John Crow Batty

15 minutes ago, old dee said:

Correct JCB but this one is in a AFL club where the rules have been given a very large amount of publicity.

Issue is Port have been getting away with flaunting the injury rules for years. The AFL needs to cop most of the blame for letting them get away with it for too long. 

25 minutes ago, Jontee said:

Dr Edelsten I presume

I worked with a highly respected neurologist for several decades who was regarded by many in the medical profession  including myself to be a genius. His management of brain injury and epilepsy was second to none. He saved and improved many lives. He turned out to be a pedophile. 

13 minutes ago, old dee said:

It beggars belief, in 2023 how can any doctors act like this?

Not all doctors belong on a pedestal. They are human like the rest of us and the profession has its fair share of dodgy types. I worked in the medical and health care industry for 3 decades and know doctors spanning all ranges from criminals, junkies, [censored], incompetents, nut cases to well balanced and even saints. Any profession that always craps on about its integrity means there’s always something to hide. 

7 minutes ago, Greendale said:

Port wouldn't have done it if they had been properly punished after the Butters/Jonas head clash. The fact neither of them performed a concussion test was a farce, and the AFL swept it under the rug rather than receiving some bad press.

Add Rozee when cleaned up by Hunter as posted previously. As I have said before Port were the biggest abusers of the injury sub rule when it was in place. They have nothing but contempt for health and well being rules and were allowed to get away with their mockery of the concussion protocols for far too long. The AFL have really messed up by not pulling Port into line earlier.

36 minutes ago, sue said:

If the AFL wants to protect itself from future litigation it has to show it is serious about the concussion issue.  Given the possibility of clubs' priorities overriding medical decisions, they must appoint and pay for independent doctors at matches.

All this just at the time when they have started halting matches when someone looks slightly injured without (to my knowledge) even announcing it is a new policy.  Why has it not been announced?  I suspect that they know it won't be enforced consistently and if it is a formal policy, teams will use it to halt momentum.

It will turn out like soccer with players feigning injury for tactical reasons. On another note I am happy it appears we have consistently and scrupulously adhered to injury protocols to the letter. Even going back to the 2021 GF when we didn’t use our injury substitute when it was so tempting to get Jordon on. 

18 minutes ago, Redleg said:

It is selfish and I was thinking the very same thing.

PS: selfish is always ok if it helps Dees.

PPS: what a great player, he was a Dees fan as I recall. Well done Buddy.

 

I would say ‘self interest’ is more appropriate than ‘selfish’. Selfish is more like personally gaining something to the detriment and/or denial to others. Morally questionable.  Self interest is like expressing desire for preferred advantage and/or outcome. Like it’s not selfish to want a horse to win a race or conversely to want it to lose. Anyway Buddy is without doubt the greatest superstar so far of this century. 

Tigers are desperately playing for their finals chances. We really have to step up in the second half. 

14 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Jones has been subbed because of a migraine? His eyes look like he’s smoked 5 bongs.

Port appear to not take injury protocols seriously and are openly mocking them. When there was the Injury Sub rule they flouted it just about every game. 

On 7/25/2023 at 2:09 PM, Dee Zephyr said:

2020 wasn’t a fail, initially i thought it was. The team that year was trained the Burgo way, to run over teams as the game went on.  
Covid put an end to that.

We just missed out on finals in 2020. We finished the season strongly and if it wasn’t truncated to 17 rounds we could easily have made the finals and been a flag chance given the disruptions to all clubs. 

The longer the drought the sooner it will end. This season the top 4 seem to be in a league of their own but no defined pecking order.

Last two weeks we have managed to overcome the two most potent scoring teams with our makeshift forward line despite our defence not up to usual miserly standards. Very impressive has been our ball movement and ability to play a different style of game.

Our fearless leader

2 hours ago, BDA said:

We can’t overtake the pies so I hope they beat the snot out of freo next weekend. 

If Collingwood finish top and we finish fourth it’s the same as the other way around. Maintain our position and avoid an interstate first final. Up to us to stay there. No benefit for us in finishing higher. Just hope Port stumble a bit and Collingwood keep cruising.

1 hour ago, Dee-monic said:

Great result for us, and Jackson had minimal impact for the Dockers. Carlton looked pretty slick though and we still have to face them in what could be a key game for both teams.

