monoccular

Wonder if Majak is anywhere near ready? Can kick, can Mark, can frighten opposition.

Dream on deever

Could Majak possibly be a worse kick for goal option than Fritsch?

Haven’t been able to watch the game but FFS are we mentally weak? So often concede a goal or two just on the siren.

Just a serious question: does one judge a player by his stats and / or his Brownlow votes? And, if so, which particular stats?

What an absolute travesty. Geelong have mastered the throw and the maggots ore too scared to call it down there. Definitely robbed the Lions.

Maggots doing their best - and probably succeeding to get the Cats over the line.

Guthrie handed off to Duckwood - goal Then Duckwood a perfect rugby pass- nearly another goal.

Good luck to the guy. Admirable to share his disappointments.

His lack of awareness is how he got involved with that “shocking” Trengove incident all those years ago. Maybe he though that showing it on his “media” facade ie right side could draw sympathy or even admiration? And why not? They have so many times, up until this one.

I haven’t followed all of round 1, but does anyone have info on how many injury subs were used, and if any of those subbed out appear to have had “miracle recoveries” in time for round 2? If anyone subbed out plays this week the rule is a farce. Further than 12 days, if this is to be taken as a serious injury issue then the ruling should be a subbed out player is ineligible for the club’s next game.

Exactly the problem with this “quick fix”: it requires umpires to act instantly (and impartially). We got lucky this time but in a crucial very close game this will decide games, one way or the other.

Just watching the replay - Tom McDonald’s last goal from a free. Tom clearly ran wide to the right of the mark, and the Freo man on the mark just stood like a statue. Anyone who was there, was the man on the Mark casual or stupid, or was play on not called? Not clear from the replay.

ANB (and MFC) got well and truly done over on that one especially by comparison with last night’s decision

✔️ Totally without equal. I may be wrong but I thought Cardwell had moved on by the time of the Diamond Jim purchase.

I guess Shocking will be proposing 4 injury subs as well as the rotations. Or maybe, just so we can look more like the NFL, complete team changes every 5 minutes depending if we are on ohhfence or deeeefence.

Oh yes it can. Remember it is up to Gil and SHocking..

Actually could possibly be related, way back in der fatherland. Many homophone names result from transcription errors, and poor education especially in previous centuries.

Fitness and stamina will become more important, hopefully a plus for us. On the other hand players returning from injury lay offs may not be eased back as previously. Might need a run at Casey, which, given the shorter VFL season and multiple byes, will be a challenge.

All very well for the club propaganda to say the players are angry about 2020: not half as angry as the loyal, “thick and thin” lifelong supporters who have been treated like irrelevancies by the club in not sharing the fact that some important players were pushing for selection tonight.

Glenferrie Oval was a misshaped sardine tin, the main reason Hawthorn left there in the 1960s. South Melbourne moved from South Melbourne ....... to Sydney Fitzroy from Brunswick Street ..... to the Junction Oval, then eventually on to Brisbane

Personal observation, XI, or online rumours? I guess Mark Williams is clueless then.

Well, sisso, maybe you should apply for a job at the club. List manager and / or chairman of selectors!

If McGowan imposes these absurd restrictions, just play the season either without WCE and Freo at all, or with them “hubbed” somewhere east. If that became public before the election he may change his tune.

Surely time to get real robots to umpire the game - no breathing, no 'feel for the game', just adherence to the rules.