Crompton's the man

16 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Ben Brown BELTING out the Song

Love it

Innit amazing for Ben Brown

The kangaroos didn’t want him because he couldn’t turn could only run straight and couldn’t jump

We took him on and sure enough his knees weren’t right and he had needed

(no pun intended) surgery and wow

He could have stayed where he was and played with the team that finished bottom of the ladder - instead he now could possibly be playing in a winning Grand Final side.

It appears that occasionally a change in  career direction is worth considering 

Let’s pray for no lightning 

I realise it’s ancient history but it would have been great to have Tomlinson with May and Lever - he saw these days coming and that’s why he was so upset when it happened 

Hopefully we can back up next year too 

10 hours ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

Press the small red button when you record games MT64, it adds 25 mins to program you record, i always do this with any live AFL game, its saved me a few times from missing end of match

Is it only me or do others get the same amount of joy that I do hearing the crowd roar and howl  in an empty stadium on Fox Footy?

I suppose we should be grateful that they didn’t press the wrong button and put on canned laughter instead

1 hour ago, Deemania since 56 said:

I wish we could go back to the 50s-60s, to see what this Club really was and how that last quarter, last night, was the epitome of such a footballing era. In the weeks ahead of us, getting to - and winning -  a GF would be enormous; to finish on top of a minor premiership list as we did with so much heart is, for me, very rewarding and more important that the short-term road ahead. Carna Dees! 

Football was so very different then.

 - none of the piling on the players with the ball ; free kick every time for a push in the back

 - there was a principle of protecting the player with the ball

  - pack marks three (no punching to spoil when I was a child)deep with the man in front always paid 

   - short pass across the back line and you’d be dragged every time 

one of the differences these days is the ability to kick accurately under pressure 

You didn’t get that fifty years ago 

or five

I think to be fair to Chris Scott the money they have invested in the Umpires Academy has been really really well spent and his team would have won if they had not run out of puff and had been able to cope with sustained pressure.

A few personnel changes and they should do well in the finals 

Doesn’t some of the Gameday thread make interesting reading?

19 hours ago, bingers said:

3 genuine sh#t blokes. Shame it didn't include Scott. 

As a precautionary May should play in a gridiron helmet in case the one on the right gets unlucky again - the crystal ball fired up last night 

3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Part of me wishes we were a point up.

I can cope with that idea in an hour 

He was no. 4 (if I can remember correctly?)

I will always remember him collecting a centre tap out, wheeling around and letting loose, kicking a long bomb 

they were great days and he was a grand player 

or was he no. 10 ?

Queensland Chief Health Officer has just announced that the game will be stopped at 4.00 pm and whoever is in front at that time will be awarded the points 

It’s amazing how often one really good team wins one game and next time it’s the other’s turn 

if we win tomorrow it doesn’t auger well for the Grand Final

I’ve been watching a lot of football for many years and I actually think we saw something beautiful and almost spiritual last night

At the beginning and to  the middle of the game the Port Adelaide supporters were acting like almost feral Subhumans  - as if they were talking their cues from Peter Weir in one of the Lord of the Rings films.

(of course it goes without saying that I am not and would never be suggesting that they are subhuman - merely that they were acting as if they were - no doubt with the motive of inspiring their hitherto adored local team)

but it could be seen that as the night went on they began to calm down a little

and become more reflective   -  quieter -  

and I really feel that by the end of the night they seemed to have  learned a deep lesson : to appreciate what is like to behold a truly wondrous team triumphing over their lesser  one and to appreciate the fact and the beauty of it 

The Australian nation could well be spiritually richer because of that game last night 

We should start a petition to Fox that they offer a broadcast option that has no commentary but does broadcast the umpires whistle and calls

that would enrich the viewing experience enormously 

I fully realise this could be our only chance for a tilt this for the next sixty years but it’s fascinating to hear the commentators referring to Luke Jackson ‘as the big man’

To quote Redgum

I was only nineteen 

3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

So, he's a "dominant narrow minded individual who would clash with others" and a "decent bloke". Interesting combination.

It’s the ying and the yang don’t you know?

1 hour ago, It's Time said:

A sirens usually right 8 times a game. 

Does it sound twelve times?
 

but only right eight times?

Given the kick would likely have been after the siren can the game situation be reconvened and the Melbourne player (not sure who)  be awarded the kick he should have had?
 

I will return the money I had on Adelaide 

On 5/23/2021 at 9:06 AM, Mickey said:

What's a please explain going to change? It hasn't changed anything so far this year, and it doesn't change the result.

Let's focus on fixing our issues so we aren't in that position, rather than expending energy with something that will have absolutely no effect

 

For what it’s worth 

The public acknowledgment of the incorrect call is very important because the officials must get the message that if they make blatant errors they may be called out.

Failure to do so means  that bowing to fan pressure comes without consequences and accordingly will continue as it has been.

It would be a tokenistic step in the right direction 

possibly could add deliberate out-of-bounds to that list ?

1 minute ago, AzzKikA said:

Why?

Why?

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Why?

What?

There’s an umpire-induced desperation about Melbourne’s back half disposal in the contests that is making Adelaide look good in their approach to goal 

27 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

a good win, if we could only improve on our kicking efficiency, we would be so better. i hope there boys are hungry enough to want to stay on top of the ladder and come out again week after week with that hunger. Demons sides of old often got complacent especially when playing some of the lower sides.

Interesting 

as an observation compared to 3 years ago we can now hit a target and our skill level is now such that it’s expected that we will make good choices and execute 

also good to see the Pies have a win 

they are definitely a top-17 side 

Not sayin it’s over but I’m worrying about my money on Sydney 

I remember one of the players being discussed having a crucial shot at game end that didn’t end well.

if I can remember it it’s likely he hasn’t forgotten 

Bringing him back to the senior level in a game like the next one could be the right time to reinstate his place in the firsts and build the confidence that will be necessary later in the year (likely)