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It's like weather forecasting before the days of lots of observational data and decent computer modelling. The best bet was to assume tomorrow's weather would be the same as today.

Agree. The only nasties were the hit on Clarry (which while deliberate and reportable, was in play) and the sling of Max. Neither of which would you call the result of some nasty rivalry. There was very little of the -off-ball and in-packnasty behaviour we often see in matches.

Yes, it was reasonable to list all our previous woes, but there was no justication for her saying it was almost as bad as injeccting team with performance enhancing who-knows-what. Leaving aside how absurd the comparison was, why mention Essendon at all? She was just looking for a spot to put the boot in since the team left no room for that on Sept 25.

Normally at this time I add up the number of weeks till the next season to work out how to spread out watching the recordings I made of wins during the year. Usually I have to ration myself to watching one every few weeks, but this summer I don't know if I can fit them all in at one per week.

I never read that thread after the game starts, not being a masochist. But will now.

perhaps DNIMD wants to hear crowd noises and umpires, but not BT. Hmmmm, heaven.

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Caro really annoyed me on the Offsiders on ABC the other day when she couldn't resist saying the tanking issue was 'almost as bad as the Essendon drug scandal'. OK, maybe they were both 'cheating' (though in one case in order to get immediate advantage over opponents, in the other to rebuild the list for the future). But how can she equate the administration tanking with injecting a group of young blokes with god knows what. How can she!

I don't know how long ago he said this, but if you don't have any big-name players, it's hard to drop them.

I expect it’s more to do with being kind to the losing team added to the usual beloved top players discount.

you could sync to one of these: https://www.youtube.com/user/harrypotter6116/videos

I don't see why reportable offences should be overlooked just because we won. Seemed clear to me that #4 hit his neck, not his shoulder and no question he intended to bump. I wonder what those downplaying this would say if Clarry couldn't play on and we lost the match. As for Gawn, the players may well be mocking him - who could resist?, but I can't see how anyone could bang their head into the ground like he did just to play things up. His head clealry moved too fast into the ground. Maybe his arms waved about unnecessarily, but look at the replay. Where did the momentum for his head hitting the ground come from other than from the tackle?

All I can find are these clips: https://omny.fm/shows/the-rub/dennis-comettis-call-of-the-2021-afl-grand-final

Speaking of such things, wasn't there a head high bump by their #4 on Oliver(?) early in the match. Need to see replay.

It's all the sweeter after years of struggle. MFCSS need to be redefined. What words start with 'S'? Success? Superiority....

If you don't have a latop, you could use a browser on your phone with 7plus if desperate. I see the AFL app has annoucned it is showing the GF. - presumabl they are making it free. and not just for subscribers.

If you have a laptop, 7plus link below seems to work at the moment. Presumably on any browser on any device. There have been earlier posts saying it is retricted to certain devices, but I suspect that was for displaying on a TV screen? https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=Seven

It's rare that I have anything nice to say about the Pies, but Brodie. & Darcy have got it right. https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/1019122/brodie-and-darcy-s-message-ahead-of-the-grand-final?videoId=1019122&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1632181519001

didn't know where to put this https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-22/afl-grand-final-melbourne-clayton-oliver-christian-petracca/100483306

That's what Libba proposed a few days ago. I hope the umpires read it because it is a free to block someone trying to get to a contest.

Precisely why I have some hope he will be deterred from a repeat performance.

yeah, I'm sure the medical licensing board would rush to look into the case. (sarcasm/end). Almost every player has some sort of injury all the time, so proving anything would be impossible. Did anyone look into those clubs during the season which had a sub used every other week? Perhaps a Royal Commission? I couldn't resist an update: In fact I reckon most AFL docs are more in danger of being in trouble for not taking off half the players every match. Can't imagine my GP allowing any of them to stay on the field - health and safety.....

Didn't the Swan make a stink about that. If so, perhaps it will inhibit him from doing so again.

Libba has already publically said they will try to block is run off the pack. Isn't that illegal?

Very good. It will be the first game day thread I'll ever read after the start of play.