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  1. Fat Tony
    Kossie's humerus bone is almost vertical at the point of collision, so his elbow is pointing down. He raised his wrist to 90 degrees, in a half brace action. A full brace would have brought the elbow down lower but also tensed the biceps and made the hit harder. The action to half brace has little or no impact on if Soligo got a concussion or not. But failing to do this action might have seen Kossie with a shoulder injury, broken ribs or losing a kidney. Did Kossie jump with any intention to bump Soligo? No, he was trying to smother. Could have he done anything to prevent a collision with Soligo's head whilst in the air? No. The trajectory of both players' prior to the incident was always going to result in contact, as Kossie was initially running a path to tackle Soligo. Did Kossie's actions make the collision with Soligo harder than it needed to be? Not really. Kossie did not fully tense his biceps. If he had have kept the right wrist down, there still would have been a similar force collision and Kossie might need a shoulder reconstruction.
  2. Fat Tony
    I think Turner has already shown he can do well on the big VFL forwards. But there is a big gap in class between AFL and VFL.
  3. Fat Tony
    I think Turner plays a bit like Tom Stewart from the Cats. He has good pace, marks well at the highest point and kicks well. I would like to see him play on smaller players in the VFL, because he is going to need to play alongside May and Lever in the AFL team. Turner needs a run of AFL games to get up to the speed of the game, but I think it would be a good investment.
  4. Fat Tony
    Great news that Disco is back. Reckon he’s got a big future.
  5. Fat Tony
    My two biggest beefs with gather round are 1) that the South Australian teams get an extra home game every year; and 2) there are too many matchups big Victorian teams against each other. Both these things could be solved through better fixturing.
  6. Fat Tony
    He left the ground to try and get the ball which was sailing over his head.
  7. Fat Tony
    Hopefully this is right about Hunter. He looked very proppy yesterday.
  8. Fat Tony
    One other point on the Kossie incident. I cannot fathom those who are saying " he needs to get that out of his game" after this incident. Pickett jumped in the air to smother the ball. He did not leave the ground intending to bump as he did against Smith and Cripps. Smothering is inherently dangerous but you don't win football matches without it. Those people criticising Pickett are probably also lauding Tom Sparrow, who leapt to smother the ball before the Petracca goal.
  9. Fat Tony
    Spargo and Turner were in rehab group but didn’t do much. AMW told me he hopes to play this week. Also said he thought we would challenge Kossie’s ban.
  10. Fat Tony
    Hunter looked very proppy. Might have re-injured himself. Chandler looked in doubt this week with his right knee.
  11. Fat Tony
    This is the point of impact. The elbow was clearly down and tucked by his side. A raised elbow would mean the contact was with the elbow or forearm, not bicep.
  12. Fat Tony
    He was charged with Rough Conduct not Striking, as would have been the case had he raised the elbow.
  13. Fat Tony
    He didn’t lift the elbow. It was by his side.
  14. Fat Tony
    The concept of using “potential to cause injury” to alter the level of “impact” of the charge has more holes than Swiss cheese. The case could fail at the corrupt MRO, but I reckon the chance at appeal is decent.
  15. Fat Tony
    Anderson is not a lovely chap. He was responsible for initiating the tanking investigation. He is no friend of the MFC.
  16. Fat Tony
    Raised his elbow? He tucked his arm in to his side just as he was taught at Auskick to protect his vital organs and shoulder. The force of the collision was significantly due to Soligo's momentum forwards.
  17. Fat Tony
    I am still not sure what players are meant to do in this instance. Pickett jumped pretty much straight up in response to the handball. His action to tuck his elbow in is required to protect vital bodily organs. Should he leave himself open and cop three broken ribs like Steven May. I don't see it as a careless act at all.
  18. Fat Tony
    I doubt we are trying to change our approach that much from last year. We are kicking a fractionally more centrally through centre half forward and less to the pocket inside attacking 50, which reduces the chances of re-entry I think our forward pressure has been down due to Ben Brown and Petty coming into the forward line. We have lost centre clearance by -5 in the last two games. Clarry is a liability in the centre bounce at the moment due to injury. The inside 50 count was also lost against Port in part due to our accuracy (no repeat entries after a goal). We also kicked well to outperform expected score against Hawthorn and Bulldogs.
  19. Fat Tony
    Pickett looked to jump up and land in the same spot rather than towards the player with the ball. Hard to argue he has done a lot wrong IMO.
  20. Fat Tony
    I would love to see the insufficient intent free statistics at Adelaide Oval. It only ever gets paid one way!
  21. Fat Tony
    The Crows were ferocious at home against the Cats but were stupid with their entries inside 50. We will need to treat this game like a final in terms of intensity.
  22. Fat Tony
    We were the better team against the Dogs and Hawthorn and played well but the margins flattered us. I think we can and probably will win against the Crows but I wont be betting on it this week.
  23. Fat Tony
    We have had 3 games in a row where we have significantly outperformed the expected scores through goal kicking, indicating our form is not as strong as we think. And we are coming off a 5-day break and playing against a team with their season in peril. I am a bit nervous about this one.
  24. Fat Tony
    They need to put much more water on the grounds early in the season (especially in Perth). Way too many knee injuries.
  25. Fat Tony
    Hunter might challenge Langdon for the other wing role. And Windsor has the tools to play Bowey's high half back role or Billings's high half forward role.
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