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At one stage during the match against Port, Oliver kicked a nice 45 metre drop punt into our forward line to 3 Melbourne players The ball was marked unopposed by a Port player and none of the 3 Melbourne players even gave a contest. Certainly, none of our forwards fought to get to the front position (the ball can often drop short) But to my astonishment, the clueless commentators then criticised Clarrie on his kick forward?! And of course, the boffins and stats guru's will have classed the kick as a clanger. Total bs

The MRO is a disgrace. All the time in the world to get everything right yet they constantly get things wrong or miss various incidents Just the way the AFL like it too. Keeps footy in the news and keep it controversial I'll lay better than even money that during the finals a high profile player will escape suspension over some 'technicality' Looking back, we should have appealed the JVR* suspension in last years final series because this season, that thug from the filth got off with a deliberate elbow "It's not a conspiracy theory when it's the truth" *hindsight is a wonderful thing

Nothing is imaginary with me You slag off at players like no other And Gus being 'handy' only is another poor evaluation If he wasn't our most versatile player, I don't know who was. Maybe even our most valuable player with all the different roles that he could play As for our treatment of Oliver in leaving him on the ground with 3 major injuries, the MC must have the finger pointed at them The above is the sort of thing that the media should be all over but the media are more inclined to look for the gossip so they'll miss it The club might need a full internal review just to find out if we do have some pressing issues internally. I'd be surprised if a review doesn't unearth at least a few issues But internal reviews always have a sniff of 'Boys Club' about them so best done from an external source. Will that happen? I doubt it

My argument centres on amongst the community here, not on what is captured elsewhere

You're looking at this with a selfish point of view Do you care at all about the players welfare? (Oliver) You often come across as quite callous It's enough that you slag off at most of the players but you also don't seem to care about their health either So if we make Clarrie stay out on the ground with 3 major injuries, how does that help his mental health?

Yeah, we've been playing banged up but when you have that mantra and you don't win, the cracks can appear From a player welfare point of view. But most of us are in the dark as we don't know the full story In 2021 we had hardly any injuries and the mantra then (via Burgess) was being able to play through pain Maybe 3 years later it's all become too much and the players are worn out

An example of that was when we left Clarrie on the ground after he hurt his hamstring last season (?) And it was a decent tear as he ended up missing 3 months (of course, there were other, well documented issues) So why do you leave a player out on the ground who is in obvious discomfort? And please don't rehash the Grundy/Schache stuff as that is a completely different issue

You may be right but not everything is hunky dory at the club (the handling of the Petracca injuries was at best, clumsy) Unless you believe we're doing everything right at the club? Is that the case? Why didn't we sub Clarrie off on Saturday? We can't treat him like cannon-fodder If it was any other player, would be happy about that player playing the game out?

Excellent question So they make him play out the game with cracked Ribs, a knee PCL and a busted hand

Read my other post on Selwyn's comments

Didn't Oliver have rib injuries earlier in the season? And now that we're absolutely out of the running for finals, they call time on Oliver? If I was to hazard a guess as to what the issues are at the club it could be that we're asking our players (or certain players) to play through the pain barrier too much I could be totally wrong but something is amiss at the club. So what is it?

What are you talking about? Most of us knew about the hand injury but how bad it was is anyone's guess ... but most of us had no idea about the Knee PCL or the fractured ribs I can't blame anyone for questioning Clarrie's form. But the information with all his ailments was unknown (for most)

All things considered (with all 3 ailments to overcome on match days) points to Oliver playing as well as he possibly could have, of late New information changes everything Many of us (myself included) have been wondering why he's been so down on his best form We've been asking a lot of the lad, in my view, too much

Explains a lot re his form You have to wonder why he has been playing at all ... one ailment maybe, but all 3?

Reckon a lot will depend on Man City's FFP charges .... the hearing starts in early September and will last for 10 weeks

Well said and it should be noted that Japan won 7 Wrestling Gold medals & 3 Judo Gold medals and god forbid, 1 Break Dancing Gold! So make of that what you will And the USA need 1 more Gold medal to top the table over China ... and there's only 1 more Gold medal up for grabs - USA vs France in Women's Basketball (11.30pm tonight) I like all the 6 new or renewed sports returning to the LA Olympics. t20 cricket, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Squash and Flag Football ... are all worthy of inclusion. Boxing? I'd like to see it stay but as you noted, TD, Boxing may miss out for a variety of reasons Our most successful games ever but it would have been great to reach 20 Gold medals. 20+ for Los Angeles? Gives us something to strive for I'm sleep deprived but the Paris version of the Olympic games has been fantastic. The comraderie amongst all the athletes was wonderful to see. All the Nations competing hard but no bad losers and all the sports were primarily played in the right spirits Having attended the Sydney Olympics that was what stood out to me during that time. No aggro, just keenly contested sport And I went to close on 25 events in Sydney, all thoroughly enjoyable experiences (Kathy Freeman win included) I intend to be at the Brisbane Olympics to experience it all again I urge others to do the same, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity (well, twice for my good self!) Thanks for your contributions to the thread, TD. Your summaries have once again been spot on Last event on now ... USA vs France in the Women's Basketball

