Redleg

Round 1 and once again we have a long injury list.

I am but you have probably now read it above. Good player but struggles to get on the park.

He won't be our early season x factor.

29 degrees Saturday and then thunderstorms. Looking like a big day.

I was pretty stunned at that comment from an experienced Journo. He also said that Jesse was being spoken about in Perth in the same way as Cousins is. That is an amazing statement. Would be shocked if there are not some repercussions over those two statements by Ralph.

You can worry.

He looked lethal in that exhausting workout. He must have bent over at least 4 times to pick up the ball off the ground. Could he be put through any more thorough physical test of his injured cheekbone? Surely not. My guess is he will miss and they are trying to throw us off the track with selection.

You mean the Thawks, the Tassie Hawks.

Sincere condolences to all Ian's family and friends. A fine Demon. R.I.P.

Now that is a nice video.

How bad must things be at the kennel? They are offering a free upgrade to a full club membership if a 3 game membership is bought. Make a mockery of membership numbers, unless they are categorized.

There is no real basis for that statement.

Hope you are right.

Now I am not sure. You could be right, we might be able to put Nieta on the LTI list and have another pick.

You realise that it was our last pick. We don’t have a pick mid season.

Agree Clint. While I wish Jay all the best, I am very surprised we didn’t take another ruckman. We have 2 mature ruckmen and a kid, yet despite having plenty of mids, we take another small one. The Hawks have McEvoy, Ceglar and Pittonet, yet still took another young ruckman, despite not having Mitchell. Would have thought our need was another mature ruckman as Insurance rather than another small mid.

Great highlight, but it doesn’t of itself make him best 22 or change my opinion.

Not so sure Hannan is best 22 now.

Agree.

Agree Daisy and that is what I am upset about Michael Christian who is the MRP says it is Medium Impact BECAUSE the victim was hurt and couldn’t as a result come back on the ground. We then appealed only the impact level arguing for low impact. The Lions agreed Berry was not concussed or injured and that the reason he didn’t return was purely based on minutes played in a practice game. That should have been it. Grading reduced to low and a fine but no, For some inexplicable reason the Tribunal substitutes the phrase “ it could have been worse “ to somehow mean it was medium impact. The appeal is then denied. This to me smacks of a pre determined outcome and is a disgrace. The rest of the discussion about bracing, bumping, record etc is totally irrelevant. If this was a final at stake we would be in Court and would win. This process has been an absolute disgrace. Lastly if Berry was injured/ concussed I would happily accept the week. That is not the case and to my mind has been a disgraceful attempt at obtaining a result no matter what. The AFL Tribunal has acted shamefully IMO.

We should be happy as we now know the true definition of medium impact, which is “ it could have been worse”.

Cotchin did, for a worse hit that put Shiel out of a Preliminary Final.

That Moloney decision was nothing short of a disgrace and the Tribunal simply made it up as they went along. It still sticks in my craw. Another shocker was the Jack Trengove throw on Dangerfield, who was allegedly destroyed in the incident, with Jack getting 4 weeks while Danger was miraculously resurrected to be best on the ground with 5 goals the next week.

Very similar to free kicks. Each club’s fans can see incidents differently.

Speaking of 50 metre penalties, the new rule is the invention of an idiot. The umpires boss one week before the season starts has admitted that the umpires don’t know exactly how to set the mark and the player penalised basically has to let the infringed player run away or play in without any pressure. I am struggling to think of a worse rule.