Cranky Franky

You make a very good point about passing off to a player in a better position - that's what the good sides do. Our forwards need to get better at this if we want to be contenders.

Right on cue there Dieter. Do try & pay attention. Where exactly have I made it sound so easy ?

Its certainly a sad story & well done to him for going into rehab & changing things. I feel however that the journalist has deliberately written it up to paint St Kilda as the evil bad guys. I don't think any of the AFL clubs did player welfare particularly well. By his own admission Owen let his family & friends down again & again and surely a 40 or 50 year old has to stand up & take responsibility at some stage. Anyhow congratulations Rod on getting yourself sorted.

The place to go is the Eastlake Footy Club abt 200m from the ground. They will b happy to sign you in. Its where the Club has hosted pre match functions previously but with Covid & Easter nothing planned this year.

Maybe they could get Whispering Jack to do their match report. It would be a major improvement on what they are currently providing.

Jesus - Brendan who wrote this needs a lesson from George On The Outer on how to do a match report. The first half is cliche filled rubbish that coaches talk about in post match conferences and promoting Mark Corrigans game plan. All supporters want to know is who played well and how the AFL listed players went plus the goal kickers. Come on guys you can do better.

What do you expect from someone who makes ridiculous judgements on 18 & 19 year olds after a handful of games.

6. Salem - BOG by a mile 5.Oliver 4.Langdon 3. Gawn 2.Picket 1.Tom McD

Fully agree DM. This is the sort of detail Pert & co should be on top of if they want to build up the Club & memberships. There has been bu**er all information about the Casey practice games or their results in a timely fashion - p!ss poor by the Club.

No chance of that. There are strict time based recovery protocols after knee surgery. Doesn't matter how good he is feeling he won't play until the appropriate time has passed.

I'm going to keep calling out people suggesting Petty play forward. He is a natural defender NOT a forward. Mark my words.

Who exactly has been offended ? Your comments sound a lot like Chinese Communist Party Press Releases BTW I'm thinking of changing my name to The Jackson 5.5 Is that ok ?

The ABC is obsessed with the gender wars. Maybe they should have held it at a Womens Only Gym.

I hear that Warne Smith chap went ok. A premiership & 2 Brownlows aint too shabby.

Still behind Stynes & Ditterich IMHO but is likely to go past them shortly.

Dumb idea.

All depends on the context & who said it. It could result in a laugh, a punch up or nothing at all. I generally didn't like it but I didn't worry about it too much. Actually the new pommy kids copped it worse than the wogs.

When you say "apparently its being backed up by evidence on the injuries" can you give specific details about this ?

Their leadership [censored] up badly until they woke up & allowed private ownership & freed up the economy. Their people are smart, educated & incredibly hard working but I doubt the communists will ever relinquish power or allow democracy.

Gees Binman we must be watching different games. I reckon his ruckwork is very poor. He is dreadful at boundary throw ins - I can't recall him winning 1 ever. I rate him our worst part time ruck since Chris Dawes.

Dieter you are a master of obfuscation. I picked you up on your mistakes & instead of fessing up u waffle on about other stuff. Nice logical rejoinder about Lebanon BTW. And blaming the US for Venezuelas problems is not worth responding to. I can see by your retorts that you blame them for everything. You remind me of my late 60's & 70's lefty mates who idolised Mao & Pol Pot whilst they were butchering their people. Anyhow I'm not going to subject Demonlanders to any more of your kookie historical views so goodnight & goodluck.

How is 194cm short ? He was a big unit. Of course Treadrea was also Ports leading goal kicker 8 times plus 4 AA's & 4 B&F's. We have no key fwds anywhere near that calibre.

Sorry mate but despite the fact that I will fight to the death for your right to make these comments I can't let u get away with factual errors. Kim Il Sung started the Korean conflict. They had a significant role in Vietnam but didn't start it. Can't be blamed for Lebanon or Libya, don't see the evidence for Sudan & the First Gulf War was pretty much justifiable. And surely u can't blame them for the current Venezuelan conflict ?

Dieter your Churchill post simply proves that some historians loathe Churchill. It would be simple to post an opposing biography saying what a great man he was. You seem shocked that he was a racist. Don't u realise that most 18th century Europeans thought they were superior to other races & were involved in a mad colonial scramble. Some of the stuff he was involved with was dreaful but all colonial powers have skeletons in their closets.

My recollection is that the booing started in May 13 at the Indigenous Round v Collingwood (the 13 yo & Ape incident) & continued throughout AG's career. AG became Australian of the Year in Jan 2014 & started making speeches about Indigenous disadvantage & racism however by then the booing was already well entrenched.