buck_nekkid

Maybe he needs to move to a club with a track record of developing high draft picks - the MFC. (Cue laughter track)

Nope, don't play him. it is only a couple of weeks, and the team should be challenged to find a way to win, regardless. It might teach them some valuable lessons that will make the team even better when big max is back ruling the skies. king isn't ready. Let him develop and when he kicks the door down on merit, let him play. i would bring in Hulett before king, and at the moment I wouldn't even do that.

I saw that article, and for a team with such a poor win loss record, that is now improving, the stats are meaningless. For a team like the Hawks that won more than it lost over previous seasons, perhaps you could run a correlation over in/out vs wins, however I imagine the correlation would be weak at best. for a team like ours, it is a completely worthless stat. Ask it after our third premiership.

We are a young side, and still learning a new game plan (as well as to trust it). Seems we have patches where we drop off 5-10%, and it really hurts us. Seems we have brain fades and try to take on too much (kicking it straight to the opposition over and over, rather than seeing what the hell is going on ahead), and some players still go missing. We match up well against some teams, and less well against others. Our backline is not elite, and we rely on controlling the defence from the midfield forward - our backs get caught out against big bodied leading forwards all day. We did Adelaide for Jesse, and couldn't bring that effort again the week after. We are also a young team that were bullied by Brad Scott's less-than-legal tactics, and completely sold up the river by the umpires in what was the worst performance I have seen in years. We are significantly better than last year, and significantly better to watch (so much more competitive when we are on). I think there is massive upside, and we are going to be at the better end of mid-table this year. We have some big holes to fill in our roster, but we have some emerging talent that will be the basis of something special in years to come. Adelaide shows what is possible. Norf shows what reality is.

Quite acceptable to wear your red and blue, I would think. If you want to wear yellow and brown, wait for incontinence to hit after you move into the nursing home....

My problem is that there are a series of 'protected species' who get away with whatever the fluck (to use your term) they like - Dusty Martin is one of them. Rather than say "OK, that was an error' - they spend way too much time defending the indefensible. We would all be happier if the Umps said "we messed up" - they are only human, under high pressure, and trying their best. However, when they try and justify their stupidity they just look morally and financially corrupt. The AFL is an absolute farce, run by a buffoon, supported by idiots.

Melksham has been played middle/wing/ Hf at Casey, and has been in the bests his last 2 outings. That would make a straight swap for Kent a winner. He was not popular for his games down back, but forward might just be the trick. Salem out - maybe Harmes gets a go. Bugg out, and maybe ANB or BenKen in. Do we swap Hulett for Weids to be a target that marks or makes contests? Perhaps couldn't do any worse... I think they will stick with the Weid though.

So grabbing the jumper of someone without the ball is holding the man. Striking them above the collar bones blades is high contact. The maggots have always had the ability to intervene, but they are weak [censored].

The MRP are a joke. grab the jumper, and strike your opponent however you want. This is an absolute disgrace. Scott and Norf are [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored].

I dont think it was our stupidity. I howled at the umpiring all day and it was the most atrocious performance I have seen in ages. However, knowing that they are useless pillocks that are easily influenced (and definitely have their darlings - Brown at Norf is one of them), then we have to be SMARTER. I couldn't believe the tripe we got and thought Norf came out and roughed us up - but I read reports that we started it. I was surprised (it didn't look like it from where I was sitting), but if true, it was poor maggot-management. Having a laugh with them at 3/4 time is good maggot management. Other teams get 3 extra players (maggots, anyway) by 'managing' the umpires better than us. Everyone is biased, it is just how it is leveraged.

Kent out (and stay out until a heart is found in that chest). Melksham in - play in Kent's HF position. Weid - ????? We need some lead up forwards. We have nothing at the moment, and it is killing us. Play him deep and leading to 30. All day. A few guys may need a rest. A few others a brain transplant.

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Being at the ground, it looked like Norf were into us all day, and we copped the Umpiring from hell. Reading the reports, it sounds like we started the niggle, and what I observed were retaliations. Maybe we started something we didn't understand - we started with a bit of niggle, and the umps were off-side to us all day. Any small thing, they were already convinced that we were the baddies and had to be punished. Norf were the poor suffering little angels that had to be protected. No wonder they were joking at 3/4 time. And any time they punched us? Just fair payback. I was howling blue murder in the stands - but what if it was stupidity of our own design?

6th if we win, 11th if we lose and the bummers get up. as a young developing side, we are told that things can be inconsistent. Time for this to change up to a young, brash and hungry side. The game is as important as any other, but [censored] me I want a win.

Hawks Pies is glacial in speed....

Norths only advantage will be height. Hawks spud Obrien was used on the wing as a link man taking ( I think) 10 marks. We simply have to make each aerial ball to a tall target contested. Then it is advantage us. On the same token, we have to be careful of their rucks cruising forward and marking uncontested to kick goals. height should be the only way they can beat us. If they win on effort, I will spew.

Looking forward to a big response to last week. Hope Milkshake plays, and ANB is carry over emergency for Sunday.

This is crap. how about a special 8 point weekend? if you have earned the right throughout the season, you have earned the right. It is a travesty to suggest that ninthmond would perennially get one more chance of making the finals. leave the game alone,.

Winners are grinners. Losers are shin boners. Go Dees.

100,000 members? everyone who flies China Southern is automatically signed up to a country demons membership. They can cancel or get on board after that. Opt out as opposed to opt in. $100 bucks from each trip....

Did Flippers play in the development league?

So what do we know about Hogan, and why is there innuendo that he won't be back this week (or a while)? i thought 'illness' meant man flu or some such. we could replace a Kent with Hogan, if available. I think this might be a good structural solution.

Wow, great finish (and even better result!) Freo were dead men walking. Dusty Martin should get penalized 3x a quarter, but he is one of the AFL's 'untouchables'. suck the big hairy ones, Richmond. Special cheer goes out to the game's biggest sook - Jack Riewolt.

A nice strong message to those at Casey. Lets see who belts the door down for selection. It would be great if each week there are 26 guys that all deserve to be in the firsts, and we select teams from a place of strength, instead of shuffling deck chairs and trying to remove 'weakness' from our game. After the performance in Adelaide, we may be starting to change to a strengths-based selection model (not including the ruck, of course...)

Was this at the Adelaide nightclubs after the match???