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My comments were what I would like to see as a theoretical change to the rules, not how they stand as now. And I have made an amendment to my original comments in a later post. There's room to keep prior opportunity and also penalise players for not disposing of the ball correctly in my view.

I'll back peddle a little bit on this one and say prior opportunity should come into play. My main gripe is players dropping the ball not being penalised as well as those not executing legal handballs or kicks. The Hunt/parks tackle being a good example. Since when did "he tried to get rid of it" suffice for a valid reason for not doing so legally? If you try and fail, you have illegally disposed of the ball and its a free kick in my view. If you've been tackled immediately and the ball spills out then prior opportunity can come into play then. It's a hard rule, but at the moment there are too many incorrect disposals and just plain dropping of the ball, sometimes deliberately, that escapes penalty. Probably too harsh to penalise players for a ball being dislodged after immediately being tackled and I'm not advocating for a stoppage free or less contested game.

I"m not sure we can fully trust those graphics. Glad to hear Bowey escaped serious injury and will play this week. Also pleasing to hear Laurie will get back into training, presumably non-contact, and will be fit for VFL in the second half of the season.

In my view that's how it should be, the current interpretation has players getting away with it. But otherwise yes, you are correct and players are making a fine art of dropping the ball immediately when tackled then falling forwards and usually getting a free kick for push in the back. The Hayward/Lever tackle still sticks strongly in my mind.

If its pinned to the body with no prior opportunity then its a ball up, same as now. If you had prior opportunity and its pinned to the body then its holding the ball. If you pick up the ball, get tackled and you attempt to kick or handpass but fail to legally execute those skills then its holding the ball via incorrect disposal. If you get tackled and drop the ball immediately then its holding the ball via incorrect disposal. Yes we want to reward the person attacking the ball but too many of the above scenarios are let go under the guise of no prior opportunity.

All they need to do is start paying incorrect disposals properly. If you get tackled immediately but it comes out without a legal handpass or kick then that should be holding the ball. With or without prior. Hunt had Mathew Parks dead to rights and umpired called play on because he "attempted to kick it." Even all the players around the tackle stopped and expected a free kick to be paid. Start rewarding those then that solves a lot of issues in my opinion.

I have a vivid recollection of Shane being in a Melbourne corporate box area wearing a demons scarf with other past players a decade or more ago. Think it was during the Stynes administration. Shame if that was only a one off and the club didn't try to bring him back into the fold further. Perhaps it was a grand final reunion.

No idea on the contract situation but would love to get Florent from the swannies. Highly unlikely I'd suspect.

Would like to get Sparrow in somehow. Kid has been far and away our best player at Casey this year. Chandler the obvious candidate but would be unlucky to be dropped after his first game at the level.

6. Lever 5. Salem 4. Oliver 3. Brayshaw 2. May 1. Neal-Bullen Apologies to langdon, jj and tmac. Rivers killing it in the backline just quietly. Doesn't get the same plaudits as his fellow draftees in Jackson and Pickett but has been equally as impressive in my opinion.

That's the problem with the reserves playing a day before. Baker obviously held over as emergency and guessing Melksham to be the sub. Could be vice versa though. Probably would've been smart to have Sparrow play half a game so he isn't completely cooked if called upon. Club must be confident they only need one emergency for a late change if required which indicates the selected 22 are healthy and ready to go. I suspect tomorrow we will see Bowey replaced on the emergency list by another player at Casey, all formalities as they won't play save for some unforeseen circumstance.

We have a 3rd rounder from the hawks so every loss for them is a bonus to us. Plus hawks losing is just an enjoyable feeling outright. Now we just need Brisbane and Bulldogs to fall in a heap to improve our other picks, a 2nd and other 3rd round pick respectively.

Great to hear. Thanks.

He's rawer than the salmon nigiri I had for dinner last night, would be very surprised if he got a game this year.

Footage of him jogging backwards at half pace isn't the most convincing evidence of moving freely, but it's a positive he's out there.

Perhaps we're currently seeing a small drop off in output right now? We were asleep in the first half against North and last weekend we lost 3 out of 4 quarters against the swans. It's hard to keep 22 players in peak mental and physical condition and no doubt training loads will increase and taper throughout the season as required. Hopefully we can navigate through the rest of season and keep putting wins on the board when we're not firing on all cylinders. So far so good. For what it's worth I don't think we've played our best footy yet and think it is still to come. Something I'm looking forward to.

Just watching the replay and it's astonishing how many tackles went unrewarded for holding-the-ball. There must have been at least a dozen of incorrect disposals with nothing given. The worst of which were those where players just dropped the ball when tackled. Felt bad for lever when Hayward dropped the ball immediately when lever tackled him only for the umpire to penalise lever for falling into his back afterwards.

6. Oliver 5. McDonald 4. May 3. Harmes 2. Langdon 1. Salem

We're 8 and 0 and I don't think we've played our best footy yet this year. What is this club I'm supporting?

Would love to see Sparrow and Weideman in the team but can't see any changes being made unless they are forced. Fritsch and Brayshaw probably our worst tonight but can't see either being dropped and nor do I want them to. They have enough credits in the bank though and can't see Sparrow playing the wing better than Brayshaw. Petty needs some continuity and I have great belief that he will be a staple in our team for a long time to come. He's important for our defensive structure, allowing lever to intercept and McDonald to play forward.

Ned guy stepping down as Collingwoods list manager after the mid season draft. Probably well off the mark with this but I like to think it went something like this. - Petracca tells a mate he had passing thoughts of what it would be like to pull on the pies jumper, the club he supported as a kid. - pies catch wind of this and make contact with petraccas management. - management neither confirms or denies and probably encourages the pies with their enquiries to help negotiations along with Melbourne. - pies think they have a chance, but have a bulging salary cap and decide a 28yr old hamstring prone treloar on huge money needs to go. - proceed to sell the farm with Stephens and Phillips jettisoned to free up space for their main target with views of having enough cap space at end of 22 to blow our offer away for a then restricted free agent Petracca. - Guy unconvincingly fronts the radio saying it wasn't about salary cap, they wanted to get back into the draft. Later comments were made about unspecified players wanting to join them as well which they couldn't accommodate with their previous list make up. - Pies mocked by all and sundry for the bs they were publicly sprouting. - Fast forward to Petracca signing 7 year contract extension, multiple articles highlighting collingwoods strong interest in him. - 2 days later Ned Guy "steps down" Now if North can relegate the pies to the bottom of the ladder in the second half of the year that would complete Collingwood shooting themselves in the foot with their round 1 pick already traded out for this year.

Shame about our fringe players missing out on a game this week. Weideman may find the delay even more frustrating if he's not selected for the senior team. Wonder if they'll try and put together a modified scratch match of casey and Melbourne listed players + fill ins.

Cheers, have amended the post.

Luke Jackson earns his 2nd rising star nomination for his game against the roos in round 7. Round 1 - Errol Gulden - Sydney Round 2 - Braeden Campbell - Sydney Round 3 - Chad Warner - Sydney Round 4 - Lachlan Scholl - Adelaide Round 5 - Mitch Georgiades - Port Adelaide Round 6 - Jacob Koschitzke - Hawthorn Round 7 - Luke Jackson - Melbourne

I believe we have 3 picks available to us but how many we actually use is a question only the club will know.