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Fair crack..they have never looked like a Dynasty in the making to me but they weren't far off getting to a Prelim anyway. However every Premiership team gets the kitchen sink and exploratory game plans thrown at them the following year. They failed that test comprehensively. It now depends if they are Footscray or Richmond

I suspect it may be as simple as that..flogging a fit horse to make it go faster doesn't work and probably means the horse loses interest or sense of reward. The other issue is whether Selwyn has the insight to know whether " playin' through injury " is always the best course. That was not only Trac in the last week of their season.

That's a reasonable response but I think the hogwash is the hysteria of the responses on here What we saw was par for the course, not some AFL vendetta and I don't neccesarily agree he should have been acquitted Players have got off when finals are in play for far more than a contested and uncontrolled scuffle I have no comment on Hodge nor the AFL in general. The charge wasn't eye gouging ...it was made before ...you claim the fix was in. If the charge was gouging it may have been a different result.. .

I will explain it to you then Pendlebury's opinion is likely informed by his understanding of what actually happens on the AFL ground. It is probably moderated by players generally wanting other players to get a finals game unless they are a thug like Toby Greene. It seems relatively common that Oliver falls over to milk frees outside of pack contests. He's not soft just a lousy actor. And the charge wasn't eye gouging so the decision doesn't relate to that. You don't have to like it but is it too hard for you to understand . Your response wasn't odd merely typically prejudiced and childish

Perhaps because he's actually played AFL pal..and also knows Clarrie is given to falling over and not being as tough in the clinches as he is in the contested packs Besides which he wasn't actually gouged in the eye.

I think that's true .. they said early days he was running them " harder " aka over training them it sports medicine 101 which is actually little troubling . But lack of plan B and game flexibilitu and was a greater problem .

Why would he want to come to the footy ffs? Maybe we'll be a Republic Much more better

You didn't notice that I refered to exceptions?....Gus Trac Max May and Vines..only May is an import ,which is what I was addressing. We need another big bodied mid ready to go, a marking KPF,a second ruck and a small forward...with AFL experience,not from the draft . We might need a new fitness guru from somewhere else as well.One that doesn't think more is better

Hardly anyone great seems to want to be here ( with a few obvious exceptions) We are hardly Pies, Cats, Tigers or Hawks and North probably looks good now since theyve got a coach.

At this rate that means unrestricted free agent

Watch the Pies play,ignore their fans and I dare you not to support them now we are out.

There is little similarity beyond this year. Brutally professional ,for which they are hated and very very successful over recent seasons

To say nothing of the fact that earlier on here here was a running debate about whether TMac was better than Weid or not. Short memories in the silly corner. BBB may well be finished but.. "What you said.." and wasn't he 2nd of the Bang Bang Bang...BBB!"

She butchered the song and was mentioned in a semi pun re Goodren/ Goodwin/ Delta. My response ( I wanted to reference how awful she is) was meant to respond to that post. My " bad" .Very confusing. Why is she so bad? If you can't sing " tonal" then at least be musical enough to know your limitations and sing the dreary song straight and let us get on to the reason we're at the footy. It's got nothing to do with nationhood btw

" IN HOUSE " and released AFTER the event...there you have it. Wall to wall stupid pr....while we're at it never let Oliver near reporters before important moments. AFTER the Brownlow maybe.. although he won't win it

Here's a request to go with your points Given Dogga Jackson is likely to go home to get one grab marking practice can we retire his LJ label and return it to the guy ,if it hadn't been for Gawn in China and the " coach" who will remain nameless , who would possibly still be the greatest indigenous player in AFL history. Liam Jurrah aka LJ! Thank you

You had microphones in the rooms? Or you read Robbo? Well coached against a game day spud and it's basic common sense that Brisbane would come primed to ay against an pretty ordinary injured opposition. Next thing you know people will be saying Goodwin is one of the great coaches because MFC won a flag under him after 57 years.!

Rivers was disappointing but worth keeping unless thete is a big trade deal in play. I don't fancy Spargo myself but he is the best link player and decision maker in a disconnected forward line . Sparrow good trade material Melk gets unfair treatment here but is probably finished. No one actually knows if JVR can play at this level ,so I'd suggest chill pills are in order. After all MFC has a tradition of VFL champions

He is an exceedingly uninteresting interviewee. With most coaches you get insights, glimpses of personality or at least a touch of "madness"

I am not sure which of the two is worse. Goodwin was at least a very good player,the other one has absolutely no talent whatsoever

You forget that Oliver said in an interview a few weeks ago the Max hits it straight to him and he just handballs to Trac without looking because they play in seamless harmony! I want to know if he actually watches replays while Salem is doing his hair. And we wonder why they didn't win

He's too scared to say anything else in case Daisy corrects him

Any chance Jackson can take a mark occasionally?

Which is why I distinguished it from a sudden death chance after a loss or an opportunity to go into the Grand Final following a win and a week off. Mind you I doubt they bother to read it

We're not done yet..? Subliminally acknowledging there's been problems? It would read differently next week if they were straight into the Prelim . Strange...and they haven't mentioned the Queen!