Earl Hood

2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Tmac had 2 possies in his last game and ZERO tackles.

How he got picked on that effort I'll never know.

On track for another stinker. Poor Bbb.

TMac form is the least of our problems. He is trying and breaking packs, it would be working if we were dominating inside 50 deliveries. But we can’t get our hands on the [censored] ball! That’s the problem. 

Midfield has gone MIA. Zero clearances that quarter. WTF is going on? Ruck dominance means nothing if you can’t win clearances and we are seeing nothing much in aerial dominance around the ground. If our mids don’t pressure the ball carrier they won’t be kicking long down the line. 

6 Tracc

5 Viney

4 Oliver

3 Hibberd

2 Rivers

1 Gawn 

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Has anyone seen May and this guy in the same room?

No I f**king haven’t right! 

What’s with the sloppy handballs?

Boundary umpires need to lift their game this quarter. 

Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty he is free at last! 

10 minutes ago, Hawny for Gawny said:

That's why I think its such an important case, if we lose then it doesn't matter if you take mark of the year if you concuss the "injure" to any extent as you've said the guy in front of you, your done. 

But on this precedent you don’t need to actually injure the player. The act itself, if it doesn’t show a duty of care, is sufficient to be reported. 

13 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Possibly Gleeson .... or Gleeson (and the others?) coerced by somone upon high within the AFL to deliver a pre-determined outcome?

I suspect Gleeson was worded up prior, to back the MRO this week after some very poor outcomes in recent weeks. That’s how the AFL operates. 

1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

And… Carlton win their appeal. 

2 out 3 wins for the MRO is acceptable to the AFL for this week I guess. 

8 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

 Jonathan Brown has gone pretty hard on this issue.  Got a somewhat better perspective on the issue than Slobo.

Jonathon Brown, Nick Reiwolt and even Kenny Hunter, back in the day would be banned from the game these days. Going back with the flight into a pack to take a mark is just too dangerous! Where is the duty of care?
 

Oh hold on Jono always kept his eyes on the ball, that would be totally different, that’s safe. I mean if you looked at your opponents before you polaxed them, that’s not upholding your duty of care. 

yes it all makes sense now. 

6 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

I'm shocked. i can't even wrap my head around the logic that leads to this conclusion 

 

Well the logic if it was followed through by umpires and the AFL is we have entered the era of touch footy! On this ruling you can’t initiate contact with a player in possession of the ball in any way as it could result in injury. Of course the AFL will ignore the logic and ignore similar collisions if it involves a high profile player or a big club in finals contention. And in the finals when the game gets really brutal the MRO will be looking the other way. 

3 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Club needs to come out right now and say “This is a [censored] farce and we are [censored] appealing this”

Unfortunately we are still on AFL welfare. Suspect we will get told to wear it or there could be ramifications. 
 

As soon as the Geelong guy went down I thought the Van was in trouble. Suspect the tribunal has been worded up to back the MRO after a succession of tribunal hearings overturning the MRO. 

21 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I'm guessing you watched the game from The Abbey Earl?

Yes I managed to make my way up to one of the spires to watch the second half on my phone between ceremonies. Big day, what with me riding in to the Abbey the King’s Cavalry and me holding the Royal Sceptre aloft! 

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Oliver

3 Rivers

2 Brayshaw

1 Bowey

Only watched the last 20 minutes of a hard fought 4th Quarter where I expected the Pies to surge and the Crows to choke and sure enough. But what stood out in a quarter of numerous ball ups and throw ins, was Frampton in the ruck giving O’Brien a bath. He was belting the ball to space or palming it deftly to his mids at will it seemed. That made it tough for the Crows midfield. I checked the stats and O’Brien dominated the hit outs for the match but not in the 4th and really dropped his bundle I thought. 

15 minutes ago, Webber said:

Collingwood’s belief in desperation blended with outright attacking speed is phenomenal. It’s just frightening for opposing teams when they bring it, and the belief gets stronger. I hate to say it, really HATE it, but they are irresistible at their best. 

Yet they can be outplayed for significant periods of matches by average to good sides. It’s odd. Crows kick straight and the Pies would be almost out of the match. 

1 minute ago, layzie said:

I hope so 

Used to live near me in Fitzroy until last year I think. Why move from Fitzroy? I don’t get it. 

8 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Is it me or the umps torching Port? 

I think you are right. I can’t work out what rule a number of these so called frees are awarded for. 

15 hours ago, DEE fence said:

Trust Taylor, I'm just about to tattoo his face on my leg I love that man so much. 

I'm in favour of needs, and I think we are most susceptible to age/injury down back. For me nothing has transformed our team as much as when we went out and built the league best defense (to some derision on $ spent). 

When I was a kid I thought defense was so boring, was always about the power forwards, 70's (wasn't much of a tactical observer it must be said), 80's (fully into wanting a messiah), 90's (happy to not be merde, but anguish that Balme never got a great run with injuries), 00's (hoping to pinch one but always aware we had gaps). Anyway when I look at these teams, with many players I dearly loved, none of them were as tight defensively as what we have now. For sure a Wight, Whelan, Walsh, J.Rivers or Lovett would make it into the current team, but in the big defender department we had Ingerson, Carroll types, who had their (with respect) limitations. The best big defender I could think of was Shanahan who was a bit cooked and cameos from Nietz.

I think our midfield will be set for awhile yet, and midfielders are more common, even if every new one makes the press wet themselves. Also I'm in favour of multiple options in front of goal, but what I really want a settled defense with new Lever/May types coming through. Petty also gives away a few too many frees for my liking in defense(if he was sneakier he could stay a defender). Petty might become a Lever type, but like Tmac, I think he's best suited forward, going straight for goal.

Re Reid, he could be a superstar mid, but I'm pretty happy with the superstar known quantities we have right now. And I'm not basing this just on May's last few games, been thinking this for a while, Jetta had Hibbered take over his lock down role, I can see McVee replacing that. Salem is a question mark, Bowey is good but not Salem game breaking good yet. But Lever and May both seem fragile, and they are the pillars that everything else works off. More defenders please.

I would even trade a picks to Carlton for Weitering, to take over from May and be our 3rd tall defender. 

 

Gee Dee fence, just noticed where you reside. I thought you might have a other priorities to at the moment rather than MFC’s draft strategy? But I agree with your thoughts. Good luck over there. 

2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Please WAKE UP.

Backline asleep again this week.

Player wasn't even looking at the ball.

Backline not good but where is the midfield? 

1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

I just hope May plays a much better game tonight 

May is a barometer, if he drops a few easy ones early or is out bodied we may be in for a bad night. 

Can’t believe that free to Hawkins in the ruck contest. He was in front looked for contact by stepping in front of the Swans ruck and gets a free because they tangled arms or something! Then goals. The Swans are getting done over by Geelong and the Umps. 

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Such an undisciplined player. Gives away 50’s, down the ground frees, attempts mark of the century (despite never once taking one) and takes low percentage Hail Mary’s from the boundary.

I hope he stays but he’s far from a perfect AFL player.

Harsh! Too harsh. 

6 Oliver

5 Viney

4 Petracca

3 McVee

2 Hunter

1 Petty