Tim

Not sure about that, F and T. I thought he was eligible to stand again.

Refer @bing181 ’s post.

) Yeah, and another factor was probably that characteristically for Barass he was ahead of his time, and in the one-umpire era he often took it upon himself to help out with the officiating by giving advice to the umpires, and usually not with sugar-coated delivery! He wasn’t your exquisitely gifted exponent of the skills of the game like Tulip, but was a force of nature around the ball. You can see it in the YouTube videos that are around; he was fitter, stronger and more intense in the contest than everyone else, but also was footy smart and made the most of his skills. He’s rightly in the mix in the discussion of Greatest Demon in terms of team outcomes - and team outcomes are what we all crave.

Yep, that was my take also.

Was on the board of the Giants for a number of years after retirement; it is at least some experience in the administrative side of a club.

Isn’t it the CEO’s role to be in charge of strategy? Why does he need another person to be between him and the Head of Football?

I think those 3 might be all end-of-season conclusions to their gigs, and was Judge a resignation rather than a sacking? A mid-season sacking after a thumping win is probably in a category of its own.

Entire score by left-footers so far!

Nah, always scope to find another level!😉

Saturday is the 40th anniversary of Leigh Matthews giving Neville Bruns a busted jaw behind the play. Amazing vision on YouTube; Matthews himself ends up staggering off the field with a bloodied face and helped by trainers after the subsequent melée. Apparently it was 20yo Steve Hocking who took on the role of equalizer. Lethal was charged by police, deregistered as a player for 4 weeks by the then VFL, but still managed to get amongst the goals in his final 9 games, including bags of 6 and 4.

Yeah, the draw was at the Cattery; it was the day that Tom Lonergan copped the kidney injury, and the year after we beat them by a point when Robbo went nuts. So, our only wins at Porkbarrell Park this century were that one, Max’s breakout game in 2015, and Max’s hero game in 2021. At least they were memorable wins to go with all the bad stuff (incl. 186). In fact they are our only wins there since 1988 (3 from 26 attempts).

Thanks Ghosty, but for those decrying the soccer work at our flush runs, you forgot to mention that when our boys came out, in the spirit of cross-code harmony they left a bag of Sherrins with the Victory mob, who did a session of kick to kick - they didn’t touch the round balls. There was a lot of across the body kicking on display - expect some heavy checkside action in their next outing. 🏉 (Weak attempt at humour alert - just joshin’….😉)

The general criminal law has its own version of outcome-based results. If you shove someone in the street and they stagger and recover their balance there will be different consequences for the pusher compared to if the pushed person falls over, hits their head and has a serious or fatal injury. And I reckon that’s the way it should be, as outcomes do matter in terms of extent of penalty. Moore was concussed, iirc.

Melksham - good defensive efforts

25.9 - a day out on the accuracy front on the scoresheet. 10 of the 12 goalkickers are still plying their trade in the AFL 7 years down the track, and 14 of the 22 in the whole team (should be 15, as Gus played as well). With hindsight that’s a good metric for why we had such a strong performance from 2021-2024. And for the record, 3 votes J. Melksham - the same bloke who received 8 coaches votes at his last start, 7 years on. I looked at the stat sheet for the game, and the weirdest thing was that player C. Oliver had 26 disposals without taking a mark - the only player on the field to not do so. Strange. Even Pat Kerr, playing in his only ever game, took 2 marks among his 7 possessions.