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With respect DS nothing in this decision looks like a “ captains call”

Top 4 for the 3rd year in a row. Im not sure I ever believed I’d see a Dee team do this.

Thanks. I think we’re all feeling a bit desperate for good news.

Underated elements. It takes so much of everything AND luck to win flags...or if not luck then at least not the bad luck we had at the end of the season. Injury cursed year sadly.

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Feeling you WCW. Im a bit the same. We've been served a fair bit of heart break at the back end of this season. Petty, Melk and now Gus. Plus a close QF loss and then enduring the Collingwood bully boys. I wonder if the boys feel a bit the same? Either way They still have to run out and meet the blues in a brutal battle..they need our support more now than ever.

This is a genuinely sad day for our game. I hope the AFL get sued.

thanks…it’s really astounding. I’m genuinely disgusted by this. This whole thing is pretty much everything I hate about our game. The hit, the concussion, the feral pie crowd chanting, the journos all joining together to push an outcome, a fake outcome and the bending over by the AFL to please the pies. I know the dees are still very much alive but my interest in this season just dropped by 50%. joy factor missing.

what does that mean wwsw?

Why? I guarantee you this thread will be nearly double its size before it’s finished.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this will 4 weeks reduced to 3. The AFL is many things but it’s not stupid. Anything but a big penalty here and they open themselves up in ways they won’t want.

A good article ruined at the end with this “I’m not suggesting Brayden Maynard should be suspended. I think this is as line-ball as footy incidents get in 2023” I don’t think Maynard intended the concequences of his action… but it’s still indefensible. A dumb and dangerous thing to do as was JVR’s . This just ISNT a line ball situation. In fact if he isn’t suspended for this then “the line” been dragged back into the dark ages. And it’s invitation to do more of it.

Thanks for this 🙏🏼 I must admit I also am still coming back from everything that happened. Asking deeper questions. The “Ritualised violence” at the G was getting more real than ritualised. I feel like a line was crossed. The hit then the moronic collingwood chant, the collingwood fans in general at the game, the media stupidity…blind to what they’re saying yes to. Someday soon at a sports arena in this country there’s going to be a riot. And if that horrible event should ever happen i’ll be loud about pointing back to the reactions to this incident.

I think he shouldn’t play again this season regardless of how we go. He can see how he recovers and think it all through in the off season. I realise I feel a bit like how I felt when schwartz did his knee for the second time. We were in the flag hunt at that point… but after he went down and did it again that dream was over. Big test for the club in how we respond to all this. we’ve really been dealt a tragic hand this end season. Petty, Melk and Brayshaw all possibly career ending. . I don’t know what’s true w Petty but a bad Lisfranc offers no guarentees of full return. Lots to play out I guess. My MFCSS says the dream is over. Hope to be wrong.

Seems like a whole slew of things combining in this story. First and foremost a serious ko to Brayshaw that may well end the career of one of our clubs champions. This is really a sad thing and Im still furious about it. Second is the outrageous media bias, the disgusting gathering of commentators demeaning themselves at the collingwood alter. As has been mentioned we KNOW this would not be happening if that was kozzi or Viney on Daicos. Third, while we know all about the Collingwood worship from media looking for clicks, there is the added element that as a club we seem so easy to push around. No one in the media seems to really have our back. Garry lyon is old time in that he appears neutral so often. Fourth , the charge at Brayshaw ( let’s just call a frikn spade a spade. i’d call it the same way if it was a dee) took out one of our best and it prob changed the outcome in that QF. Arguable but either way we lost a close final and probably ended our flag hopes. So, we have the added disappointment of a probable wasted season now.. And if gus does retire then our window looks narrower going forward So there’s the worry for Gus , the loss on its own but some cascading disappointments. A big moment for this teams legacy.

I wonder if any of those teams also lost players in the way we have been losing them? . If it was purely a form issue I’d still be confident , but the injuries, suspension etc is just proving too much I think.

well said. Can you imagine the different focus if that was Daicos. Disgust is what I feel as well . I think sometimes the media give pro collingwood coverage just to make sure their supporter base engage.

or kicked into the man in the mark!

My final gripe for today. Anyone else absolutely seething that the “ collllingwoood” chant got going up when Brayshaw was on the ground unconcious. [censored] me… i hope they don’t win the flag.

if Hunter got a week, for protecting himself, Maynard should get 3. No way in hell should he get off on this.

Didnt know THAT. They're both smooth movers aren't they.

So he's probably the Melk replacement?

Love to hear some thoughts on what he will bring us. Who's spot does he take?

Why "perfect fit"? Genuinely curious. We seem to have Spargo, Chin and Kozzi and be lacking talls more than smalls. But I think Im probably missing something.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/09/06/adelaide-forward-quits-crows-seeking-trade-to-melbourne-based-club/ It says in the title " Melbourne based club" but in the article specifically to the dees. Small forward 28. Anybody got any thoughts.