Go the Biff

That last few minutes was perfectly set up for an outbreak of Frostball. Was hoping to see him go full Crazy Horse off half back and jag a winning goal from 60.

Currently it has a redeeming factor. Essendon are getting beat

A quarter time kick up the clacker required. The boys are not running

I'll give a more expansive reply later but the changes that have resulted in today's "ruck lotto" had their genesis in the 1979 preliminary final where Peter Moore and Gary Dempsey spent the day wrestling each other to the ground. The VFL hated the look of it and in a typical knee jerk overreaction, instituted the white line. In reality it was poor umpiring. Had Moore or Dempsey been penalised for holding as they should have been, the wrestling would soon have stopped. The white line was of benefit to beanpoles like Justin Madden and high leapers like our own Jeff White. It also lead to a heap of PCL injuries so the AFL brought in the circle to restrict the speed at which ruckmen came together. They've been tweaking ever since..... and making it worse. Another unintended consequence was that there's no longer an umpire in the country who can effectively umpire a ruck contest. And it's not their fault

Why stop there ? They should repeal every ruck rule since 1979

Paid a visit to the Adelaide BigFooty forum. A distinct lack of optimism there. Anyway, many are suggesting that Tex's back is stuffed. Can't bend, can't get his hands above his head and as such, think he should be left out of the team this Thursday. Short turnaround, plane flights to and from Perth. If he does miss, Stephen May's potential return could be delayed to give him further time to recover. Whether he likes it or not.

It was a cheap shot after the whistle had blown to stop play Jaded. Also flush in the back making the umpires decision easy. I think he recognised it for the cheap shot it was and couldn't pay that free fast enough.

I know where you're coming from. At half time I was going to the shed to find some paint I could watch dry. Now I'm thinking this could be ok if I turn the sound off and play the Benny Hill theme on loop. It's like half of these blokes are wearing clown shoes

@hardtack According to Blake Howes himself on Ben Gibson's podcast he's been dubbed Halfway Howes for the past 18 months Not entirely unhappy with it Gus Brayshaw the originator

Fair call. CBF with that either

Fritsch can do it. A few years ago when Nick Haynes was at the height of his powers and broadly recognised as the foremost intercepting halfback in the game, Fritsch nullified him.....twice in the season. I don't share your passion for research @binman and CBF looking up which year it was

Way too much information @old dee

FWIW there's a weekly thread on BigFooty where posters of all persuasions can offer their predicted results and crowd figures. After seeing this thread I went for a look to see what the great unwashed were anticipating. Aside from a couple of outliers, everyone was pretty close to the actual attendance. The footy media give me the irrits and the simpering twit that is Sam McLure annoys me more than most. The whole lot are best ignored. On the bright side, Matty Hill is calling footy games and Tom Browne is nowhere to be seen. A rare nett positive

Have you not seen him post before ? That was mild by Fence standards

On BigFooty it's an auto substitute for a much shorter word

I have @layzie, long ago. Good player, seems a good person. Glad we had him. That said I'd have preferred he stunk it up against us.

Couldn't agree more. Thought we were completely one dimensional in our use of the pair of them. So many potential options but we just went forward, ruck, bench. No thought , no initiative. We've still got a Luke Jackson sized hole in our team that might have been offset with a more nuanced approach to the Gawndy project

That's been my experience as well. Got a new telly a few months ago. The kiwi delivery guy looked at a couple of pictures on my wall and said "You can watch the Deez win another fleg in 4K bro". I didn't see that in the guarantee but I hope he's right

Cop that Ralphy Don't doubt Danny Z. Spaz re signs

Article on Clarrie. Surprisingly positive and free of histrionics. Fox Sports Clarrie article

It's a bit like the bump with drop punt set shots. It's not the act that's the problem, it's the execution.

Strangely enough he reminded me of a former Carlton player. David Glascott. Who was an absolute gun.

Fair summary

That would do. Her "Broken English" album is a ripper. Upload your demo tape WCW 😁

#@$% it. Felt like it was coming though