it.’ JVR got suspended for an act outside of the game, so he literally crossed a line of the rules. Before you reply with ‘well Maynard crossed the line and he DIDNT get suspended!’ Well I agree with you! If should have gotten suspended! That has nothing to do with my point of not reacting emotionally and wishing injury to other players in the team that didn’t do the act. It’s not hard to understand the hypocrisy of that response if you stop, and think, for 2 seconds.

Once again, I don’t agree with this decision but I’m not on here spewing bile about wishing injury on other players. Take 48 hours and see if you feel the same as I know for a fact that many of you would decry this kind of rhetoric from other fans so it’s pretty frustrating that we don’t hold ourselves to the standards of others.

Ok no worries then, Carte Blanche on wishing players harm then. Glad it’s open season as every club has something to justify it so let’s gooooooo

Ok cool. @WalkingCivilWar @gregdemon The next time we play the pies and some Collingwood player ‘tests’ out JVR’s jaw with their elbow, then I trust you’ll be all there saying whatever injury that happens is fair retribution and supporting Collingwood supporters pointing to his suspension is as why he deserves it. I don’t agree with this call, I don’t like that Cox did that to Maxy, but maintain a bit of dignity and be better than dog Collingwood supporters? Jadeds post was wishing (its implicit in the statement ‘test out that mangled arm’) Howe physical harm, that’s not on.

However frustrated you and I feel, wishing physical harm on a player is not called for. Reverse the roles an imagine what you would say if other teams wished harm on one of our players.

Said the exact same thing at work today. I think the AFL HAS to demonstrate that the initial process ‘worked’, but then the final argument on appeal can be overwhelmingly convincing to not allow the appeal to succeed. At this stage I could easily be wrong and they throw it out at this stage. With the current litigation against the AFL, demonstrating that the process ‘works’ and was followed was part of the reason for the overruling of Christenson by the new head (of who’s name I can’t remember). Process and more importantly the public demonstration of the adherence to process is more important than the correct outcome.

Not your best post.

It’s a fair call! I reckon we’ll get up over Carlton but Brissy up there now seems like a monumental task. Obviously hope I’m wrong!

Yup. Brisbane have no excuse not to win their prelim. Easy 1st final, virtually unscathed and no injuries. Probably their final chance to win a flag also. Too many young teams on the up and this is as good a shape as they’ll be in to have a tilt.

Yep H&A Port were very good. This is finals though and Port have been choked for a long time now and tonight was no exception. GWS have a head of steam and nothing to lose as there were many in the media that wrote them off at the beginning of the season. Port on the other hand, have had the question mark 'can they produce in finals' for many years. I would be much more nervous if I was a Port fan than if I was a (non-existent) GWS fan.

SIGH 😞 I’m going to be completely honest, I’m already preparing myself for a finals exit in a prelim. To have so many injuries in the ONE weakness we have in our team: our FWD line, I just can’t see how we score enough to get to the Granny. Another [censored] wasted year by injury.

Geez, I’m not so sure about this. GWS look like they’re the most in form team and the most ‘ready for finals at the G’ type team. I reckon they’ll beat Port next week and have a very similar game plan to the Pies. Will be tough for them to beat the pies but if they make the granny and they’re playing the Lions, I think they’ll beat them. I watched them in a lot of games during the season and deadset, Kingsley has primed them to be a finals team. They finished way lower on the ladder than they should have by losing games early in the season to the Bombers, Tigers and EAGLES. Doesn’t matter where they play, they believe they can win.

A question I’ve always had, is the banner more for the fans or the players? Do the players even ready the banner?

This is the tale of finals every year! It’s the reason why the phrase ‘questions about X game’ exists as teams weaknesses are exposed in finals. Port will 100% lose to GWS next week. I can almost guarantee it. I don’t know what it is about them but they just aren’t built for finals and [censored] the bed.

Yeah I don’t have to deal with Port supporters at all and all the Brisbane supporters I know are just very good people so I don’t care if either wins to be honest. Coll/Carl/ESS/Hawks are just no go zones for me. if any of those teams are in a granny then it means I automatically support the opposition. Don’t even need to think about it.

Fair enough. Im purely selfish about it from day to day. I would rather a corporate, soulless and vacuous entity like GWS find success than to have to endure the endless amount of entitled and arrogant verbal diarrhoea spewing from the mouths of Pies and Carlton supporters by one year of success. If GWS play the pies and blues 5 times each in the next 10 grand finals, then I will be cheering GWS to their tenth flag in a row until my voice is destroyed. I cannot express how much disdain I have for those clubs. I wish them nothing but misery.

GWS will be hoping the bears towel Port so they can play them next week. They will beat Port at Port and go into the prelims. From there, if they make the granny and the bears make the granny, GWS will win the flag. They have the talent, the game plan and the mongrel for finals footy.

Legit should be 3-5 goals up

Did anybody think that vision showed the ball was definitely touched?

WHAT THE HELL??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Didn't you hear BT though? The crowd is like really, REALLY loud.

At least Sydney are smashing into some Carlton bodies hard this quarter.

Be nice if the Umps had equal thresholds for both teams in this match.

He probably could've absorbed the ball into his body to be fair. He had other options.