Silver & Bronze for Australia in the Men's Cycling Keirin! The Netherlands Harrie Lavreyson just too good and too fast to win his 3rd Gold in these games Matty Richardson rode his heart out for Silver whilst Glaetzer rode his luck to attain the Bronze medal Well done, lads! Kudos So that's 3 medals on the last day for the Aussies and hopefully another medal of some sort of colour with Georgia Baker in the Women's Omnium Cycling ( Georgia is currently 2nd after 3 of 4 races) That Final points Race is on at 9.56pm. Go Georgia!!

And the Opals secure the Bronze after a battle royalè against Belgium!! First Aussie medal for 12 years in Women's Basketball 30 points for Ezi Magbegor in a stellar performance! And Georgia Baker of Australia is in the Silver medal position after 3 of 4 points races in the Women's Cycling Omnium ... Final is at 9.56pm

Half time in the Opals/Belgium Bronze medal match and there's nothing between the 2 teams. Opals lead 37-36 but we'll need to be at our best to win And Matt Glaetzer & Matt Richardson are both through to the Keirin Semifinals after both rode very well in their Quarterfinals Edit: Both Glaetzer & Richardson both through to the final in the Keirin after finishing 2nd & 1st in their respective Semifinals! ... Final is at 9.23pm

Some Silver medals are worth more than others? Track & Field medals are so hard to win that even a Bronze seems like a monumental achievement (imagine if Rohan Browning had won the Bronze medal in the 100m Sprint!) Jessica Hull put in a grand performance! As for today and this evening ... The Opals play for Bronze against Belgium at 7.30pm Matthew Glaetzer & Matthew Richardson are right in the mix for Men's Cycling Keirin (7.29pm, 9.23pm) ... but the Keirin can be a roughhouse affair so there's a reasonable amount luck involved Georgia Baker is an outside hope in the Cycling Women's Omnium Other highlights this evening include ... Women's Marathon (4pm) Women's Volleyball Gold Medal Match (9.00pm) Men's Handball Gold Medal Match (9.30pm) Men's Water Polo Gold Medal Match (10.00pm) Women's Basketball Gold Medal Match (11.30pm)

Every Aussie competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and their medal chances rated Roy & Hg Podcast Full Schedule Notable Events Sun 4.00pm - Athletics - Women's Marathon (Genevieve Gregson, Jessica Stenson, Sinead Diver) Sun 7.00pm - Modern Pentathlon - Women's Final (Genevieve Janse van Rensburg) Sun 7.00pm - Women's Cycling - Omnium Race 1 , 2 & 3 (Georgia Baker) Sun 7.22pm - Women's Cycling - Sprint Semifinals Sun 7.29pm - Men's Cycling - KeirIn Quarterfinals, Semifinals (Matthew Glaetzer, Matthew Richardson) Sun 7.30pm - Women's Basketball - Bronze Medal Match (Opals vs Belgium) Sun 8.45pm - Women's Cycling - Sprint Final Sun 9.00pm - Women's Volleyball - Gold Medal Match (USA vs Italy) Sun 9.30pm - Men's Handball - Gold Medal Match (Germany vs Denmark) Sun 9.23pm - Men's Cycling - Keiren Final Sun 9.56pm - Women's Cycling - Omnium Points Race 4 Final Sun 10.00pm - Men's Water Polo - Gold Medal Match (Serbia vs Croatia) Sun 11.30pm - Women's Basketball - Gold Medal Match (France vs USA)

Ha ha! When the Break Dancing is on, there's at least 10 other sports to watch at the same time. I see it as a very minor distraction But thankfully, we won't see Break Dancing in 2028 so that might be the end of it! My only beef with the Olympics is that because there is so much going on at the same time, I only get to see about 20% of what I want to see (live) So I've missed 80% live and that did not include Break Dancing! Of the newer sports, I've really enjoyed the Climbing, Skateboarding and the Surfing Never been a fan of Judo, Taekwondo or the Wrestling

