At least Simpson acknowledged the medical report. Thompson
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Extremely poorly advised within Melbourne. And Doc's - you should be ashamed of yourselves
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pretty strong stuff
Just read Grant Thomas on Twitter. He's called the doctors' integrity into question and saying Oliver's credibility is trashed.
Have to be careful saying those things. If i were the one of docs, I might be off getting some "advice".
Hope Clarry is getting plenty is support from his teammates and the club. PJ will be all over this.
He's not off the hook. AFL distinguishing between head office and mrp
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-wont-issue-staging-crackdown-after-clayton-oliver-incident-20170625-gwy2ik.html
Plenty of twitter action. Folks having a go at Oliver. He's bitten back, but I reckon he's better he off saying nothing. Damien Martyn got stuck into him.
Just watched the replay for about the 10th time - magnificent performance, and made the visit to the-venue-that-must-not-be-named a totally different experience!
But Hudson's commentary? The most biased pro-Footscray commentary. Watts goal early in Quarter 3 "What a disaster!" - Brown corrected him "But good news for Melbourne"
That sort of stuff all the way through
I thought he was Hawthorn?
I hope that's the case (and that he gets better) - tons of talent and our best ball user. But gone missing (like days of old) in the last 2 weeks, and we can't carry players with a "lack of intensity". Why can't he take an overhead mark - he repeatedly jumped <out> of packs yesterday.
It was absolutely a team tactic, and we had no answer.
We just aren't brutal. See the Hawks destroy Hannebery in to 2014 Granny above.
Need talent, need guts and hard at the ball, need brutality.
We are 2/3, usually.
This is part of what wins finals - it's not sufficient, but it's necessary. We aren't close.
Talent + Endevour - pretty good
Hard at the ball in the contest - pretty good
Brutal - not within cooee.