John Crow Batty

Our opposition have not fared well the week after Darwin either though most were better sides than us at the time. 2 wins, 4 losses and one bye.

Give Bugg number 14 for ol time sake.

The thing about Selwood is that he has taken so many hits that his facial tissue has degraded to mush and the skin is about as strong as toilet paper. Any slight knock will cause cuts and bleeding. This was a common problem with epileptics before effective drugs. They had regular fits and fell on their face so often that they cut up and bled profusely.

.....only Viney doesn't duck and collects cheap frees. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/debate-is-jack-viney-becoming-the-new-joel-selwood-20170628-gx09sr.html

I hope we 'season define' every week right up until and including the GF. And BTW it ain't Friday the 13th.

Oliver must have hit Snowflake on his hip with his chin.

Heard various media today and the general consensus is that Clarry is a stager with no ifs and buts about it. Apparently a new form of low life. There is also an expectation as well as anticipation that the Swans will punish him for it tomorrow night and that Schofield is basically a saint. Hope he puts a 40 possession game and sticks it right up them and then tells them to fark off if they want an interview.

I think its great that all grounds are slightly different. Or else it would be like drop in pitchs in cricket. Will get boring if every ground and game is the same.

And the umpire too.

We are playing here. There will be more seagulls than Swan fans. I will be cheering him on so loud that my lungs will burst.

Weak kneed chickenshit tribunal.

The day will come when players contracts will stipulate players do not put football related stuff up on social media.

Hurn is one tough muvverflogger. Extra brownie points for Jack.

If Goodwin thinks he's good enough to persevere with its good enough for me.

5pm tonight I believe.

This is getting to the stage where the club has to publicly defend Oliver and especially so if Snowflake gets off. The vitriol has got out of control.

Or they are happy to let him go for two weeks and hope all the kerfuffle will fire them up. And is also a distraction to Simpson's coaching. Suporters over there are starting to ask questions.

No doubt now the umpire who reported Snowflake Schofield will be asked to provide further evidence. If he didn't report him for an elbow to the chin then for what? He saw it and for sure heard the impact and was very close. Did not waste time telling the dog he was booked. Schofield out for two weeks.

An interesting aside is that that 10 of our players on Saturday were recycled players.

Posters who doubt the force of even a minor elbow impact should try this experiment. Hold your arm out in front of you locked like giving an elbow and make a fist. Slap with palm of your other hand with reasonable force your fist, forearm and then the elbow. Which slap hurts your hand more?

Those defenders cricked their necks watching the ball sail over their heads.

The tip of the elbow is the sweet spot of any forearm whack. And a whack in the chin reverberates throughout the head transferring all the energy. The full energy of the perpetrators arm, body and shoulder strength focuses down to the tip of the elbow which is solid bone with no muscle padding. So a teeny weeny amount of contact will transfer maximum force. Not much different to being tapped with a hammer on the chin. Try it.

Thise NT supporters are a bunch of ingrates. Most follow the SA or WA teams. No co-incidence we mostly play them over there. And those clubs would never sacrifice a high attendance home game to play over there. I look forward to when the begging bowl fixtures for us are rid of once and for all.

Reviewed the Hurn/Viney incident several times and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Both players were courageous and going for the ball. Hurn just got there a fraction quicker with his hand. If Viney gets suspended then time for the mob to descend on AFL House and burn it down.

That was no staging. Anyone who's copped an elbow or dished one out knows it just takes a' clip' to stun.