Spain too accomplished in the Women's Water Polo and they showed their class against a gallant Stingers team. We took it right up to Spain but their defence was just too strong when it counted I thought we did very to keep in touch and we were always a chance if we could stop Spain scoring. Better team won but a fabulous Silver medal to the Aussies Aussie Weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana is in medal contention in the 81kg class The Opals are still a chance to medal in the Bronze match against Belgium in the Women's Basketball (7.30pm tomorrow) Other medal chances Jessica Hull in the 1500m later this morning (4.15am) McKenzie Little in the Women's Javelin (3.30am tomorrow) Men's Keirin Cycling with Matthew Richardson is a chance (tomorrow evening 7.29pm/9.23pm) Maybe the Men's Madison (Cycling 1.50am) and the Women's Omnium (Cycling 9.56pm tomorrow)

Every Aussie competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and their medal chances rated Roy & Hg Podcast Full Schedule Notable Events ... Sat 4.00pm - Athletics - Men's Marathon (Patrick Tiernan, Liam Adams, Andrew Buchanan) Sat 5.00pm - Women's Golf - Round 4 (Hannah Green, Minjee Lee) Sat 6.00pm - Diving Men's - 10m Platform Semifinal (Jaxon Bowshire, Cassiel Rousseau) Sat 6.30pm - Canoe Sprint - Women's & Men's S/F's (6.30pm (Alyce Wood), 7.10pm (Tom Green), 7.40pm) Sat 8.40pm - Canoe Sprint - Finals (8.40pm, 9.10pm (Oz?), 9.40pm) Sat 7.30pm - Weightlifting Men's - 102kg Final Sat 8.35pm - Sport Climbing - Women's Boulder Lead Final Sat 9.00pm - Men's Volleyball - Gold Medal Match - France vs Poland Sat 11.00pm - Diving - Men's 10m Platform Final Sat 11.00pm - Women's Handball - Gold Medal Match (Norway vs France) Sat 11.35pm - Women's Water Polo - Gold Medal Match (Australia vs Spain) Sun 12.00am - Women's Weightlifting - 81kg Final Sun 1.00am - Women's Football - Gold Medal Match - Brazil vs USA Sun 1.00am - Women's Cycling - Sprint 1/8 Finals (Kristina Clonan) Sun 1.19am - Men's Cycling - KeirIn First Round (Matthew Glaetzer, Matthew Richardson) Sun 1.59am - Men's Cycling - Madison Final (Sam Welsford, Kelland O'Brien) Sun 3.00am - Athletics - Men's High Jump Final Sun 3.05am - Athletics - Men's 800m Final Sun 3.07am - Women's Cycling - Sprint Quarterfinals Sun 3.30am - Athletics - Women's Javelin Final (Kathryn Mitchell, McKenzie Little) Sun 3.35am - Athletics - Women's 100m Hurdles Final Sun 3.50am - Athletics - Men's 5000m Final Sun 4.15am - Athletics - Women's 1500m Final (Jessica Hull) Sun 4.30am - Weightlifting - Men's 102kg Final Sun 5.00pm - Athletics - Men's 4 x 400m Final Sun 5.14am - Athletics - Women's 4 x 400m Final Sun 5.30am - Men's Basketball - Gold Medal Match (France vs USA) Sun 6.30am - Men's Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal Match (Sweden vs Germany) Sun 4.00pm - Athletics - Women's Marathon (Genevieve Gregson, Jessica Stenson, Sinead Diver) Sun 7.00pm - Modern Pentathlon - Women's Final Sun 7.00pm - Women's Cycling - Omnium Race 1 (Alexandra Manly, Georgia Baker) Sun 7.22pm - Women's Cycling - Sprint Semifinals Sun 7.29pm - Men's Cycling - KeirIn Quarterfinals, Semifinals Sun 7.30pm - Women's Basketball - Bronze Medal Match (Opals vs Belgium) Sun 8.45pm - Women's Cycling - Sprint Final Sun 9.00pm - Women's Volleyball - Gold Medal Match (USA vs Italy) Sun 9.30pm - Men's Handball - Gold Medal Match (Germany vs Denmark) Sun 9.23pm - Men's Cycling - Keiren Final Sun 9.56pm - Women's Cycling - Omnium Points Race 4 Final Sun 10.00pm - Men's Water Polo - Gold Medal Match (Serbia vs Croatia) Sun 11.30pm - Women's Basketball - Gold Medal Match (France vs USA) Mon 4.00am - Closing Ceremony

What a great competition the diving is! And Maddison was fantastic in all the big moments. Finished her set with a 3.4 degree of difficulty dive (which was courageous in itself) A wonderful Silver medal performance. And we've got Matthew Richardson striving for Gold in the Gold medal best of 3 in the Cycling Sprint later on (2.00am) Hope to wake up tomorrow with some more Olympic good news! The Midas touch is with you, TD!