daisycutter

that's a very good point jnr. the padding should have a line painted vertically on it or alternatively, maybe the thickness of the padding/post does count? i'd like to know whether it is a thin line all around (as on the turf) or the thickness of the post at the height of the ball

tend to agree........but when said player wants to go back on it should then count as an interchange so in petrie's case with no interchanges left he can't go back on (as was the case)

agree with tyson.....and he only had 69% game time

yeah +1 thanks to all those posters who took the time to write reports during and after game.....much appreciated.

yes, but the blood rule is not an "injury". the player is forced off by the umpire so technically it's not a voluntary interchange i don't have a problem with that one, nor the player touching the post.

afaik it's always the position of the ball. think about boundaries, goal line marks etc there was a rule i think of somebody deliberately rocking the goal post to attempt to alter a score, but that would be different to this case

will be interesting when the sheila's game gets going with the holding the man rule presumably it will never be paid?

please, bbo, holding the person !

bun-high tackles, bitters. hope earl didn't play in the skin tight jeans rolled half way up the calves, not good for groin strains.

funny that he has a whack at a club most commentators regard as "insignificant" when so many "significant" clubs are having a disastrous start to the year like freo, richmond, collingwood and carlton. would have thought there were more relevant articles to write about those clubs if he had the guts, but it is just so much easier to whack melbourne. of course, what he writes is pretty accurate but absolutely nothing new to the reading public, so what interest does he hope to garner with a fluff piece?

they were also the big 26oz ones

bucks and dimma must be getting nervous. microwaves firing up everywhere

yes, this was one of two slobbo articles in today's hun that the op was referring to slobbo enjoys creative scribbling

never got a +ve test - must be innocent..........all an afl, asada, wada, acc, labor plot (did i miss anyone?).....world's best journo

looks more like an arzhole.... maybe a third ear......perplexing

what's the bet the rolled ankle turns out to be a fractured ankle bone?

I thought denham was soft in his criticism. an unforgivable performance with echoes to 186 and carlscum last year

more pickled than dead i think, bbo

bit like the guy who named his dog fuggly in honour of that endearing footwear

if the sky is clear and you can take a bit of extra cold a drive to the top of mt wellington is well worth it. the views are just sensational.

i thought we'd heard the last ugg boot pun

that still sounds a bit tight it. why not enjoy the game and then get a non-direct flight on second thoughts maybe enjoy was not the best choice of words

are you trying to stitch me up?

now you're just trying to pull the wool over my eyes

boy, you've got a hide