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Yes , sets a tone most definitely Last time I looked you're under no compulsion to give the opponent the ball ( if free given )

Nah.... snot'em all 😉

They're a "special" lot those birds. They knock on a door...it opens... Were we to we'd be told to [censored] off. Not that we would anyway.

You know... stats are bull . Champion Data has created a trough of rubbish that many feed on. How someone gets the chocolates in rucking when the opponent wins the outcome.. I.e. the clearance is handed to the opposition never fails to give me a chuckle.

The AFL ain't short of money. That this is floated as any stumbling block to the instigation of full time professional umpiring is bs..a strawman like furphy. The AFL is totally negligent and culpable in its oversight of rules/umpiring.

This will seem petty (npi ) .. look Max is the closest to a living football God I can think of. But actually he's human and humans [censored] up . Tbh.. I'm with May . That couldn't have been any dumber than dog [censored] at that point of the game if you tried . It was a silly lazy kick. Max instead of getting ****ty ... own it. But it was only one of a number of moments that I'm sure a number of players would do differently if given their time over. The greatest culprit(s) .. well we know who they are.

10.11 Yep Fair cop for some points but you do come away wondering... if only 😪

Pretty much summed up JVR at Casey if you ask me. We ve had quite a while to assess Roo and I for one am not particularly convinced. Yes he's only 22. We're not playing finals.Folk just need to take that on board imo. So time for "live" examinations. Let's see what some have, or don't and we can sort the list prior to the EOS circus. Can also start shopping 😉 Go Us

I'm sure if all bets were off in a room the coaches could come up.with a pretty full.book of umpiring '[censored]' That said... the redirect would be the overhandedness of the AFL. It's their fault. The umpiring is compromised but they're the ones blowing the whistle. They too need to rebel. Rules need to be better thought through. Umpiring needs to be full time professional. It's not that bloody hard to sort out

Skills ... who's that on ? I'm asking generally as this is a major concern.

Probably a very sound evaluation

Apropos

But is it. It's a very vexed equation. Ruck outcomes. Max was playing his heart out. I'm sure most were. But outcomes are the litmus...eventually. Max won the duelling... but not so sure he won the day. Wasn't alone. Reality is reality

I understand your view. 👍

The 'review ' tapes should provide distinct 'learnings'

Very good question. I wonder if the players were somewhat amazed to be there ..near the end... and just bottled it ??

We often quip ... "learnings " Maybe today.... it's "reflections" We ... could have .... won that. Kudos Goodwin ... yes...tis me.... He has shown one possible path to nullifying Collingwood. We just couldn't do it.

Today isn't the day for flogging the coach. All attention ought be directed to the maggots. Yes ...much we can improve.. But the umpiring was the real difference today.

Very easy to fall back on 'umpiring' But my God... where ever you looked. AFL will look away. Media will just pretend all was well... Pies will be smirking... Many will just call us whingers. Well I'm bloody whinging... that was totally reprehensible

Normally I'd concur... But ...they were...meh.....mere. You really can't touch a Pie.. What is it with birds... freekickhawthorn.. evenmorecollingwood. I'm sure an unbiased observer would be thinking 🤔 🤔 The biggest difference, San umpiring...was skills. It's not our forte

We are our 2nd worst enemy ..

Some things we could have done better ....duh.. Some chances could have been taken better... Hindsight is marvee eh... Simon you did well. A few players 🙄 might want to watch a replay and ponder. Some might just want to stfu. But my take away....well done Dees. Go shove a carrot up your arses umpires.. what a [censored] joke you lot are.

Kudos ... umpires. Protect the species at all costs ... [censored]

Rain falling here on Bass Coast.. might continue on to city... might be wet day after all 🤷‍♂️

Doesn't look like it will be raining through game. Ground will be drying out. Pendulum moving away :( Odds in earlier... now going back out. Game on. Go us !!