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Ta. Mel Bourne, perhaps you have a different rule book?

Is that right? I doubt it, but you seem definitive so i guess you are correct. So it wasn't an error by the umpire after all

I meant that I doubt the rule us if an opposition plsyer touches it voids a deliberate call. For clarity sake I AM IN ZERO DOUBT THST WAS DELIBERATE OUT OF BOUNDS. The rule was brought in exactly for that scenario. As was rhe insufficient attempt change. And i don't understand the need to conflate the loss and the free. It is possible to discuss them separately. It was an appalling error. And its not good enough

Spargo touched it so it should not have been deliberate? Please. The fact that was apparently not evident to a single person watching the game last night shows how ridiculous that is. Besides I doubt that does in fact mean a deliberate cant be paid. I mean he deliberately tried to handball it over the boundary. And succeeded. And obviously showed no intent to keep it in sy, let alone insufficient intent. What does an imperceptible deflection change?

You do struggle with nuance, don't you.

Agree Webber. Given tge stakes it is completely assured the umpires are not full time professionals. Or at the very least one, who has authority to over ride or change any call. At the risk of being accused a conspiracy theorist, as I wrote last year, I think the AFL deliberately create interpretation related controversies. There is at least two per year. Currently it is holding the man and I'll bet the next one is how quickly the umpires call play. Ridiculous. Why? Just look at all the thousands of hours of free coverage and click baits the game gets as a result. Maybe not have professional umpires is part of that strategy.

Yes x4

No. They all should appealed like crazy very poor

I sort of agree. Harmes, melksham and langdon all come to mind trying stuff that was to smart by half

They applied more pressure than us all game. Even in the last, when we finally shot our pressure to our benchmark their pressure was better. Which is why we got no advantage from our clearances. Most were under real pressure. And we didn't spread and gut run. Meaning we couldn't keep the ball in our half. Or stop their transition. And players like jordon were off with their kicking and hunt and rivers could not get any run. And we fumbled more than we have all season and dropped marks we haven't been. Better in the last, but they deserved to win.

Delilah?

Thanks for that. Cornes is spot on. And hiw pathetic is it hearing a bunch of ex footballers and an overweight sad sack journalist who who woule faint with a single bump all defend them. Footy teams have long memories and a fit and firing Max might decide to remind some crows players of their sniping tactics

There is no trick, no illusion. There is no house of cards. Admittedly we have had some luck, but we haven't been gifted some fortuitous draw and fluked our way to 9 zip. We are the real deal. I can't see us bringing our full heat today.We don't need to. They will dial it back a bit im sure. We need something in the tank for next week. But we will bring enough to get the job done. The line in this game is 25 points. We will make that not getting out of second gear. But that line is predicated on the crows bringing their very best pressure game. If they don't we will get on top early and smash the easing up in the last (which will annoy many im sure(. Im predicting a 57 point win. And that I'll read complaints we should have won by 100.

Last year? Try right up to 3/4 time of round 2 this year!

Well, we have the same number of tall forwards this week

Here's another one in a simlar vein. Quite funny actually: https://www.gq.com.au/fitness/sport/weighing-up-the-prospect-of-an-undefeated-melbourne-afl-season/news-story/4f425ea7ab7c7d0712a4b2efe2d98c26

So you don't plan on dressing up?

Has not aged well. One of those players has played every game this season in the best team in the AFL. And is an integral part of that team. The others, bar one, have, not The others, bar one, are not. One of the others can't crack a team in said best team. And one other did. And was dropped after one game, four possessions and negative 10 metres gained.

Brilliant design. Been meaning to buy one in previous years. Will buy this one

Is that you Donald?

It is not about optics. Though one person's optics is another person' leadership. Obviously he had the talent and was appointed on merit, but the only reason Mick Stinear was in a position to land the dees AFLW seniour coach job is that there was a coaching pathway for him, the opportunity to gain experience and infrastructure to support his development as coach. He captain-coached St Kilda City from 2012 to 2013, then coached Oakleigh Chargers for three years before being appointed the inaugural coach of our women's team. I don't know Mick, but i reckon it is safe to assume he has aspirations to coach at AFL level. The AFLW job has provided him a pathway to say an assistant coach role, and perhaps ultimately a senior AFL coaching job. It goes without saying that it is important that the pathways Mick Stinear benefited from also exist for women. And currently they don't. And it goes without saying that both women and men's football will be much better for having women in coaching and development roles at all levels, from junior football, country footy, ammos etc. etc - and of course the AFLW and AFL. Why? For the same reason the AFL works so hard to get kids to chose aussie rules over other sports, which in large part to increase the talent pool and by doing so increase the standard of the players playing at the elite level (and of course grow the game and supporter base). By building the infrastructure and systems and developing pathways for women to coach at AFLW and AFL level you increase the pool of talented coaches and therefore the over all talent level of coaching. And more women stay involved in the game because there is a pathway. Think of someone like Daisy. I have no doubt she would be a brilliant coach. She is whip smart, has incredible understanding of the game and is a brilliant communicator. As it stands what is the pathway for Daisy to a senior AFLW coaching role - or senior AFL coach for that matter? It is crazy that we might lose her to the game for wont of a pathway. Or Paxy for instance. I don't know how many women are assistant coaches in the AFLW. Not many i would think, and likely not one in AFL (Peta Searle was a development coach for the saints 2014-17, making her the AFL’s first full-time female assistant coach - and as far as i know the only one then or since). Peta Searle is the only women senior AFLW coach after Bec Goddard resigned after two years and a flag at the Crows. Surely no-one could argue that we need more women involved in coaching, particularly in the AFLW? The demons and dogs were leaders in driving women's football to the establishment of the AFLW, with our annual matches that started way back in 2013. Appointing a woman to coach our AFLW team would be be natural extension of that leadership and particularly apt given we have the the first female president in our 165 year history. And by the by there is no way Mick Stinear could be considered the coach of the year last year. Not making the grand final was a fail, pure and simple. His game plan, that worked great in the home and away season, broke down under the Crow's heat. And to be honest he has escaped scrutiny. Given the talent we have had and the head start we had on the rest of the competition, to not have won a flag in five seasons is also a fail (noting of course 2020 was abandoned and we had made the GF). Here are two interesting, relevant articles to the topic of pathways and women coaching in football: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/10/lisa-alexander-afl-netball-coach-job-experience https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/hawthorn-names-all-female-vflw-coaching-panel/12920762

I'm perplexed by the decision to melksham. But as Wadda we sing quite rightly noted at 9-zip you have to give the selection committee credit where it is due. And as nasher has pointed out of course we are not privy to roles, kpis, plans etc That said I don't understand the comments that he is in because he is better option than chandler. It is complete false equivalence. He's nor replacing chandker. For one thing, chandler's role was a small pressure forward. They might have thought they needed an extra one last week in the likely slippery conditions and to offset Brown and weeds lack of inside 50 pressure. Melksham is decidedly not a small pressure forward. I have a vague memory that he is, or was, a plumber. If so I'd never get him to fix my water pressure issues. He'd be clueless as to what base line pressure is. And secondly there are a other options that could have been selected. Captain Jack sparrow for one. He has been in the best at Casey for the ladt two games. And if he was a plumber I would get him to fix my shower. And if they wanted a small forward who could pressure, what about Bedford?

I have an idea where we could meet to celebrate on rhe Sunday after a grand final win. Like other clubs they will celebrate at their home base. We could all go out to Casey wirh all the demon fans. If we all wear dees colours we will be able to spot each other

Mint condition. Virgin vinyl.

Fair call.