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the words after BT are superfluous.

Can't see why it should matter if Greene was taking a mark or not. In both cases he is triyng to gain possesion, so what's the difference.

Which all goes to prove that we demonlanders have only the faintest idea of what is going on.

Don't disagree. Note my opening sentence.

No idea if Watts is injured or just off, shold be dropped or not. But I do note that he was responsible for 20% of our admittedly few goals last week. One he kicked himself and one he passed to Melksham while under serious pressure on the goal line.

WIll let it go when those involved show some remorse rather than denial.

You may be loyal but you remind me of the 'supporter' sitting in front of me at a certain match. Every time Watts went near the ball he'd start making negative remarks, bemonaing the worst #1 pick of all time. Didn't even notice when Watts did something very skilful which led to a goal. He seemed to get more joy out of bagging Watts than anything else. I wondered why he followed the footy at all.

What gall: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-08-10/hird-agrees-to-present-norm-smith-medal

It should never have to be tested. A perceived conflict of interest is sufficient for someone on a panel/judge to walk away from the case. Why the AFL has past players on the MRP is totally beyond me.

Since the oval points slightly east of north, a WNW wind will be very much across the ground. I'd almost hope it was down the ground and that we had learnt how to deal with it after last week.

True. But you are not quite right - in fact they can award a free kick for wasting time. So Brown can waste more time than other players because he always takes a long run up. A bit like Buddy's 'natural arc'.....

Because until the umpire says play on, SSBrown can walk in as far as he likes. And since there seems to be no rule about how much time a player can take once he has started walking in, the umpire has no way to call play on. He can walk as slowly as he likes. And the game clock is running from the moment he starts walking in. Furthermore if you take a mark with say 60 seconds to go and want to waste time, I suggest you run as fast as you can away from your goal in the 30 seconds before you have to start walking in. 100m should do it. Then if you walk in you can easily use up most of the 60 seconds before you kick the ball. And you can't even get it wrong by walking from too far away or too slowly because if the siren goes, you get even more time to kick at goal. Wait until this happens in a final to skew the result and watch the sparks fly. I'm happy to be corrected on this. In fact I beg to be since that would give me a glimmer of hope that the rules are not a complete shambles.

If they have to plan for a "myriad" of options, I agree that removing one is no great advantage. But there is not a myriad, just a few, particularly when you name who is in. For example, unless there is a rumour that Gawn is injured, they will not plan on how to take on Spencer. But if you name a new bloke, I bet they do a quick review of everything they can find out about him. On the other hand, if you argue that there are many options to consider, then an extra 12 hours for planning is a help to the opponent. As to the hairy-chested 'we are masters of our own destiny, we can tell them the truth' argument, I suppose we'd be happy then for the phone between Goodwin and the bench to be on open mike?

Once again I am perplexed as to why Goodwin tells the next opponent in advance who will definitely be in the team. I have no idea what attributes Maynard has that might make an opposition coach think about him for more than a microsecond, but I bet they do. It also gives them an idea of who we might omit, again helping their planning. Why give them that advantage even if it is minor? What advantage does it give us? Or do footy clubs leak so badly that everyone who matters will know anyway?

one swallow does not a summer make. But it is better than no swallows.

The tag on the front AFL page says it all. The issue is labelled "MRP Stunner" . Surely given the past MRP decisions it would only be a 'stunner' if he wasn't charged.

I can see a conga line of QC's lining up.

thanks, I needed cheering up.

Sorry, none available. The drones are all in the TV commentary box.

The club must ensure we play finals. While we'd all love a top 4 finish and a GF, gambling on that is not worth the risk of finishing outside the 8 this year. So I wouldn't rest any top player unless there was internal evidence he was getting tired or injured. Who knows, if we win the next few matches they may be able to rest in a few weeks once we are clearly going to be in the top 8 (and 4) regardless of the last few matches (unlikely I guess).

Tense error.

I believe this qualifies as a 'major event" and so the parking limits are relaxed in surrounding areas: http://manukaoval.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/parking-time-restrictions_web_v5.pdf Also I see from the Manuka website that the GWS academy team will be playing a curtain raiser, so here's your chance to see all the talent that GWS will snap up. Don't know whom they are playing, I don't understand the Academy but the NEAFL website seems to have them playing the Canberra Demons at Wagga Wagga at that time. Anyone know what's what?

The umpiring is a joke

At the risk of enjoying arguing with you rather than the result, I don't disagree us being crud was the major reason we lost in the past. But in a game of inches for top sides the last thing you need is any impediment that gives any advantage to the opponent. So I won't dismiss the Darwin effect until there is firm evidence that it is insignificant. Likewise I won't call for us to abandon Darwin until we know more.

OD you are usually quite logical, but it seems to have deserted you on this issue. Yes sure we lost in the past because we were crap. Doesn't prove there is no Darwin effect. For a start maybe we'd have lost by less without the Darwin factor. I just don't think there is enough data to be able to make strong conclusions about the effect or lack of it at this stage. Also, some people are affected entirely differently by the heat & humidity. Put me in it and I'm a wreck for days without losing 4 kilos in an afternoon. Put my daughter into it and she thrives. I have to suspect the milkman.... (for those old enough to know what I mean.)