Robot Devil

Two things I learned today: 1) The umps gave us a stellar run in the first half and then proceeded to do the same for Carlton in the second half. They must manufacture a nice even free kick ledger at the end of the game at all costs. 2) The crowd at a Carlton game perfectly mirrors the Carlton supporters I know in real life. They are absolutely clueless about the rules of the game. Even I couldn’t bring myself to scream “Ball” or “50” at some of the crap they do.

Second week in a row that a Melbourne player gets headbutted and nothing....

You could not script the timing of this one. What did he think he was going to do?

Maybe they got a work experience kid in to help out? My work gets one about this time each year.

My reading of the Preuss situation is thus: Max Gawn is Melbourne’s #1 ruckman. He is contracted until the end of 2021 at which time he will be 30 years old. Many factors will determine what happens with Max at the end of 2021 but you might assume he will get another contract that takes into account how many more years his body can handle rucking and whether we have a spot for him to rest forward etc. Braydon Preuss is Melbourne’s #2 ruckman. He is contracted until 2021 at which time he will be approximately 26 years old. Many factors will determine what happens with Braydon at the end of 2021 but you might assume that he would now have 3 years of training with and learning from the premier ruckman in the AFL under his belt. If he has learned well from Max he might get another contract with Melbourne. Or he will be able to seek a trade to another club that needs a ruckman (and there is always one or two that do), and he will probably do well out of it having done his apprenticeship under Max and at 26 will still have a few years of football left to make his own mark. I’m thinking there is a long term approach to this with both Melbourne and Preuss benefiting. We get a backup ruck for the next 3 years and at the end we either have a ruck to take over from Max or an easily tradeable ruck commodity. If he gets a few senior games rucking or in the forward line in the meantime then that’s a plus for him.

And Razor Ray would still overrule the other 5 from 100metres off the ball.

If 2019 was on life support before tonight then, they are zipping up the body bag now. Prove me wrong MFC, prove me wrong.

Sometimes I hate football.

If you look closely you can see that Ryan accidentally kicks Max in the face whilst in the air. Makes Vardy’s act even grubbier.

Liam Ryan accidentally kicked Max in the face taking that huge mark. Nathan Vardy showed his true character in one fleeting moment by pushing Max whilst he was down. I pity Vardy, and I will make a point to mention that moment whenever his name comes up.

50000 confirmed.

Hail Tom McDonald That’s the second time he’s won us a game with under 30 seconds on the clock.

Lever getting closer.

Buy a beanie (with Pom Pom) here

Wasn’t he pulled out of the AFLX series this year for a knee clean-out? https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/afl/melbourne-star-tom-mcdonald-ruled-out-of-aflx-tournament/news-story/27f0fc38237c52de4da69ea3ae3083f2

Stick a fork in us.... and one in my eye.

Foxtel did it for a few AFL games in the early 2000s. I recall being at a friends place watching an AFL game and pressing the red button on the remote to turn the commentary off and change camera angles. It was a bit clunky but definitely could have been refined into something quite good. Below is an example of how it looked with the rugby. The audio could be changed to commentators off but still with crowd noise on and I think their was an option to have the umpires audio feed as well. Cannot believe with today’s technology that this is not possible, as always, it’s about the money.

I’d say this means he is playing:

fourteen, Fourteen, FOURTEEN! ?

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned elsewhere but congratulations Jack Viney on 100 games. Let’s hope he turns it on. Reminds me of:

Here’s the tape for those brave enough to review it. https://m.afl.com.au/video/2019-03-23/skipper-drops-a-sitter-pays-full-price Tom Mc looked like he was 60 out when he passed it to Jones who was about 45 out directly in front.

No, Clarko would have whinged to his old mate Gil to sort it out for him. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/clarkson-meets-with-afl-boss-as-campaign-continues-20180514-p4zf89.html

On this point, I watched several of the other games from Round 1 as well attending our match and watching the first 3 quarters of our replay. The broadcast of most games showed the benches several times with the runners holding up various signs with some fairly obvious meanings (such as Port with their “10” speed sign indicating 10 minutes left in the quarter). Either our signs were not shown on the broadcast (and I was behind the interchange at the actual game so I couldn’t see there) or we didn’t have anything other than the runner and a sign to indicate player numbers for rotations. Anyone know what we were doing signal wise for plays or tactics? (If anything?) If we’re not running with any kind of signal system from the interchange bench could that have contributed to our poor showing?