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So, same as always then. PLayers aren't gonna run through brick walls for a guy that sounds like he is on Mogadon.

It confuses the opposition.....

I love these sort of comments. What, we should cut him today? That's it, no more possibility you will play for the red and blue again? He is contracted so how about you see what he produces this year before making ridiculous comments.

More pre-season BS from the Kings of BS. Just STFu and play footy consistently hard and with passion. We're sick of the pathetic capitulations from this mob. Its been going on for years.

That's harsh, Jack Watts dropped himself......

Were there any learnings from today?

2017 when we missed finals? 2017 when we played 14th placed Collingwood in the last round and failed to lay a tackle in the first 20mins. And we played with zero intensity to lose the game and not make finals? That 2017? Pretty f***** average if you ask me. And you do realise the rest of the comp doesn't stand still every year?

The club has multiple coteries including all women coteries, they hold dozens of events in dozens of locations all in order to try to raise money for the club from as many sources as possible. I personally have been to three so far this pre-season and there have been few women, not for lack of invite but I suspect the fact men donating to football clubs vs women is probably a ratio of 100 to 1. This confected outrage is truly pathetic but what we have come to expect from theirABC.

Thx for that!

We're all a bit sick of predictions that come to nothing. Lines in the sand etc. We just want to see action on the field not words off it. By all means do a video on pre-season and how the clubs ' new players are settling in , just give away the stuff about about 'the players are hurting just like the fans' etc. Its meaningless and just sets them up for ridicule.

If anyone has the time and/or inclination I would love to see a comparison of the first 100 games for Oliver, Judd, Martin, Danger etc...

Jordon Lewis is very excited about Pickett. He does things very few people can do. Needs to continue to work hard to ensure he succeeds but the raw ingredients to work with are top shelf.

Hit on Tom Lynch? Are you talking about where Jetta brought him to ground late in the qtr? That was barely a free, Lynch sooked it up at the umps as usual. Nothing in it. Lynch is a weapons-grade *log

Good for Hunt coming off half back

Hunt is playing half back

Become a marginal electorate

Lachie Henderson discussing the rule in the little paper. Says that once the umpire has called "stand", the player must stand and cant move backwards out of the protected area. "Henderson says if a supporting player charges into space inside 50m with no other defender in sight, the defender will just have to stand and watch while it is kicked to them. Previously a player could man the mark then abandon it to pick up an opponent running into space." Maybe ANB will get a lot of goals this year running into open space behind defenders...

Its the umpires themselves - or at least one senior umpire Shaun Ryan - that is alerting people to the fact that this rule is likely to cause chaos.

This is what I was alluding to. A player on the mark can go back 5m and then 10m laterally either side. It might be preferable to do that and stop a player from running around... Of course it will all be interpretation and will all happen fairly quickly. And like when they introduced the protected zone it will be a dog's breakfast that will be overpoliced in the first 4 weeks and then forgotten about for 18 weeks until melbourne is winning a game to make the finals and we get pinged because some cretinous umpire drags out this rule again. The resulting 50m penalty and goal costs us a spot in the finals...

I think the 'protected zone' extends for 5m behind the player on the mark. So a player in theory could move back 5m and then move laterally...

Makes all of the comment about his "intention" in the ridiculous sling tackle suspension look pretty stupid.

The AFL has warned in briefings to clubs that even the slightest movement to the left or right from the man on the park will incur an immediate 50m penalty. Umpires now warning that this absurd change will be incredibly difficult to police and the effects either way will have a big influence as 50m penalty may be awarded or missed. Remember when they introduced the pritected zone how over zealous the umps were ? This is likely to be a lot worse.... The Rule 1. Players on the mark will be told to “stand” by the umpires. They can jump straight up but have to land in the same spot. 2. Any lateral movement from the man on the mark before "play on" is called will incur a 50m penalty. 3. It means players on the mark will not be permitted to take a single step to the left or right before "play on" is called. 4. Once the player in possessions moves off his line and "play on" is called, the man on the mark is free to leave their position. The AFL are idiots.

I have a different take, High half forward is possibly the most difficult position to play. You have to rely on a lot of things happening up the field, you run to make position - get ignored 20x a match , have to defend and finish off with goals. A half back flanker can take the play on and be more creative. They get more freedom to move. Particularly as their opponents move up the ground... So it looks like they are our weakest players but so much has to go right for a half forward to get 20 touches in a game, let alone week in week out....

Maybe they watched "To Hell and Back" and thought better of involving melbourne....

You'd be surprised....