With Tasmania looming, the next draft could be crucial, so getting three picks inside the top 30 of a so-called super-draft would see us coming out on the credit side of the Jackson deal if our recruiters get it right (as they mostly have done in recent years).

 

Jackson was very dominant in the last two minutes of the game

2 hours ago, Phil C said:

I’m overseas so Kayo won’t play ball. The game day thread sounded like we lost by 10 goals. Apparently we won according to the AFL app! Jeez the negativity on here is epic. 

Currently in a Langkawi. Signed for a month subscription with WatchAFL and watched tonight’s game. Works very well and great image quality.

1 hour ago, dl4e said:

Fair point. Also the opposition have worked out how to limit his impact on the game.

Rarely ever see Kossie without an opponent breathing down his neck. Tagged every game. 

JVR Sub?

44 minutes ago, Tony Tea said:

It's a regret of mine that I never went to Windy Hill.

You are not missing anything. Was worst ground for an away supporter and even worse than Victoria Park. 

Darren Bennett’s goal kicking was a wonder for most of his career but like all footballers he had his wobbles. Towards the end of his career with us his general field and goal kicking deteriorated markedly. Lost a lot of confidence due to persistent injuries. If he could have managed his fitness he would have become our all time best goal kicker I believe. He made the right choice going to the NFL where he would only be relying on his prodigious kicking talent with minimal game time and less punishment on his body. 

12 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Really? Rarely sighted? He's averaging 30 touches a game. Had 41 against the Lions and 33 and 3 goals against Freo. 

To be fair no one notices GWS players unless playing against their side. The exception is when Toby Green creates another outrage. 

14 minutes ago, WheeloRatings said:

Accuracy from round 12-16

Team	Shots	Goals	Behinds	No Score	Accuracy
Melbourne	104	29	51	24	27.9
Gold Coast	103	43	41	19	41.7
Fremantle	93	40	23	30	43.0
Carlton	107	47	36	24	43.9
St Kilda	97	43	29	25	44.3
Richmond	103	48	35	20	46.6
Brisbane	120	56	40	24	46.7
Geelong	92	44	28	20	47.8
Sydney	121	58	49	14	47.9
Essendon	98	48	33	17	49.0
Hawthorn	83	41	23	19	49.4
Western Bulldogs	107	54	37	16	50.5
Collingwood	112	57	32	23	50.9
Greater Western Sydney	103	53	33	17	51.5
West Coast	64	33	16	15	51.6
Adelaide	136	72	42	22	52.9
Port Adelaide	123	66	38	19	53.7
North Melbourne	86	50	23	13	58.1

 

Player	Shots	Goals	Behinds	No Score	Accuracy
Kade Chandler	7	0	7	0	0.0
Trent Rivers	4	0	2	2	0.0
Lachie Hunter	2	0	2	0	0.0
Tom Sparrow	2	0	2	0	0.0
Ben Brown	1	0	1	0	0.0
Christian Petracca	16	2	8	6	12.5
Jack Viney	5	1	2	2	20.0
Max Gawn	5	1	2	2	20.0
Kysaiah Pickett	16	4	7	5	25.0
Alex Neal-Bullen	6	2	2	2	33.3
Charlie Spargo	3	1	2	0	33.3
Ed Langdon	3	1	1	1	33.3
Bayley Fritsch	15	7	8	0	46.7
Joel Smith	6	3	3	0	50.0
Brodie Grundy	4	2	1	1	50.0
Jake Bowey	2	1	1	0	50.0
Jake Melksham	2	1	0	1	50.0
Jacob van Rooyen	5	3	0	2	60.0

disregarding total misses which are bad in itself we are the only side with more behinds than goals and by an incredible differential.

I would like to see our players a little more an adventurous going forward like when approaching i50and taking longer shots at goal. Too many times plonking it 20 metres out with both Gawn and Brown flying for the same ball or hitting up players wide where accuracy is difficult. Opposition defenders know where to congregate. 73 i50’s and no bothered to have a decent long shot. Gotta encourage a little more dare towards goal and break the mold.

We got rope a doped.

Maybe JVR just in case Brown can’t deliver?

3 minutes ago, BDA said:

Tiges having their [censored] handed to them here. My preference was a tiges win but now that doesn't look possible i hope they get belted by 100 points.

We don’t want Brisbane to close in our our percentage. Third spot is still up for grabs.