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And you are across all the medical issues? No plate needed for 14 weeks in your medical bag?

It does if despite all he drawbacks he is doing as well as the average player. Have you watched a Casey match this year?

Why are some here so confident that the leak was from some MFC ne'er-do-well? Where is the evidence? (beyond some people always thinking the worst of the club)? Could have come from anywhere between Melbourne and South Australia.

1. We had no one better and until last week were still in with a chance of finals 2. Some say for his mental health. They may be right.

A liability? Only compared with his former top form. Who did we have to replace him? Mothballed weeks ago when we still had a chance at finals? Most you can say he should have gone last weekend.

or is someone leaking at the other end in SA?

Maybe discussions about deals haven been going on positively already, so the appearance of acting like a 'free agent' is a mirage. Edit: I see a number of posters have made this point earlier.

I agree with most of the above. Another positive - so far no one has hi-jacked the thread into yet another woe-is-us thread.

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.