Chook

We gave that bloke way too much crap in his last couple of years. I still feel bad about that. He did what he could as captain too, in a time when nobody could do much...

Also Kent’s no good too.

The difference with concussion is that it often doesn’t limit a player’s ability to play now, but will affect their quality of life in a very significant way in the future. You may say that of a degenerative knee condition, but a degenerative knee condition doesn’t leave you forgetting things at age 40. Players need to be able to pull the plug immediately when concussion becomes an issue for them, and clubs should be incentivised to make that happen without damaging their own future.

I don’t want to make this thread about anything other than Angus; but given how important early concussion detection and treatment is to life after professional sports, should the AFL look at some sort of a compensation draft pick for any club that loses a young player to concussion issues? There should be no pressure on a concussion-affected player to continue putting themselves at risk, and there should be no incentive for any club to do anything to keep that player playing. A draft pick should ameliorate that awful situation and allow both club and player to move on without any negative repurcussions to either party.

Kent killed us multiple times in the first 10 minutes with kicks that were cut off by North players. I’ve been a fan of Kent’s, but I’ve seen enough now to know he needs some serious attitude adjustment to be any good.

Beautiful.

"Girl From The North Country”, by Bob Dylan (referring, of course, to Higgins).

360º tackled but no problem.

Officially the worst deliberate call of all time.

I’d love it if my club played 4 quarters one week during my lifetime.

That’s it. Fat Lady time and the streak continues.

They only come when the game is decided.

Weeds. His one mark for the day.

Bugg could have been the saviour today and has mucked it up every time.

Nooooo….

Oh Lewis I love you. I don’t even care that you were a Hawk for a decade.

Free kick city for Ben Brown. Just let em compete umps!

I posted this 40 minutes ago.

Oliver you ledge!

Kent must be going at 0% effective disposals today. Just awful.

So it appears North’s run is too much for us to handle when they’re fresh at the start of the game or after the half.

Was that Wagner who didn’t dispose of the ball in our forward line and turned it over for a North goal? Draw a line through him too I reckon. EDIT: Turns out it was Hunt. He’s got a few credits in the bank.

Could consider chucking him in the forward line too.

Kent, Weiderman not up to it. Hannan has got us right back into it, accompanied by Frost, Vince, Salem, Viney.

Umpires are definitely not paying things that are there because they reckon we’ve started a lot of it. Shouldn’t matter though. Pay what you see.