Lucifers Hero

Well done for staying undetected for a whole year!! Had me fooled with the No.31! But the jumper should have given it away... You seem a good sport so you can hang around.... ...But in the unlikely event the Dees lose on Friday night I suggest you stay well away from DL for a while...

Thank you. Your prediction? Mine: Dees by 2-3 goals.

😮 What !!!! Methinks you are projecting your state of being onto poor ol' innocent Luci !!

I loathe Geelong but kudos that they took their medicine when Stewart knocked out Prestia early in the game last year and it cost Richmond a win. They didn't whinge nor drum up fan and media hysteria. I guess it serves Collingwood's '19th man' agenda to keep them all frothing. But it just makes everyone else hate them all the more.

Agreed. Crowds are usually eerily quite when a player is knocked out cold, with concern and respect. And usually fans of both teams clap the player off. The pies fans continued to chant while he was carried off. They are just morons and bogans. What surprised me is that only Moore went to Gus as he was being stretched off and offered a hand of support. Not much but at least he did. I didn't see any other Pies player offer support. I think Moore is a great captain but he missed a trick by not hushing the crowd. Moore and his leaders only need to go stand in front of the cheer squad and Ponsford stand and quieten them. Letting them go feral (and we were along side the cheer squad bay and surround by pies' fans🤮 ) has fed their hysteria since.

Let it go layzie - enjoy the sunshine and do something you really like!

Reckon @Bitter but optimistic was just looking for an excuse to use the 🤮emoji as he really likes the use of emojis in posts...😉!!!

This should be fun: iirc... English teacher vs Proof Reader! Popcorn anyone...🙂

We don't know. A reliable poster mentioned that Cox stomped on Max's foot, that Max had scans and had been wearing a moon boot. He didn't wear the moon boot at training. Whether that is because he is ok or to not draw attention to an injury we don't know.

Alex isn't 'hip' enough...

I did.

It seems my optimism has suddenly returned!! But touche for deftly avoiding the question...

Believe so. Is he not Eddie's son?

ha ha, very apt " " marks!! I detected little depth, intelligence or wit in their "thoughts". ps - Would you like to take this topic back again next week...you did such a wonderful job while I was overseas. The North WTAS@ thread is my favourite thread of all time 🙂🙃

The bold part is what I was referring to as she reportedly overruled Christian in wanting to not lay any charges. Agree she plays no direct role on the Tribunal but the AFL can appeal a Tribunal decision

We have targetted an elite mid for several years to either draft or trade: Cerra Anderson (had we not lost ND2 in the 2019 draft Butters Holmes Humphrey We have been linked to Reid and Duursma in this draft. Given his recovery history Gus may not play for part of next season or next year decide he will retire. His non-availability makes it more likely we will double down on our efforts to get that elite mid.

This isn't a court of law - it is a football Tribunal concerned about optics and spin rather than proof...enough spin to make a case on 'the balance of probabilities' Who needs proof... Kangaroo Court would be the most apt!!

I can't remember specifically remember the cases but Christian has let a few people off 'high contact' incidents on the basis of it "...was reasonable in the circumstances..." It is my guess that this would have been his line before Laura Kane mercifully became involved.

