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Wouldn't worry the AFL. They do is all the time quite brazenly.

Summary please -paywall

Don't take this as me commenting on this issue, but I wish the AFL would also stamp out other things as well that you shouldn't do in the workplace. I mean jumper punches and worse. Obviously tackling someone in most workplaces would get you sacked, but tackles are an agreed part of the game. Jumper punches (and a lot of other tough guy stuff and mocking pushes) don't appear in the rule book.

I have tried to follow what you mean, but it is not clear from your fragmentary posts and repeated 'what's not clear' comments. Sorry if I am so thick. I don't know whether your are refering to Oliver or someone else when you say 'him' - earlier posts seem contradictory. Instead of saying 'read my posts' how about you please make a new post stating: I heard the following on day A when I was at X with Y. If you can't give names, then categories, eg players, coaches, family members of them, etc Several people (or one?) told me the club (and/or some people) want Z pushed out.

I woke up this am and started reading this thread. SO MUCH NEGATIVITY. I couldn't bring myself to read through all the posts. But I wonder if I'm in the same universe as some of you. We all expected to be absolutely flogged after the year, the Hawks match and playing a team desperate for a double chance. And yet we matched them, almost won. All the carrying on about we don't know how to defend a lead - may be true but lots of matches are won by a team only 10 points behind at 3QT. Why focus on that when we expected to be flogged? So yes, there are a LOT of things we need to fix but why can't some people take some pleasure from how we played last night. I know I did. (I presume some of the posts which I skipped may have said similar things.)

gosh, he's shrinking. A few pages back on here he got to 204cm.

Ditto for me. I haven't followed this closely so it may be common knowledge, so anyone who knows please post. I wouldn't normally suggest that anyone verbals anyone, but for a certain player I'll put aside my morals and hope that on Friday night someone verbals Maynard. Be fun to watch the AFL react to that.

This article highlights the AFL's hypocrisy on hiring Snoop while clamping down on Rankine https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/rankine-snoop-and-the-afl-s-hypocrisy-on-homophobia-20250818-p5mnu0.html

True it happens in lots of games, but not you would think as the finals approach , playing a grade B team and getting an extra bit of % could make all the difference in a team's status in the finals.

At least I'll join the choir invisibule before there they move to private clubs run as any other business with no limits on $.

If so, they probably got a blast from coach and leadership. A top 4 position is more valuable than possibly losing an individual player. So if they did what you say they are not playing for the team but are selfish and can expect a long article from Wilson putting the boot in.

I thought Hawks did need to keep trying because of a small percentage gap. (I haven't followed what's what in the finals rankings, but I thought one of the commentators mentioned their percentage as being significant).

a quote from her article: "no one in a position of authority at Melbourne was prepared to publicly guarantee the handover this week." Typical slimy journalism. No one returns her call so she can say this implying people were dodging this specific question. Maybe they were dodging all her questions - and good luck to them.

Isn't that true of every decision we make.

Leaving aside asking how you know that, it still proves nothing about leaks. Entirely possible that a senior player's partner is overhearing or just watching the zoom call, hears Goodwin is sacked and rings some mate with the news and off we go. I'm more interested in the future than witch hunts about leaks.

For those who hate Facebook: Roos declares Melbourne 'could win a flag next year' amid...Melbourne currently has no senior coach and sits 13th on the ladder, but Paul Roos believes the club could have a quick turnaround next season.

I think Turner bounced off the side of the post while Naughton ran across, poked the ball into play etc. Turner may have been unsighted by the post and didn't realise Naugton had kept the ball in until it was too late.

Surely that was a one-off set play which would be dangerous to repeat and a surprise to the oppos. If they saw Gawn heading to the centre again...... Probably also done to give Jed some fun in his first game. After that a return to kick-ins as usual is not surprising. But it would be worth doing more than once a game if it was planned carefully to ensure we controlled the middle and all players including backs were on board.

Quite likely. But a lot of us also thought we'd get smacked by Footscray. Did you?

Gosh, that's a number to make a club have a serious think. But before taking it too seriously I'd want to see a breakdown of the position of each club (talent, aging players etc) and the time it took the first timers to get a flag. Do their circumstances resemble ours?

Sorry to be seen to be putting the boot in, but it was all game. I'd need to look at a replay carefully, but I think he was unsighted by the post (as well as it getting in the way of him taking action in time). He played a pretty good game overall IMO

come on. The post got in the way of him getting to 0-ten. Great effort and good signs by the team. But someone has to say something to Max about centre hit outs. Did we win more than one clearance? Actually his hit outs almost anywhereon the ground are almost never to our advantage.

Doesn't bode well for a decent effort today I fear.

So you only were able to find one good thing, namely May. Every club delists several players who won’t quite make it. Naming 2 of ours doesn’t count.

To be fair to CF (hard as it is), he may have meant he should have been rested 6 weeks ago rather than the 2 (or 3?) he hasn't played.