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Extremely impressed with the leadership that Nicks has shown over this, particularly the statement about Rankine not being the 'victim' in this. While it's not directly apples and oranges, this is the absolute antithesis of the way Collingwood (especially McGuire) often react in these situations (see - the Goodes racism controversy). A great write up and read is available here: Izak Rankine 'not the victim', Adelaide Crows coach Matthew Nicks says

Well said, missed your post before I replied in kind above.

Whilst their salary largely pales in comparison to a player on the primary list, they are recovering a minimum of $105,000 plus substantial match payments under the current CBA ($4,000 minimum). Not saying it is equitable, but it’s damn better than what it used to be for the work they put in.

Gawn doing Gawn things.

L In addition to hospital handballs. Schoolyard stuff.

No.

**the worst game so far

Bye bye, May. Pot/kettle/black.

McDonald not taking the mark, wtf?!

Yeah, seeing McCreery burn him off like that was insane.

The kick in very quickly brought me back to ground and confirmed, yes it is indeed, real life.

A fifty AGAINST Naicos, is this real life?

An annus horribilis from McVee.

Sadly, we’ll throw this lead. Zero confidence at all.

A lot of low footy IQ’s at this club, I reckon.

Guerra’s comments on both Petracca and Oliver pregame were very interesting. A noticeable difference from Green’s verbatim last year and over the offseason.

Hope Langdon is a better cyclist than kicker.

Viney challenging Petracca for the best burger award. Bloke needs to understand soft hands is also a valid way of hitting a teammate.

I don’t usually complain about umpires, but this is insane. Momentum killers. Also Petracca doing his best to turn the ball over with every disposal.

Say what you want about the boy, Culley. The kid can damn-well take a mark!

Jake the snake!

It’s bizarre just how poor our ball movement is. Oliver, Petracca, Judd all look checked out, not to mentioned the poor quality disposal. Langford looks to be the shining light and as much as I knock Petty, that was a nice mark and goal. Some of the errors we make are coached out at an under 10s level. Embarrassingly juvenile stuff.

Me, less than 5 minutes into the first quarter.

Can this thread just be stickied so we don’t have the same thread started up every 12 months?