John Crow Batty

Freo are like Melbourne one year post Neeld.

Great to hear you beat it. It’s a horrible disease. My brother wife died from it at age 34 leaving two young children behind. She suffered terribly in her final months. The Pink Lady appeal is the worthiest of causes.

Steve Dunne the other umpire refused to no ball Muralli when he started bowling from his end. He said it was too difficult and unfair to call in real time and best left to the cricket authorities and video technology to judge.

Was convicted of embezzlement in 2017

Not a big free kick winner but doesn’t give many away either. 186 games, 124 frees for and 134 against.

Our problem is we take so-called soft opposition for granted. If we lose to them it’s our fault.

WC were very poorly disciplined during the game. WC players were arguing amongst each other. Gave away stupid free kicks. Something is NQR there.

England hooligans run amok before and after loss. 19 police injured as well as many others. https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/the-euros/euro-2020-final-england-vs-italy-fans-tickets-how-to-watch-wembley-booing-national-anthem-why-score-result-latest/news-story/d0bb506b4b770acc64a549aed469e827

Bad loss and it just gets worse for Eagles. The umpires have dropped them as well.

Entertaining for the spite. Might be some reports. WC losing the plot. North taking control.

Yes it’s a unicorn hunt.

Maybe just throw the throwing rule out and let players throw the ball but can only use one hand and throw below the shoulders. No above the shoulder quarterback style throwing allowed. I suspect there will be better ball movement and we won’t see as much congestion as it reduces the opportunity to lock a ball into a tackle. Will be a lot easier rule to enforce as well. I know it is a radical proposal but the the handball rule now is a total farce and a corruption of the initial intent.

The way Naughton plays is very courageous but he’s as likely to concuss himself again on return the way he plays.

As we have witnessed from results in the past couple of weeks crystal ball gazing is a waste of time.

The first MFC footballers I met were Rod Grinter and Earl Spaulding at a pub. A friend and I had a doubles pool game with them. Both amiable and friendly guys. Grinter looked a lot slimmer in real life but his hands were enormous. I guess not news to Terry Wallace.

The three missed penalty players were also the youngest and inexperienced in the team. Sako is only 19. What was the England manager thinking? Like they has already mentally conceded defeat and looking for scapegoats. The experienced players should have been given the responsibility of the majority of the first 5 penalty shots.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57800431 The three players who missed penalties for England who happen to be of African heritage are now receiving a torrent of racist abuse on social media from English supporters. Not unexpected.

It’s not the bookies it’s the punters. They prefer boy bands over hard rock. Bookies like to see the money go on losers.

Tomorrow predicted to be extremely wet and windy in Perth. Will suit North better. WC can’t play in the wet aside from their current putrid form. North are a huge chance.

It’s like playing whack a mole for the last two spots in the 8.

The upside is he has played 5 seasons less than Weid.

A paint colour chart with some misspellings.

Middle of the road sides picking up the pace to win a finals spot. Essendon, GWS, Saints and Freo all looking solid. And we still can’t write off Richmond or WC. All will be competitive against the top sides for remainder of the season. No slacking off by us I hope. Swans will be pumped to beat the dogs. They don’t want to be battling with the hunting pack.

Wrong, that was a fair dinkum penalty, Neil threw his whole body low to take the ball but also collected Grossi legs forcing him to tumble over Neil. Not much different to the current AFL free kick rule of going low to take out an opponent legs even if going for the ball. It was a dumb clumsy desperate challenge that deserved a penalty. Neil should have remained on his feet if he was going to challenge. It was a painful to accept but a just decision.

Salem brief is to deliver the ball forward from a high risk part of the ground. Every kick he takes has an element of danger because he’s exiting hostile territory and often under extreme pressure. Only the best ball users have this role and is impossible to be a 100% perfect. It’s a matter of percentages. Even Daniel Rich arguably the best kicker from defence has a few clangers every game to go with his usual 20 or so sublime deliveries upfield.