BigBadBustling

They really both have to go. They were both passengers today. Petty back in and give Kentfield a go instead of Jeffo. At least he can take a big grab

I'd say he needs to hit the door

McVee touched that, but they never looked at his hand near the ball

Fritsch isn't fair dinkum. Might be his last game for the year/club

Frees 13-24

May signalled that as soon as it went through. Maybe he'll join goal umpire ranks with Rodan after retiring

Can anyone point to a rule that says Langdon 'has to' clear out of the area?

Not a great advert for the Max Viney tackle training

It certainly wasn't the sound of a few of our boys having a crack!

Fritsch had to take the shot, any handball to JVR would've been straight to the deck, a metre and a half behind him.

What was the hold-up?

I don't think it's time for him to go yet, but that all depends on a response at training. Ball skills in that first quarter is where we lost the game, and it needs a message to be sent. No more [censored] around with the wrong ball at training! If the soccer balls come out again next week, then yep, thanks Goody, but enjoy the snow with Vossy.

Our ball handling is as if we train with a different kind of ball. I can't work it out

Thanks for your input Troy Pannell

His best attribute is reading the play, he's elite, and that's why they're playing him in defence. It hasn't worked and that's fine. I'd be backing him in for a massive 2026

If only Clarry got a free for every open palm to his chest. He was sprayed by the media as soft for going down after gut punches. So why not walk up to the protected one at the start of the game and say 'I'm going straight through your sternum today'. Then give away 5 free kicks at the next 5 clearances by absolutely belting the grub in the chest - like he did to Ed. He'll go down as he does, so make it hurt. He'll get his 5 free kicks anyway, so how about the old media style 'make him earn it'? If it's ok to smash Gawn in the head at every marking contest, fair is mother-you-know-whating-fair. Make the grub earn it. Overall, I'm getting over footy, it's out of control. The ****ty niggle at every point is ridiculous. Every single time certain teams have an oppo player on the ground and the whistle goes - push in the back. It achieves nothing but the possibility of a free kick for retaliating. Pay frees against that rubbish. At one point today Jordon Sweet put a knee into Grundy's back after the whistle. Nothing to see.

No doubt it does, but that's over-simplifying things. Does it show up as a cause, or as a symptom of the real issue?

Yep, this is where I'm at as well. Get them out of the pubs that do nothing for the community and restrict them to clubs that actually have some community benefits.

That's absolutely criminal. Dangerous tackle as we've seen paid to Port several times, but then the umpire is calling for Viney to 'release it', which of course he can't because he's trapped underneath the opposition player. If he does release it, it's an instant 50m, as we saw with Kozzie last week.

Why was Bowey told to play on?

We just wanted to honour Koz by having 36 on the scoreboard at HT. We'll go get em now.

Not a great sign with this umpiring. HTB not paid twice, pushes in the back, now a ridiculous 50 after the umpire calls out Melksham's name so he stops doing what he was originally told to do.

I'm excited

Snake eyes

Issues with the ins and outs?