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@Ghostwriter Should we be on Luker watch for this weekend? 🤞

It’s not a ‘conspiracy theory’ to think that is unconscionable that an AFL umpire, umpiring at the top level and being paid 150k a year by the AFL, also has a job at a betting company. The betting companies are far too intertwined in the AFL as it is, but it’s simply unethical that an umpire can be employed by a betting company. It’s a massive conflict of interest. I’m glad this story is in the public domain, and is exposing the hypocrisy of the situation.

Bet you don’t say that to her 😂

I reckon this is spot on. They chipped the ball around, and we simply didn’t apply anywhere near enough pressure on their kicking to force a turnover. We thought it was going to be as simple as waiting for them to make a mistake, but they didn’t, and as a result their confidence grew and grew as the game went on. Add to that we didn’t win enough of the ball at stoppages, and you have a 45 point loss. Our intensity was way down, and our lack of depth in the midfield got exposed badly.

Yeah, but our young blokes have been great most of the year. That’s my point. They can’t get up for every week. They need multiple preseasons, and more experience until they can do it every week.

These are all the young blokes Pickett. We just can’t expect them to do it consistently until they hit 60-75 odd games. I know today was beyond rough, but I think it’s going to be a bumpy kind of year while we get these guys up to speed. 👍

This is really pathetic.

Fritta is as amazing at both ends then. Great running from him.

Petty forward is good coaching. We need someone to compete in the air better.

Is it just how it looks on TV, or is there a very poor crowd?

Ed Sheeran?

Kane Cornes can be a [censored], but I do think it’s funny that he calls Sean Darcy ‘Skinny Sean’. This is his 9th season on an AFL list.

Because the analytics they have these days is too good, and it tells them that if they speak poorly about Collingwood they lose eyeballs. That game was the kind of absolute garbage most media love to bemoan. Collingwood’s game style is increasingly about trying to minimise scoring and win it in the last 2 minutes with crowd (and subsequent umpiring) pressure. It’s horrible to watch for 98% of game time, but nobody will be brave enough to say it in the media.

Blah, blah, blah. This is a horrible game of footy. Collingwood are playing the Ross Lyon, keep them under 60 points, game plan. The same plan we got crucified by the media for paying the last few years. Now it’s Collingwood doing it Garry Lyon reckons it gutsy and determined. Spare me. It’s boring.

Does Fox Footy not think we can see they’ve all been told to talk up Collingwood to keep their supporters watching? This game has been seriously mediocre, and Fox is trying to make out like this is an epic.

De Goey injured. I’m shocked.

This rain will test the ground out by Saturday

I say argue against all those things! I agree with all of it. The reality of Australia is that realistically only Melbourne is within driving distance to Adelaide, and the problem with that is that on any given week there’s at least 5 games of footy in Melbourne. Of those I’d estimate less than 2% of the crowd at those games aren’t fans of either team. Victorians have a lot of footy available to them every week - so the concept of gathering to see a lot of footy is made redundant by geography. I think it’s great for SA, but I think it’s a dud for 95% of footy fans, and I think the AFL is asking a lot of its core supporters in the current economic climate. It’s very nice that self funded retirees can afford to travel around the country at will, but it’s pretty ignorant of the financial reality of a lot of the people who make footy what it is. I genuinely hope you have a great weekend. My criticism is never of the fans, or the massive contribution SA has made to footy. I just think the AFL hasn’t read the room on it, and the average fan can smell the sales job being done on them. 👍

It’s a dud concept that everyone hates except South Australians, and industry folks who get a free weekend away. It kills me every year hearing the media tell us how great it is. It’s also the reason we now have such a limp start to the season with the AFL catering to annoyed Northern states that they didn’t get Gather Round - so instead we have Opening Round and weird byes forced onto us.

Then maybe we can lure him with the promise of a lot of 3:15 Sunday games?

Hawthorns skills have been awful since half time. They keep stuffing up basic skills.

I don’t think I’ve seen a player look as emotionally frustrated as Zach Merrett this year. He must be wondering what the point of it all is.

I just told a Dogs fan at Flinders St station if they wanna make today perfect they need to win by 187 points.

His tackling in the first 10 minutes of the last quarter was the signifier to the rest of the boys that today we are going to do whatever it takes. Tom should be really proud.

I can’t have Williamson umpiring our games. Every 50/50 goes against us.