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Do Geelong (and Footscray) actually practice throws at training? Ridiculous.

Bloody cheats draw yet another 50 m goal. What a huge penalty for what is so often gamesmanship.

One can only hope maybe same for round 23 Isn’t hell run by demons? 👹

The original #5 Neil Crompton was a small defender / match winning goal sneak who, it is rumoured, the great late Norm Smith would have dragged for playing too far out of position had he not actually kicked our last grand final winning goal. ?

No way - they would take the opportunity to put in a 4 lane "bicycle superhighway".

Tell them we will replace it with a windmill ... and export the wood from the fallen tree to the wood fired power generators in Germany that are reputedly currently importing timber from North America

All this palaver about getting MCG length and Docklands width is just spin - it looks like they will be skimping 13 meters width to get essentially only a Docklands sized ground. The hair splitting re MCG length 160m (vs 159.5 m Doclkands) is just that - hair splitting. What could possibly be the problem with getting the extra 13 meters width? One tree??

Asked earlier - do we actually know who and how many flew over?

Just looked at it again - wasn’t face down … knees are up, unless some sort of contortionist. Stupid agro but nothing more. The MRO has again proven just what an *[censored] he is. The “victim” got straight up and ran on unscathed. *CENSOR appears overzealous. The word I used was 1diot, nothing foul or abusive.

Maybe, but if I recall when Melksham came to MFC he played a bit off half back and was "leaky" and lack of pressure / accountability lead to him being moved forward. (Happy to stand corrected).

But Buddy can swing an elbow to the (usually) sacrosanct head and gets off.

Does anyone here know the full squad we flew to Perth?? 25, 28? How many back ups do we need to take into quarantine?

Just win all the rest of our games - and I mean all finals too - and we will all be happy.

Just for a little perspective, “poor team” that in the last 4 weeks pushed Footscray and Brisbane, and beat recent grand finalists Richmond and GW$? Sure that had issues this week, but MFC also had unexpected 7-8 hours travel the day before.

Stupid act but is it worse that an elbow to the head? Historically MFC have been the groundbreakers in tribunal suspensions. Trengove v Dangerfield sling tackle, Grinter v Wallace, even Jakovic the only player ever suspended for wrestling, so I suspect he will get 3 weeks.

And Salem if there is any doubt about his groins.

They could resurrect Sheedy ?????

But Cameron never seems under media pressure! So much for independent press.

Sure, but they didn’t have to endure a 7 hour round trip. No wonder Tommy Mc did his back. Hope they don’t take him to Perth which can only aggravate it. Give Weed another chance.

Could this be just one more example of corruption at the top? (Just asking)

As I said in another post, would not trust the AFL in any decision that involves us.

Wouldn’t trust the AFL to “look sympathetically” on anything to do with MFC. However if TMcD has any back issues, especially is aggravated by flights, then now would be a good time to give him a week off and have a look at Weed. Then of course what if Weed were to have a flyer? (Would be a very nice dilemma though). Both very important players - do not risk any aggravation at all if any doubt.

Outscored Q4? Just cannot bury opponents. ???

Yes .. #4 in our last GF win, as CHF and back up ruck (though Graeme Wise usually ran all day). Also as I recall played CHB at times. I remember his breaking his collarbone in a blatant tunnelling incident I think v Hawthorn. He was also a key in our huge 2nd SF win over Collingwood in 1964 with 3 goals Never met him and of course interviews were pretty rudimentary those days but always seemed a friendly sort of guy. One more link gone from our last flag