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    AFLW: Rd 04 vs Hawthorn

    in AFL National Women's League

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    On 9/25/2023 at 9:46 PM, Fork 'em said:

    Cause they're playing with some exciting attacking flair instead or boring us/me to death with the defence 1st ethic.

    Sorry to disagree Fork (soz not soz), they absolutely have a defence 1st ethic, you only need to watch Banno get back to the last line of defence or listen to Macca in her interview.

    They are well coached, practiced and implement what they have been taught. They would be an absolute delight to be involved with and are loving the game and their teammates, long may it continue.

    On a a different note; anyone who hasn't watched the singing of the song after the Hawks win, do yourself a favour and watch it. I think it says everything you need to know about our women's team.

    GO DEES!!!

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    Cool light of day

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    2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Goody like everyone else is only human. I’m sure he wouldn’t be comfortable having torn strips off the players immediately after the match. I hope the players know this and it doesn’t change the fact that they all love him so much, which they do. 

    Love is fickle.

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    Cool light of day

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    15 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Who cares what Goody says in his pressers, or how he says it. He’s not obliged to tell anyone anything, our supporters included. It’s what’s said behind closed doors that matters, and we aren’t privy to that. On that subject though, I’ve been told by a reliable source that Goody unleashed a scathing verbal attack on the whole team straight after Friday’s match. He didn’t hold back, it was brutal, he ripped right through them, even singling players out, Kozzie being one such player. And it seems the players were told there’d be no Mad Monday for them, and that Goody is gonna get them “out on the track harder and earlier” this off-season. 

    I'll be interested to see if he winds this back a little. Something along the lines of "I went too far", "I was hurting too", "we're all in this together", "I'll do better". It's a stick then carrot approach, if this doesn't happen then he runs a very real risk of losing some of them.

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    Farewell Brodie Grundy

    in Melbourne Demons

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    10 minutes ago, Ferghus31 said:

    The Problem is Goodwin he wont  listen to others is pig headed makes huge errors during games  he Needs to go 

    You are going to continue to be disappointed. My tip for the day; go purchase some plastic sheet to put down over the floor.

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    The Neal-Bullen non goal

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    22 hours ago, Redleg said:

    From the mistake on Tracc's goal against the Blues, which cost us 2nd position and possibly a flag tilt, I believe there have been 7 Arc decisions involving Carlton and guess what, every single one of them went Carlton's way. 

    Luck, coincidence, or interference in a game?

    PS. Re the ANB goal, which was called a goal by the Goal Umpire and not called touched by any field Umpire, it was a reversal of a goal, touched apparently, which again would have won us the game and which I can't recall seeing similar before.

    Adopting my MFCSS hat I could say every new ruling always seems to go against us, Moloney weeks for non contact, Trengove 4 weeks for a sling tackle, where victim best on ground next week, Kozzie 2 weeks for a high bump with no injury and victim laughing, Sparrow sling where victim's head didn't contact the ground, etc, etc, etc. I am sure you can all come up with countless more examples.

    The vagaries of the goal line decisions and the inconsistency of the MRO does my head in and I agree we seem to be on the wrong side of these on a regular basis.

    The thing that really irks me is the guessing that goes on when an Umpire is clearly unsighted. There was a great example during the Carlton vs Sydney game. The Goal Umpire gives a soft call of "Behind", "I think it was touched" The ARC reviews and gives an insufficient evidence to overturn ruling. The problem was; during the playback of the vision, the ball clearly obscured the players hand and so it was impossible for the Goal Umpire to tell if it was touched or not.

    Essentially and much like the Kozzie result earlier in the year, the result was determined on suspicion.

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    Exit interviews 2023

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    7 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Just six? That's bit of a brutal take mate.

    I think besides the obvious ones (Trac, Oliver, Gawn, Viney, May) some of our young guns are also important not only for the now but for the next generation (see JVR, McVee, Petty, Rivers).

    No love for Lever, Brayshaw?

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    Contracted Tomlinson Looks to Move On?

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    As I said in another thread this isn’t a good decision.

    He’s soft, moves like treacle and plays without any flair or dare. He can only (barely) match up on 2m donkeys and the game isn’t going to get any slower. Nor are May or Lever going to get any quicker.

    Key backs have a strong success rate in mature agers and delisted players. Ok, Kye Turner hasn’t worked out, have another go.

    And above everything I just don’t think Tommo is happy. He wants to play regularly and barring a dramatic form turn around or injury to May and Lever he’s not going to.

    Have I missed this? Has Kye Turner been delisted?

    Thank you Demonland

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    3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Well , since this a rare be nice thread , ... I'd like you all to know that everything is going along swimmingly at The Manor and my domestic staff are bending over backwards to keep me in a euphoric state 

    Shouldn't that be bending over forward for you? I'm so going to cop it from WCW for this.

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    Maynard must get at least four weeks

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    21 minutes ago, Redleg said:

     

    To me the whole thing has the look of being stage managed, which is borne out by the refusal to Appeal. That of course is probably my MFC bias speaking.

    No need to talk about MFC bias Red. I was confident what would happen given the past "management" of these matters. It's all about the timing and the team. Do you remember Barry Hall getting off so he could play for Sydney in a Grand Final? The facts are below and the salient point bolded.

    After an incident involving a punch to the stomach of St Kilda's Matt Maguire in a 2005 preliminary final match,[11] Hall was reported for a level two striking and offered a one-week suspension for a guilty plea. This suspension would have meant missing the next week's grand final. Hall's representation successfully argued that the incident was 'in play' despite the ball being 50 metres away. As a result, the charge was reduced to a level one offence which reduced the penalty to a reprimand and he went on to captain the Swans to their first premiership in 72 years.

    It's a Jedi Master trick that the AFL is known for. It will be scrutinised in Court soon and their latest admissions may well lead to much larger payouts, not that that is much consolation to someone with brain damage.

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    Maynard must get at least four weeks

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    36 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

    I actually agree with what they said about Gussy deviating the way he did. If you have seen the "lanes" footage it clearly shows it. Maynard actually did go straight up and gussie kind of ran into him. This was purely a footy incident and I'm happy that there has been no precedent set. I guarantee that if the players were reversed you guys would not be calling for heads to roll.

    Yes, yes that's right, if Gus didn't run on to the field this wouldn't have happened. Well said Einstein.

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