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McKay cops a fine for being bumped and falling over and this bloke launches into a space orbit, after a hand on his arm, after he initiates contact and gets off Scott free.

Other than our winning lately, I don’t really enjoy the game anymore and I blame the AFL for that loss of enjoyment.

I hope we tell our players not to appeal for frees, verbally or with hands out, as that will have to be a free and 50 against us. If the umpire didn’t award a free, appealing will be against his decision and obviously under the rules dissent. My anger is with the AFL, not the umpires, as I have posted previously. This is a pathetic and unnecessary rule. It has always been a rule that dissent is penalised and we should have left it at that. Clearly former umpire Goldspink agrees, as does nearly every ex player in the media.

The biggest staging of recent years gets a goal from a free and 50 and cops no fine. Tom Hawkins does it again. I give up. The MRO is just a joke.

Robbo gave the solution, do away with all the players and use robots.

Agree with the thrust of your post, but disagree with the way they have brought this in. Any abuse to an umpire should be penalized and I am sure we all agree on that. I just don't think that every bit of frustration, or even guarding the mark with hands out is abuse. They have even given a 50 for a player shaking his head. That could be at himself. I don't agree that putting the arms out is a 50, otherwise you can't even STAND and guard the mark. It is an overreaction. This is being badly adjudicated and is another reason to criticize umpires. The umpires don't need this and it is unhelpful to the cause. Just make it any DEMONSTRATIVE gesture or verbal abuse aimed to the umpire. This is a perception rule and made so the crowds see no abuse of umpires. At the moment it is a farcical rule, bringing the umpires under more attention. They don't need it and neither does the game. PS: Imagine losing a GF, because a player is waving his arms at the player having a free kick or mark, to try and put him off his kick and a 50 is paid for abuse, giving his team the winning goal. That would not be helpful to umpires.

I could imagine, that famous dummy spit of BT, where he was shaking his fist in the face of the umpire and ranting and raving, would today earn him life imprisonment from the AFL.

One of our best during the 3rd quarter when we smashed them. Created numerous opportunities which we took advantage of and the players got around him.

Agree Picket. A player frustrated at himself gets pinged for dissent. It is ridiculous. Demonstrative or verbal dissent is fair enough, but they have gone mad and it is so arbitrary. I agree with Sheedy it is ruining the game. How many sportspeople can say something to themselves during their sport and this is now dissent to an umpire. Yet others are allowed far more latitude on an arbitrary basis. It is inconsistent and easily open to misuse.

And over Easter school holidays when plenty of members away against an Interstate side with no supporters.

Hey Dazzle how was Weid that quarter?

Would help if they kicked it to Weid instead of in the air against 3.

Can’t win a stoppage but held them goalless.

Looking like a small crowd.

We owe Giants for last year.

I suspect that if it was just a 2 year extension it would have been done. I think we are looking at a longer period, if he is happy to stay.

Saturday night at the G this week.

A small difference is that the Ryder bump caused a concussion, forcing the player out of the game and missing probably this week at least, while Blakey got up from the English bump and played on.

That is why as a side issue, I want the Eagles to improve and finish mid ladder, so there is absolutely no risk of a pre season draft issue.

Do I hear $20 million for 10 years, the bid is with you?

This is why Josh Jenkins will never be in List Management.

Not yet.

Players in good clubs who can't get games, but play ok, are seen as targets by other clubs. Some of our boys not making it into the 22, will be seen by the club as tradeable. This improves ours draft position and helps add further layers of talent to the list, while giving the players the chance to play senior footy.

TBH I can’t see us beating them there, but hopefully I am wrong. We won the PF with Harris, Hanks, Hore , Scott and a few others playing terrible games. If these players play great footy and the rest lift, well who knows.

I don't think this is a "prediction". I think this is some inside knowledge. Also I don't think contract discussions are the same as CEO's predicting a bad season. How would he know how we would go in 2019? No one else did apparently.