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    The Dees are Doing it Again

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    55 minutes ago, A F said:

    Here's a nice conclusion to read for a Melbourne supporter and one I agree with. Can't wait for KB.

    "That Round 13 Queen’s Birthday clash between the Dees and the Pies is looming as an absolute belter, and not just because of Brodie Grundy’s first game against his old club, nor solely because it’s the much-anticipated “Big Freeze” fundraiser for research into MND.

    It’s because right now, simply, they are probably the best two teams in the AFL. Even two years ago, it still felt novel saying that about Melbourne. But no longer. The Demons are a bona fide heavyweight of this competition.

    And the longer they take care of business as swiftly and efficiently as they have been lately, the more likely the prospect one very memorable season becomes several."

    And a Dee’s home game to boot. 
     

    Would it be too fanciful to expect 90K at this game?

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    Sparrow cops one week ban for rough conduct

    in Melbourne Demons

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    52 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    Agreed but you might want to say that to a stack of other posts as well Steve that aren't on topic

    Okay. Listen up everyone (including you McQueen). 
     

    Stop posting about how Sparrow is a better player than Jordon and vice versa. 
     

    If you still find ambiguity in this instruction please refer to @Macca posts on this topic. 
     

    Thank you all for your time. 

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    Sparrow cops one week ban for rough conduct

    in Melbourne Demons

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    26 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    Below is a season v season comparison of Sparrow's averages on a few metrics.  It should be noted that these are publicly available stats only and many, as mentioned above, are flawed to various degrees of severity.

    Take no notice of some of the massive percentage gains, such as marks inside 50, which are just mathematical outcomes due to a very low figure from 2022.  Also contested marks et al.

    If anyone needs a legend i can post that separately but hopefully the abbreviations should be mostly self explanatory.

    Looking at some of those numbers, it would seem Tom might be being asked to play more of an outside-mid role (less clearances, less contested, more uncontested)?  And possibly being asked to run back a little more often to support (rebounds up somewhat, inside 50s down a tad)?  His average game time is up a fair amount but off a fairly low figure in 2022.

    #32 T Sparrow 2022 2023 % Change 
    CP 6.62 5.00 -24.5
    UP 10.00 12.56 25.6
    ED* 12.10 13.22 9.3
    DE% 74.99 76.12 1.1
    CM* 0.14 0.11 -22.2
    Mi50* 0.14 0.56 288.9
    1%* 1.43 1.67 16.7
    CL* 2.62 1.56 -40.6
    R50* 0.86 1.78 107.4
    i50* 3.10 2.56 -17.4
    T* 3.48 3.89 11.9
    Si* 3.90 4.22 8.1
    MG 238.76 290.44 21.7
    TO* 3.43 3.00 -12.5
    ITC* 1.86 2.00 7.7
    T5* 0.43 0.67 55.6
    TOG% 68.33 74.33 6.0
    G* 0.29 0.56 94.4
    DD's Player Rating 2.66 3.01 13.1

    * Indicates metric is used for Player Rating

    Bro. This is about him being suspended. 

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    Sparrow cops one week ban for rough conduct

    in Melbourne Demons

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    2 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Probably because the umpires might have seen the incident as a football action only

    HQ are running scared but when will it stop?  It's a collision sport and an aggressive sport so to me, actual transgressions are easy to spot

    Actions like a punch, elbow, or shoulder targeting the head area is obvious.  Most of the rest of it is vague and highly questionable

    So is a player like Dangerfield going to miss a GF for a similar incident to the Sparrow one?

    Zero chance

     

    The adjudication should be based on ‘malicious intent’. 
    Still highly subjective but in Sparrows case you can use the variables of players speed, inertia and plain old gravity.

    Hell. When will the competitive beasts in this game become so disheartened with all these pansy rule tweaks that they look to play other sports. 

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    Sparrow cops one week ban for rough conduct

    in Melbourne Demons

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    2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    For a guy that is suppose to be an inside bull that compliments our star midfielders he's actually rated 'below average' for contested possession and ground ball gets. 

    See this is where people are getting confused and I think this comment is a little misleading. 
     

    Sparrow plays more of a link up and outside role more than that of an “inside bull”. He can play like a bull when needed to but as evidenced by his low CP stats it’s fair to reason that it’s not his main kpi for the role he has in the team. 
     

    Being chosen in front of Jordon speaks volumes about the importance of his role in the team but moreover his ability to execute it. 

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    JvR Free!!!

    in Melbourne Demons

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    8 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    They should manage JVR as off this week due to AFL/MRO  induced traumatic psychosis.

    Look clearly, you’re putting a lot of mayonnaise on this.
    But I also understand where you’re coming from.

    It seriously must be a complete head [censored] - something that we don’t understand as an AFL footballer how much this must absolutely [censored] with your head. 

    💪

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    JvR Free!!!

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    50 minutes ago, DeeVoted said:

    Reasons from Appeal Board chair Murray Kellam:

    Law 18.5 refers only to incidental contact and makes no mention of unreasonable contact.

    These laws and the drafting of them, in our view, support the contentions of the appellant (Melbourne) that law 18.5 must be read in its terms.

    We recognise that the concerns expressed by the Chair of the Tribunal about an extreme characterisation of incidental contact have validity and that concern is, in our view, well justified.

    However, that does not permit us to interpret rule 18.5 as containing additional words, or to introduce exceptions into the meaning of law 18.5, which is not supported by the text nor, as far as we can ascertain, the spirit and intention of law 18.5.

    It's not for this board to redraft the laws of Australian Football in circumstances whereby the meaning of the law is clear on the face of it.

    Accordingly, we conclude that ground one of the appellants notice of appeal succeeds. It's not necessary for us in those circumstances to determine ground two.

    Reading that, in my deepest and most considerate colonial voice, makes me laugh. 

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    JvR Free!!!

    in Melbourne Demons

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    Awesome stuff from the club. very pleased. 
     

    This hearing had the potential to change more than just the fabric of the game.
    Supporters are growing tired of the ongoing meddling of the rules and the excessive amount of umpiring of our game. 
    Strewth, if we sanitise this game too much it will lose pretty much all of its Uniqueness 

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