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PART TWO THE GAME If JSOS is fit bring him in and have him play a negative role on Lever, don’t let him near it and let Charlie go one on one with May. I rate the chances of us going up against big Max with only one ruck as slightly less than 0%. With H out (very likely) and dees having two very good tall defenders, going to be critical that tdk take a few grabs and at the very least split their defence and make Charlie’s life a bit easier. The pressure Martin applies in the forward half is insane. We expect him to play on the edge, he plays on the edge...will be missed if suspended. Melbourne are a bit soft, I don’t think playing Hollands is as big a concern as v swans and I reckon we could do with some more run. Probably the last word I'd use to describe the Dees. They play a pretty hard style of footy similar to us. That last game against them was as tough and uncompromising a game as it gets for modern footy. Pitto doesn't need to out mark Gawn. Just hammer him black & blue Last time we played Melbourne Charlie wasn't really double teamed that much, he was just played really close by May and probably beaten on the night. You cannot underestimate the quality defender that May is, very strong very capable. Charlie just needs to try and get separation more often because body on body he's got not much hope. I hope the Dees overcompensate for their lack of viable tall forwards and pick Grundy. His selection is probably the best way to counter Gawn’s influence. As much as I want it to happen, I don't think they will bring Grundy or Schache back in - they are liabilities - and Goodwin seems determined to play Gawn only as a ruck, despite him being their most dangerous marking forward. Given their forward line issues, I fully expect Melbourne will line up with Petracca at full forward. Would love for them to throw Petracca up forward, would be a massive win for us. Would be the easiest possible way for us to nullify his influence- starve the forward line by repeat centre clearance wins. Defeated Melbourne by 4 points last time with our VFL midfield in. Can’t wait for them to see Walsh and Cerra together! Charlie will [censored] may it's actually the team defence that we need to combat We will need,to be at our best to beat Melbourne, cannot possibly be thinking about Brisbane. Not that this is a free hit for us by any stretch, but there’s a hell of a lot more pressure on Melbourne. Going to be another slog. Both teams going to need to find better forward system and efficiency. Two things in our way to make a prelim: Petracca, Gawn. Melbourne should have beaten Collingwood. We will need the 22 at its best and focused. This will be the biggest challenge this year. Regardless of who wins this we'll all be cheering on Brisbane on GF day. Similar to the Swans, we have some finals payback to dish out to this mob after losing our last three (1988, 1994, 2000) FAVOURITE? Not much humour or wit but this gave me a chuckle: Let's face it. McKay needs to see a hypnotist. All time low tonight. I usually give a prediction but this is too hard to call. Just 🙏we win. Otherwise a miserable end to the year that just a week ago was so promising...😢

A lot to unpack in their 31 pages so this week I've split it into two posts. THE HUBRIS get on board, we will spank em …we can confidently claim the 17th cup already :D We’ve already beaten our next three opponents - Dees, Port and Pies - easy run We got 'em without McKay/Cerra/Walsh/McGovern/JSOS last time, so this time around I think their outs are more significant compared to ours. "High impact" for Martin and two weeks. Wtf... that's bizarre. Bring out the fixer - to the tribunal and the high court if needed. We are Carlton, * the rest. i think we’ll be benching Charlie, Weiters, Crippa and Walsh late in this one, what do you guys think? If we make the GF, you could put out the AFL Team of the 20th century against us and we wouldn’t lose. We can’t do much about Gawn - TDK just needs to compete. But, shutdown Oliver, Trac & maybe Pickett - and we’ve got the game won. Bring on the Dees, chalk up the win and make our way to the 17th cup :D If we'd played the Dees last Thursday, we would have belted them frankly. Not to say they're to be taken lightly, but we know what they'll bring... Underdogs on paper only. Having ground one out earlier against Dees, I think we will ride the wave in this one. THEIR INJURIES Cripps can’t move, he can sacrifice himself and tag May and Dow can take his spot. Was it heeney who shouldered him across the rib cage?? Yes. The little [censored]. The way he reacted to a bump from Heeney don't think his ribs will be right till next year Im sure Viney will be giving Crippa's ribs a tickle or two this week aswell Acres looks extremely sore at the end and was carrying his arm, would have to be in some doubt. H, Martin and Acres out would be catastrophic for our chances. What's the news on Acres? I thought he look really ginger the last few minutes. Will he play? Vossy in his presser said that he'd pulled up o.k. and should be fie. He also confirmed that Harry had entered concussion protocols. Is JSOS fit? Did he play the practice game? Would be huge if he is. Pittonet is barely halving any contests outside the ruck tap, and I don't see that changing for the better on a dodgy knee with back to back finals. OUR INJURIES Sounds like Gawn is hurt so odds shortening that Grundy will play if that's accurate. Clayton Oliver didn’t train today and is accordingly in doubt for Friday night. Limping will stop him playing on Friday? Reckon you're having a laugh. What's the actual injury? Guarantee Oliver will play unless he’s dead or broken his leg in half (even then maybe) imo he’ll play. Tough as they come How about Petracca. That incident with his ankle getting caught looked like it would have hurt. He probably won't be running two-ways, they just might plonk him up forward. Reckon they’ll jab him and Trac will do what he does. Absolute animal 2 Dees, Gawn and Fritsch under a cloud I hear. Even if they make it, nothing wrong with some of our guys trying to find out if their feet actually hurt. Heeney had no issue asking Crippa about his ribs Before panic sets in that could be guess work from McGuire if he read the DL training thread.

I agree. But this is Collingwood!! I'd put nothing past them to cast doubt. And I'm not sure that anything is graded equally across the competition

I wouldn't be surprised to see them stoop so low as to claim the 'severity' is due to Gus' prior concussions rather than the bump.

How can they do that when we are still waiting in the 'queue'!!!

There isn't really a queue - its random selection.