Pennant St Dee

15 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

the problem being there wasn't a cash-in

the offer was mcadam and pick 14, which ended up as pick 19, from memory

petty is worth more than that

Exactly, everyone taking what Kane Cornes suggested as gospel 

11 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

If it was Round 20 I’d say you were onto something, but not after 5 gAmes. 

I started to type but after reading other responses to other posters I  decided no point 

People see and believe what they want and clearly not the big picture from an overall perspective not just limited to Melbourne 

Have a nice day

On 15/04/2024 at 15:42, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I've got less buy into the '3 games in 13' days narrative than some others. If every side played a game every 7 days they'd still be playing 3 games in 15 days. We had a 7 day gap leading into the Port game and the same leading into the Brisbane game. Travel time was a 1 hour flight each way over a week apart. From a psychological perspective we then had a 13 days gap that included some 'down time' to look forward to after throwing everything at the Lions. I certainly think it started to show in the last quarter of the Crows game however when we were coming off a 5 day gap and went goalless. 

That said, almost the entire side looked flat on Thursday night, couldn't cover ground and spread quickly or break lines, made poor decisions and fumbled possession constantly. Losing Salo early didn't help our ball movement and transition and being without Kozzie's pressure (both perceived and real) and dynamism robbed us of the ability to create goals out of half chances and made it easier for the opposition to move the ball out of their own defence. In our engine room we know that Vines had been ill the week before and Clazz was playing literally with one hand. We were also robbed of both Koz and Salo as midfield rotations. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think our performance had more to do with injuries and suspension to some of our most important players which our B graders couldn't make up for unfortunately. 

Lions were coming off

Bye

8 day break

6 day break

Dees

7 day break 

5 day break 

7 day break

3 games in 23 days vs 4 games in 19 days. So whilst we won’t overlook the fundamental errors, I believe it’s the 4 game streak and we would have set ourselves mentally for the 2 Adelaide games. No excuses but consider it was a factor 

WA just named their state 18s, Dan Curtin’s younger brother Cody named, raw but one to watch for 2025

6 hours ago, Binmans PA said:

I'm not sure I've seen it mentioned in this thread yet, but not having Kozzy for the way we defend and try to turn the ball over or maintain territory, cannot be overstated enough.

Our forward system relies on his explosive pace.

Not to mention he opens pockets/ leading lanes on top of forward pressure which effects their possession from D50 game, he hurt us and I hope they let him know 

Stupid no matter what way look at it

3 minutes ago, TassieDevil said:

Answorth needs to be cited for his sledge on Petty imitating he was crying - conduct unbecoming/ bringing the game into disrepute

Yeah nah, don’t give it any air time and let the players put it into the memory bank is how it should be dealt with 

3 hours ago, H_T said:

We had an extra day on Brisbane. An 8 day break. We weren’t shagged. We were fresh if anything at all. 
 

The pathetic excuses being rolled out by many are intolerable, insipid just like the display last night in perfect conditions.

Lions were coming off

Bye

8 day break

6 day break

Dees

7 day break 

5 day break 

7 day break

3 games in 23 days vs 4 games in 19 days. So whilst we won’t overlook the fundamental errors and issues let’s not pretend we weren’t looking a little flat and the above didn’t play some contributing factor 

22 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I have heard he is the talented one out of the lot??

He’s very talented, although the big growth spurt in the last two years has seen him virtually miss 2 seasons and he has just played 3 in the WAFL Futures(u/16). With time out and growing rapidly lost mobility but reckon he’ll grow into the body now. Both older brothers mobile for their size.

This is him #86 at the beginning of the clip

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Young Van Rooyen named in WA 16s squad 

1 hour ago, Demon_spurs said:

Pardon my ignorance, but does Kolt have an indigenous heritage?

No I don’t believe so

18 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

For what it's worth Kane Cornes today while commenting on the football said he would be surprised if Petty stayed at Melbourne.

He was pushing the Kossy to Port before he signed for us Kane has NFI

3 hours ago, Demonsterative said:

So we get F@#ked over twice by Maynard? 
 

i seriously have rage for that TWIT

 

🤨😡😤😖

No we don’t if this was in place last year Kossie would have got 6 weeks for his jump at Bailey Smith 

FFS it’s graded medium under the potential to cause injury factor.

