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Majak? Mitch Brown? This is a Weed thread.

Dermie and intelligence have never been aquatinted DubDee - haven’t heard from the High Court of Australia yet. 🤔

I would think more along the lines of maybe Tommo playing back releasing Petty to go forward, if the forward structure fails to fire.

Depth at the selection table is one thing, but losing one and having the other tall defender lame within a game, would leave any team struggling, especially against a team with plenty of big marking options up forward. Sure, in hindsight having Tomlinson instead of Dunstan as medisub would have helped, but nobody can predict these things and a mid / medium or small forward is, generally, the preferred option. Disappointing second half but I for one am not cutting my wrists of microwaving my membership. Let's hope the guys can be hurt by this and come out fighting Saturday.

Sorry to say but I think you are right - especially given the history of the tribunal and "star" vs "unknown" players.

He is a good club man And IMVHO Mitch Brown should replace Weed next week. I had thought that JVR could have been a chance but missed this week with “illness”.

And JVR, which is particularly sad for his as he could have possibly be looking at a debut in place of Weed next week. If Goody was Chris Scott 😮 he would have used this an an excuse and queried why the game wasn’t postponed 🙄

KC, and other regular watchers - is Turner anywhere near ready for debut given May out and Petty sore. I would think Tomlinson would be first cab of the rank, but heaven forbid were both missing …. ???

Just a thought re dissent rules - could / should the free have been reversed after all the vitriol directed clearly at the umpire by the Richmond players?

As was only scoring 1.6 in the second half - a part of the game in which we usually pull away from our opponents. I wonder if, like mid 2021, it relates to training loads at least in part.

Honestly, were we not performing as we have been the last couple of years, it would be easy to just walk away from AFL the way it is being run. And an odd number of teams with unfair bye scheduling would be the final straw

Sounds like Norf list management. Sell off a proven goal kicker who becomes a Premiership FF, then pick up an older one with cultural baggage.

So he will be there then? AFL specialty

When are the lineup announced?

"If they are consistent, he gets a week at least". ... so he will get off then. Not so sure ... there was a free against Tigers earlier in the game when they dissented about a non decision, as I recall

Maybe he didn't notice the dissent 😎

What a bizarre explanation by the umpire - "not unreasonable that he didn't hear the whistle"- doesn't usually matter as far as I have noticed.

Presumably not the umpire for G v M round 23 2021 - who firstly paid the absurd deliberate OOB, then the 50 for Lever to pass to Max.

OMG - what a match Nearly threw it in at half time Lots of Richmond dissent after the non 50.

Just tried to get Tigers up with a soft free inside 50 ..... and again with a 50 penalty

Bloody hell - this has turned out to be a cracking contest. 5 goals to Franklin guarantees that he will NOT be suspended.

Tigers still up 28-24 though

I agree that one was absurd, but IF it was used to penalise those cheap jabs and actual punches when the ball is out of play (like those that Max cops regularly) it would be a good thing.

"One of the dumbest rules in footy right now. Whose idea was it to introduce this rubbish!" Wasn't it another of S Hocking's shocking changes?

"Umpiring is so inconsistent" - yes, consistently so. Particularly the holding the ball / incorrect disposal. So confused. And apparently Martin is allowed to dissent without a 50