binman

Jaded, there seems to be a disconnect. Taking it to heart? As I literally said, I could care less. I put zero store in what he said in terms of thinking it reflected some reality of wether he would play or not. My only point on that front, and it was far from a strident one, was he risked creating some unnecessary confusion. Which the very first, completely reasonable, post from gawndy on the topic, highlighted. As is logical. Not every one is as inside baseball as us, so not everyone knows to completely disregard clarry when he implies he had no idea if he is playing this week - or anything else he said for that matter. And so might be confused when they watch a club video saying he 100% will. Robbo and whately both dismissed what he said because it was wacky. Anyone who knows what clarry is like would too. As I immediately did. Zero fugazi. My point, which i thought was clear is he was under no obligation to stop and answer questions. He CHOSE to do so. And then chose to be rude. Call me old fashioned, but I dislike rudeness or people being impolite. Particularly sports people who live a privileged life getting paid a fortune to live out their dreams. And I'm disappointed clarry, a dees player, was rude. I have seen him do exactly that sort of door stop interview before and NOT be rude. If he were my son, who is only a few years younger than clarry, and he acted like that, i would have told him he should consider pulling his head in and show a bit more respect. And remind him, that like it or not, he is a role model to little kids. I might even remind him if he chooses to stop and talk to the media he should remember he is choosing to represent the club. Again. I get it. He is not a great communicator. He is frustrated. He doesn't like doing media. THEN DON'T STOP AND CHOOSE TO TAKE QUESTIONS. For petes's sake he's mid 20s. A grown adult. Not some 18 year old kid fresh off the farm. He should grow up.

There is a certain level of irony Jaded in you suggesting others are over reacting or making too much out of something.

I'm confused. Which posts led you to that conclusion ie bombshell? Look, I could care less to be honest. My point was that he comes across as a merchant banker and provides zero useful information. In fact provides more confusion. The two people asking questions are just doing their job. Again, why stop and take questions if he didn't want to answer any and was just going to be unnecessarily rude? If you don't like talking about your hammy or to the media, don't. It wasn't a club organised thing. He is the one who chose to stop and take questions. Anyway, as I said I could care less.

Particularly because he made it sound as it was actually very unlike he would play. And richo said he almost certainly would in the club injury vid - which I think (hope) was after the training session, but that wasn't clear either.

Then just don't stop. Plsyers wave off media all the time. I bet he does too.

That's exactly where I've landed. There's enough variables in the game, without having one that is not actually needed.

And a skill, if not executed spot on (which it frequently isn't) can, and often does, have a direct bearing on the game.

And pretty rude I have to say. Don't stop if you don't want to talk. Got soft ball questions too. And did actually say he hadn't 'got thru' a training session yet.

So do I. The dees seem to love playing teams in the rise and putting them back in their box. And the blues are coming off two very tough, physical games. Hard to back up again.

But i did see it too. I thought it was bizarre. But it clearly wasn't a club organised thing. A door stopper on the way into training- which was at Junction oval (which is frustrating- the media knew it was there obviously but fans didn't? Or at leastvi didn't- I would have gone). Oliliver looked and sounded [censored] off.

I wouldn't worry too much. English isn't his first language. And he doesn't have another.

Fair points. But what do you think he might have said about the pies if they had come from 5 goals down with 7 mins to go? Tbat was a seriously impressive win - stronger for longer and massive belief. In fact we might look back at that win as a critical step in out journey to a flag - one because of the belief it instilled (do we hold of the crows the next week if we lose that match?) and two it may well end up being the reason we play the lions week one of the finals at the g not the gabba. And speaking of the crows, seems bizarre given he played for them, that Jenkins didn't even mention our win over them. The following week they hammered port! And the tigers had the second highest team rating for a losing team all season (thanks dd). Thst was also a very impressive win.

By the by, I have it on good authority (straight from the rabbit's mouth in fact) that yes, he likes the nick name Nibbler, but prefers it to be pronounced Nibbla.

By the by Andy, I spoke with Fifa and they have moved the Tilly's quater final from Monday night to Saturday arvo, so i can watch it live. Good of them I thought. Funny story - they initially said how bought sat night binman?. No, no no I said. That won't work. But if you could make it 5pm, that would be perfect coz i can watch it at fed square before heading to the G to see the mighty dees demolish the blues. At first they were confused, thinking I meant France. And Denmark were already out. But we got there in the end.

I can join though can't I?

Don't mention the war...

Went out on a limb did steve on Sam, who was a top 10 draft pick. Sammy still has to play 13 games to play more AFL games than Omac, who went at pick 53. Should get there. But I wouldn’t put my house on it. And IIRC Steve and I also debated nibbler's value too......

That, and, in my view, the best weather in the country. My mum lived in Perth for a few years, and I visited in the school holidays. Fell in love with the weather - I hate humidity and I love the dry heat and of course the beaut freo doctor that comes in during summer in the late arvo and drops the temp to balmy not crazy hot like Melbourne can get. Saw my first ever live gig at a pub when I was 15 - hoodoo gurus at the I think joint called the lizard lounge. Probably no longer there.

I used to play cricket with Ralphy. He's actually a top bloke. He was a better bowler than footy analyst but (I actually think his news stuff is pretty good - should stick to it).

True. And the hawks too. But it’s one thing knowing how ti beat them, another thing being able to implement the plan to do so. The blocking of the corridor and covering outlet handballs and kicks requires elite fitness and enough players who can spread hard an defensively gut run And i don't think the Cats do. That said, I'm assuming the pies will have way more run and nor be evidently fatigued as they looked against the hawks. If they don't, then I'd almost say the cats are favourites to win.

I don't think so, no. I think the pies will finish top. Second will so just fine. Top spot is fugazi

Agree. I will not be surprised if the pies to give the cats a touch up. The cats looked slow and old against Port, who just had a nightmare in terms of their outs. If the cats were the real deal thiis season they would have hammered port at home, even with their two big our in Hawkins and blicavs. That said, even if they do win well, it will surely be yet another physical, tough game for the pies. The cats will use the same tactics of ageing teams accross every suburban comp - play to hurt the young bucks with plenty of sharp elbows and extra mayo on their hits and tackles. There's no tommorow for the cats - it's basically an elimination final. And then the pies have to front up Fridsy week against a desperate and hard at it Lions outfit. And not at their comfort zone ground where they can use their leg speed and ability to spread (not to mention the benefit of 80k screaming fans), but at the smaller docklands. All on the back of the back of three uber draining games against Port, blues and cats. And without daicos and murphy. Big test for a team that many annoited as the best team in the AFL by some margin.

I hadn't considered that aspect until I heard Brett Rosebury, who had just broken the record for most games officiated (503), mention it in an interview on SEN the other day. Though he said that in making it easier for them to cover the areas of the ground, means they can emphasis decision making skills over endurance for both current umpires (eg in terms of training mix) and attracting new umpires (eh put greater emphasis on decision in the selection process). He also said there's no doubt it would mean experienced umpires like him could stay in the game longer. Interestingly he also supported having some professional full time umpires (he liked the idea of a mix of full time and people like him who had other careers), which would be supported by having them umpire at AFLW and thought there would be plenty of young umpires keen to be a full time professional umpire. It's no brainer in my opinion to have full time professional umpires, so i was really interested in his take.

A career ending leg injury is no good. But a better outcome than brain trauma and CTE that impacts for the rest of a player's life. And tragically, that life may not be that long for some with the clear link between CTE and suicide and many other adverse physical and psychological outcomes.

There were no injuries related to running around in work boots and playing at glacial speeds back in the day?