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Tribunal chair Jeffrey Gleeson - 35 years a Collingwood member AFL IS A JOKE MRO IS A JOKE TRIBUNAL IS A JOKE

Steven May has been given a three-match ban by the Tribunal after a 3+ hour case. They said that he had sufficient time to slow himself in the contest and didn’t do so Comments: Now it’s pull out of the contest and let the opposition get an easy goal No sane person that has ever played the game could come to that conclusion. Game is forever broken now. How in the world could he slow down when it was the last bounce up that did him? Which was less than 0.5 of a second to stop That is the worst decision, will change the game and no longer will players be able to make tackles at all. Games dead and dusted "sufficient time" is the dumbest s**t they could say tbh May has been absolutely thrown to the wolves here. What Pearce done was 10x worse. Left the ground, put his arm out. The AFL is a corrupt pack of dogs - they pick and choose who they suspend. So they wanted him to squib it. They agreed it wasn't a bump so he's been reported and outed for 3 weeks for not being a squib. The most amateurish professional sporting organisation in the sporting world. How the hell did he “have sufficient time” - & I’m not even a demons supporter. Appeal it Melbourne and set the standard. Completely fine to knee someone in the back after a mark (intentionally) and push a player into the bench while outside the field of play. That’s wrong and he must go to the appeals board. Blatant and egregious error. can’t accept this one, he’s gone the ball, got their first and get 3 weeks because of the accidental contact. Play a contact sport but rub anyone out based on outcome, soft. It’s a 0.0005 second to make the decision!!! he thinks he will get there first but the ball pops up and he gets there 0.0005 second too late

Poll WHAT RESULT DO YOU EXPECT? Three-match ban26.7% Four-match ban16.7% Charge thrown out54.1% Other2.5% 980 votes

Anderson: May's attempt to win the ball was entirely realistic. Anderson says the Dees "fundamentally disagree" with the idea it was clear Evans was going to get there first from a few steps out.

Anderson says Jackson Archer had "significantly more time" to respond in his incident than May did.

Jeffrey Gleeson a 30-year magpies member. I question his judgement He got Maynard off He got Maxwell off

Anderson is now referencing Alex Pearce's successful Tribunal hearing. Gleeson notes in that case they found Pearce acted late to try and minimise impact, which could he says be different in this matter. That’s not true. Pearce keeps his arm straight and that saved him. He still made strong contact, not minimal!!! By the way, Gleeson is a magpies supporter

Adrian's nine reasons™ 1 - May contesting the ball 2 - Legitimately expected to get to the ball first. Has his hands out, expecting he can get to the ball first 3 - Both travelling at pace, reasonable for both to do so 4 - Unexpected bounce of the ball on its fourth bounce 5 - By the time he realises Evans is there, it’s too late to slow or change momentum significantly 6 - Doesn’t move off line 7 - Doesn’t tuck elbow in or rotate, doesn’t jump off ground. 8 - Attempts to slow at the end, even though it’s too late. 9 - May significantly taller than Evans

Listening earlier to Adrian Anderson … he is a clown. Why do we use him ?

Steven May did just about everything right when he collected Francis Evans on the weekend – and yet he's still off to the tribunal. It’s a disgrace. The ball pops up and May is already committed. He thought he could get to the contest and likely should have if the ball runs on In 0.0005 second he braces !! That’s not Careless. That’s incidental or better described as Accidental!!! He keeps his eye on the ball !!

Melbourne will use the Alex Pearce tribunal case tomorrow and argue it is even more relevant because the ball was in the air when Pearce contested. For Steven May, who will testify, it was a slippery bouncing Sherrin that he believed was going to get to him before Francis Evans. Tribunal boss Jeff Gleeson said after he let Pearce off that not every concussion is caused by careless contact. Melbourne believes it has a compelling case and if May's suspension is upheld it will lead to total confusion in ground-ball incidents when two players are hitting a contest at the same time

He did look like a player. 😭Blues will add a good one to their list.

Ok Twomey is probably the best of the bunch … but it’s a very low bar. They all throw random darts and some hit but many miss. The gutter starts at the bottom with the deep-mud-crawler Sam the grub McClure.

