Red and Bluebeard

"His 207 games suspension-free puts him in a very small minority … only 668 players of the 13,125 who have played the game at the elite level have played 200 games," Gleeson said. "Almost half of those have been suspended for one match or more. Mr Cameron is clearly in the unusual category in this regard. Even by the "standards" of the Tribunal, the above doesn't make any sense. Gleeson's own words state that more than half of the players who have played 200 or more AFL games have not been suspended. So Charlie is somehow exceptional, along with at least 51% of 200+ game players (some 300+)? It would make far more sense to say "We just make up rules to suit, and we like Charlie, so he gets off because that's the vibe and that's the way we roll".

It will be great to see the Kolt in action, and being school holidays should help increase the crowd. But Thursday night football is still [censored].

Good stuff WCW. Keep doing what you do. Crankers gonna crank ...

Well, you wouldn't want someone to provide evidence that contradicts your foregone conclusion reached a long time ago, would you?

Is it just me, or does that mean the AFL is a totally irony-free zone? Or just proof that they don't get it at all, and make up whatever [censored] suits them ona case by case basis? If Gus Brayshaw or anyone related to him saw the above, I don't think the reaction would be pretty ..

Laurie Fowler says hello, and Carl Ditterich grunts on the way past ... 😁

Because then it was a big club in a final, and in that case nothing else, including common since, matters.

Great stuff as usual guys --- please keep up the good work! Assuming May is out for the Adelaide game, where does Petty play? Having him forward in the second half seemed to work better for us than having him back in the first half. So do we start him back and swing him forward if need be? Or start him forward anyway (which I presume is what will happen once May returns).

Injuries to May and Lever would normally make us panic. What will be our approach now? In the longer term, what should be our succession plan?

"You either love or hate it, depending on the score ..."

You know what they say -- never complain about growing old, as many don't get the chance.

I am with you Binman. Webster deserves a penalty. But it seems 4-5 weeks is par for what he did. For me this stinks of the AFL going hard in the pre-season on minnow clubs. I'll know they are serious when they dish out the same penalty for a Carlton or Collingwood player in a final. By about round 5, they will have forgotten all about head bumps and concussion, unless another player unfortunately cops one. It seems likely that if the order of the Powell-Pepper and Webster bumps were reversed, then Webster would have got 4 and Powell-Pepper 7.

Is that like a banana but from the opposite pocket? 😆

Good thanks OD. Keeping out of trouble. Looking forward to the game this week. And you? The grand-daughter must getting taller by the day!

You have zen-like explanations like "You must unask the question" and "Embrace the essential nothiness" and "It is in asking the question that you will find your own answer". Perhaps you can ask "What is it about this thread?" rather than "What is this thread about?". Or, like most of us here, you can just shrug your shoulders, accept it is a mystery and join in the fun! Note that this is the only thread on Demonland that can't be derailed, by definition ...

Makes more sense than anything else I have heard. Continuing this trend will get us to Round -1 soon ... 😆

Binners, what do you think the chances are of helmets becoming mandatory?

That's a lot of republics! 😁

"And the Jack Watts Memorial Whipping Boy position for 2024 goes to ..." 😀

Touche!

This. One does not play around with sacred scrjpture or holy origin stories. The T$ referred to is still a [censored], and the "No BS" part is the classic "more honoured in the breach than in observance" irony. Nothing to see here -- move on!

Three!

Not to mention the Red and Blue Wiggles children's playground.

Don't they call them "checksuds"? 😆

And a "Knockin on Heaven's door " trophy room for demons.