Stiff Arm

I had been told in the early 2000s by a recruiter from another club (not Hawthorn, it must be said) that he believed Hawthorn had a long-standing, unofficial policy of not recruiting indigenous kids. Said they had changed that but put in place strict controls on all young recruits not from Melb city. At the time I thought he was spinning sheet. Not now

Thomo, like BBB, runs mostly in straight lines or with the turning circle of the Queen Mary. Struggles with changes in direction big time. I hope to hell that Turner steps up next year because I want Petty to play as a KPF in 2023

Absolutely. Our delivery inside 50 has been appalling for 3 of the last 4 years. And last year Charlie was elite. Long bombs into the pocket from inside the centre square help no one in our side. Spargo at Geelong or Sydney would be highly valued. Picket Fence.... more like Paling Fence

Agreed. The overturning of his suspension led him to get those final 3 votes

To be fair, Tracc scored very highly as well. Probably becomes hard for umpires to choose between them. I'm just happy with those two having an outstanding year

I think you'll find the rate of indigenous children taken from their parents is much, much higher than that of non indigenous

But you understand she personally signed the Act that legalised the stolen generation? See Deanox's post on the previous page

Agreed. If we pulled out of the Grundy trade they would struggle to fit in McStay, Frampton and Hill without serious, fast shuffling of their current mix. Jackson to Freo will determine what we can offer to the Pies for Grundy. Grundy deal agreed upon will determine whether of not Collingwood can fit in those 3

I think Jesse did that all by himself

So she should shut up and not talk about anything else but football when asked, despite this being about her teamates??? Its more than politics By her standing in AFLW she is a spokesperson for her teamates

Good article. The AFL "chooses not to offend anyone, but can end by pleasing no one." Like some, I didn't mind the minute silence, despite being a republican. I can put up with that. However, the playing of God Save the Queen was unnecessary and tone deaf to what was appropriate

Thanks Bruce

"The Prelim Kings" banner in Geelong cheer squad! Didn't see that last year!!!

The scary thing is that quite a few star Cats have been relatively quiet tonight. Rohan, Cameron, Guthrie, Stengle, Smith They will absolutely slaughter Sydney or Collingwood

Can you imagine how much Rich and Hawkins will blow out to when their AFL careers are over? Need someone here to do a photoshop on that

Would be hard to fit in more sweeping statements and predictable stereotypes in as few words as these. Well done!

Cats pressure reminding me of ours in the lead up to last years GF

Amazing i50 by Myers to Hawkins. If only we could do similar instead of long bombing to a pocket

When (no, if...) Duursma ever kicks 40+ goals in consecutive years, we might have a convo

You might think that, but it would likely have a significant effect on young supporters with 36 or 6 on their jumper. Kids aren't as rusted on as they have been on the past

One of the Dogga 1st rounders, for arguments sake #10, and our 2nd rounder (this year or 2023) for Butters BUT PICKETT STAYS PUT!

That might be true, but blind freddie can see it's in WCEs interest to play ball and push the price up that Freo will pay

Logue, Hopper AND Tarranto??? With Dusty, Prestia, Rioli, Lynch and Bolton as well? Geez, I'd like there to be an independent audit of each club's TPP in relation to the SC. Beats me how some can keep adding 'star' players each year

Heard on the radio that Lobb has apparently bought a house in Melb and already moved in??? Hard to continue playing for Freo when you live in Melbourne 🤷

Probably would've been better if she let her son do the talking and not add so quickly and publicly to the situation, regardless of how grateful she is.