daisycutter

???? boy, you sure know how to shift the goalposts

you're too defeatist for me, macca reminds me of all the naysayers who said we could never convince the afl to change their stance on the white away strips. well we did and believe me there will be big changes in the umpiring department too. there has to be. it may take years but it will improve.

no to trading hogan but play him at chf....please one thing we are short on is kp players. one goes down we are in trouble, two we are in deep sh.. (p.s. i don't consider lever a genuine kpp) whilst i think his best position is chf i wouldn't be averse to him being tried at chb (or a swing-man kp player)

all you have said is that you think it is un-umpirable (repeatedly). No-one is arguing it is easy (it's not easy in many other sports either) the rest is just verbiage you are implying that nothing can be done and to just accept it where are your suggestions to improve the state of umpiring, you seem to just say it is as good as it can be because it is un-umpirable

i'd say you are showing plenty of disrespect there, macca you base your whole rigid argument on your belief that the game is un-umpirable this is patent rubbish and even if it was true what is wrong with saying that the umpiring (along with poorly written rules and afl interference changing the interpretation of rules etc) is sub-standard and demanding better outcomes. the rules can be tightened up/improved, the interpretations can be stopped from constant in-season changes and the whole umpiring department can be overhauled and made more independent and above all more professional including a move to full time professional umpires (over time). and just because you wouldn't be an umpire "for quids" is really quite irrelevant. I can think of thousands of jobs i wouldn't do " for quids" but plenty of others would and is not an excuse to accept mediocrity or demand something better

it all really depends if gaff wants to come to the dees nothing happens until gaff nominates his club of choice, it's not an auction as such of course the $$$s will form part of his decision making but there are other considerations. wherever he goes (or stays) he will be getting big money if he nominates us then the best deal wc can get is the afl compo and as others have pointed out that may be good enough for them to get kelly from the cattery

regardless of what the rule actually says, i still don't see any valid reason for the rule, these days it's a contact sport and blood will be spilt. The crowd already see it, the tv audience already see it and the media highlight it we just don't need the rule and it could cost a team a game the rule was brought in as a knee jerk reaction and doctors are telling us we don't need it, so why not just drop it

clarrie needs 35 disposals this week to end the home and away season on an average of 30 disposals per game last year he missed the 30 mark by one disposal in his last game

good, so we don't need an afl rule at the whim of the umpires who have enough to handle without playing doctors let the club trainers/doctors handle it (as they used to) either on field or where deemed necessary off the field we don't want key players forced off at critical times during a game (e.g. big max) when not necessary

sheesh, bob, no need to be such a pedant

hmmmm....so you were a sniper?

btw guys, what's happened with the coaches votes for this round?

i thought this thread was going to be about special robert......ah well....

Are we the only sport in oz that (still) has a blood rule? The NRL and ARU has far more claret than us but no blood rule Why does someone have to go off the ground for just a minor trickle of blood that could be rubbed off with a towel on the ground

will need photographic proof, andy any cbd street will do

eat a lot of baked beans, andy. that should ensure any malefactory perps keep their distance and have an unpleasant afternoon

mathews was quizzed on 3aw for quite some time on the mcmullin article in the age fwiw (not much actually) matthews denied bruns had ever contacted him for a meeting and he also claimed he couldn't recall the mcmullins incident saying it was 44 years ago.................hmmmmmmmmmm

hun tipsters were 29 : 2 for us and the 2 were the kiss-of-death and dangermouse sure surprised me

if eagles now miss top four and/or have a poor finals series there might be a bit of animosity towards him as he would have been a big part of any finals success. maybe another reason to leave?

nah, he's not like a young green, apart from the fact he's a lefty and slightly built

sorry jaded, it was all a fog then, and more so now

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in the gaff case i don't think the umps saw it. did they give a free or report him? if not then a red card would be hard to give. maybe i'm wrong and an ump did see it. anyone know?

just as well we are playing in a totally enclosed ground then