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He didn't play a decent game. He is a liability at present and only getting games because of his height. On my list of issues I have with Oscar I am going to add awareness because I am peeved the number of times he holds on to the ball a split second too loing and has his kick smothered or is tackled. He may well turn into a decent defender but at present we are playing a man down.

Looked like he tweaked his groin when he took that mark in the 4th Q

Injuries aside he would be under no illusion what he needs to work on and he would need to repeat that over several weeks.

The AFL is heading down the path of Major League Baseball. MLB produces its own content and packages shows to the various stations and audiences. Stations use their own commentary teams. So Ch 10 could pay for the final series or all Friday night games etc Channel Eddie could broadcast all the Coll games.. Additionaly punters could pay say $10 a week to stream the game to the device of your choice. The AFL media dept has been growing like topsy and Demetriou confirmed as much to me when I asked him. When you do the maths it will work out a lot better than the current broadcast deal and the digital rights deal as well as the AFL maintaining control over the content production. That's pretty much where its heading...

Luckily not the ANZAC Eve fixture

Green was in his first year. Kicked 28 goals Pretty good return. As for the GF he was pole-axed in the throat by the thug Wallis who was brought back especially to play in the GF and didn't care whether he got suspended. Very unfair on Brad.

He has the records.........hmmmmm.....

What a joke article. I'm sure Freo really miss Ethan Hughes when he is not playing.... by the way who TF is Ethan Hughes?

You might be right. He is so frustrating as he has the talent and has played some good games. I feel the issues are all in his head. He seems to me to have a healthy opinion of himself and his talents - I could be totally wrong but that's how it looks - rather than knuckling down and working his backside off and putting his body on the line. The evidence of his poor performances in losses is pretty damning though.

First I have seen of this. My God what a stuffup. You are spot on. There is no such thing in the rules. Who in the media wil take them to task over this? The AFL are out of control.

there is no tangent. The umps always call "east west, East west" meaning the man on the mark has to move sideways. Far king tangent?? Who are these idiots in charge of our game?

Welcome Wobble. Kent doesn't attack the pill and tries to be too flashy when he does have it. Some of those passes to the corridor that get picked off are clearly where ambition overides talent. I have put a line through him. His form in our losses is the main issue I have. He has none. Goes missing big time.

Vanders is in a bit of trouble me thinks...

He was at the airport today on his way to Perth most likely with what looked like his mother....

Nailed it,

The umpiring improved markedly in the Adelaide game when the 3rd ump went down...just sayin....

Bobs up and kicks a few when we are flying.. Downhill skier of the worst kind and goes missing in nearly all of our losses. That is a KPI for mine. Who performs in losses. It ain't Kent. Sizeable opinion of his own skills but rarely delivers when it counts. Trade bait.

It's hardly been mentioned but what a dog act by Higgins when he was abusing Vince as he lay prostrate on the ground... It was front page news when Mark Murphy did that to Carlisle

The umps could stop it in a heartbeat by paying frees. They totally lost control of that game. An the laughing with Nth players as they were walking off at 3/4 time was a further disgrace.

Have now watched the replay. The umps were a disgrace as we know: Multiple deliberate trips when surging towards goal were not paid. Several soft frees to Brown Shocking error for Hibberd deliberate OOB non-50m to Bugg for certain goal Salem free that should have been awarded to him when he was taken out of play on the memebers boundary line. Instead it was play-on NM. Numerous jumps on the back when on the ground Numerous push in backs by the chaser when kicking Punch to the throat of Oliver Punch to the guts of Vince. 10 frees in the whole game??? In spite of all that we should have won if we had done a few things better. Mostly running and spreading and shocking turnovers under little pressure. 11 of their first 12 goals were from T/O's. Bugg's kicking. Surpringly we won the clearances. Oh, and we were effectively 2 players down with Weid and the useless OMac. 3 players if you count the downhill skier Kent. In short, infuriating loss to a team that is 2nd only to Essendon on my most hated list.

I was told that this particular operation has a sizeable cut in the groin rather than the sack. Aside from any mental issues Jesse may experience this is what will take the longest to heal and resume training.

Watch Thompson's dog act and compare to Salom

I'd like to see each of them have 5 tackles.

Yeah it is. He has no intensity, has a Queen mary turning circle, can't tackle and gets isolated one on one so much that we need a second backman to babysit him. The last one is what takes away from the defensive structures. Oscar didn't "do ok under the circumstances". He is a liability. I am not writing him off but he is only getting a game because he is tall and has no one else ready to replace him. We get smashed by strong tall fwds and it will continue with Oscar in the team. Needs to bulk up, gains some aggression and play closer to his man.