Once you leave the ground this is what you leave yourself open to

Complain all you want but it’s the new rules rewritten after Maynard successfully challenged the ban he was given last season 

3 minutes ago, deejammin' said:

Fine. Probably $6k because of Kozzie’s recent record.

Can’t take recent record into account at the tribunal 

The issue with the new rules are the potential to cause serious injury, how is that assessed?

Bump to the head - yes

Impact still low - but this new rule can elevate that to medium 

Potential to cause injury is the key, Kozzie’s momentum to try and smother the footy is not as high speed/intensity as Maynard’s which I consider reduces the potential to cause injury

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

I think he will get a week, but I notice some of the rules being discussed by posters and those rules allow it to be argued down to a fine.

We will see what happens.

The good thing is Soligo shrugged it off and continued to play well.

 

Yes we’re in the same thought process 

In one of my earlier responses I mentioned Kozzy needing to say I did what I could to protect the opponent once I knew contact was imminent 

Tried to win the footy

Identified contact was imminent 

Protected myself and Soligo

No intent probably not careless 

High

Low Impact 

where does that fall on the scale 

Just now, Redleg said:

Adelaide haven’t played Collingwood this year so we’re comparing Apples and oranges 

Call it the Maynard rule or whatever you choose the goalposts changed and we know it

11 hours ago, Redleg said:

He is not a Pie, so gone.

It didn't end a star's career.

It didn't concuss.

It didn't injure.

It was light impact.

It won't matter.

I’m not sure Kozzy needed to make impact, he may have modified his game but once the attempt to get the footy didn’t come off was there any need for the contact. 
As one who played in the same manner whilst you can modify your game it’s still in you and to me it looks like there was a brief moment of I’m going to make contact and then a realisation of what may occur and then the arm is pulled back in.

Sounds ridiculous be able to think all that through as it happens really quickly but that’s my take and it really doesn’t look great the side on view behind Kozzy of the impact 

Dont believe it has anything to do with him not being a Pie 

Reckon he gets a week although if he argues that he pulled his arm in when realising contact was inevitable to protect the opponent he could get it down to a fine 

59 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

Still salty about 2021 

He tipped Richmond to upset Carlton in Rd 1 and was laughed at, yet he wasn’t far off

7 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

Wouldn't a team at 0-1, 0-2 and on 0-4 come out firing? How many rounds in on '0 wins' does it become a non danger game and you can see a team for who they are, that is, just a bit off the pace overall for the leauge?

Or are they all danger games for the team that you support when they come up against that sort of team because, well you know... MFCSS?

What about the Gold Coast. do they ever cop it in the media, perhaps the Gold Coast Bulletin doesn't care to really report on them, thus doesn't influence the GC Suns performance?

So many questions 😃

Anyway, I'm being a little provocative. 

It's such a tight league due to the spread of athletes, that all opposition are respected..except maybe WCE...

Your last sentence feels about right though!!

If you check history it’s less than 10% chance you make finals from 0.3 start and you don’t need to be Einstein to work out at 0-4 it’s even less chance. So in a nutshell their season is on the line

As for the South Australian footy media vs the Queensland media I think that’s self explanatory 

Danger game given they will come out firing at 0-3, copping it in the media and playing at home in prime time.

However we showed great resilience, discipline and character last week.

Ride the storm early and maintain our defensive set up and we should prevail in another tough one

1 hour ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

Humour my post-covid brainfog, please.  Are you saying that one or more reliable sources within the club said that Petty actually asked to be traded to SA?  Thanks in anticipation.

I’m saying Beetle is generally a poster who is accurate and if he is posting this I believe he has been told this by a club source 

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1 hour ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

Same question.  What evidence is there that Petty wants to go home other than anyone's attraction to $$$$$?

Beetle is pretty good with his mail on club matters

6 hours ago, drdrake said:

Why not, you have 4 NGA academy's that have priority access to every player in their respective states.  They actually speed a lot of time developing the kids in an elite environment.

Because the side last year was elite even without the academy players. The Tassie boys last year were exceptional with two A graders for that level. Jed Walter’s is not the sort of player who comes along often that’s why I said it

Can’t see the Allies being as good as last year