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Or maybe the free kicks were there. There's no rule that says that both sides have to receive roughly the same amount of frees.

I'm just getting warmed up. Here's another toy that hit the market this year.

From the AFL website. I can't understand why the announcement is so late. The teams for the King's Birthday clash between Melbourne and Collingwood will be announced at 6.20pm AEST on Sunday.

I don't know about that. Any Lego fans on here interested in their new football range?

Max, alas, does not. ☹️ I'm with the rest of you who hate seeing him spin the footy in his hands but, once he holds it in both hands, he has another bad habit of moving the ball left and right instead of holding it steady. You just knew what was going to happen with that set shot on Sunday.

Oh yeah, clearly the venue's fault. Couldn't possibly have happened on any other ground. Nosiree!

The very move that some posters on here have been advocating. If he hadn't tried this, there is no doubt Goody would have been criticised for being inflexible and not making any changes. Damned if you do and all that.

You're funny. So it's not the coaching or the game plan or the skills that caused us to miss easy shots, it's the players' attitude. And it's also because of the venue. (never mind we can't kick straight on the MCG either) I think I know what you're trying to say. It's Mabo. It's the vibe.

Long bombs to the goal square! 😀

That doesn't explain players missing from 30 - 40 metres out dead in front. Refer M. Gawn, D. Turner, J. Melksham and others yesteday. It's the skill that's not up to standard.

What's the difference?

It's a skill, not a tactic. Always has been.

@Sir Why You Little et al are conflating our game plan (tactics) with our goalkicking accuracy (skill execution). To use a cricket analogy, tactics is how to bowl to a certain batter and where to set the field while skill execution is holding your catches.

Anybody else have a little heart flutter whenever this topic appears at the top of the board with fresh posts?

I see we've drawn the short straw again and have old mate umpire #22, Nathan Williamson. I've pre-emptively kicked the cat, thrown my beer at the TV screen and sworn loud and long.

I think the first goalkicker in 2000 GF was Stephen Powell, but wouldn't have a clue about the other two questions.

Roan Steele (ex-Casey) has been picked up by Collingwood.

A favourite memory from another ground was the day my brother took me to a game at Princes Park. I was about 14 or 15, but managed to: a) Claim I was under 12 and get in for half price, and then b) Claim I was 18 and buy cans of beer from the outer wing booth.

This is an old post of mine, which may give you an indication what a dreadful place it was. In round 20 of 1982, my Demon mate and I went to Victoria Park for the first (and last) time to watch Melbourne play Collingwood. We found standing room in a packed outer but soon realised we were surrounded by a seething mob of dirty, ugly, loud, abusive, obscene, smelly and toothless black and white supporters. Almost without exception, they were drunk, smoking like chimneys, swearing like wharfies and even at this early stage of the day fighting amongst themselves. Rather than relinquish their spot in the crowd, they were peeing where they stood. Some of the men were just as bad. We started well with the wind but the Pies had regained the lead by half-time. The third quarter was all ours with eight goals and in the last, we kicked another eight to finish all over them by nine goals. Glenn McLean was magnificent that day, marking everything in sight and earning the three Brownlow votes. Collingwood were so impressed that they traded for him and you will rapt to hear that Glenn went on to have a wonderful two-game career with the Pies. Having kept very, very quiet all day for fear of attracting the wrong sort of attention, the beers (ice-cold cans!) finally got the better of me and this is when I did the craziest thing in my life. As Mark 'Jacko' Jackson kicked his seventh to seal victory, I let rip with a loud "Go Demons!!". Things then went eerily quiet in the outer as hundreds of pairs of beady eyes bored into us. I looked at my mate, he nodded and we turned and ran as fast as we could towards the exit and kept going all the way to Johnstone Street where we jumped on the first bus we found. It didn't matter that it was heading in the wrong direction, we just wanted to get away from that horrible joint. Only my drycleaner will know just how frightened I was that day.

Confirmed not concussed AFAIK. Crook shoulder might be his main concern.

Get rid of the bounce altogether. Appoint umpires who are best at decision making, not those who (supposedly) are better at the tricky art of bouncing the footy.

That would make Kozzy our Mo Salah.

Why on earth would you rest him after one game? Continuity is the best way for him to return to his best. Viney for Spargo (shoulder) is the only realistic change for mine, assuming JV has fully recovered from his concussion.