Everything posted by Nasher
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2025 MRO & Tribunal
If Xerriās argument was that he meant to hit Sparrow but not in the head, how is it not reckless at the very least and therefore worthy of an upgrade to 4 weeks? Anyway, whatever. At least they didnāt come up with some excuse that got him out of it. Enjoy the holiday big guy.
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PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Carlton
Spargo for Sparrow seems obvious to me. I see Lever and TMac competing for the same spot. Is Petty an automatic selection when available? Heās probably a better player than van Rooyen and Jefferson, but I want to see the latter pair get a run together. What Iād do: In: May, Spargo Out: Lever, Sparrow What I think will happen: In: May, Spargo, Petty Out: McDonald, Sparrow, Jefferson
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs North Melbourne
I spoke in a previous post of when I had a serious head injury - I was 8 at the time. According to my mum, the sight of me unconscious in a hospital bed was the one and only time my dad cried in the 25 years she knew him.
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NON-MFC: Round 18
Swans season alive according to Derwayne. Theyāre three games and percentage out of the 8 with four games to play. āMathematically possibleā, I guess. Them winning 4 on the trot and neither Bulldogs or Freo winning again seems fairly long odds. Edit: it can be any two of Freo, Bulldogs, Hawthorn, Suns, GWS or Geelong to have to lose 4 on the trot, as well as Sydney going WWWW. Anyway, not happening.
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs North Melbourne
I agree with what youāre saying. Make reckless the same penalty as intentional is now, and make intentional immediate deregistration.
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs North Melbourne
I watched it again and think youāre right, itās pretty hard to see what else he had in mind. I still donāt think the MRO will see it that way though.
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs North Melbourne
I didnāt think the Xerri hit was intentional. I thought it was a reckless fist from a big unco bloke. In any case, itās reckless/severe/high on the rating system which adds up to 4 weeks. Just hope Sparrow recovers. Given that he still seemed to be lights out when he went off is not a good sign. I had a head injury like that as a child and it took months to come right. Iāll be surprised if we see him again this year.
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PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Carlton
Windsor played.
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs North Melbourne
Staggered that we canāt find a place for TMac in the side. There has to be a role. Sign Melksham for another three.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
Has van Rooyen suddenly remembered how to play football? Clunking marks and nailing goals again. Heās been a pleasant surprise.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
Put the remote and your phone away and have a balled up pair of socks handy. Your TV will thank you.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
Donāt talk about Mr Fritsch like that.
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KOZZY A DEMON FOR LIFE!!!
The Brisbane Bears poached Alastair Lynch from Fitzroy on a 10 year contract in 1993, way, way before long contracts were cool. I bet they were definitely spewing when in year 10 of 10, after 3 flags in a row and an illustrious career and with retirement imminent, he got rubbed out for 10 weeks for swinging hay makers at fresh air, supposedly aiming at Darryl Wakelinās head.
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KOZZY A DEMON FOR LIFE!!!
How would one long contract be any different to signing him on shorter ones 3 times in a row? If anything it gives more flexibility with restructuring it as required across the term to meet whatever our objectives are. Comfortable in the salary cap? Bring some of Kozzieās contract forward. Need to free up some cap to land a big fish for a few years? Chuck some of Kozzās money back a few years. Obviously all that requires Kozzie to be amenable to those adjustments, but assuming like all footballers heāll be motivated by wanting the team around him to be good as possible, and he makes bank either way. Itās not like only earning 700k instead of the full 1.4 or whatever for a time is going to stop him from putting food on the table.
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The Marley Davey Thread
Jeepers. This reminds me of the Billy Stretch thread.
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Max and May after the siren
Slash makes stuff up.
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Max and May after the siren
Exactly this. Given what we know about May he probably did give Max some harsh feedback that the big fella wasnāt quite ready to hear yet, but so what. He knew he fluffed the kick but more importantly, we fluffed about 10 other moments in that quarter, all of which could have won us the game. He was filthy and rightly so - not just because of his kick but because heās the captain of the team that let a golden chance slip. Realistically that play from Max was never going to be the winner anyway. Maxās face reflected how I felt, honestly. As you said - two ultra competitive blokes who were deeply frustrated. Theyāll both have moved long past this by now and itās so frustrating that the media are so desperate to keep this nothing story of nothingness alive.
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PREGAME: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
Forgot about him. If heās good to go then Howes, Windsor or Tholstrup can make way. Iām probably leaning towards Howes.
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Umpiring standard
Thank binman. FWIW itās not my argument, itās just one Iāve heard and think does reflect an actual problem (potential umpire exodus on transition). I guess the way to solve that problem is to phase the new model in, such that all the existing umpires who donāt want to be full time are retained until the full time capability is developed. There will always be a need for casual/top up umpires though.
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PREGAME: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
No change.
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Umpiring standard
This is one of the arguments against full time umpires, in that many of them have well paid careers already that theyād then have to give up if they wanted to continue to umpire. The pay would need to be competitive - also because itās a fairly dead end job with a finite shelf-life, in a similar way to playing is.
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POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
According to Gawn, he didnāt even hear what May said because of the noise. Talk about a storm in a teacup.
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Umpiring standard
I read that as driving you away from the airport. Was having a hard time drawing the dots.
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Umpiring standard
The free kick against Melksham for being pushed in the back resulting in a tunnel was by far the worst one.
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POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
I fkn love Melky and this new lease on life he has. When he took that hanger he was like āthese ā¦ā¦s are going to just keep kicking it to me in a 2 on 1, Iāll just have to find a way to grab the thingā. Heās playing his guts out for the the team at the moment.