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    1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

    His best known nickname of course was 'Conan'.  His inclusion in the Thugs side was a surprise to me.

    Shouldn't be on that list.  Bloke was a star and played fair. Conan was his in club nickname as I recall. 

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    46 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    I'm guessing you're saying he's not playing well?

    2.1 from 8 touches, 3 marks, with 1 tackle, reads pretty standard I'd have thought?

    Better than Smith's full game stats last week which somehow got him promoted 🤔 

    23 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    Call me crazy but i've been wondering  do we roll the die this week and rest big Maxy in prep for KB?

    Freshen him up, get him super primed and ready to rumble on the big stage.

    Just run with Grundy mostly in ruck with a few chop outs from Rooh at CBs & forward 50 stoppages.

    He will also get the buy after to freshen up for a big tilt at the 2nd half of season.

    Why would you do that  ? Kings Birthday gets massively overrated on here.  It's one game worth 4 points just like any other. 

    I'd much prefer to beat those black and white bastids in September rather than June. 

    9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I’m the opposite.

    Just give them the flag now and everyone else can take their holidays early. They will beat Brisbane or Port by 50+ points in a GF.

    They are scary good and they’d be delighted that Geelong are nearly out of the race. They were the one club that could’ve troubled them.

    Hah ! I was raised on Collingwood dominating home and away seasons only to [censored] it up in grand finals.  It's a long established tradition and I hope its due  for a return 

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    17 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

    https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/NNNRS7287758366?selected=NNNRS2457598670

    anyone who thinks Hunter went with the incorrect technique or had another option ie arms out, head first needs to listen to this from Harford.

    Nails it

     

    Bravo BigShorts. Should be compulsory listening at all levels in the AFL. 

    Unless things change there's gonna be a serious, serious injury. Players are being rewarded for placing themselves at risk. 

    The ruling by Gleeson just put a player closer to permanently losing the use of his arms and legs. 

    It's just a matter of time 

     

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    28 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    The Sachse incident is exactly why I keep banging on about penalising a player who dives kamikaze like into a pack or another player.   It will sadly happen again.  The action needs to be vigorously discouraged and a free kick against (and certainly not a free for high contact) paid consistently would minimise this highly dangerous practice.   Concussion is bad enough: paraplegia is immediately and permanently life changing,  for everyone involved. 

    Excellent post which will probably get lost in this thread but it's worth serious debate. 

    I've been of the view that the AFL missed a trick a few years ago. Rather than call play on when a player ducks into a tackle,  the ducker should be penalised with a free kick against. 

    The action would soon be coached out of players if it's costing the team. 

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    18 minutes ago, Sydney_Demon said:

    No idea. It's been a course of frustration for me that Casey's most important player has been out injured for some time and I have absolutely no idea of the nature of his injury, expected time for return etc. The reality is that because he's not a Melbourne-listed player the Club  clearly doesn't believe it's their responsibility to keep us informed. Is Casey part of the Melbourne set-up or not?

    The only snippet I've heard on Munro was during the Casey coverage a few weeks ago.  I believe I heard one of the commentators mention that Jimmy had a 6 to 8 week calf injury. Can't recall exactly which game it was so I'm not inclined to go searching for it. 

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    2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    His head hits the ground so we will lose but I don’t think that sort of tackle should be banned. It’s one action, not two, no arms pinned, and doesn’t involved a demonstrative dump or drive head first. 

    Agreed.  But this part of an over correction in protecting the head in terms of player responsibility to opponents and "duty of care". 

    What seems to have dissipated is an individual's duty of self care.  In this case Day had the capacity to use his free arms to brace his fall. That he didn't shouldn't fall on Sparrow in my view but that's the environment we find ourselves in.

    No winning this so move on. It'll be another player from another club in the coming weeks.  Best get used to it

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    5 minutes ago, defuture15 said:

    Is it just me or is the push in the back dead?

    They only seem to pay it when a player is pushed on the run?

    It's not just you. There's a push in the back epidemic. And it should be called out.

     

    It's not strength in the contest.  It's cheating. 

    Hands in the back rule should never have been rescinded.  It made it easier to adjudicate and disarmed players like that Collingwood  / Freo nuffie James Clement who built a career on cheating. 

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    2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    who pays our kc?

     

    all the clubs should chip in for the mfc saving the "fabric" of the game

    Brad Green should attach an invoice to his please explain response

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    3 hours ago, old dee said:

    It is amazing how long Neil has lasted with this horrible disease. He must be one of the longest I have heard of. I know of another sufferer who lasted just 21 months.  

    Just another example of what a remarkable human being he is @old dee

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    2 hours ago, Jibroni said:

    If I had a $1 everytime Frosty was mentioned in this manner on a Demonland forum.

    I will always have a soft spot for him.

    I'll remain grateful to Frosty. When we were complete tripe he gave his all and provided most of the limited entertainment we had in those dark times.

    Frostball  !!!!

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    3 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    I'll be pleasantly surprised if he gets off.

    But I don't think he will

    Yeah. There's a "predetermined" feel to all this. 

    Comes down to fingers crossed for me 

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