Willmoy1947

Courtesy of a little red headed carrot, who is becoming quite the lad i think...

I feel there is nothing we can do about it, but do we all feel comfortable about the ongoing perception of bias, which may actually come back to bite us badly, to the point of costing us, if we make it, a final by the narrowest of margins?

Robbo is like Trump with what he has in front of him. Crossword for Robbo plus wet finger, and Trump has little winning Big Mac tickets.

They get people to watch the replays and pick up incidents against TEAMS they don't like and report back to them for lollies or other incentives....

They probably don't want to get kicked out their first year in the hallowed domain. Bit different to the outer at Vic Park, which had its advantages.

Loved that summary. Really smart tackle that had to be carried out precisely. Better than Mihocek who does stage although like a lot of blokes now are being found out, like the Hawks reject. Like how he went to mark as you say and tried to pressure.

Exactly my question. I was trying to think which Bank at Clifton Hill/ Fairfield Nth had been pinched, and then i thought he might have just saved it up for this particular killing day.

Just one comment on Cox. As i recollect he didn't have the same demeanour that he had at the start of his career, and for me, i'm a little disappointed that things have changed. There are celebrations and celebrations. There are signs and there are signs, and there are put downs and put downs.

Now he had a swagger and every right to have one. Second best player i have actually spoken to.

AJ born in Austria? Didn't know that.

Must heed the messages from last nights umpiring. Pushing in the back is being paid. and 2. Holding the ball is red hot, unless you are spinning around with it. As is TWSNBN ... THe AFL have made it a Crowd Imperative to get them in the Finals in place of Carlton..

Up here in Cairns the White Galahs have beaten off the Black Galahs on Smithfield Power Poles so i'm not sure what is going on there.

How come all of a sudden the frees are being flashed up instead of hidden?

Not a lot worse in footy than knowing you are going to be a step ladder if this bloke is around.... Refer a missing CHB from pies...

In relation to Gus, he, like a lot of others are not being protected around the head, and it is showing that they are frustrated by inept decisions, in pack and stoppage situations, that always get paid to others. In other words they do not pose for frees because they are not going to get one anyway.

So they knew what the public reaction was going to be. And circumvented it.

Oliver definite if fit, and probably Hibberd, even though without Bowey our backs will be slower. People should not expect Kossie to be everywhere. There could be a surprise in for us if weather fine. Maybe even in the middle. Like some others, not too fazed about this game, and i would not be surprised to see different styles of delivery into the forward line, quite early in the piece..

Petracca got pretty fired last Friday and that could happen again. I was wrapped.

The only reason Moore is in this side at all is because Petty went to the Forward line and Moore's old man demanded it. A good tough mobile CHF would murder him. We have two at the moment coming up.

As my old coach used to say..........

And of course do we have a united Media? Will we hear from Brian? The first inkling of unrest will come from the old blokes who have their say on Monday night. That will set the mood.. Poor players poor umpires poor coaches, rules rules rules....

I think we should just sit back and see what transpires. It could actually be quite a circus and there are seventeen Clubs that will be onlooking interested parties.

When the players of BOTH teams stop and run instinctively in one direction you know there is a problem'

Would it be in the interests of the League to financially entice retired players to take up Umpiring? I feel sure that if the necessary and generous benefits, along with special sponsored publicity was directed this way, it would work. Maybe all these blokes might not like the ball being bounced by themselves instead so much....

Moore will have to follow Roo....