From the bits and pieces seen in the championships and Coates League so far … and with some players having reduced games due to injury Roughly 19 of the top 50 youngsters are already likely to be pre nominated by a club under the Academies or father son selections 1st rounders likely 1,Cooper Duff-Tytler 2 Zeke Uwland(** academy GCS) 3.Dyson Sharp. 4.Willem Duursma 5.Max King (**academy Swans) 6.Dylan Patterson(** academy GCS) 7.Josh Lindsay 8.Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves 9.Daniel Annable(** academy Bris) 10 Sam Grlj 11 Oliver Greeves 12 Archie Ludowyke 13 Beau Addinsall(** academy GCS) 14 Mitch Marsh Riley Onley Fred Rodriguez 17. Louis Emmett Sam Cumming Jacob Farrow Harry Dean (Carlton f/son) Zac McCarthy Noah Chamberlain(**academy Sydney) Lachlan Carmichael(** academy Sydney) Rory Wright Cody Curtin Ryder Corrigan (**academy Giants) Xavier Taylor 2nd round 28-50 Jack Dalton Harley Barker Koby Coulson (*academy Suns) Felix Kneipp Lachlan Dovaston Aiden Schubert Adam Sweid (*Ess NGA) Thomas McGuane(*Coll FS) Jevan Phillipou Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier Liam Hetherton (*academy Giants) Thomas Burton Matthew LeRay Tairon Ah-Mu Jesse Mellor (*Geel NGA) Harrison Bridge (*Lions academy) Kalani White(** Melb Father son 🤞… or academy GCS) Xavier Bamert Louis Kellaway(*Rich Father son Jai Murray (*academy GCS) Noah Roberts-Thompson Jack Ison (*Carlton NGA) Brodie Atkins 50+ and rookie hopefuls Blake Kelly Jett Dahlitz Taj Murray Wes Walley(*WCE NGA) Hunter Wright Jobe Scapin Toby Simmema (*Dees NGA) Callum Smith Kye Fincher (*Saints NGA) Jasper Russell Sam Lewis Aaron Sharkie Tom Ryan Sam Niklaus Arki Butler Mitch Moate Sam Allen Harry Tatterson. Ben Rongdit (**Cats NGA) Andrew Barker

I think if he did decide to go, I think Fremantle would be the favoured club right here, right now." - Cal Twomey on Judd McVee's future Twomey just aims and fires arrows !! What a lot of hot air most of the time 🤮

Carlton v Melbourne10 Kysaiah Pickett MELB 6 Jacob Weitering CARL 6 Patrick Cripps CARL 4 Matt Carroll CARL 2 Lachie Cowan CARL 1 Trent Rivers MELB 1 Charlie Curnow CARL Interesting that Goody gave Kozzzy 5 and assume gave Rivers 1. Voss said Kozzzy 5 then all Blues. I won’t necessary argue. I struggled to find our best players aside from ❤️💙Kozzzz$$$zzzy!!

Didn’t expect him to … think he’ll go in the 50s as a pick to be matched by MFC

Pick “24” would likely blow out to pick 35 or 36 on draft night.

We need to nail 1 or 2 players in a trade/FA period, then 2 more in the draft and add White and Sinnema. Surely we are taking to the Hawks about Henry Hustwaite. Young mid who is squeezed out of their midfield even before Day comes back. Offer him a sweet 3 year deal and could be a good chance.

@Whispering_Jack @dazzledavey36 thanks. I think the talent pool is “less, lower” and also highlighted by the many many academy, NGA or father son picks. Up to 10 first rounders could be already pre-nominated so the “first round” could stretch to pick 28 or 29 this year. I have a few smokies that could be good value for the Dees in the 2nd or 3rd round. It’s these picks that also can prove a recruiters value. I thought Sinnema looked okay and I think we will nominate and add him, maybe as a late pick or as a cat B rookie. He has class with the footy in hand. He’s not an instant walk up and will need time. But a skill ball user is something we need to add.

Three things we like about Kentfield He marks the ball with sure hands and at its high point He kicks with balance and simple straight forward style He has footy aggression with the ability to take a contested mark or crash a pack. Since the backline folly has ended, his return to the key forward position has been impressive. He can keep developing at Casey over the next 5 weeks but yet still might get a debut before year end … with no pressure.

@JTR or Collingwood … who brought in smart trade , DFA and FA recruiting …Hill,Houston, Lipinski, Schultz, Perryman, Mcstay, and role players in Long, Markov, Frampton, Membrey, and still added Allan and West.

Missed the point. It was to bring in experienced players who add to your best 22. We lost players year on year and never replaced them. We have taken a strategy to not consolidate as a top team but gamble with the chance to get youth in. “All the top selections are ok” (?) I’d argue that … yes to JVR, Windsor, Lindsay and Langford. Kolt and Jeffo are highly doubtful. The main point was that we added players that were barely VFL players at other clubs and didn’t strengthen our best 22. We have got weaker year on year since 2021. We were a potential destination club for players to come to for a shot at a premiership. Not any more !!!

Harley Reid] and his family have made it clear they do not want to go to a struggling club." ❌ St Kilda ❌ Melbourne ❌ Essendon ❌ North Melbourne We are now a “STRUGGLING” Club with sub par training facilities. Attract Reid? Attract Butters? That’s far from possible. Pre 2021 Hibberd, Lever, May, Melksham, Langdon, Tomlinson, Brown all improved our list Since 2021 premiership We’ve lost Jackson, Brayshaw 💔, Hibbo, ANB, Jordan, Harmes, Bedford , Hunt Added … nil. donuts. no one !! We have added no one. I’ve heard the Salary Cap used as an excuse. It’s an excuse for lazy trading. Grundy was a punt that didn’t pay off and was a long shot at best. Schache, Billings, McAdam. Fullerton. Lazy trading. Free agents brought in …

Joe Daniher. Seriously. Who was drunk and thought this was the best idea?? He left the Bummers and moved to Brisbane because he didn't want to be in the fishbowl of the Melbourne frenzy on footy !! Loves the relaxed Byron Bay life.