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Agree. He now does some good passes compared to the wild delivery he used to do.

Understood. But trying to be as un-prejudicial as I can be, if I knew nothing about the bloke, those comments would have tipped him into my muppet basket. Let's take it a step further - maybe some of the other players should have walked up to Sam and punched his head. (After which several others would have had to stand in a circle and punch the player next to them.)

Sorry Demonland. I can't forget the muppet in those comments. It just confirms in my mind that he is a muppet. (Not that any confirmation is needed.)

He will win it. The umpires think he is such a great player that there is no need to pay him free kicks when his jumper is clearly pulled by his opponent.

I have no military experience but it certainly irritates me too.

True. I suspect it would be useful to practise with goal posts significantly closer together than normal. Then when you see wider goals in front of you under the pressure of a match, you will be more confident. For this to work it must be marked a failed attempt at training if you miss, so no one can excuse misses as 'well I would have got it on normal posts'.

No, not everything that comes your way. But you do deserve everything that relates to poor kicking (and let's not forget those those dropped chest marks).

The amusing thing is that if that last kick went through and we won, all would be forgiven. We'd have the usual criticisms of some players etc, but this thread would be much more positive.

I don't have any particular enthusiasm for Goodwin and are far from convinced about him, but how does players dropping and missing sitters in Q4 make him "non-negotiable"?

I see that differently. Most of us expected to be clobbered in this game (except for a few who always have a gut feeling we will win - dunno what they are eating, but they need to see a quack). So a team with a large number of marginal/inexperienced players with 2 late withdrawals who have hardly played together blew the game. Some see excuses, I see reasons. We finally looked like a decent team again, but blew it. A lot better than most of the rest of this year.

I'm still 98.3% happy with the result.

The age of miracles is not yet passed brothers and sisters.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2019-05-27/levers-ankle-not-a-worry missing a half plus is not a great way to regain match fitness, but better than MFCSS feared I guess.

It is more relaxing and comforting in a weird way being back in situation normal. I think I need therapy; probably too late for that.

Being a MFC supporter, I don't think that will do the trick. Any anti-depressants on offer?

FCS you blokes. I keep coming to this thread hoping there is information on Lever and all I get is people wallowing in nostalgia. Must be a thread for that somewhere else? Please.

Ah, so it's now "three strikes and you're in"

Actually they are bloody good compared to what they were when many on Demonland were young. There was a time when the most reliable prediction was tomorrow the same as today. Fast computers, better models and more input data have made a big difference.

I didn't imply it was acceptable. It's bloody disappointing. But our situation requires more analysis than just comparing a number with Carlton's.

I wonder what their percentage would be if half their best players were injured. Sorry to be looking for excuses, but I reckon some on here would blame the team for losing if the team bus was hit by a meteorite on the way to the oval.

Reward? The AFL sure knows how to fuel conspiracy theories. On the other hand....

If any other organization had those figures and did nothing about it would be subject to a royal commission. (well, perhaps not for football unless there was money involved. Wait... - there is.

I expect so. He was hardly likely to announce his concerns publicly.

Talk about bringing the game into disrepute. In the USA supporters could probably bring a class action against the AFL for these cozy arrangements.

What do you think about that Macca? Was stopping this in your list of ways to improve umpiring? If not, it should be added.