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I don’t usually feel nervous before a game, but right now I’m feeling it big time!

I think the first game I attended as a kid with my mother, was against St Kilda at Waverley… it was freezing cold, wet and we lost badly. The thing I remember the most was some [censored] behind us threatening to beat some guy senseless in the car park after the game. Best game I attended was much more recent. It was the QB game against the Pies, when Watts goaled from the pocket after running from the flank and sealed what was a close game. Worst game was probably the first game I ever took my son to, which we were expected to win easily. It was the round 1 game in 2013 against Port and was Viney’s debut. We got destroyed by 79 points, and to add insult to injury, Mitch Clark, returning from injury that had kept him out for most of 2012, did his ankle. The only saving grace was seeing Viney score his first goal in Dees colours.

A box of beers for a code that I believe is likely to only be available to someone who has paid the $229 for a Grand Final Guarantee (correct me if I’m wrong)? In the words of Sylvester the Cat, “It is to laff!!”.

Yes, I’m doing that already, but I can only see it getting worse and I really don’t want to have to check every single poster I’m not familiar with.

I’d like to suggest a moratorium on new members joining this site until after the grand final is done and dusted. It’s getting too hard to sort the wheat from the chaff!

If this was Letters & Numbers on SBS, I’d be sadly informing you that you’ve used the letter “A” twice when there’s only one available. EDIT: just noticed the second A… carry on, nothing to see here!

I posted the response I got from the club re what will qualify for a refund of the GFG. Mine and my son's GFGs were rolled over from last year to this year, but on checking the membership page on the club's website, I can only find reference to my GFG (which was $229 by the way), but no reference to that of my son; I'm waiting for a call back in order to sort that out. I seem to recall that in 2018, we got the emails to register for tickets for the GF in the week preceding the Prelim (I guess that was to speed the process up), but as yet I've had no email with regards to that, this year. Have things changed in the way they do this now?

Whoever it is, that lad’s insane!

Edit: curses… too late.

I watch these over and over, knowing that no matter how badly the Dees perform, they’ll never reach these depths…

Maybe they’ve calculated roughly how many may need to be refunded to members who are are not allowed to enter WA, and are now selling a few in an effort to recoup their anticipated losses.

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If that was the case, then wouldn’t he want the hearing ASAP?

Wasn’t he with Essendon when he did that? I believe he may also have been a Dee at one stage, as well as a Kangaroo.

I somewhat disagree with your first paragraph. The people on these forums who abuse umpires and the constant accusations of cheating etc. are no doubt, in a number of cases, passing this attitude on to their kids or grand kids, who may be playing in school comps or Auskick etc. Kids do tend to emulate their parents and develop attitudes accordingly. When I read game day threads, I sometimes do find myself wondering if any of those posting comments about the umpiring standards, are ever guilty of abusing the umpire’s from the sidelines at their kids’ games. The example has to be set early on and begins at home.

That was not deliberate at all... he was contending for the ball in a way that happens numerous times in any match. It was purely bad luck; just a footballing incident where no one is to blame.

Yes, the Dogs do get the rub of the green, but that is just plain wrong… the last on the boundary line was dubious, but the first three were free kicks every day of the week.

And let’s not forget Phil Carman in 1980, headbutting boundary umpire Carbury(sp?), and getting 20 weeks for his troubles.

Isn’t that just up the road from Colinwood?

I had been of the view that he would get a fine, but the ‘new’ side view footage posted above on this page, does actually show shoulder to shoulder contact being made… not particularly forceful, but I’d say enough to get him 2-3 weeks.

The footage being shown now is NOT the same footage being analised on Foxtel last night that was discussed here last night. This ‘new’ footage is conclusive beyond doubt.

The face palm is for the “keep conceding” comment. The penalty is just my guess, based on the fact that the umpire did not choose to report him on the spot.

Yes, seeing that footage he does appear to be in a lot of trouble. I’m happy to concede my position on this. It should, and will be, 2-3 weeks.

I’m in Sydney so I don’t think I’ll be going anywhere this side of Christmas. That aside, there’s absolutely no way I could afford a hotel for however long the quarantine period is, plus airfares for two to Perth.

I accept that.