rjay

It's the truth...we don't have anyone apart from Max who can compete in ruck contests at that level. People want him to talk straight then he does and others complain. I know it's a no win situation.

If we look at our best 5 players coming into this season we could probably say Max, Trac, Clary, Gus and May. 3 of those are out, 1 at half power and the other going ok. We get the results we should pretty much expect. We don't have the star power on the ground to win against top teams. No coach is going to fix that, genius or not.

It's really not 'norm'...these are list management decisions. Goody has some input but the decision is not his alone.

Joining the army...

Don't bet on it...a mate of mine (mad Swan's supporter), hates him with a passion.

Hard to see Clayton going anywhere while Goody is coaching the club...

Probably would have moved him to FF...

You get to see a bit of why the players love him...and why he is so important to this team.

Makes a mockery of the idea of an independent tribunal...

The predictable call of every frustrated supporter of an AFL team. Most wouldn't know plan B if it bit them.

6 in a GF, in top line of goal kickers in AFL over the last number of years. Hardly overrated. Having a quite patch, yes. Overrated, no. Probably has been underrated for what he has achieved.

Particularly with Brayshaw gone...

A premiership is hardly an epic fail...

...plus he's an average forward at best.

Great news, he really has worked hard to get here. Well done.

...and how many of those did he trade 'dazz'? Roosy could talk a good game.

I the immortal words of Jack Dyer "He keeps on getting where the ball aint".

I don't think he's a natural mid 'deever'...reckon he would be better with the ball coming at him plus we haven't replaced a bull like Hibberd coming out of the backline who can match up on those strong mid sized forwards. Got to try Sparrow somewhere to his and the teams benefit.

Sparrow - send to defence

Should be able to make it to Casey by Sunday...

An interesting thing but when I was younger I could clearly see what was going on over the other side of the MCG. Now I can't. Sure I'm a fair bit older now, and I was thinking it was that. ...but my distance vision is still pretty good, not great but still pretty good. Then it occurred to me that it was because of the density of players around the ball that I was now having trouble seeing what was going on. ...logic tells me that's also got to make it more difficult for the umpires. Yes, coaches will complain but if they had their way they would push for more on the interchange & unlimited numbers again. A side benefit of less interchange could be less injury. There wouldn't be the same ballistic running, nor the same mass of bodies around the ball. Again, just thinking out loud.

Would be good to stop the pile on...dropping the interchange numbers will naturally do this a bit anyway. There just won't be the same number of players in the area to pile on. 10 a Q seems about right to me.

Really good point. I find her description more confusing than the decision. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1153771/afl-concedes-umpire-error-but-ticks-off-50m-penalty-call "You can see on the vision, Bailey Scott takes the mark, the umpire blows his whistle and one of two calls could be made. It could be play on immediately, or it could be stand, which would indicate the mark had been paid." This part is odd as surely the decision to pay the mark is on the whistle. Not the call of stand... So no, the decision was clear & there are many instances where 50 is paid when players run directly over the mark before stand is called. Pity for North but the result stands. As for the AFL, they seem to have compounded the mistake here.

I would also like to see less interchange. Anything that would cut back on flooding & packs. It could actually quicken the game as players would go back to kicking more to close the greater distances. Maybe...just thinking out loud here. Stopping gang tackles might be another thing to open it up a bit.

Agree... ...and there will always be mistakes made by umpires as they are human after all, and by nature imperfect. Same goes for the arc. ...and fans will always complain & see things differently, the confirmation bias of my side being the right side. The rules will always have grey areas, it's the nature of the game. ...but, we should still want continuous improvement from the umpires as well as all parts of the game. Along your lines of thinking & I agree we shouldn't let it ruin our love & enjoyment of the game. ...although it has nearly cost me the odd TV.