mauriesy

So you'd prefer 47,000 fewer people to be able to see the match?

Trotter also said the McKay trade talk didn't come from either Carlton or Melbourne. I can only assume it came from McClure's imagination.

Lots of "seems" and "mays" there. That's the problem with all this.

At the moment the fan-forced oven is on maximum.

This thread is running at a page every 10 minutes.

I'd probably totally believe he's gone if it wasn't coming from the mouths of Tom Morris and Sam McClure.

Freo has to lose. Not draw or win.

Doesn't matter if the security people get hit by lightning apparently. They're all standing out on the ground.

So you reckon after 11 years as a forward coach, he still doesn't know anything about being a forward coach? I think if I was in the same job for 11 years, I'd learn something.

No way will we re-sign Hunter.

Has anyone thought of the possibility that, given the extent and trauma of his injury, that Trac may well want out of Melbourne, but not for another club? Certainly not Tom Morris.

Caleb

Trac needs to cumin from the cold.

Until it comes from the club or Trac, I'm not prepared to believe anything that comes from Tom Morris. That is all.

I'm with Garry Lyon ... I want to hear it from Petracca, not Tom Morris.

Guessing we lost by 100+ then?

I prefer players who can think quick rather than just run quick.

I don't think he's asleep at the wheel. More like racing down the freeway at 120kmh, dodging all the slow traffic to get to the pot of gold first.

No wonder the bomber crashed, it's only got three engines.

Easy.

Wouldn't you be better to wait until after the match to see the outcome? Making a statement ("Goodwin has no clue"), from a personal opinion about the decision, is illogical.

I'm not surprised he got a fine. What I am surprised about is that he's been the only one in the last 12 months. Rules seem to come and go. The AFL makes a point of enforcing rules sporadically and harshly, and then lets them drift off again. Holding the ball decisions have gone back to a negligible level after a supposed rule change. The ball-up rules. Dissent penalties are now non-existent, early on you'd get one for just waving your arms or rolling your eyes. The "umpire-sucker" feigned handball after a mark and "stand" has re-appeared, and umpires are awarding a 50m penalty again, despite the so-called rules tweak last year (see Windsor penalty on Saturday). Push-in-the-back has a different interpretation every week. Fifty-metre penalties are now 70 metres. After the publicity, Staging will probably be next week's "rule of the week". Or forgotten entirely.

I thought the whole football world was salivating at the prospect of having two AA ruckmen in the same team.

You think? We've had every second supporter on here wanting to trade out half the team, put the rest on notice, sack Goodwin, sack all the assistants, and sack Roffey and the Board. There's been countless media articles on the demise of the Dees, how we aren't tough enough, how Maynard got away with everything, how Petracca shouldn't have gone back on and forward line connection criticism x 1000 for three years. How much scrutiny do you want? It's currently just a huge pile on.

No, we need to draw a line in the snow.