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How can they sing, with any modicum of enthusiasm, “we are the navy blues” when they wear white?

Len Smith's Fitzroy flick pass in the 1950-1960 era ... then the clenched fist was introduced but all that now seems forgotten.

Boring as they come .... 13 repetitive words.

TV just showed Cameron on the phone - flagging his resignation? Or taking a call from Gillon?

Even makes Joe Daniher look like a genius.

King - 1 goal 7 behinds. Could be a decent player if he kicked straight.

More like tofu 🥺

But their coach will still say they can make finals What an appalling decision that free goal to GW$ Himmelberg - no prior at all.

But GW$ just have no spirit: loads and loads of talent but poorly coached, poorly administered, or poorly lead on the field (or any or all combinations of this).

Axis ….. it, like the statue on mark rule, is just counter to human nature. I guess the statue on the mark rule was just stage 1 of dehumanizing the game and turning players into robots.

Needs to urgently replaced with abuse. Disrespect is just so subjective. Is rolling the eyes allowed?

That sort of decision is only going to decrease respect, not improve it. Absolute rubbish.

They look like we should be able to do our usual thing - strangle them and prevent too many clean I 50s to King in particular As above - strangle them.

Beware if it is an ice bath though.

May be May 2023?

Have you heard anything or is this pure (or rather impure) speculation?

I suspect Tom Sparrow will be chomping at the bit to take the opportunity to fill Jack Vineys role.

The karma bus will end up biting him, or actually his successor, when people just stop watching the umpires who perceive themselves as the reason people attend. Surely not better than AFLX 😱

Spreading ones arms and shaking a head is a very normal human reaction and may well be in many cases actually berating oneself. Ever see a golfer who hits a shank or a duck hook and shakes his head or spreads his arms? Now, thanks to the infinite wisdom of AFL HQ that sort of reaction is automatically deemed to be abuse, or disrespectful. Like the mindreaders in yellow, who call "insufficient intent", they now apparently KNOW what the player is thinking.

Brad Scott is already doing a far worse job than his predecessor SHocking, and Gil is equally culpable. It is absolutely out of control and will only get worse. IF they thought it would result in less booing of umpires then they can't read a crowd, and have thrown the umpires under the bus in the process. I don't really see how it can now be undone. Could be the beginning of the end of AFL as a prime spectator sport (or as "an experience" as the marketing types would put it).

I may be labelled a conspiracy theorist, but Daw and M Brown's "mystery injuries" rate no comment from VFL. Nothing really changed since the old VFA thuggery days.

Typical jerk AFL knee jerk reaction. Venting verbally or confronting - absolutely yes; questioning, looking confused or exasperated - no.

Axis - one cannot enforce respect. Respect is earned …. and not by ridiculous over the top demands, like banning holding one’s arms out or shaking the head which are natural human reactions to confusing situations. Sure don’t shout at or swear at an umpire or get in his face, but showing exasperation?? This only drives a wedge rather than what is intended.

Friggin cheat …. and an equally gullible / incompetent umpire. Nobody can be forced to respect that.

KC’s match report says Daw was out of the game, but no mention I could find of how or why? Another low flying seagull or Martian like Mitch Brown??