Sir Why You Little

57 minutes ago, Monbon said:

Also, for f sake, he had no forward momentum: he had jumped to smother, then, after the ball had passed him, he thrust his shoulder forward straight into Brayshaw's head. All the thug had to do was land, it's not as though Brayshaw was going to take him out - Brayshaw was playing football, Maynard was playing the man.

Spot on. 100%

24 minutes ago, chookrat said:

I might be alone here but I don't think Maynard should be suspended. If you watch the footage from the behind the goals angle, Maynard jumps forward and towards the left to smother the kick while Brayshaw is stepping directly forward and while Maynard is in mid air Brayshaw completes his kick and changes direction into the path of Maynard who at this point braces for impact.  We were up in arms re the Van Rooyen spoil earlier this year and I think the Maynard case is similar in that he wasn't trying to make forceful contact it is simply a collision between two players who were focussing on the ball.  While the ball carrier needs to be protected I think Maynard did this by jumping at an angle during the attempted smother.

What Absolute Rubbish 

Maynard could have just as easily swung his body to the left to avoid a problem. He didn’t 

9 hours ago, Pipefitter said:

Wow that is damning. Why is maynard “protecting himself” here? The only person that was ever going to get hurt here was Gus. 

Exactly. No one gives a dam about Angus in the Media. It is disgusting 

Maynard could have swung to the left and the game goes on…

He didn’t, thus Brayshaw’s career must be in some jeopardy 

52 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

We don’t or we can’t for the next 3 weeks we showed against St Kilda and Brisbane we need to rejig the forward line. Crows did it in 97 & 98 when Modra went down and lost form after returning from ACL.

Someone with forward craft will do, change up the midfield rotation and leave Petracca predominantly forward. 
 

We need to try something different next Friday with our forward mix. If JVR is suspended Tmac stays to play back up ruck. Play a more mobile fwd line even if that means playing Tomo and fcs small fwds get front and centre.

Chandler    Tomo/Smith  Kossie

Trac            Tmac       Fritta

 

I would play Grundy rather than TMac

He was so far off it last night, a good solid career has come to an end

2 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

I think we have one in JVR. Our kids just need to learn how to deliver the ball to his advantage 

He has 1-2 years of growth and learning. 
We need to poach an experienced forward. 
TMac has run his race..

Just now, Supreme_Demon said:

Our connectivity (kicking) into the forwardline was deplorable too.

How do we remedy that conundrum as well? 🤔

We need more players who are excellent kicks and fantastic decision makers.

We need a player who can take Pack Marks. 
that’s what we missed last night 

30 minutes ago, Spit Demon said:

Who should they go after? Thoughts?

Big key Forward. Not having one is killing us in high pressure games

Collingwood should have lost last night, we blew a huge opportunity 

Goodwin has just signed an extension, whilst he is Coach we need to get a big key forward. 
We dominated all the stats except the Scoreboard, again 

Coulda Shoulda 

But didn’t. The Forward line was sadly B Grade

Bring on Trade Week

Wasted opportunities. Incredible to see we have had more scoring shots 

Well TMac is cooked. The forward lines are just not up to it. 
Petty and Melksham may well have put us in front

But they are done

i Hate the Filth even more than this morning 

We aee still in this. It’s ugly, but we can still get going 

Made it to my Local Bar. Soaking Wet

Whiskey is the only thing to do

Let’s go Demons. 
 

Number 14 is waiting 

21 hours ago, SPC said:

Mentioned on 9 news he still isn’t training and racing the clock to be fit. Reporter was fathead Maguires fathead son, so read into that what you will.

Hopefully he is on the track tomorrow. 

What an absolute crock of sh….

Read by McGuire’s son. Wow, shows how long since i have watched Ch9 News!!!

2 hours ago, layzie said:

SWYL the overriding feeling I have with this game is that if the worst happens, the very last thought I want to have is whether we could have used Grundy in this game. 

Strategically I probably wouldn't consider this but finals are much more than strategy. If Max does get romped and stomped and we've got this guy in the stands who used to give all these rucks bath time routines at training it won't sit well. We've also got some great intel on those guys and can maybe push their buttons for a change. Mason Cox needs to become the hunted, he's had a free run as hunter for way too long. 

Not saying he should be in the 22 but for me this is why you have a tactical sub. 

Yes. I want Cox Targeted. Exactly. He has sent Max to the Bench before 

Have Grundy ready….

15 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

He's got 1 game before he potentially gets a week off then 2 after that.

He'll be fine.

I am well aware of all that mate. I also know that The Filth, ARE that one game. 
Norm Smith made his career by beating Collingwood. The hate and loathe us!!

Max will be the Target 

8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Gawn is an adult.

He's copped the physical attention all his career and has 6 All Australians to back up his performances.

He'll be right.

He is also a Year older….

13 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Prepare to be disappointed and angry…

…and whatever emotion is left because I still think we’ll win… 

…horny?

Let’s wait and see. Selection will be fascinating….

22 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

"We need to make Grundy work"

Since when? Just because we made a sales pitch and it didn't work, doesn't mean we owe Grundy [censored].

A club doesn't owe a player anything.. ever. Players come and go but the footy club will always be there. That kind of poor mentality gets you no where.

He could be the greatest bloke in the world for all I care but if Goody sees fit that he isn't in our best 22 for a premiership then I'm taking the coach over supporters who are caught up in romance in sport.

He's not in our best 22 for a reason and I'll back the the premiership coach supports who purely want him in the side because he's a "good bloke."

Grundy has not been in the Best 22, since early in the Season. We have all seen that. But this is September, and I hope The Selectors seriously consider Brodie, in the 23 as a Back up for The Ruck duties. 

Max Gawn will be targeted, Hit hard, repeatedly by opponents. We must be proactive in countering this. I will be very disappointed and angry if Grundy is in the Grandstand whilst Max is copping Physical assault.

What a depressing Season that must have been for Hunty. 
Just like Jake Melksham, footy can be very cruel 

In Max we Trust. He will lead this Club, we go for the ride….

39 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Too busy listening for 'snicks' ....

Fingernails….

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

They did.  Sometimes a player would be reported by more than one umpire for the same incident!

Goal Umpires were very good at Running Backwards to their position whilst still watching for any spot fires!

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

I thought that they (and boundary umpires) are still allowed to do so today, albeit it's been many years since I've seen it happen.

Maybe they still can. But you never see them pull out the notebook and pen, ever, in the old days they did it regularly. 

2 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

He was a tough hombre Hughes a proper tough customer, how good was Jimma flying the flag.

That Northey Side were tough, we lacked a gun CHF to go the next level, but John was a fabulous Coach