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Yes, it is something to wonder about, but as usual we dont' really know. Maybe the bashing in the media means nothing to him compared to getting out there and playing, however badly. Whether it is worth it for the club overall is another matter which presumably has been considered.

Carlton about to prove that a premiership needs some luck

True, but the weekend hasn't been that bad. C'wood & Essendon lost. (and we did not get beaten by 100 points as many posters were predicting).

I've only read a few bits of this thread, but I was amazed at the negativity of some. Sure we made mistakes and skill errors etc. So how did Port, flying high towards a possible flag, only just beat us by 2 points? They must be [censored] too. GWS likewise.

Is there a reason the score review shows useless camera angles for over a minute and only after that show the snickometer result? (I mean a genusine reason, not some AFL crud reason.)

Maynard a cheat as well as a bastard

my favourite scenario is Sydney win but to get in the finals Cwood have to beat us by a large margin but fail, preferably because we beat them. Haven't looked at the ladder to know if this is feasible.

I wouldn't recommend that to anyone who wishes to preserve their sanity.

I love these rumours. A reliable source tells me that WCW is moving to the C'wood cheer squad in 2025.

Your name says it all. When we lose May I suppose you'd replace him with a small bloke. Goodwin's options are limited. He's clearly made the choice to have one last crack at the year no matter how depleted we are. One can disagree with that. If we lose this week, we'll be able to have all our young VFL players get a taste. Though there is a lot to be said for playing our best possible team against C'wood if they have a chance of making the 8. Would make a nice end to a sad season to keep them out of finals.

Well Goodwin seems to think we still have a chance at finals and says he'll put off other condsiderations till there is 0 chance. I wonder if he means it. Selections tomorrow will probably tell .

Only confirms that the AFL have the fix in to make sure C'wood wins enough preceding games to make that an elimination final for C'wood. (Yes I am paranoid)

Couldn’t find anywhere else to post this but just watching Olympic diving and thought maybe the MRO and aFL and media sycophants are watching to see that Maynard could have altered his body position even though he was in the air.

Obviously he can't "know" the club stuffed up whether or not he said "thinks". If he didn't say 'thinks' we'd all assume "thinks" was implicitly there anyway. So the misquote is no big deal. Even if misquoted, I think WCW was entitled to say that in the circumstances it was an unneccesarily negative remark to make. And if someone has a long history of such negativity, it is understandable she'd call them out.

I made the same joke to spouse. Response - wouldn't put anything past those bastards at AFL HQ.

Clarry fined for engaging in a melee. How do you do that without anyone else?

Good. I was watching on TV with the sound at my preferred volume level (i.e. on mute) and thought they were replaying the incident multiple times to criticise the umpires for missing an obvious illegal disposal. Ony later did I learn why. More fool me.

I seem to keep asking the same question which begins: Has the AFL given any reasons for .... Today's entry: 2 Friday afternoon games?

Anyone know if the AFL has explained the early 7:15pm start on Friday night? Are they hoping to engender a riot at 7:40pm?

The Bombers crashing into a hillside is truly wonderful. It takes a little gloss off our win over them, but that's a small price to pay.

I typed a longish response to this but decided to not post it because it is off topic. Just to say at the very least the AFLPA should work to remove obnoxious clauses in contracts that allow the AFL to muzzle players. A player strike would put a rocket up the AFL's rear.

Sure he broke the rules. But he is essentially compelled to sign up to if he wants to play. Not exactly a free choice. I could imagine litigation about that in a country which did have a right to 'free speech'.

The ump didn’t say that. It was a commentator.

I'm staggered that the AFL cannot think of someting related to footy to entertain the spectators at half time (apparently the match itself is not worth discussing). Whatever musical act they choose, many won't be interested. But everyone who is at the footy (maybe excepting some in corporate boxes) would like to see players from all the other teams competing in kicking competitions, handballing comps, races etc. Maybe some old stars (I mean footy ones, not pop stars) competing in something. Surely those overpaid AFP execs could use their imagination to think of a few things to occupy 15 minutes. Or they could even outsource to some mates to do the thinking.

The lions would find him as indigestable as I find the AFL.