The heart beats true

Are you legitimately not allowed to bring a blow up mattress? Are there rules about what constitutes ‘sleeping rough’?

I’m one of those whose firmly of the belief that Petty is currently a better option forward. He competes in the air and on the ground, and now is the time to really experiment and get a good look at it. The alternatives aren’t bashing down the door, and it allows us to still play with the structure we want - 2 big marking players forward, Fritta, and Koz. Then we hope to get a mismatch on the 3rd target - be it Gawn or JVR, to take a grab or bring it to ground. We can’t win games 70 to 50 anymore. Turnover game styles are capable of easily scoring 100 points now, so we need to get our forward craft right, and trust our backline to continue to hold up as best it can. Also, don’t whinge about our lack of coaching creativity if you want to keep players where they were in 2022. If nothing changes, nothing changes.

And… Carlton win their appeal.

It’s very interesting how vocal the media are about how wrong this is. I suspect it’s not over. The media dictated it should be looked at, then said we should go to the tribunal, and now are up in arms. It keeps the AFL in the headlines. Sadly we are all just pawns to content.

It’s only because of the stretcher. Even the Suns tried to get him off. What a joke.

Rubbish result for the game

What a loser.

Hard to argue ‘high impact’ when the player is already training and cleared to fly to Perth and play less than 6 days after the incident. Out of curiosity, under the laws is there a level above high impact?

The On The Couch footage was really supportive of our case. He’s within millimetres of punching the ball clear. It’s also worth noting that in a very hot game not one player retaliated, or even said anything to JVR until the play stopped. The players thought it was a football action.

The problem is that the umpires are too scared to make the call. We are told each goal gets checked anyway - so call it as you see it, and then let the reviewer go to work. I’d love to know the stats on how many reviews get overturned. I doubt it’s a high enough percentage to warrant the current overuse. Tin hat time again - it’s all about making sure the TV audience on free to air don’t miss anything. I’d say the system was designed to work as I’ve outlined above - but doesn’t because of concerns advertising would be playing on the overturn, and the TV audience would feel like they’ve missed crucial game play.

If course it’s a top hat. The rest don’t pair with a cape. I’m going for a shiny Sherlock Holmes vibe.

You wouldn’t laugh if you saw my tin hat. You’d be impressed by its sartorial elegance, and how I pair it with my tin cape.

If you want a conspiracy theory, I’ll go all in… Clubs should ask the AFL now to tell the broadcasters NEVER to comment on whether an issue is reportable at any stage. By doing so they basically pour pressure on the league to respond. If they don’t ask them now, a big club (Carlton or Collingwood) will say that the commentators have unduly influenced a report on one of their star players (remember, they don’t get reported in play anymore) and use it to get them off. I reckon it could happen as soon as this year. I’ll put my tin hat away now.

We appealed Fritta a couple years ago and got him off. Let’s not turn this into another one of those weird threads about how the club is apparently ‘soft’.

Basically if the player doesn’t say he ‘heard a crack’ (which turned out to be nothing) and then the game goes on, this wouldn’t be an incident. WTF?

Ginnivan makes Cody Weightman seem much more likeable.

If you duck your head that’s your prior! Holding the ball! The umpires don’t know the rules.

Sydney’s goal kicking has cost them this game.

As an aside, I feel like 80% of the threads here on DL could be called ‘Conspiracy’.

BT barely containing his absolute disdain that the Swans are playing well. The standard of commentary for our game is frankly terrible.

Collingwood will keep giving you looks because of their game style. Go back quick at them, and take your chances. Sydney should be 3 goals up.

Swans goal kicking has been atrocious

I used to do a bit of work with Ballet dancers. Their feet would bleed in agony everyday, and they have to show up tomorrow and do it all again. Most of them are forced to retire by the time they are mid 20’s, and life changing ankle and knee injuries are incredibly common (very similar knee and ankle injuries to footballers). On top of all that it is one of the most toxic cultures in terms of body image and competitiveness. In terms of effort, endurance and dedication it’s a brutal thing to do.

It’s a multimillion dollar industry. Why doesn’t the AFL pay someone to transcribe the press conference questions to be shown on screen in the presser video? That would cost $100 per game, or $1000 a week. Hell, make it the club’s responsibility, sell it to a sponsor and put there logo on screen with the question. I don’t care how its done, it’s just embarrassing that it’s been a problem for 15 years.

Dermott literally just said ‘it’s a man’s sport, and that’s the way in needs to be played’. Except for when it’s played by women Derm. Did he mean tough, uncompromising, or brave? There’s lots of other words. Use them, or go.