Redleg

If you could get McStay, you could release M. Brown and try and trade Weid, who has just about eroded any optimism I have retained for him. Weid must grab his next chance, which will possibly be his last.

Yes forgot that one. Also forgot to add forwards behind their opponents all the time.

Shocking disposal. Poor decision making. Lack of hard effective tackling pressure allowing easy options. 5 goals from frees, to not one free in our forward 50. Key forwards useless again. Dropping marks and fumbling.

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Now I feel better.

Truly amazing given our demographic. I see we are offering different packages now which might get us to 65000. 65000 would be remarkable.

Different feeling this week!

If you choose to bump in play and accidentally ( non intentionally ) hit the head you go. He chose to strike a player off the ball ( twice ) and will claim he accidentally hit his head. That is worse than bumping in play.

He is really starting to look like his dad.

Wow Peter Bell is our new AFL CEO.

Of course a USA company would have more knowledge of the game and its needs and the local candidates. Then again an Australian Company was paid to come up with Gill, Cook and Gale last time. Everyone knew Gill was past the post. What a waste of more footy money.

It’s all about acting professionally, with respect to the opposition and is part of a strong culture.

Have a look at the Casey game, it was a replica of ours, except that Frankston kicked poorly for goal in the second half. Daw pulled out ill on the morning.

Developing nicely.

I think that for LJ to go to WC and let them use the PSD this year, would be really low, sticking it to a club that invested highly in him and that led to his playing in a Premiership. He would be hurting us and his team mates. It would be like that no name number 1 pick who went to the Giants. I don't see LJ doing that to us. Aside from the PSD, where they would get him for nothing, I can't see them trading the first or second pick for him, as they will need more high end talent and may rather split the pick. Surely if he was absolutely determined to go home, he would have told us last year and we could have traded for Cerra. That being said, I see LJ signing a short term contract with us, if he doesn't want to commit long term and thereby giving himself time to think about his future, after a couple more years.

Wasn't homesick?

Agree he’s not a dominant ruckman of the competition, if that means being in the best couple, but he was a big part of Tigers flags, a big part and every Tiger player or fan would agree.

Toby says hi.

Agree. If you are wrestling with a decision to leave your teammates and the club that invested a top pick on you only a few years ago,, who you won a flag with and go home, but to a club that could be ordinary for a while, that would play on your mind and probably/possibly affect your form.

Agree and Weid gave Bedford the chance.

Don’t be afraid, everyone has the right to their opinion. See recent post of SWYL about umpire in middle of ground paying the free and he actually told nearest umpire when asked don’t pay 50 as he knew Warner wouldn’t have heard the whistle.

Good point. Players were on the boundary near the crowd and siren goes.

Yes I agree not giving it back quickly can be a 50, as the rule says delay is a ground, but how does that come into play with one second left and umpires signal end of play? All that can possibly be left is the free kick. He can’t pass it or play on as he didn’t even have the ball and if he did it’s a dead ball. Game had been signalled over by the umpires. That is the import thing here, they didn’t signal time on, they signalled game over. Umpires decided therefore no delay, no impeding play and no unsportsmanlike play.

Sue all the things you pointed I don’t disagree with during the game, but there was no time to do any of them, as the game ended 1 second after the free. Do you disagree that umpires routinely don’t give a 50 to someone ignoring the free, if they feel they didn’t know a free was called? That happened here as well.

Yes we are. There is no delay in this case, with the free paid one second before the siren and the water moire signalling game end. Before the ball can be even handed to Prestia the game was over. All that is left is for him to take his kick. The game was over before the Swan picked it up let alone kicked it and all that remained was Prestia’s kick. So no delay, impeding or unsportsmanlike conduct. Umpires often don’t pay 50, if they think the player playing on was unaware of the free. It happens regularly. Correct decision.