Burnsy

It's almost as if commercial media outlets manufacture as much outrage as possible in every article because rage-clicks convert into advertising sales.

Brayden Maynard’s acquittal was a heinous miscarriage of justice by a King's Counsel that absolutely should have gone to appeal. Maynard weaponised his body crashing into Brayshaw's head at a 45° angle with his shoulder and elbow tucked into his body whilst maintaining eye-contact with Brayshaw's head. Maynard’s first action was smothering with arms outstretched to spoil Brayshaw’s kick. Maynard’s second action was bumping Brayshaw head-high with his shoulder and elbow tucked into the body, causing serious injury. If a player jumps off the ground front-on to smother, and then braces and bumps the kicker head-high resulting in serious injury, then the act of smothering is careless. AFL Law states players can be reported for: "(vi) bumping or making forceful contact to an opponent from front-on when that Player has their head down over the football" . The act of kicking clearly comes under this provision. An aggravating factor in this case is the career-ending and life-threatening potential that front-on hip-and-shoulders pose. Not only was Maynard let off, but there is no deterrence for players from front-on smothers that risk serious injury. The verdict shows that the AFL is not taking reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of players. Additionally, the fact Michael Christian, the current Match Review Officer threatened to resign if Maynard was charged shows the spectre of Eddie McGuire still hangs over the AFL like Donald Trump in US politics. ROTTEN TO THE CORE.

Well, the AFL have a relationship with Fox Sports/News Corp who deny climate change is real so don't expect too much action. Wish Gill would grow au pair.

Conspiracy? http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1976548-seaworld-admits-its-employees-posed-as-animal-rights-activists-to-infiltrate-groups/

Google image search + Occam's razor + Billy's comment = 3

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415104536.htm

Thank you David! http://twitter.com/#!/40Dangus/status/188922333157789696/photo/1

You should also be thankful that many of the posters here are actually being held in state care facilities, strapped to beds and muzzled, using speech recognition software to post their comments. Ignore the negativity Cam, there's always a whinging and churlish minority of muck throwers in clubs, it's a sign of frustration and ignorance. The club should give them each a large flogger and send them to the cheer squad so they can release their anger by 'flogging' in a manner that assists the club. The next time someone criticises Melbourne for being posh or privileged, have a good look at them, the are more than likely a loser in real life and jealous of our heritage and prestige. Pity them, pat them on the shoulder and buy them a Pimms n' lemonade with a sprig of fresh mint.

Ummmm.. Who is the 'peer' here, the Ox, the people paying him, or the AFL who allow gambling ads everywhere? Love the sentence: "Ox is an ambassador and a good example how someone can lose everything and overcome addiction." A small amount of people do overcome such addictions but by GOD anybody with half a brain would look at this arrangement with some suspicion, unless of course their mind was square-rooted by drug (cocaine, cigarette, booze, gambling) addiction. Gambling has been destroying families for decades in Australia, but because the 'punt' is so addictive, infested with crooks and has been given a false 'prestige' by the media, we all accept it as normal, when in actual fact it's as dirty as a smackie's needle or the back of the toilet seat someone's daughter is snorting coke off every Sunday morning about 4am.

Cutter, 1 = Fevola, TJ, Ablett snr, etc etc etc 2 = Paid inside salary cap. 3 = Let's agree to stop recruiting persons with IQ's less than Adrian Battiston's jumper number.

Multiple sources available buddy. You should try Google before smoking crack and gobbing off... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117423&page=1#.T2EySTb9Nv0

Too many footballers focus on "gap" in my opinion. Seriously, let them have a GAP year first up as an 'apprenticeship' year but force all players to study something at least part-time after 1st year and pay them a salary bonus for finishing a degree.

Recovering gambler Ox takes 150k per year from Bruce Matheison and Woolies (who own 4 Zillion pokies) to support problem gamblers. Gambling is a drug of dependance affecting the same part of the brain as cigarettes, grog and heroin etc. Imagine the Coffin Cheeters paying Ben Cousins to talk to meth heads. The world is bizarre.

Gee there's some bizarre self-loathing commentary here. A blazer is a fantastic idea for the club and I reckon a supporters version should be made as well in bright colours for those of us who are too old or unable (MCC Members) to wear a guernsey. Let them call us the bloody toffs if they want, who cares? Let's don some boater hats as well whilst we're at it, get a whole army of us together in full regalia! Think about it! Absolutely fantastic I reckon! A blazer is a pretty hip and fashionable item at the moment and has a heritage element we can exploit extremely well. Supporters need to stop being paranoid and ashamed about being perceived as affluent or posh or well heeled, it's ridiculous! We live in one of the richest countries in the world! Is anyone embarrassed about that?

Initially I smirked at the quirky grammar in the headline: 'Mark Neeld "Has Sold" Me', but then I thought about it... Could Mr Watts be making this statement come the end of the year?

I find this thread to be incredibly paranoid and condescending. It may have been better to just post this: "Oooh I don't want to scare anybody but the Boogyman is hiding under your bed!"