Robbie57

6 Melksham

5 Lever

4 Gawn

3 Jones

2 T Mac

1 Brayshaw 

(ANB was up there today with many others)

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Good week for the AFL. A tribunal that is inconsistent. The rules being written by the Hawthorn coach. (How Gil allowed that memo to go out after the meeting being exposed is incomprehensible. At least consult the other coaches first and pretend there was consensus.) 

why is a low blow made intentionally assessed at one week only? It is dangerous and designed to incapacitate  a player. I still can't fathom how they missed the deliberate punch to his head last week. 

6 harmes

5 Oliver 

4 salem 

3 tmac

2 Lewis

1 hogan

Hogan gets chopped in the throat and its ignored.  Jetta gets punched in the face and its ignored.  

Barrett and Co should do the right thing and apologise to Jesse. 

47 minutes ago, SFebey said:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-09/gawns-viney-warning-dont-rush-back-to-afl

Managing expectations? 

"if it aint broke...."

Stevethemanjordan absolutely right.  Gawn, TMac and Weid combo pack is proving very important. At some point we just have to back Weid in and let him develop. 

 If Salem is fit that poses a dilemma (remember when we didn't have dilemmas) as does Garlett.

I think the team could benefit for the psychological boost of not having many changes to what is seen to be a winning team that really places pressure on those on the fringes and increases our belief that we will prevail. 

ANB has to make way for Viney.

St kildsa best umpire foot

6 Brayshaw 

5  Oliver

4 Max

3 Hogan

2 Hibberd

1 Lever

7 minutes ago, SFebey said:

Just on Petracca, am I the only one who thinks he’s stuck in cruse mode/second gear?

I suspect he is a bit like most young men of his age (indeed as i was) and is still relaxed about things generally, of course we may be mistaking his chirpy relaxed and cheeky style to mean he is not putting in 100% however I suspect Goodwin would be onto that pretty quickly.  I suspect the reason JW was moved on was that Goodwin felt he would always just rely on his talent and didnt push himself hard enough. 

Your view may also be generated from the fact we all know we haven't seen all of his upside yet. 

6 Gawn

5 Melksham

4 Jetta

3 Omac

2 Harmes

1 Salem

Ah a back of the envelope job but what is the bit about the crows salaries? Nothing to see here.

Damn stats....so misleading.

5 points down 30 seconds to go Gawn marks at  the 45, Frawley runs into the protected area, 50 mt penalty. Max runs down the clock. Bam 1 point win, karma.   

2 hours ago, Jaded said:

I’m not worried by his poor defensive efforts. Our whole team, except Oscar, has gone backwards this year in defensive efforts. 

I worry that offensively he has had zero impact. But since the same can be said for Hibbo and Hunt, I’m going to put it down to the change in game plan and utter chaos we’ve seen down back this year. 

Really need to sort out the defensive structures before we can judge Lever. 

 A bit of common sense, the whole backline has been out of sorts. 

6 Gawn

5 Hogan

4 Lewis

3 Bugg

2 Wagner

1 Kent

7 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

This is in relation to the Fritsch tackle. Anything come of it? Was appalling, dangerous and after he took the mark. Not even a 50m penalty.

He was off the ground getting treatment for some time yet haven't seen any media comentary on it? 

yes, really ugly and yet nothing. His neck could have been broken. I am gobsmacked its just passed without comment. 

On 31/03/2018 at 11:21 PM, Moonshadow said:

Hope Fritsch pulls up OK after the knee in abdomen

What did the AFL do about that tackle? It was very ugly. 

I think Lewis is affecting our back line balance (or at least something is) his role as sweeper is effectively what Lever did at the crows. I would have Lever and Hibberd marshaling and sweeping. If Hunt is injured we should rest him.  We seem to have too many half back flankers.

The number one priority is to address the fades we have which seem to be related to our centre clearances, the ball came out too quickly. Last week it was stemmed when Jones went into the middle and we looked a bit harder in there which is why we need Brawshaw if available.  

I like Bugg but if you cant kick you are simply not AFL standard. Surely we have a kicking coach who can drill a routine into him. 

Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

 

And guess what again, under the "good bloke", "champion of the game" interpretation, the rule has been forgotten and Selwood can again do it freely.

The AFL has the memory of a goldfish. And their laws are a mess.

Spot on. I am also tired of Ablett complaining about the attention he gets to the umpires.  At least Channel 7 are onto it, every time a free is awarded against Geelong or Ablett doesn't get one they immediately cut to which ever Scott brother coaches Geelong who is pulling a shocked face. 

I liked Jack, was sad to see him go and would like him to do well (except against us) however the game against the swans was the first time I watched him without my Red and Blue glasses on.  For the first time I saw what a lot of posters were talking about when he was with us. He will need to improve on that outing and Hinkley was being kind to suggest he added anything to their structure.  

In my opinion Selwood's technique of "drawing a free" by dropping his knees and raising his arm so that the tackle shifts neck high should not be rewarded with a free. Others may have a different opinion. However so long as its allowed others in the comp will try it. The whole point of the rule is to protect players from injury not encourage them to draw a tackle to their neck. So if Mick is against playing for frees good on him. 

6 Garlett

5  Hogan

4 Jones (saved the game for us, went into the guts and showed the way)

3 Oliver

2 Petracca 

1 OMac

I like this thread!

1. Our bottom 4 were hopeless (and can be replaced) but we stayed in the game even when we went to sleep (might be two points). 

2. Our clearance work is good. 

3. Our defence will not be that bad next week and thereafter.