John Crow Batty

All I see is Ginnivan sensing the oncoming tackle and leaning into it. Redmond has lowed himself to the same height as Ginnivan and his tacking arm is at nipple height but Ginnivan has angled his shoulder down to initiate the tackle slipping high. He milked it for sure. Not giving him the benefit of the doubt is the correct call.

Actually it was Oliver’s Finger of God goal.

Must have got his info from Demonland.

Here in WA, fans say exactly the same. “Why recruit Eastern Staters because they all want to go home after a couple of seasons?” Cerra is a recent example. It’s a lot more difficult for a WA recruit to return because there are only 2 clubs to choose from. In the East there are 15 clubs to pick from and plenty with salary cap space.

Jack Ginnivan gets a high free denied and the media goes berserk with outrage. Just another example of media flogging a horse from both ends. He did go low and raised his arm to draw the high free though the tackle may have gone high to start with. 50/50 call but the correct decision IMO. Helps further discourage players going in low and raising arm in tackle. https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1551081604302327810?s=20&t=K0hqUD1layOKnUki0gRigQ

A lot of clubs are using the sub rule late in the game to put in play their sub for a player with only a minor injury and getting away with it. We have used our sub the least since in the rule was brought in. Why are we not exploiting this rule as well? We leave our sub on the bench usually a quick speedy player like Bedford to vegetate when we sorely need their skills as we seem to stop late in most games. Surely there is a player we can substitute who is carrying some form of injury or tiring.

We have conceded 25 goals after our last goal scored in our 5 losses. All of these games we were leading or within a goal before we stopped cold and let the opposition tear us apart. Last week we also let Port score the last 3 goals. They could have won with a few extra minutes on the clock. The playing out time game is not working. Other sides have worked this tactic out. In our losses, Freo scored 10, Swans 4, Pies 4, Cats 3 and Dogs 4 of the last goals in the games.

Stoppage clearances last 3 games 62 to 97 against. We are getting murdered here and shows why we are struggling to move the ball. We can’t get our hands on it.

I wake this morning and we are still second on the ladder. We played well in parts but our pressure was way off and finishing off games is a concern. In our past three games we have conceded 3 or more goals for none scored late in games. Positive signs there for further improvement and looking forward to the Freo game.

i was thinking something like that would happen to Fritsch. Under pressure to do the team thing, stuff up and lose us the game. I would give him licence to play on instinct every time. He was on his left and in perfect position for a snap.

Our defensive game missing. bulldogs stretched us wide with uncontested possession. We played really tired. Too easy for them to transition out of defensive 50 but not for us and zero forward 50 tackles to their 9.

Or the other Green. I would flip a coin for either.

BBB and Tmac helped us to a flag. I rate them as a success. Results count and can’t get better than that. Many of the best key forwards in the game including Neitz never did that. Prize key forwards are not the be all and end all.

Did we get a priority pick for only getting 4 wins that season?

Weid likely won’t go anywhere. Still has a year on his contract and there will be little interest in him if he wants a trade. Will continue to be spare parts. He still has a chance to turn things around but it will be an uphill battle for him.

The proposal is too radical a change. The 8 works well and no need to stuff around with the finals system.

Will he sue the AFL if he develops a brain injury after he’s retired?

Neil Sachse who passed away recently became a quadriplegic when charging low into an oncoming player. Though his injury was accidental as he appeared to stumble, a player deliberately dropping to his knees to milk a high tackle or going in head first to a tackle is at risk of the same sort of devastating neck or head injury. Slow motion replay showed that his head hit the oncoming Fitzroy players knee.

“Stager” that’s a word that gone out of fashion.

Same as Cody Weightman. His once bountiful free kick harvesting has mostly dried up since he blabbed to the media about his “skills”. What this shows is that the AFL’s policies are driven by media influence rather than the opinions of medical professionals, fans or generally for what’s the greater good of the game. We see the same with suspensions with the severity of penalties or lack of administered according to how the media presents incidents.

I bought so much stuff from New Balance during the offers that I still have 3 pairs of brand new runners that I bought years ago in my wardrobe.

That was an iffy one IMO, the tackle looked to go high even before he raised his arm. There will always be 50/50 decisions.

Port fans have plenty to beef about their club and a lot justified after their missteps in the past few seasons. I cant see much justification for some of the vituperative comments of our players here given our lofty position on the ladder and no different to where we were last season at same time. Some criticism is always fair but “cancel culture” logic is starting to appear demanding severe retribution to players for issues that are routine manageable in every club.

We have to sort out clearances. Last two weeks we have been smashed. Despite our highly rated midfield we have only had 5 more than the opposition this season. 612 to 607. Basically we are just average for the season. We improve this aspect and we are back to our best.

All this selflessness and selfish talk is getting a little tiring. Its not just Fritsch but any player that takes a pot shot at goal and misses seems to be fair game for being labeled selfish if there is another option to take. If Pickett missed a couple of his snaps he would have copped the flak for sure. Tmac cops it, Petracca cops it, BBB cops it. I have heard it all too often this season and it mostly seems applicable to us. I blame the media for beating this selflessness issue up and too many fans have fallen for it. It will get to the stage when players won’t trust their instincts and invariably stuff up.