hardtack

Possibly because drugs (and alchohol) can have a direct affect on on-field performance and as a consequence affect the outcome of a game... and when you take into account the amount of money being bet on AFL games, the affects can be far reaching... can't say I can recall any incidents of tax evasion that have affected a player's ability to deliver on-field (unless they have been locked up in a cell).

You may well be right.

Two things to take out of the Renmark assignment... firstly, we had an intensive training camp in the NT that will stand us in good stead as far as the conditions go, and secondly, the other team playing is Renmark is Port Adelaide who we meet in round one... at least we will have a level playground as far as the affect of the Renmark game goes and we will have the MCG advantage.

He was way too far out to shoot for goal when awarded the free, and I am pretty sure that if you opt to take the 50m (which would take you inside the arc) then you must take the full fifty and must shoot for 6 points only - in other words, even if you pulled up just outside the 50 and took your shot, you would still only be awarded the 6 points.

Well, as they say in New Zealand: "It's late and I'm off to beard"

What do you mean unrelated? I was responding to your post, a post that was in direct response to my post referencing/comparing both our performance and that of Hawthorn.

I want to know what set off Dustin Martin at the end of that game when he was wanting to have a go at Nathan Jones... wonder if someone wanted his opinion regarding issues facing the sporting world of late.

Much like us in our game against Richmond... those who played both were tiring and the best were rested. And against Richmond for us, that is a much bigger ask than Hawthorn against GC or Bris.

With all of those gnashing their teeth over our two losses, should we take heart over the fact that it looks like Hawthorn are going to have an even worse season than us, given the fact that they are about to go down in their first two games against worse opposition than North and Richmond?

Match reviews on the AFL website include all stats including those of individual players.

Look up 2 posts above yours :-)

Jeeeeesus... do you never see any good in anything? Last year we won one (just) and lost one against two teams who were near the bottom with us (Bris and Gold Coast)... this year we came close to two teams who were substantially better than us in 2012 and that was with a team that has a lot of new players (many more than would be usual). Let's see what happens next week before we start slitting our wrists and calling for sackings etc etc.

The kid is good and is only going to get better... however, the most surprising thing for me is that this thread has gone to its second page and still no-one has suggested he is a future captain.

Perhaps they play like you support. First games up against teams that are coming from a much better starting point and having had a major reconstruction... you should make some allowances.

The last game between Roos and Toigs is a great game... and am enjoying the odd thing that Majak does; don't care who he plays for, I just love watching guys like him who have that certain, dare I say it, "X" factor!

Spencer, Dunn, Davey... anyone else you would care to put the boot into while you're at it? Spencer played a reasonable game, Dunn did well for the most part and as someone else mentioned, Davey played almost his best game in two seasons. Considering where those two teams were last year, and considering we have had a MAJOR rebuild, we didn't do too badly.

Hey, that would be like cutting off Sampson's hair... how do you think he manages to take those marks where he seems to float above the pack?

If you have access to Foxtel, the replays start at 10pm, again at 2am and then during the day on Saturday.

I think you're being a bit over-sensitive here... these are players who are coming up for free agency so despite possibly being a bit premature, the thread does have relevance. We were obviously limited in the number of players we could recruit and hardly have expected to cover all shortcomings in one year.

As they are all answerable ultimately to the AFL, perhaps he should be asking why Demetriou hasn't tendered his resignation.

Thanks for reminding me of that RM... I already owned the full app on iPad and had forgotten about installing it on my new iPhone... done! I will miss the first half of the Norf Mebn game due to my young son having training with the Newtown Swans until 7pm - and then it's a few minutes drive home; plenty of replays on Foxtel afterwards, but if I can't hear or see it live, then I feel that I have no influence on the outcome.

Is it the SEN coverage that is streamed as live audio via the "AFL 2013" iPhone/android app?

I haven't noticed this raised in any of the multitude of threads, but the most disheartening thing about McLean's appearance on OTC is that if Nathan Jones hadn't withdrawn from a guest spot on the show, McLean wouldn't have been on and this whole charade might never have taken off. (according to Jake Nial's article the other day: http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-goal-that-undid-the-dees-20130220-2ero3.html). Oh the pain!

Sorry, but I couldn't resist simply because I like this toon (but I would be happy for us to take LeCras and Thomas):

"Quietly"??!! I would expect a very public apology, and not only from the AFL.