McQueen

You're overreacting again. It's becoming quite a habit for you.

What a load of bullish!t. I hope the mods delete this pathetic effort of a thread. Blaming Bernie over one effort for today's loss is narrow-minded.

Let's see a good response.

Nobody can argue with this ^.

He has a really bad corky by the looks of it. Hope the trainers can sort it out for him during the break.

I'm keen to see how Oliver looks around Fyfe - particularly at stoppages. I think we have a deeper and more tough midfield group than Fremantle. S Hill is a concern, not so much his younger brother. If we can curb the run of Stephen, then that should cut their scoring ability by around 4 or more goals. And I think Spencil will win the ruck dual with Sandilands. Sandi is on his last legs and I reckon big Jake an run him ragged. I'm predicting a percentage boosting win of ~70 points today.

I don't mind his olive complexion.

Called it tonight after a bit of text banter with a mate that the Dogs won't make the top 8 this year. Other clubs either have them worked out or have adopted a similar game style. They have some stars but don't have the depth of quality to adapt and go back-to-back.

Totally agree with Hibberd. With him in our back six we should be more potent. With a shortage of fit defenders, you would think that it will be easier to discern the pecking order come selection time. Hope he does well tomorrow and the Magoos have a win.

Just woke up and have a first class hangover. Bit of a rookie error when we've got very rough seas in front of us. If this wind doesn't drop off I might be searching for a pub in Geraldton with Foxtel.

Pranked by ANB... where's he wheelie bin?

You've just outed yourself as a star/s/wars/trekker, Pickett.

Me thinks that Pedo wouldn't be so happy about this.

Put a hard tag on Dangerfield and we're a very good chance.

...not even know about it for a few days. I'm off to fish the Abrolhos Islands for a week and will have zero phone coverage starting Saturday morning which will be nice..! I think we can do this. Cmon boys. ??

No offence to @stevethemanjordan who I rate on this forum but why, oh why, are we discussing potential trades after only 2 rounds of footy have been played? One could be forgiven if it was looking Like 2013 all over again but it ain't. And those who are suggesting trading Brayshaw need to take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror and then head butt it.

Suns.

I think you're missing the sarcasm, Iv'a.

I don't think the Suns are that far off to be honest. Eade has lost the players, similar to how Neeld did with us. My source here in WA that told me Omeara and Prestia wanted out also thought Swallow would go to North to join Andrew. The plan changed though when GCS threw the kitchen sink at David and Andrew said take it, I'll join you at the Suns in 2018. Andrews contract at north expires this year so mark it down that the Swallow brothers will play footy together up there. That said, the Suns will have a greater level of leadership to draw from in 2018 - much the same as what Roos set about doing to our list in 2014. If Roos does join the Suns, he won't have half the task in front of him that he faced at the MFC. For that reason, I don't think the Suns will be in the market for him. They need a Goodwin more than we do as they will have the nucleus of a core of senior leaders. The time of the Roos, Eades, Lyons et al are quickly drawing to a close. I think Roosy would be barking mad to go again. Barrett's piece is his usual sensationalist diatribe.

The NRL where a toe-to-toe punchathon was deemed unworthy of any sanction. The AFL are so good at taking other sports policies, giving them the AFL treatment just so it looks different but ultimately stuffing it up.

I've had the same thoughts on this as well. The speed that Lewis's head was flung back was quite substantial that it could've caused an injury by itself. This however does tend to happen in many footy contested situations.

Well this is the most frustrated I've ever been with the MRP. There is plenty of talk about if the players were guilty- which most of us agreed with - although the severity and complete lack of consistency the MRP has with adjudicating the offences is beyond pathetic. Is the club being dealt with more harshly than others? It could definitely be argued given the likes of Thompson's forearm to Dangerfield's head was deemed less forceful than Jesse's open-palmed jab. We know that the player symptoms, whether directly following the incident or in the weekends case with Rowe, headaches after the game which are deemed as delayed concussion, are the greatest variable in the decisions the MRP dish-out. But is that right? I posted this in the other thread but thought it be a topic of discussion due tot he large majority of posters agreeing that the system continues to be broken. Amongst other thoughts I've had, I believe television and radio commentators should be banned from talking about incidents on game day as this is just more opinions that invariably influence the overall flawed process that the MRP try to follow. Also, the club/s should have the right to take their players case to the tribunal without fear of risking a longer sanction. This is purely a mechanism to provide a buffer so the MRP don't get regularly made to look like fools. In our case should have been able to plainly disagree with the severity of the sanction and been allowed to question the veracity of the claims. But hey, this may have happened in an informal manner that we as supporters are not privvy to.. Anyway, the MRP stinks. Their outcomes are so variable it causes them to lack any credibility in my books. The demerit points system was a failure and now a couple of years on it's still not working. I'm keen to hear other peoples ideas about how this could be improved. Cheers

It was just announced on Perth ABC radio that "the AFL will announce later today if the MFC will contest the charges against Hogan and Lewis." Based on that, clearly the club is considering it - maybe just the severity?

The AFL need to review the 'review' process whereby they rely on the club in questions medical report and treat that as gospel. The review needs to be brought forward to game day and essentially concluded before the players and club officials leave the playing venues - 2 hours would be ample time. The MRP can conduct their own medical reviews where an official/club doctor from each club is present to verify the evidence and reach consensus on the findings. All this lagging rubbish is half the problem. It gives people too much time to form opinions which invariably get swayed due to public pressure and added media coverage. Sort it out on game day.