Katrina Dee Fan

Last night half the team were at banner making. Both Gabby Colvin and Tayla Harris told me they're not playing. Gabby mentioned she's close with her archilles but it's just been frustrating. Tayla is being patient, doesn't want to risk her form for finals, and was pretty upbeat, she's close.

I find it puzzling how people are excusing not paying them a salary that can enable them to concentrate full time on their football then comment they're not at the same standard as AFL. How do you expect the game to develop to a level deemed acceptable by those making comments "the standard is poor, the men's game is better" when they don't allow them to train and play under the same working conditions? Especially as during the season they're expected to basically abandon their jobs outside football to travel at times while they'd be at their other jobs, leave work to go training, etc? The demands on them are of those of a full time professional career without the renumeration or security. Just posing the question.

That doesn't mean they can't be paid at least a liveable salary.

I have to admit I was in a bit of disbelief when I saw this story, simply because the media are going through their bi-monthly period of kicking Goody and the club. How dare they allow themselves to be distracted!

6. Hank 5. Gillard 4. Purcell 3. Heath 2. Goldy 1. Mackin

I was there, too, an unforgettable day. Paxy asked me the question the next day if being there made up for not being able to go to the men's grand final. I think she was please when I said more so, because I'd been part of the journey since the exhibition day, being a foundation member of the women's team, being a player sponsor, all that. It was a special day. I'm sure I was captured on Channel 7 doing some fierce ugly crying in the moments after the siren, embarrassingly enough in the presence of Kate Roffey!

Her nickname is Heater, though :)

I didn't see it as a put down, either. I think it was a fair enough comment. It's a good point about Goldy, and I think you could be right, but man, I love Heater!!

I think people underestimate her because of her small size, and the fact she has the face of a 12 year old. She's a sweety, but man, she's as tough as nails!

I can't say there's much sympathy for her from me. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes. Do that in the men's comp, the penalty would have been far more severe.

I suspect media being media there has been much edited from the interview to shape a particular narrative.

Yeh, I get it. I'm not necessarily into versus though, I'm more into the chorus of "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, baby give it up, give it up, baby give it up." All that needs to be read in to that.

I'm taking DJing duties on from now on. My first track I want to dedicate to Reid, the list manager at Adelaide Crows:

Future second round. We won't know specifically which pick until the end of the H&A season next year.

Trade is done, and we keep Petty. So pleased Melbourne didn't cave. Well done, Dees!!

What a dweeb! It's not the league's fault he can't coach.

Noice!

6. Banno 5. A Mackin 5. B Mackin 4. Mithen 3. Goldy 2. Hore 1. Purcell

Trade is done, he’s ours. Traded for pick 47.

This. This isn't Melbourne pursuing McAdam, this is McAdam requesting a trade to Melbourne. Melbourne can just as easily say no thanks.

His home town is not Adelaide, it's about a day's drive away on the other side of the bay. So to say trying to lure him home is ridiculous. Maybe South Australians like Cornes need to understand the geography if their own state.....

Adelaide continually going after Petty to me is reminiscent of the naughty kid in the supermarket begging his mum to buy him a packet of M&Ms long after she said no. It's embarrassing to see. Meanwhile them thinking Petty is comparable to McAdam is even more embarrassing. Why would Melbourne trade a Jaguar for a Toyota? See what I did there?

It was a charge. No one can convince me otherwise.

This is what I find galling about the whole thing. He got off because no one in that tribunal hearing challenged his numerous lies. First he said he did not travel forward while in the air, then he admitted he did, but only 1 - 2 metres. He stated he felt the ball hit his hand, video evidence shows it went past his right elbow and missed it by about 5 inches. He stated he leapt from a standing position on both feet, video shows he was running full pelt and leapt from one foot from his running action. The most galling is him saying Brayshaw changed direction before he kicked it. This to me blows his whole "It was an attempted smother" argument - the tribunal accepted he was in the air before Brayshaw kicked the ball. So if he wasn't expecting him to change direction, it can't be a smother, because he would be expecting the ball to go wide to his left. It didn't, it went to the right of him. Ergo, it was a charge, not a smother. And they let him get away with it.

Morris being Morris. I take what he says now with a grain of salt. He's as toxic as Barrett.